Choose Your Own Nostalgia

[author_by_night]

So I've been watching Girl Meets World, which is basically a sequel series to Boy Meets World. It veers a little close for comfort at first towards being a "next gen fanfic" (where everyone's basically a xerox copy of their parents), but fortunately it avoids it, and even Maya, who is a bit of a Shawn expy, is very much her own person. I'm not watching the show faithfully, just a few episodes I've heard were good, but it's fun nonetheless.

Here's my question, though - what series did you grow up with do you think could have a plausible continuation, either a "next gen" thing or even the characters as being older? OR, what other series have done this that you enjoy? Spiritual successors don't really count, unless you want to argue that they could very well be in the same universe (that would be interesting, so let's hear it).

Comments

[touchofgr3y.livejournal.com]

I really enjoyed when they brought back Degrassi as a next gen show - I'd like to see the current series end and get picked back up again as a next gen. It's going to be a mess, but I'm SO looking forward to the Full House next gen show! I would LOVE a Saved by the Bell next gen!

Were you into Girl Meets World from the first episode? That's all I've seen and didn't love it, but keep wondering if I should've given it more time to find its feet.

[ragnarok-08.livejournal.com]

I can't say that I've seen Girl Meets World yet, but I understand how you feel about it.

[n-e-star.livejournal.com]

Well since Star Trek: The Next Generation was airing while I was young ST: Deep Space 9 was my "next gen" show and I think it worked fine.

I would love to see anything in the Firefly universe - you could have life on a planet, either fringe or Alliance core.

[dimity-blue.livejournal.com]

My Two Dads. I loved watching it when it was on, and I could easily see a next gen show following on from it. It's probably too obscure for anyone to make a next gen show though. :oD

Storyline: A young girl's mom dies and the mom's will appoints her two ex-boyfriends as the girl's guardian as the mom never knew which of them was the father. The two ex-boyfriends had been friends but argued over the girlfriend and never spoke again until (surprise!) they discovered they had to be guardians together to a teenage girl.