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Nov 2 2011 08:00 AM ET

Poll: What '90s classic do you want to see rebooted?

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On Monday, we asked which ’90s TV shows you’d like to see rebooted, and received a flood of responses. After wading through your picks, we pared down the list to 15 top contenders and decided to throw things back to you one more time with the poll below.

So what favorite ’90s classic would you most like to see brought back? Do you think Daria‘s sardonic musings deserve another shot? Should Buffy or Xena slay the competition? Perhaps you can help a cult favorite like Sports Nights, Twin Peaks, or My So-Called Life finally get its due….

We’ll announce which show took top honors in next week’s issue of Entertainment Weekly. Until then, what are you waiting for? Vote below!

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Oct 31 2011 01:08 PM ET

'In Living Color' is coming back -- what '90s reboot do you want next?

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Now that we’re officially in the post-millennial aughts, all eyes have turned to the ’90s for artistic inspiration, it seems. Between the recent news that Fox is bringing back In Living Color, last week’s well-received return of Beavis and Butt-Head, and TeenNick’s decision to upgrade The ’90s Are All That block to primetime, it’s obvious there’s a huge appetite for ’90s content. In the spirit of Color‘s remake, we wondered: What other ’90s shows should be brought back?

Do you think there’s room in today’s line-up for a retread of classic sitcoms like The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Mad About You? Maybe tweaking a classic family drama like Party of Five is what’s needed? Or do you have some hankering for local color à la Picket Fences and Northern Exposure?  What about a gone-too-soon show that was great but never really got off the ground like My So-Called Life, Freaks and Geeks, or Twin Peaks? Tell us what you think — list your favorite shows in need of a reboot in the comments!

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‘In Living Color’ returning with Keenen Ivory Wayans

Oct 4 2011 03:46 AM ET

'Pop-Up Video' is back! Do people still care about the words in the bubbles?

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Those of you who thought you’d been Terra Nova’d back to the ’90s when you saw both Clarissa Explains It All and Pop-Up Video on your programming guide last night, know this: Pop-Up Video is back with brand new episodes. After a nearly decade-long hiatus, the VH1 show that paired popular music videos with bubbles of trivia about their artists returned yesterday with 10 years’ worth of pop culture to catch up on. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 27 2011 06:38 PM ET

U.S. Postal Service to make stamps with living celebrities on them: Who would you like to lick the most?

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On Monday, the U.S. Postal Service announced that, for the first time ever, they will make commemorative stamps that feature living celebrities on them. Typically, the standard rule is that you have to be dead at least five years to get the prestigious honor of being licked and sent to exotic locations like… Milwaukee, but in an attempt to boost sales and interests (stamp collecting is cool, you guys), the U.S. Postal Service is now open to suggestions on Facebook and Twitter for which living stars should be put on a stamp. Their only stipulation? That the star has “made enduring contributions to the United States of America.” Ah, so close Kim Kardashian!

Since we love any opportunity to honor our favorite celebrities and decide which of them we’d like to lick without getting in serious trouble (we’ve been putting some thought into that for quite a long time), we came up with some of our own suggestions (Jon Hamm, Betty White, Robert Pattinson, Tina Fey, Bruce Springsteen, to name a few.) We also wanted to see who you think should be sitting pretty on the right hand corner of your envelopes. Check out our dream stamp gallery and vote in our poll below! READ FULL STORY »

Sep 22 2011 03:35 PM ET

Dorothy's 'Wizard of Oz' ruby red slippers to go up for auction. If I only had the funds!

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With Halloween but a few weeks away from us, it’s time to start considering your costume. If you’re sticking with the oldie, but always goodie, choice of going as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz, your get-up could be the most authentic one on any road, yellow brick or otherwise.

That’s because one of the pairs of the iconic ruby red slippers worn by Judy Garland in the 1939 classic, will be sold to the highest bidder on Dec. 16 (okay, so you’ll have them for next Halloween) during Profiles in History’s three-day “Icons of Hollywood” auction. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 20 2011 06:50 PM ET

Steven Spielberg says Lincoln biopic will cover final months of his life -- so what will we miss?

