By many measures, we should be living through the greatest era of television. The creativity, writing and minutely detailed acting on TV today is unquestionable; shows like The Last of Us or even Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal are evidence that the medium can still evolve and surprise us. With all this talent – and all this money – available for grand, exciting and new projects, nothing feels quite as chilling as hearing the news that your favourite cult TV show from two decades ago is getting a sloppy studio reboot.
Reboots have become a major part of entertainment, a trend which is anecdotally loathed but has evidently become lucrative for studios. In the past few months, however, reboot culture appears to be going into overdrive – particularly when it comes to resurrecting shows from the 2000s. The latest to receive this treatment is the beloved British sitcom Peep Show, which it was announced last month will be getting a glitzy, girlboss American remake on FX, starring Minnie Driver and Amandla Jahava. “Taking inspiration from the original UK series Peep Show and its unique narrative format,” the official summary reads, “the pilot follows the relationship between a long-suffering assistant (Jahava) and her boss (Driver), an emotionally unstable tech entrepreneur.” The show will be executive produced by two of the original show’s writers, Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, though it’s unclear what their involvement will be.
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