Space above and beyond reboot news 

This is one case where I'm 100% in for a reboot. I loved this show in the 90s and I'm still ticked it got canceled. It reminded me a lot of the Wing Commander PC games. I just hope they treat it as a proper military/war show and don't do something dumb like turn it into a teen show with kids flying the fighters.

I really liked to see a reboot! The series never got a fair chance, and the fact that people still remember it over 25 years later is a testament to its quality.

"Sugar Dirt" was an amazing episode and will be one of the best sci-fi episodes of all time. SAB is a series truly ahead of its time. It truly needs a continuation of where things left off. Too bad Lee Ermey couldn't be around to do the sequel.

Damn I loved the grittiness of Space: Above and Beyond. I am not so sure about Disney+ claws digging into that old treasure.

I have a special place in my heart for this show, being a Marine Corps veteran and lover of Sci-fi, this show was off the chain. I own a copy of season one, and have watched several times. I want to see a reboot of this show, it truly was ahead of its time.

I remember this show. I loved the characters and the premise was completely unique to sci-fi at that time. It felt like a dark and gritty version of a space World War 2 where humanity wasn't always pictured in the best light. I think it felt like a kind of mix of the original Starship Troopers and the Battlestar Galactica reboot.

I would love a continuation of this. Yes, Please bring it back..... Also, Earth 2 would be an awesome reboot as well.

I really enjoyed the show back in the 90s. I would love to see what it would look like today.

Hell yes I'd love to see a reboot as it deserves so much as I watched it as a kid the first time and it's always one in the back of your mind pleading for it's chance to shine again :)

i still rewatch this series about once every 3 or 4 years, loved it when i was a kid, love it now

This is amazing. I loved this show. I wanted a reboot for years. Hopefully dark skies will get rebooted aswel. 🤞🏽🤞🏽🤞🏽

This show has always been near and dear to my heart. I fell in love with it when it first came out while also being frustrated at Fox's handing of it. Not too many shows truly stick with me but this one had. Have it on DVD and periodically binge it. Almost never do that for anything else. To see it redone, with today's tech and story telling, would finally give us the journey that was abruptly ended previously. Always felt the reimagined Battlestar Galactica was influenced by SAAB and given how well that series went, this potentially would be no different. Never forget: In space no one can hear you scream unless it is the battle cry of the United States Marines. Oorah 5-8!

I was a HUGE fan of Space:Above and Beyond! This is good news. Please keep us up to date as you hear more information. I'm preparing of the worst, but hoping for the best. Thx

Man I just rewatched the entire season thanks to some dude who threw the remastered version up on RU-vid and I was so thankful. I forgot a lot of what happened. Last time I saw it I was like 15. 42 now lol. This is clearly one of the best sci-fi shows and all us Beyond fans saw BSG ripoff Beyond but we were also thankful to see a show like that get to finish. They didn’t get a proper chance but if they did a cool reboot now the AI and nipple necks and all that stuff could be explored even more especially the Chig society and what they were all about especially given the fact that they come from Earth because a piece of earth landed on that moon and birthed the Chigs. Anyway I just hope they don’t blow up or kill of any of the main cast of the 58. I love them too much. That series finale was heart breaking. But then again that’s war which is what the show was doing. It did Band if Brothers before Band of Brothers. Some of the stories were heart breaking. Like when Nathan’s brother joins the war and he’s led by an idiot and that idiot gets everyone killed. Horrible stuff. They need to bring back Morrison though maybe as commander of the Saratoga. Morrison was a bad ass in angriest Angel when he took on that invisible chig ship. That was an awesome episode. Anyway can you tell I love Space Above and Beyond.

I remember this show well though if I recall it aired very late here in the UK. Like 1am or something like that. However, this is one show I would like to see revived.

I even tweeted about this a year ago when someone asked about bringing a series back… YES - I want this! Of course, you have to include an episode (like the ‘Angriest Angel’) that shows a new enemy fighter piloted by the Chiggie von Richthofen.

With SBAB the obvious answer is not a reboot, but a sequel. The ward with the Chiggers has reached a bit of a stalemate as the humans reached technical and military parity with them, and the war has gone roughly cold, except for 20 years of low intensity counter insurgency ops. This would allow the show to explore the cultural and militaristic effects of decades of war on the people and soldiers. That could really hit home, like SBAB originally did for veterans of conventional conflicts.

