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* 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]]'' 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.
* Game shows are quite popular targets for revivals. The current incarnation of ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' is a revival of the original, and then there's NBC's new version of ''[[
* [[WWE]] attempted a revival of defunct wrestling federation [[ECW]] as its third "brand"; however, [[Executive Meddling]] on the part of Vince McMahon pretty much destroyed any connection to the original except the name and a handful of wrestlers. And even the handful of wrestlers (save one) were gone within a couple of years.
* ''[[Mission: Impossible]]'' was revived in the late 1980s with Peter Graves reprising his role as Jim Phelps and Bob Johnson returning as the voice on the recording, though the rest of the Impossible Missions Force personnel were new characters and the technology was updated (for example, the famous self-destructing reel-to-reel tape became a self-destructing CD). Many of the original scripts were recycled nearly verbatim for the revival.
** That was more a "revival of necessity" though, because of the 1988 writer's strike. ABC decided that they needed "new" product, but wanted it on the cheap. So they dusted off the old scripts, sent the production off to Australia (which saved them 20%, and avoided other union headaches). It was originally planned as a full remake, but later shifted to the revival that ended up on film.
* [[Hawaii Five-O]]
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* ''[[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]]''.
* ''[[Red Dwarf]]'' was revived with three new episodes, the three-part story ''Back to Earth'', after 10 years off the air. A full tenth series is set to air autumn 2012.
* ''Double Dare 2000'' for the original Nickelodeon ''[[Double Dare (1986 TV Show)||Double Dare]]''.
* After an 11-year absence from the airwaves and a 6-year absence from any form of media, ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'' inaugurated the return of the ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' franchise. The title of the first episode? "Revival".
* ''[[Rab C. Nesbitt]]'' returned in a [[Christmas Special]] after a ten year gap, and got a full series in 2010.
* ''[[Eerie, Indiana]]'' was revived as ''Eerie Indiana The Other Dimension''. It lasted just one season of 15 episodes.
* James Garner reprised his ''[[Maverick (TV series)|Maverick]]'' role in the short-lived 1981 series ''Bret Maverick''.
* ''[[The Love Boat]]'' was revived with ''The Love Boat: The Next Wave''.
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== [[Tabletop Games]] ==
* ''[[Warhammer
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* Neverland released information and pictures of their ''Revival of Estpolis''/''Lufia'' second game ''Rise of the Sinistrals'' with ''[[Final Fantasy]]''-influenced characters and more action-based gameplay.
* The ''Oddworld'' franchise, which had seemingly died in 2005 with Stranger's Wrath, is set for a revival. See this Joystiq article for news: http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/15/new-oddworld-games-in-the-works-at-just-add-water
* Nintendo dropped a whole bunch of these at [[
* Also hyped at E3 2010 was ''[[Epic Mickey]]'', which Disney planned as a revival for the titular mouse.
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