Ironside

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.

I am so very disappointed! I heard last night that Ironside didn't make it and that it is being cancelled. How foolish are the folks in charge? this is a wonderful show. I have no idea what it is up against because I have to watch television on Hulu... so I am not the typical audience... but I absolutely loved the show (not the sex in the wheelchair bit) but the fact that finally, after 45 years, we are showing someone with a physical disability in a position of authority and power! That we were finally showing a person of color, who had been one of the good guys, injured in the line of duty, in a position of power! Who makes these choices to remove programming... This show was/ IS wonderful!

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.

Another example of why remakes of good old TV series can be bad. Blair Underwood is no Raymond Burr and will never be. The original Ironside had this typical 60's-70's flavor that you hardly see in series today as well as some great guest stars but also some great actions and intensity. this one is just another remake in order to relaunch something that was big in the past. The script of the episode is poor and the plots are poor too. Watch the original Ironside if you want to see the real thing. For many fans worldwide Raymond Burr immortalized Ironside. Blair Underwood simply doesn't fit the bill at all, same for the other characters of the show, they aren't the original ones. This TV series deserve one out of ten because it lacks originality and is a big disrespect to the original Ironside series