I think this is an IP that needs a second chance. If you think about the dark gritty tv that we've been getting on streaming services, a space combat show would slide right in. Sci-fi's BSG reboot is in some way an evolution of what this show was trying to do and it had a fantastic run on a network. It would also be nice to have some of the original actors come back in different roles to give them some vindication but to allow for the new cast to shine.

The original series, is one of my faves, that I'm currently watching again, (for the umpteenth time). Just watched Who Monitors the Birds, again! Still great. Still a pleasure to watch.

I remember watching this as a child. Some of the episodes still stand out to me. Green meanies, the episode where they face the cloaking enemy ship, and the one with the enemy nursery planet/moon. Great episodes.

Fantastic series. Way ahead of its time and really unlucky to get canned after one year. It came at that time in the 90s when there was a slew of pretty good shows that never made it past the first year; Nowhere Man, Earth 2, Harsh Realm, Legend, VR5, Odyssey 5...

I saw the series when it came out and I don't think I thought much of it. I am rewatching the series after you mentioned it , I am really enjoying it .🖐

Please yes immediately!!!! Tc McQueen and vanson were my favorites!!!!

I loved that show so much as a teen. I hope it comes back.

If there are 2 shows that I want back, it’s Space A&B and the English series U.F.O.

I forgot all about this show but I agree. It was ahead of its time for sure. And the way the stkry arc unfolded, truly by the end of the fist season I was hooked.

I hope they actually do this, I loved this show and was mad when they cancelled it.

Yes I want to see a reboot. Love the old show.

A new Re-imagination of Space: Above and Beyond would be Great to see in a Streaming Service and would probably give it life beyond 4 or 5 seasons into probably 7 Season of 10 episodes each.

The essential idea of Space: Above and Beyond has all the potential for great story telling, visuals and adventure, everything it needs to be a success. Especially if they can nail an ensemble cast, it could certainly work. Personally I have no investment in previous characters, but it is always cool if the actors of major characters from the original series can get parts cast in other roles, much like Richard Hatch was recast in Battlestar Galactica.

One thing to remember about the 22 episode seasons on Network TV, is that the episodes had to be 42 minutes long, not 2 minutes shorter not 2 minutes longer. This meant you ended up with episodes with messy storylines that were either 10 mins to long or 20 mins to short half the time. On streaming you can make the episode as long as you need it (within reason) 22x42min episodes =15x60min episodes.

I am so for a reboot on this series! I'd also love to see Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda get another shot!

This show was my jam in the 90s, along with TNG, and B5. Fox did it a HUGE disservice by dropping it into the Friday night death slot and not supporting it beyond minimal marketing. If this is on Disney+, it'll have a much larger audience than it had before and the original fans would definitely flock to it anew. This is the perfect post Expanse show for us sci-fi fans.

I want a reboot now! I absolutely loved this show. I still have season 1 on DVD's somewhere. I need to find them, dust them off and watch again.

I really loved this series, its was great sci-fi, the cast was amazing an op mystical enemy. So would absolutly be on board for a reboot.

All on board for this! My brother and I loved Space Above and Beyond when they first televised it and were really disappointed when they canceled it especially after the ending that left so many plot threads hanging. And I agree, it needs to be a reimagining rather than a continuation since it won't appeal to a wider audience if it has to require people to know what happened in the obscure original series. With a good production budget, modern CGI, the original creators on board, and the current appreciation for grittier sci-fi this could be a real sleeper hit nowadays especially with current global geopolitical tensions.

I just subscribed just because you are literally the first channel to report on SAaB and a possible reboot!!! Very excited. I loved the show, but it had some flaws, being a 90s network show and of course it got cut too short. It is really a show that lends itself to a reboot, as most of the original story wasn't told and it could have a decent impact these days. It not being a huge name might also open up possibilities for going into some new directions, way less risk ob backlash than SW or ST. Like BSG before it, you have a fairly free hand to work with it. So really hoping this happens

I loved this series when it was on, and as a sci-fi geek, I appreciated a lot of original ideas that made it into production, like the cockpits that detached from the Hammerhead fighters for crew ingress and egress. It was also a nice touch that R. Lee Ermey had a cameo in the first episode. He is missed by many!

Space Above and Beyond was not a failed show 03:24; the show was deliberately sabotaged by the studio. Change the order of episodes, change the time and day episodes were shown, putting the show up against mainstream programs and sports events. They never wanted Space Above and Beyond to succeed but we, the fans, have always wanted the rest of the story to be told.

