Updated September 1, 2023 5.3K votes 858 voters 29.2K views
Over 800 Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of '90s Shows That Are Coming Back
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Vote up the television shows from the 1990s that you're the most excited to see return to the television or big screen.
How long is the polite amount to wait to reboot something? If you revive a favorite show too soon, it can come off as a little thirsty, but if you wait too long, then nobody cares about the property anymore. The best and most popular shows of the '90s are exactly the right vintage for a reboot. And soon we'll see quite a few reboots of 1990s television shows. Some '90s TV reboots are returning as movies, while others are remaining on TV. Wherever they premiere, the '90s shows and cartoons we're excited to have back come with a built-in audience of folks who can't wait to return to the comfort of their favorite old shows.
Some show revivals are keeping original cast members either in the cast, like Mad About You, or as producers, like Kenan Thompson for the new All That. Others are passing the torch to the next generation, such as Blue's Clues and Party of Five. A few shows are fully reimagining the orignal, from the live-action version of Powerpuff Girls to the soapy drama of Bel-Air.
Whether they're updating the story for the modern world or staying on the well-worn path of the original show, the best '90s TV reboots will be on screens, big and small, soon.
Coming back as: a live-action series on Disney+ Premiere Date: TBA
Although rumors of a new Goosebumps live-action series had been brewing since 2020, it wasn't until early 2022 that it was picked up by Disney+ with a 10-episode order. Following five high schoolers who have to work together despite all their differences after unleasing supernatural terror on their town, the series follows the two more recent Goosebumps films, in 2016 and 2018.
Hulu announced in January 2018 that they would produce two new seasons of Animaniacs with the original production companies, Amblin Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation.
Actors: Jess Harnell, Maurice LaMarche, Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille
After rumors and unconfirmed development that had been circulating since 2019, in February 2021, it was announced that Rugrats would return as a computer-animated TV show on the new Paramount+, starring the original voice actors.
Actors: E.G. Daily, Christine Cavanaugh, Kath Soucie, Cheryl Chase, Michael Bell
Coming back as: both a film from Paramount Pictures and a television series on Nickelodeon Premiere date for film: formerly October 4, 2019, now TBA Premiere date for miniseries: October 11, 2019
Although in 2017 Paramount Pictures had originally announced a release date for a film adaptation of Are You Afraid of the Dark, the film was no longer on their schedule as of early 2019.
Although the TV special Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling had originally been slated to premiere in 2018, it later fell off of Nickelodeon's schedule. In May 2019, Netflix picked up the Rocko's Modern Life special.
Despite the change in distributor, the plot remains the same: Rocko and his friends return to O-Town after being in space for 20 years and try to conform to a world filled with coffee shops, food trucks, constant phone upgrades, and radioactive energy drinks that turn their consumers into mutants.
Actors: Carlos Alazraqui, Tom Kenny, Charlie Adler, Mr. Lawrence, Linda Wallem