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A few years, a couple stars and a lot of rumors later, the long-awaited Abraham Lincoln biopic looks to be making its first steps toward theaters.

Director Steven Spielberg told the Orlando Sentinel that although Lincoln will be based on Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin, it will focus on the last four months of Lincoln’s life — meaning the film would cover roughly the time from Dec., 1864 until his death on April 15, 1865.

Obviously, a lot happened during those four months, but a good deal happened outside of them as well. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 9 2011 09:00 AM ET

Bus, do your stuff! A tribute to 'The Magic School Bus'

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Seatbelts, everyone! When I was in elementary school, I used to long for the days when we’d pause our typical classwork to watch some type of “educational” programming. (Thank you, PBS, for those breaks from learning my multiplication tables. Twelves were hard!) And easily my favorite of these educational shows — perhaps only second to Reading Rainbow — was The Magic School Bus. I never much cared for science in school, but cram basic science principles into a TV show and wrap them with a super catchy theme song sung by the one and only Little Richard? Sold! READ FULL STORY »

Sep 8 2011 09:00 AM ET

'Tiny Toon Adventures': Did you secretly like some of the Tiny Toons more than the Looney Tunes?

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Tiny Toon Adventures is sort of the overlooked middle child of Warner Bros. animation. The series was conceived during the late-80s, post-Muppet Babies boomlet for younger versions of beloved cartoon characters, and the series could never match up to the original Looney Tunes animation. At the same time, Tiny Toon only rarely achieved the full-scale madcap insanity of Warner’s later  cartoon Animaniacs. (Much as I love “Particle Man,” I have to agree with John Young that nothing beats the musical sequences on Animaniacs.) Still, I loved Tiny Toon Adventures when I was a kid, for one simple reason: In the heresy of my youth, I liked the one-two combo of Buster Bunny and Babs Bunny much, much, much more than their icon/inspiration, Bugs Bunny. READ FULL STORY »

Sep 2 2011 11:00 AM ET

Did, did, did, did you have it? 'GUTS', that is! And if so, which challenge could you have dominated?

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When I found out I’d be writing about GUTS for our ongoing 90′s retrospectives series, the first question I asked my peers was “Would you have rather been on GUTS or Legends of the Hidden Temple?” While there was still a fondness for Nickelodeon’s other sporting competition series, not to mention the ongoing heated debates about which team was best (It was the Purple Parrots, duh!), the answer was still, almost unanimously: GUTS!

The reasoning behind this is quite simple, really. For as much fun as Legends looked, it was a game based solely on chance, rather than skill. No matter how good you were in Legends, you could randomly be attacked by the Guards at any given moment, bringing a swift, and arguably, very unfair end to your game. When it came to GUTS, however, it really came down to your physical capabilities in some trying obstacle courses. It was, as many will point out, a kiddie version of American Gladiators, only this didn’t have anyone running around in a hamster ball, nor did it have anyone named Laser or Nitro or Zap. (Advantage: Gladiators.) READ FULL STORY »

Sep 1 2011 10:00 AM ET

'Blossom': That girl was like, 'Whoooooa!'

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In my opinionation, the early ’90s were a great time to be a girl. On television, tweens had Clarissa as a guide, teens looked to Blossom, and Murphy Brown provided a blueprint for the professional-to-be in all of us. Perhaps more than any of her contemporaries, though, Blossom Russo (Mayim Bialik) represented the complete package. She was a role model who was still relatable. She could tear it up on the dance floor and had an eye for funky fashion. Even amid personal struggles and rebellious patches, she always managed to work out her differences with friends and family. (And did I mention she had a super-hot — if not entirely bright — brother?) Whether tap dancing on a piano or getting nip silly on a school band trip, Blossom captured the entire spectrum of the shift from girlhood to womanhood.  READ FULL STORY »

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