10 TV Shows You Didn't Know Were Returning

Just as Luke Skywalker once declared in a galaxy far, far away, "no one's ever really gone."

And the same can be said for some of your favourite ever TV series, folks.

Sure, it may have looked like everything from some of the most adored sitcoms of the last ten years to legendary small-screen action shows of the '70s were well and truly over after they finally reached their end. But you better believe that each and every one of the hilarious, thrilling, or simply iconic programmes on this list are making the most unlikeliest of comebacks in the coming years.

This isn't a case of all of the creators involved with these series just deciding to get the band back together and pump out a few more familiar episodes of side-splitting comedy or gripping legal drama, though.

Some of the following unexpected returns and reboots will see laugh-out-loud live-action shows being thrown into the animated sphere, leading characters having their genders swapped, and even once-family-friendly productions being aimed towards a more adult audience.

This is unquestionably the age of the reboot, and these are just a few more well-known names you probably didn't realise have recently been added to that ever-growing list.

Since it flew off into the sunset all the way back in 1972, a number of remakes of the iconic sitcom about a witch settling down with an ordinary bloke have all been attempted. In fact, a UK version of the classic show even got as far as the pilot stage in 2008, with Sheridan Smith playing the magical role of Samantha.

There was also that time Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell appeared in a big-screen reimagining of Bewitched in 2005, too. But a straight-up reboot of the show has never really come to fruition, despite the likes of NBC, CBS, and ABC all taking stabs at it this century.

Now though, it finally looks like a Bewitched comeback of sorts is on the cards, with THR reporting earlier this year that Sony Pictures Television Kids are looking to bring the series back to screens as an animated show.

The well-known comedy famously boasted animated opening titles back in the day, of course. And this return to the world of witches at home would focus on Samantha and husband Darrin's 13-year-old daughter Tabitha as the youngster tries to manage her middle school and magical academy lives.

"Hannah Montana meets Harry Potter" was how the show was described by SPT Kids executive VP and general manager Joe D’Ambrosia. So, expect bucketloads of magic, blonde wigs, and evil dark lords with serpent pets, I guess... maybe not.