I finally was able to watch all the episodes of the series - some I saw again some I saw for the first time and it filled in some gaps in my memory. It would totally work as a show that can be rebooted because the first series lasted only a season and even most people like me who watched it forgot a lot of stuff about so a reboot would not offend anyone.

My dream would come true with this reboot. Space Above and Beyond was a phenomenal show which i really loved.

As recent remakes have shown... The current people in charge of productions at Disney and elsewhere are not interested in making good shows that honor and stay true to their origins. They're more interested in destroying anything and everything they can get their hands on and insulting the fans who are upset by this destruction. I loved Space Above and Beyond back when it aired. It got no sales push after it aired either... I'm pretty sure the DVDs I have of it are bootlegs... I would hate to see Space Above and Beyond receive the Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Wheel of time, Willow, or Velma treatment. Only 2 of those trash fires are Disney... but the pattern of destruction is across all media companies. The best thing that could happen to Space Above and Beyond is be delayed until the people who killed the above IPs are gone.

Heck yeah brother! The way the original show ended was frustrating. The reason given was that the producers needed to focus on Millenium. The last episode ...Just the 2 guys staring at each other on their bunks after a really bad day was intense. Then it was cancelled. Though you knew the end was neigh when they moved it to a 7pm slot on a sunday after the NFL on FOX and sometimes the show would air and other times it wouldn't.

If this is being revived/rebooted then hopefully it will do it justice - it was criminally underrated and cut short way before its time. I also felt that so called reimagined Galactica (2003) basically ripped off Space Above and Beyond (as well as The Terminator, Blade Runner and Westworld 1973) and was never a bonafide reboot of Battlestar Galactica (as envisioned by Glen A Larson). Anyway, Space Above and Beyond had so much potential and I was also wondering what happened to the Vansen and co after the season finale + the revelation that the Chigs perhaps did originate from Earth (?) along with so much unrealized lore that hopefully can be brought back in some form or other with a reboot. 🤔😉🤩😎💪👏🤞✌️👍

yes please bring it back i alway's love it was a good series i was so angry when it had stopped now if i come across 1 of the episodes on youtube i still watch it

100% behind this, it was a show that really sparked my imagination as a kid!!!

Loved that show! Bring it on!!!!

If Wong and Morgan are involved, that’s GREAT. That show got cancelled because Fox kept changing the time slot finally settling on going up against 60 Minutes in the US. Here’s to hoping.

My wife loved this show and always wondered way it went off. Yes I would like to see a reboot.

I just watched it a few weeks ago. It was great, good stories. It ended just as it was about to get much better with the interesting twist at the end.

I sure hope so. That sure had a lot of good things going for it. A couple things were a little predictable, but it was still good.

I am 100% onboard with this!! One of my favorite shows - which I'm currently re-watching.

Yes! SAAB, was one of my favorite shows! I don't like the idea of choosing between this and Firefly, but I would choose SAAB. It would fit well in current times.

I think Space Above and Beyond would be good option for a reboot as the story was not really completed properly. Even better as original two creators are back. I do not really want a B5 reboot as that story has been completed and it is great. I would like to see more of the B5 universe. Maybe a show about the PSI core.

I agree a reboot would be great. Love the series the first time. Wish it could have kept going.

Absolutely want a reboot. Loved the first one and wish it had continued.

I loved this show, it was so underrated.

I'd love to see the show return! Despite what's going on with streaming and entertainment these days, SAAB would serve a niche audience and rope in people who don't want to see anything far too wacky in terms of sci-fi. We get loads of wacky scifi from the superhero genre already so this may be a good palate cleanser. As long as the production studio keeps the expectations reasonable (don't set out to make a nonsensically overblown budget heavy show and leave the original duo alone) we ought to do well.

This show made a lasting impact in my memory, despite it being a mess on FOX. I’ve been waiting for an announcement like this.

100% YES! Absolutely deserves a reboot. I hope the original cast can be brought on in some manner, whether they are older now and the war rages on, or some new character role.

I love Space Above and Beyond. I watched it when it 1st aired. The fact that Disney owns this IP doesn't fill me with confidence. However, if the 2 original creators of this show are on board, i would be very interested in seeing a remake of this show considering it only had 1 season and we might end up getting a good show like the Reimagined Battlestar Galactica.

