A Classic Reborn (again): You Bet Your Life (2021)

 In 1993, producers Marcy Carsey & Tom Werner (Roseanne, A Different World, The Cosby Show) coaxed Bill Cosby into hosting a reboot of You Bet Your Life. This version, like the Bob Eubanks-produced, Buddy Hackett-hosted revival 12 years earlier, bombed.

Undaunted, Werner, now working as a solo act, decided to dust off Life one more time, this time reuniting Jay Leno and Kevin Eubanks (ex-The Tonight Show), acting as host and sidekick. Leno, who also hosts a car show on CNBC, is showing his age, but as the season began, he brought along a feature from his Tonight run. Two months into the season, that feature, Headlines, was quietly discontinued, edited off subsequent reruns.

As with the Hackett & Cosby runs, this Life is syndicated, and has already been renewed for a 2nd season, marking the first time since the original series with Groucho Marx that Life goes beyond one season. There were fears that Leno's age would work against him, but that has already been debunked.

Edit, 11/5/23: Had to change the video. Here is a promo:

In response, it seems, Leno's successor after his 2nd Tonight run, Jimmy Fallon, is mounting a revival of Password after it'd been used as a recurring feature on Tonight, and, before that, Late Night.

Rating: B.