Ironside

This show was really really boring, I can't believe that it actually got made. What a boring reboot and they worried way too much about being politically correct - I care a lot more if a show is good and compelling than if it is politically correct. I don't know at all what the producers of this show could possibly have been thinking when they gave the go ahead to this show and then let it be made this way and still went ahead and aired it on TV, it's like they didn't care it was bad or didn't care if we liked it or not, probably just worried about the bottom line.

Ironside used to be a good show but it doesn't seem like something that needed a reboot. I am very glad this show is gone because it was a wasted opportunity. Could have been a good show if they did more with it than just said "let's make the guy athletic and black, that's different enough right?"

This was the first episode. It was an infomercial for the show. As mentioned above the actors were well chosen and competent in their roles. I DO wonder why they moved the setting to New York. (They could have stuck with San Francisco and shot in Oregon, Washington or Vancouver).

The writers should not expect to use Blair Underwood's sex appeal to push the series along. (This didn't work with Jimmy Smits in "Outlaw"). Furthermore, they shouldn't trade on nostalgia for the old series (like they did with the failed Bionic Woman and Knight Rider attempts).

This IS the gritty, sexy Robert Ironside that was promised. BUT RAISE THE BAR on the WRITING. (Think: Law and Order franchise, West Wing, E.R.). Some of it HAS to be about police work and criminals.

Just watched a couple of episodes - I have to say that the original Ironsidewas way better.

It was clever without relying on the fine looks of the actors. The original Ironside was cool and held my interest to the end of each episode, this updated version just does not...at all. I think the producers were attempting to do 'gritty', fast-paced and pretty - all at the same time. I was bored and literally switched off a number of times. I only recommend this to people who primarily watch TV to see actors with good looks. Otherwise this is a poor knock-off version of the original. Blair Underwood is far too good looking, too toned and too suave to play this role.

A ridiculously mundane and boring piece of political correct re-boot that fails in every sense of the word. I can't imagine what the producers of this show were thinking.

In it's day Ironside was edgy and suspenseful. However simple it might appear to audiences of today, it was a engrossing TV show in it's proper time frame. Other shows have made successful transitions via reboot, Hawaii 50 being notable, but they remain true to the idea of their initial show. This reboot seems to rely on the tragedy of a politically correct theme to inspire audiences to feel the drama and depth that's quite lacking in the writing. It doesn't work.

Simply changing gender, color, nationality etc. doesn't make a reboot viable. In fact, it would seem that unless there's something genuinely interesting about a reboot, audiences find them insipid and often resent the newer version.

I would think some talking head somewhere in the creation chain would eventually figure this concept out. Put something of merit in the new version for people to enjoy or don't bother remaking something that people were once entertained by.

This show deserves cancellation.

My husband and I have been watching this show since it came out. We enjoy this drama because of the way it is - bloody, gripping, and sometimes the characters don't follow procedure. Frankly, it's what most of us secretly hope for - that the bad guys get the crap kicked out of them to get the job done!

So, a lot of cop shows have blood and guts - CSI, Law & Order & others - and they are still showing. I don't see the whining and crying that I did here about those shows.

Hey, folks, if you don't like dark drama, acted by a talented cast, find your favorite cartoons and enjoy those.

We are VERY disappointed about the decision to cancel this show. Please re-think your decision.