JackoOnHisBacko

As long as the new judge also worships Mel Torme, I'm all in.
I mean, you have to keep things hip and cool, for the tik-tok generation.

movieguru

On the previews,it looks like Raunch's character is going to his apartment to coax him back into night Court, so he may not still be there at least the beginning of the new show.

Josh-da-man

Saw the commercial on SNL. Looks cheap and terrible. A bunch of lame physical comedy like people getting drinks thrown in their faces every scene. Don't get much of sense about the new characters, which is where this will live and die.

movieguru

The one woman looks like she's a modern version of the Roz character played by Marsha Warfield.

Coral

Yeah, that's what I got from it. Dan may have been a very successful trial lawyer all these years - pissing many people off in the process.

Troy Stiffler

Looks good to me. Night Court was a courtroom sitcom with an edge, fast wit and occasional emotional moments. I’m not sure how you guys remember it. But I rewatched it recently. I’d put it on par with Taxi, 30 Rock, and similar standout 30 minute comedies.

Count Dooku

Weird to hear her speak without the Bernadette voice.

Not sure WTF they are talking about that Dan hasn't seen Abby in 35 years. 35 years ago was the late 80s, and Harry did not have a daughter. I guess they are ret-conning. Maybe Abby Stone grew up in NYC with Egon Spengler's secret daughter.

Coral

Based on what he said about Abby last seeing him 35 years ago and what time has done to him - that would mean she was a kid and not an infant then (as she wouldn't remember Dan as an infant)... so Rauch is basically playing her age of around 42. That means Harry had a kid in 1980 or 1981. And since Abby and Dan met when she was a kid, that rules out Harry fathering a child he knew nothing about. So this would be a huge retcon. Curious to know how they're going to explain this.

Josh-da-man

They're probably just assuming that nobody is going to do a lot of math to make the ages work.

GuessWho

The greatest con Harry the Hat ever pulled was the 'ol "judge's secret daughter" scheme.

Josh-da-man

I want to know how Harry has a daughter who isn't named Melanie.

Xander

Huh. Might at least give it a chance. Love the original.

movieguru

Or it could take place a few years in the future and not present day. When we watched Night Court we assumed it was taking place in real time from 1984-1992, but perhaps time on the show was more compressed and while the show ended in 1992 our time, it could have been 1980 something. It's a stretch, but possible unless they mentioned specific years in any of the episodes.

movieguru

It's worked many times over in soap operas and sitcoms where the infant ages 3-4 years in between seasons.

movieguru

I feel like they'll portray Dan as a grumpy older man now and no longer the sex addict type character he was in the previous series. He may now be disgusted with any present day person that behaves like he did and may have no interest in women and prefer to be left alone now.

movieguru

My biggest question is will Bull still be on Jupiter helping the aliens reach stuff on the top shelves or will he be back on Earth.

Coral

Yeah, well John/Dan is 75 years old - keeping him as a sex addict doesn't fit at that age. Plus in 2022, it doesn't come off as funny as it did in the 80s. We also have to remember that the last couple seasons of the show, Dan lost some of his perverseness. I agree - he'll be mostly a grumpy old man who probably alienated himself later on his career.

Count Dooku

Too bad. John won all those Emmys playing a lusty lech so well.

Match

I don't think this will happen, but Bob (Brent Spiner) and June (Annie O'Donnell) Wheeler should make a appearance on the show.

bluesix

Totally agree. I almost thought it was an SNL skit parodying another 80's sitcom nostalgia ripoff but it actually is that.
With most of the original cast dead I don't know why they even bothered trying to link it to the original show. John Larroquette must need the money badly. He looks completely wasted in the preview.

This looks like a very bad misfire, kinda like when they tried to reboot Murphy Brown. What did that last? Eight episodes?

ben12

Or Harry dated a woman, they broke up, the woman found out she was pregnant and didn't tell him until years later. Like maybe she dies and Harry finds out he has a kid. It happens. It's a bit... much for a sitcom tone, but almost everyone from the original show is dead, so what are you gonna do!?

Count Dooku

I've got it.
It was the 1980s, so Harry considered his female court clerk to be his sexual plaything. He was constantly subjecting Lana to unwanted sexual advances and harassment, which is why she always appeared so frazzled and nervous.
Harry raped her, which is why she disappeared from the court with no explanation, and she got pregnant.

Harry never acknowledged his daughter, but Dan Fielding knew what happened, and helped Lana with financial assistance for years.
Of course Dan had to do this all in secret, lest he incur Harry's wrath and have his career ruined by a vindictive judge.

So actually, seemingly good guy Harry was a rapist and deadbeat dad, while Dan was deep down a good man dedicated to helping Harry's victim.

windom

Will they bring Ellen Foley back at least?

Coral

The problem is that Harry's kid last saw Dan 35 years ago - which was around 1987... during the shows run. That means Harry knew about the kid during the shows timeline - but we never witnessed this revelation during the series. Unless this new show is set in 2027 or later, this doesn't jive with the original show.

GoldenJCJ

That’s as funny as anything else I’ve seen from this show so far. I say go with it!