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In [[Theatre]] "revival" has a slightly different meaning, closer to a straight [[R Emake]]. Any production that has not been performed in a significant amount of time and is brought back to the stage is called a revival - usualy it will be recast, sometimes it will get bonus material added in the form of a new song or two, sometimes the production values of the show such as the set design will get a revamp. The [[Tony Awards]] give separate awards to revival productions including Best Revival of a Musical and Best Revival of a Play.
See also [[
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== Automobiles ==
* The MINI, launched in 2001 by BMW is one such example. However, it's not a [[R Emake]] and is [[Canon Dis Continuity]] of the original - larger, fatter and heavier than the original. Not to mention that 1.6-litre engines and diesel ''were never available in the original''.
* The [
* Volkswagen Santana, which is basically the 1981-1988 Passat with some slight changes and engine changes. [
* The Talbot brand, owned by [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French|Peugeot]], which disappeared from the automobile market in 1986, but is now coming back, with Peugeot-based models. Few people realized how much of a [[Chekhov's Gun]] the Talbot brand was to Peugeot-Citroen...
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Though not the first example, surely the most famous is ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'', which spawned the modern era of the ''[[Star Trek (Franchise)|Star Trek]]'' franchise. Set some seventy years after the original, it returned to the fictional world of ''[[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' with a new starship and crew.
** And yes, there was even a [[Shout
** Scotty also made an appearance, after being locked in transporter for decades. He managed to show his old school engineering beats the new engineer.
** This almost happened a few years earlier with ''Star Trek: Phase Two'' which was going to be the headliner for a new Paramount cable network. This eventually morphed into ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture (Film)|Star Trek the Motion Picture]]'' while some of the scripts written for the show were used in ''[[Star Trek the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' during a writer's strike.
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** And in 2008, a new revival was spawned by a TV movie. The fan-base has proven substantially less homicidal this time.
* ''[[The Brady Bunch]]'' was briefly revived in the 1980s as ''The Bradys''. It violated the usual rule by transforming from a [[Half-Hour Comedy]] to a [[Dramatic Hour Long]], and suffered in the ratings for it; in an attempt to rescue the show, the producers tried to turn it back into a comedy by arbitrarily inserting a [[Laugh Track]] into the existing dramatic plot line!
* On the other side of the pond, ''[[Are You Being Served? (TV)|Are You Being Served]]'' was briefly revived, reuniting the department store clerks as the caretakers of an inn into which their pensions had been invested in ''Grace and Favor'' (aired in the US as ''Are You Being Served Again''. Many of the cast members have speculated that had the show originally aired under that title, it might have succeeded, as it appears that most of the audience did not realize the show was a revival).
* A revival of ''[[Blake's Seven
* ''[[
** The revival engaged in a few [[Retcon|retcons]] concerning the original series, but then ''[[
* After ''[[The Muppet Show]]'' ended and the Muppets went on to make movies, two attempts were made to revive the show as a TV franchise. Neither ''[[The Jim Henson Hour (TV)|The Jim Henson Hour]]'' nor ''[[Muppets Tonight]]'' were as successful as the original. More recently, the show has been revived in [[Comic Book]] form.
** Partially ''The Jim Henson Hour'' failed because instead of reviving the Muppets in their familiar form, it was a deliberate attempt by Jim Henson to do something new with them. With the exception of Kermit and Gonzo, most of the cast were brand new (or quite obscure). The fact that Frank Oz had semi-retired from puppetry, reducing Miss Piggy and Fozzie to only rare cameos didn't help. That and the other half of the program was usually Jim's darker, more trippy stuff.
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* ''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'' was revived during the 1980s, with the 1983 [[Made for TV Movie]] ''Still The Beaver'', and the 1985-89 series ''The New Leave It To Beaver'', both focusing on the life of the adult Beav.
* ''[[The Munsters (TV)|The Munsters]]'' was revived in 1988 as ''The Munsters Today''.
* The 1970s [[British Series]] ''[[All Creatures Great and Small (TV)|All Creatures Great and Small]]'' simply returned to the air with its original cast (bar one) a decade after its run had ended. In the intervening time, supporting actor [[Peter Davison]] had become a much bigger star, thanks to his stint on ''[[
* ''[[The Gong Show]]'' is airing in a revived version, after being revived as ''Extreme Gong''; so far the Gong itself is the only returning cast member.
* ''[[Beverly Hills 90210]]'' has been revived (fittingly enough, by [[The CW]]) as simply ''90210''. Original cast members Shannen Doherty, Tori Spelling, and Jennie Garth have all reprised their roles (if only for guest parts), and Jason Priestly set to direct an episode. [[The CW]] is now doing the same for the similar ''[[Melrose Place]]''.
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