The only things that I’ve watched recently were reruns of “Firefly” and “Batman: the Animated Series” that I hadn’t seen the first time around, and “Tin Man” on Sci-fi, which I actually enjoyed. It could’ve been a little better, but it could’ve been much, much worse. It wasn’t a typical re-imaging or updating at all. The funny thing is that the “Tin Man” wasn’t really the main character at all, and it wasn’t about him (although he did have a substantial part of the story line).
Many of those cable originals are very good. Some stretch a bit in their language and nudity, but some are excellent without that.
I am surprised the regular networks haven’t tried to pick them up and extend their seasons, as they tend to be 5 to 12 week series.
Psyc, The Closer, Burn Notice are just some cable originals that are interesting and not really family unfriendly.