Think you’ve seen this on TV before? You’re partly right

NEW YORK >> As broadcast networks rolled out their plans for next season last week, those watching could be forgiven for pulling out phones and checking the calendar.

There’s the cast of NBC’s “Will & Grace,” ready to return. The folks at “Roseanne” are back on the couch. “Dynasty” and “S.W.A.T.” are coming back with new actors, the latter settling in to a CBS lineup that already boasts “Hawaii Five-0” and “Macgyver.” Just a year after its farewell season, “American Idol” will live again.

The reboot of “Roseanne,” ABC’s hit 1988-97 comedy about a workingclass family led by Roseanne Barr, was that network’s big surprise.

“The Conners’ joys and struggles are as relevant and hilarious today as they were then, and there’s really no one better to comment on our modern America than Roseanne,” ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey said.

CW President Mark Pedowitz said it was a “no-brainer” to order a remake of the prime-time soap “Dynasty.” Much of the network’s target audience hadn’t been born when onscreen divas Linda Evans and Joan Collins engaged in catfights, as they were charmingly called back then.

Networks hope the reheated comfort food will appeal to those who remember the original shows as well as newcomers unaware they’re not seeing an original concept.

Networks are wading more deeply into sci-fi and fantasy genres, aping the movie model that finds more reliable success with space and superhero sagas than untested themes. “Marvel’s Inhumans” will air on ABC. CW is adding “Black Lightning” to a comic book-heavy schedule that already includes “The Flash” and “Supergirl.” Fox will air “The Gifted,” a drama about children with mutant powers, and comedy “Ghosted,” about pals exploring unexplained phenomena in Los Angeles.

There’s a military drama trend next season, and it’s strictly elite. CBS is enlisting “Seal Team,” which explores the personal and professional lives of members of an “elite Navy SEAL team” deployed on missions worldwide. David Boreanaz (“Bones”) stars. NBC’s “The Brave,” with Anne Heche, is billed as a heart-pounding journey into the world of the “elite undercover” U.S. military. “Valor” from CW tracks an “elite unit” of U.S. Army helicopter pilots, the Shadow Raiders, whose secret mission goes awry.

There is originality out there. CBS has two comedy newcomers that stand out. “Me, Myself & I” looks at the pivotal moments in a man’s life at different times, including age 14 in 1991, 40 in present day and 65 in 2042. NBC’s “Rise” stars Josh Radnor as a teacher who turns a high school’s theater program into a boost for students and a working-class town.

This image released by CBS shows David Boreanaz as Jason Hayes, center, in a scene from the military drama “SEAL Team,” that follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs.

The cast members of the original run of “Roseanne.”