A little of this and a little of that

 It's gotten to the point where nostalgia obsessed network executives aren't letting the dust settle on recently ended series.

It was reported on Wednesday that HBO Max has picked up options for new series of True Blood (previously on HBO) and Pretty Little Liars (ABC Family/Freeform), both of which are owned by WarnerMedia divisions. Both are being entrusted to Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, whose video version of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is finishing its run on Netflix later this month.

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Riverdale is set to return to CW next month, but Aguirre-Sacasa is still in no hurry to return to writing comics and his other gig at Archie Comics, and the company would be well served to pressure him into at least letting someone else finish the books he was working on.

It's my belief that neither Liars nor Blood need actually be straight remakes. Instead, they could follow Peacock's lead (Saved by The Bell and the forthcoming Punky Brewster), and continue where the previous series left off, a strategy Disney also employed with Raven's Home, the follow-up to That's So Raven, another recent series.

Whatever happened to originality in Hollywood?

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Since I work for an insurance agency in my day job, I am not fond of Progressive's radio ads featuring Flo (Stephanie Courtney), under the heading, Commercial Chicken, or her sidekick, Jamie, leaving voicemail messages for himself, since he's such a doofus. The parodies on TV are a lot more fun.

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I wouldn't be at all surprised if radio talk show host and former NFL punter Pat McAfee's next appearance for WWE would be at next month's Royal Rumble, which would virtually merit a SportsCenter mention.

Meanwhile, former women's champs Alexa Bliss (Lexi Kaufman) & Charlotte Flair (Ashley Fliehr) are in LA filming guest appearances for Peacock's Punky Brewster relaunch. Expect the latter to return at the Rumble, but Bliss should be back well before then.