The 15 Best TV Show Reboots You Loved As a Child
Y’all, Barney is back and Mattel is announcing a new animated update to Barney & Friends , the slightly unnerving 1992-2010 series. It’s a shocking thought, but kids who watched Barney back in the day might very well have kids around the right age to catch a new one. In addition, last year Netflix launched a reboot of the Teletubbies , and Disney+ will bring back the Fox Kids X-Men animated series from the 90s later this year. Of course, these are just examples; almost everything that has ever been even remotely popular is getting a reboot, and children’s shows are no exception.
However, some of these updates are actually pretty good, and sometimes even better , than their predecessors, if we’re willing to admit it. Generations that grew up on 30-minute toy commercials will be surprised to find that good shows don’t promote kids’ products as hard these days, and animation standards (generally) have risen. So, if you want to introduce your kids to the things you enjoyed at their age, there are actually some pretty good options.
Here, we tend to avoid shows that require prior knowledge – kids should be able to enter relatively fresh. We’re also omitting anything that falls into the category of serious reboots and sticking to shows that are really kid-friendly.