2016 is shaping up to be quite the nostalgic year for television, with many classic shows returning to the screen. Some TV revivals include The X-Files, Fuller House, and a Gilmore Girls miniseries.
Netflix will be the main platform for both Fuller House and Gilmore Girls. Fuller House, according to E! Online, is going to be produced by John Stamos, who played Jesse Katsopolis on the original show. Fuller House will debut with a reunion episode and then become a separate mini-series centered on the character D.J. Tanner, played by Candace Cameron-Bure, who is now grown up and living with her two boys, as well as her sister Stephanie (Jodie Sweetin) and friend Kimmy (Andrea Barber). As for the Gilmore Girls revival, it is set to be four 90 minute episodes that take place over the four seasons. Stars Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel will reprise their roles as mother-daughter duo Lorelai and Rory Gilmore.
The X-Files has made a comeback on FOX for a tenth season, which, according to Variety, will contain six episodes. The stars of the original series, David Duchovny, who plays Mulder, and Gillian Anderson, who plays Scully, have returned to head up the show. The show’s creator, Chris Carter, has also returned to the production. The return of The X-Files has many fans thrilled—including Osceola A.P. US History and Holocaust teacher Mr. Yarbrough.
“They’re really kind of taking the end ninth season and expanding on it. All the loose ends that they still have they’re trying to tie up, which is nice,” said Yarbrough.
Mr. Yarbrough is hopeful that the new episodes will explore conspiracy theories that the series didn’t touch on in the past, as well as spin the show off with some new FBI agents that will carry on after Mulder and Scully, to keep the spark of the show alive.
“It was such a break from reality, where you said, ‘what if we actually lived in the world we’re afraid of?’” Yarbrough said.