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ABC's "V" is the latest in a string of attempts by networks to capitalize on past successes by reinterpreting them in a new, updated version.

Unfortunately,Cold Case comlete seriesthis ploy has resulted in many more failures than successes. For every "Battlestar Galactica" there are a dozen remakes in the network scrap heaps: "Knight Rider," "Bionic Woman," "Fantasy Island," "The Love Boat: The Next Wave," and so on.

We can't help but think that this poor track record is a combination of picking the wrong shows, Gilmore Girls complete seriesupdating the wrong elements and picking the wrong cast--and we're willing to put our money where our mouth is.

Join us this week as we take a look at a dozen classic series remakes we'd like to see, how we'd freshen them up for current audiences, House series dvd and who we'd cast in them.

"Greatest American Hero" (1981)

Original: Aliens give a schoolteacher a suit that gives him super powers. He loses the instruction manual and has to fumble his way through heroic adventures with his FBI agent sidekick.

Reboot: Tailor-made for the USA Network, Scrubs dvd "Greatest American Hero" combines humor with action and mystery much like "Chuck" or, well, most of the original shows on the USA Network. In the update, the suit is no longer created by mysterious aliens; Desperate Housewives dvd it's nanotech created by a rogue scientist who dies, taking his notes and the instructions with him.

Recast: Tom Everett Scott ("Southland") as heroic teacher Ralph Hinkley. Donal Logue ("Life") as FBI agent Bill Maxwell. Selma Blair ("Kath & Kim") as Ralph's lawyer girlfriend Pam. Criminal Minds dvd box set
A bevy of young, mostly Canadian actors as Hinkley's class.