The Big Problem That Ruins Teen Show Reboots Revivals i Carly, Gossip Girl, Gilmore Girls More
From Gossip Girl to iCarly to Gilmore Girls to Boy Meets World to (almost ) Lizzie McGuire and beyond, having our favorite characters from our tween and teen years come back as adults sounds like a great premise, but it often doesn t work out the way we d Reboots and revivals of beloved films and shows have essentially become unavoidable in recent years and while most of these are hit or miss, one particular genre has had a pretty hard time finding its footing when trying to bring media into the modern era: kids and teen shows. From iCarly to Boy Meets World to Gilmore Girls to (almost ) Lizzie McGuire and beyond, studios clearly have a desire to bring the shows we loved as kids and teens back to our screens in new ways. But these shows always seem to flounder with the most important aspect: figuring out how to actually show these characters as real grown ups going through new, adult issues. Lets take a deeper look at whats caused the disconnect with these kinds of attempt
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