I'm part of this shows problem, I left active service in 91 and I have always been a rabid Sci-Fi freak. For what ever reason though I never watched even a single episode of this show when it aired. I didn't even become aware of it until R Lee Ermey passed from our ranks. After watching it (and I did so in the course of a single weekend) I kind of love it. There are some issue I have but they are all easily corrected. The main pull for me is the show for the most part gets the synergy of Marines pretty spot on. That's very hard to do, the Pacific did this as well. I'm sure most of that came from Dale Dye and I'm not sure if they could capture that level of Marine-ness again without the right person consulting, I don't know if Dale is still actively consulting on films but he was very good at that job. I would love to see how the rest of the series plays out but it will be hard to properly capture what the original had and that was the embodiment of the Marine Corps spirit. I know we are a prideful bunch and we have a bit of a swagger and that's what comes across in most productions, but this show somehow managed show the actual brotherhood we share in a way that was both present and subtle. I know after the past 20 years or so of conflict that those that came after me endured, a show like this they would devour if only they get the quiet parts just right. I do hope this gets picked back up and I pray that they have good people consulting on it. The stories by themselves were great but the characters and their interactions and that special something that screams Marines is what seals the deal. For any devils reading this Semper Fi

I’ve seen a lot of shows on Netflix and this would be a good fit for a reboot for any streaming service to pick up on

I would love to see this but I hope they take advantage of the improvements in VFX and SFX. Last time costs prevented the flight deck, hence the cockpits sinking into the floor.

If Wong & Morgan go with this, I would be happy with whatever they came back with. I don't think this show 'failed' the first time, it never got a fair chance.

Personally, I think S.A.A.B. doesn't need a reimagining: just a reboot with new cast. Babylon 5: the same. Both series had excellent special effects/stories (except for the Zarg in just 1 episode of B5.) And S.A.A.B. ended in an infuriating cliffhanger that screamed for at least 1 more episode.

Yes! Would love to see it come back. Really was ahead of its time.

I just hope they do more with the international nature of the show, if it comes back. We only really saw the US space fleet, but what about the space forces of all the other nations?

Absolutely, a reboot of this series would be amazing if done right. You have the technology now for building out your Universe in a more realistic way as far as visuals are concerned. If the writers are good and they write good dialogue good scenarios then finding good actors is should not be a problem. As long as they allow the people who love the show to write the show and direct the show and produced the show and leave the chair sitting people pushing pencil writing paperwork people off the set out of the production room then they should do fine. But if you've never looked at the series or you've never had any idea of what this series is about then you should not have anything to do with the production of the series you should just hand over the paychecks and let the people do what they need to do and stay out of it. I know that's probably an easy thing for me to say being that I don't have any money so I'm not going to be one of the investors but as a fan who would be helping you to regain that money back from your investment I would say if you're an investor and you don't have any idea what they're doing keep it that way and just sit back and reap the rewards. But hey I could be wrong...

I LOVED Space Above & Beyond! I think my favorite episode was 'Who monitors the birds?' It gave great backstory on and insight into Hawkes' character, and had hardly any dialogue, but had some powerful moments. Esp. that WW I German/Brit Christmas Eve vibe where Hawkes and the Chig soldier share a moment where they realize they're not so different - and give each other gifts. Hawke watches the Chig watch the birds flying overhead and that feeling comes again. Of course the inevitable happens and Hawke kills him in the end. I found it such a tragic, though provoking episode. I hated that it only got 1 season, I wanted to know more about the Chig, more about their breeding planet why they kept their eggs in caves, why they declared war. So many questions and no answers. This show was so good.

Yes space above and beyond needs to come back thanks jay

For me, Space above and beyond was the best thing on tv at the time. But I believe Farscape won out over it. Couldn't believe it when it went off air. 100% reboot. I would love the reboot. Make Vanssen or Hawkes a Colonel: and McQueen a Rear Admiral.

I watched the original series, and was very disappointed when it was cancelled. Would totally support a re-do!

100% a trailblazer and ahead of its time. I agree with you, my first reaction wouldn't be to see a reboot - but I think the writers and the story-universe deserves a good run at a few seasons. So long as it isn't cancelled mid-way through!

