MST3K: Possible Online Reboot

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On the heels of the 25th anniversary of its premier, the cult comedy series "Mystery Science Theater 3000" may be rebooted in the not-so-distant future.

Show creator-writer-producer Joel Hodgson, who hosted the sci-fi series from 1988-1993, told Wired that he plans to revive the show online this spring. "MST3K was cancelled in 1999 after 11 years on the air. Comedy Central dropped the show in its seventh season and the Sci-Fi Channel picked it up after audiences fought to keep the series alive.

“I’ve talked to a bunch of fans about their lives and what ‘MST3K’ means to them,” Hodgson told the magazine. “I’m overwhelmed by how people took to that show. It really affected them. I thought, if enough people still love it, maybe we can bring it back.”

The resurrected web show will feature a new host and cameos from “MST3K” alumni.

“Even avid viewers sometimes don’t realize that every major role in the show had been swapped out over time,” he said. “So in my mind, the show is built to be refreshed with new people and new ideas. It’s like Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle as it applies to ‘MST3K’: If it doesn’t change, it’s not the same show. And fortunately for us, as long as there are movies, there are always going to be cheesy movies.”

The “MST3K” team “reunited” earlier this month to bring the “RiffTrax” show to the National Geographic Channel. “Total Riff Off,” a three-hour April Fool’s special, found the gang overdubbing nature shows that included “Honey Badgers,” “Unlikely Animal Friends” and “Swamp Men.”

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How does this make you feel?

[Suicide]

YES PLEASE. Been a big fan of Rifftrax and would love to see this show come back to some capacity!

[Yami]

Yes! I love this show!