‘Nash Bridges’ TV revival in the works

When will TV’s bewildering infatuation with reboots and revivals ever end? Apparently, not any time soon. Now news comes that “Nash Bridges,” Don Johnson’s cop show, will be exhumed from the vast TV graveyard.

Appearing on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” Johnson confirmed that he’s in “heavy prep” on the revival. He said it will “find Nash some years later. And Cheech (Marin) is going to come back and join me and Jeff Perry. We’ve got a pretty exciting show that we’re prepping in San Francisco right now.”

Production is set to begin in May. But inquiring minds want to know: Will Nash’s gaudy yellow 1971 Plymouth Barracuda convertible ride again?

According to reports, the “Nash Bridges” reboot will air as a two-hour movie, possibly on the USA Network. But producers are hopeful it’ll serve as a backdoor pilot for a full series relaunch. The original “Nash Bridges” was created by Carlton Cuse (“Lost”) and ran for 122 episodes over six seasons on CBS. It left the air way back in 2001.

More “Nash Bridges” will apparently mean a bigger workload for Johnson. The veteran actor is currently a series regular on the NBC sitcom “Kenan.”

Reboots, rehashes and spinoffs are all the rage these days, especially on broadcast television. CBS, which already has a reboot of “Magnum P.I.” on the air and just announced it was canceling “MacGyver” after five seasons, has ordered “CSI: Vegas,” a reboot of the original “CSI” series. Meanwhile, a “Criminal Minds” reboot is coming to the streaming platform Paramount+ and a “Punky Brewster” revival is available on Peacock.