09-06-2023, 07:08 AM
The only honest reason I can think of is marketing and behind the scene shenanigans.
Taking one of your examples for instance.
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
I'd say the shift to the 12 question format in the original run wouldn't have been considered a revival as it was still on air with Chris Tarrant at the helm and still being made with - in the main, giver or take normal personnel moving to other projects and leaving all together - the same production team or a derivative thereof of what was launched in 1998 when David Briggs, Mike Whitehill & Steven Knight were head honchos. Yes, in its lifetime the format may have moved from CPL (Celador) to Sony Pictures Television but the team that made is was still inherently the same regardless.
Coming back in 2018 you had the first notable visible presence in Jeremy Clarkson coming in as host. Behind the scenes, the priciple team is now Stellify Media. A newer indie based in Belfast set up as a joint venture with Sony Pictures in 2014. So kind of going with the 'back to ones roots' format of what made the show made the show can be considered a true revival. Plus with the addition of the Ask The Host lifeline it truly does feel like a newer show.
That is my two penny worth.
Taking one of your examples for instance.
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
I'd say the shift to the 12 question format in the original run wouldn't have been considered a revival as it was still on air with Chris Tarrant at the helm and still being made with - in the main, giver or take normal personnel moving to other projects and leaving all together - the same production team or a derivative thereof of what was launched in 1998 when David Briggs, Mike Whitehill & Steven Knight were head honchos. Yes, in its lifetime the format may have moved from CPL (Celador) to Sony Pictures Television but the team that made is was still inherently the same regardless.
Coming back in 2018 you had the first notable visible presence in Jeremy Clarkson coming in as host. Behind the scenes, the priciple team is now Stellify Media. A newer indie based in Belfast set up as a joint venture with Sony Pictures in 2014. So kind of going with the 'back to ones roots' format of what made the show made the show can be considered a true revival. Plus with the addition of the Ask The Host lifeline it truly does feel like a newer show.
That is my two penny worth.