I think this is a great show to reboot! It's hard for me to imagine a Firefly or B5 reboot simply because the magic of those shows came from the charisma of the leads and the writing staff they had. Try to reboot these and you miss some of what made them essential. Don't get me wrong, I loved the original Space actors. But the concept for Space doesn't seem like it necessarily have to be linked to those specific characters. It was always a grunt's eye view of a war in space. You could focus on another squadron and characters and give those actors and writers a chance to take things in new direction, rather than trying to imitate the old. I also love that Morgan and Wong may be involved. I'd love to see what the rest of their story was, especially now that viewer interests have caught up to where Space was in the 90's.

The details were great! Not only did the main cast have nose art on their fighters, so did one of the enemy. Not sure of the episode, but the Red Baron was mentioned.

We need to push to get this show going again! It was ahead of its time and given the conflicts we have going now and the new tech in-play... They could expose audiences to modern warfare in a futuristic setting while also theorizing what future warfare would look like in a interstallar battlefield.

I’d absolutely give it a shot. I still remember the Von Rictoven episode from the original

Space AAB has to come back! It was the most underrated show on TV!

OMG this would be amazing! The show was so amazing and left off on an epic cliffhanger!

i just re-watched the season last month. amazing show. would love to see a reboot.

"Ahead of it's time?" Yes. I agree. I also heard when it was initially cancelled the reason was that they didn't rush the store to reveal more about the Chigs, and FOX wanted to be able to fully merchandise the show. So since the producers didn't want to let FOX start making a LOT Of toys, they got the boot.

Space: Above and Beyond? You mean that show actually existed? I didn't just hallucinate it? I thought it was a pretty good show, but this is literally the first time I've heard another human being mention its existence.

This is really exciting!! I agree it would do well as a streaming service and had a lot of potential as a more realistic, grounded military sci fi show.

That would be great…I loved the original and bought the the Season 1 when it became available. Space Above and Beyond was like Combat in space..please make it happen..

Christ I hope they do a reboot of this it was a great show and definitely ahead of it's time.

I will be watching it if it becomes a reality. It was a favorite show of mine.

Genuinely excited. My only concern is Disney being involved. Meaning that they like to take short cuts on character development and attention to detail. Would love it more so if it was HBO at the helm. However like all Sci-fi heads I guess il take what I'm given and like it

I have only now had this come up & only had your channel appear over the last few months. I really do hope they continue from where they left off, with consideration to the time between, eg: creating a gap of 1 generation to allow for new cast players + any from the original who are still alive & willing to resume their role 30 years on. It was popular in Australia, as are most SciFi, but these days airing of anything not in the "reality" or "competition" genres gets relegated to viewing times changing every week &/or in non peak viewing times late at night to predawn, when few can keep their eyes open enough to enjoy any episode in full. Usually, after a month, they are replaced with "shopping" programs, mostly from America, some with Australian voice over in parts, such as phone number & price in "X" number of easy payments, etc. The networks are trying to eliminate "free TV" & get people to subscribe if they want to view good programs.

I love this show. It had some great ideas and a few really excellent episodes. I would love to see this get a proper reboot.

Loved the original and would really love to see a reboot by the same folks

I seriously hope this gets made. I loved the original show.

The Angriest Angel is the best episode. However, FireFly is ALSO epic!

A wonderful show! Got better as it progressed.

Bring it! I loved the original and would watch this again!

I really liked the original and I would love to see a reboot so long as it goes beyond one season I would be happy.

I really like the idea. I loved watching the show and was upset that they left it with a cliffhanger.

SAB ended too soon. The story arc was just developing and the different factions were just beginning to be fleshed out properly. As an 'adult' sci-fi series this was a taste of how it should be done, and on quite a limited budget as I recall. It wasn't until the Battlestar Galactica reboot that it became clear that networks understood the need for adult sci-fi and how to market and promote it. I think lessons were learned from SAB that would account for that. So I am 100% up for the reboot and I am looking longingly at my DVD box set to see if I can justify going through the entire season in 4:3 NTSC (I am in the UK) just to get my fix again

I absolutely LOVE Space Above and Beyond. I loved it then, and I loved it just as much when I re-watched the entire season on DVD back in January. It has held up amazingly well. It's a great show. I would totally love to see a reboot and find out how the story ends! It's a shame the original cast is too old to play those parts, but even with a new cast I'd be all in.

Yes please. As mentioned, the Show was cancelled after season 1 but 5 seasons had been planned, so the story is there to be told. Such a shame that so many sci fi Shows get cancelled after just 1 season - eg Defying Gravity, The First…