17 Old TV Shows That Deserve A Netflix Reboot Right Now
By Sundi Rose
Photo: HBO/Sopranos
The Sopranos
The Sopranos went off the air in 2007 to one of the most anti-climatic series finales in the history of television. Many fans felt cheated in the end, and a reboot would really help us find some resolution. Granted, a reboot would be complicated without James Gandolfini, who died in 2013, but checking in with the rest of crew would be a dream come true.
When The Sopranos debuted on HBO in 1999, we really hadn’t seen anything like it. Tony Soprano was among the first mainstream antihero characters on television. We knew he was awful, but we loved him anyway. We’d never seen a mean-eyed mobster seek therapy, take antidepressants, get bossed around by his mother and feel guilty about having a gumah.
Perhaps the family business would be passed down to AJ, or maybe Paulie Walnuts and Dr. Melfie have gone on to things completely unrelated to their underworld ties. (I mean, I hope not, but that’s why we need another chapter) but we deserve to know.
The ending focused on the tightly knit nuclear family of Tony, Carmella, Meadow, and AJ, but I wouldn’t be opposed to seeing a whole new crop of up and coming mobsters carrying on business at the Bada Bing.