brightknightie: With Hank and Diana in the lead, the children confront Tiamat. (Other Fandom D&D poster)
First, the new Quantum Leap series -- which is a respectful sequel, not a reboot; dunno why some sources keep calling it a reboot -- has been renewed for a second season on NBC/Peacock+. That means we'll not only get the back half of this first season starting in January, we'll get a second season next fall. Here's hoping that the story stays good and grows even better with that network backing. Read about it on Variety.

Second, my beloved '80s Dungeons & Dragons cartoon is getting a 4-part comics series from IDW in March! Dungeons & Dragons: Saturday Morning Adventures, they're calling it, and billing it as a new story in the style of a "lost episode." One of the two writers self-identified as long loving the show: "As a kid, I would wake up on Saturday morning, pour a bowl of cartoon-themed cereal, and plop myself in front of the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon... When IDW approached me about writing Saturday Morning Adventures, there was no chance I was passing up the opportunity to help this D&D party face Venger once more." Read about it on CBR.

(BTW, they've given Diana and Sheila colored leggings/tights! The times, they have changed, at least a little, and that's awesome.)

brightknightie: Nick and his remote control (Remote Control)
NBC has launched a sequel series to the original Quantum Leap. No spoilers that weren't in the previews... but yes, some overview info here!

It's very specifically a sequel series, not a reboot. It references the original, not heavy-handedly, but more than once. It's set decades after the original ended, and the new folks who have revived the project know what happened the first time (they think), that Sam never made it home, and they believe that they can solve the problems that plagued the project's first incarnation... until, of course, they can't, and they, too, lose one of their folks in time, with a swiss-cheesed memory, leaping to put right what once went wrong... but apparently with much more of a through-line plot for the crew back home in 2022, in accord with how much more accustomed we all are to continuity these days.

The show premiered last Monday. The second episode will air tomorrow, 9/26, at 10pm Eastern/Pacific, 9pm Central. It's on NBC and Peacock. The first episode seems to be available on NBC's website for now; watch it here. I don't know how long it will stay available, or whether they'll make more episodes available as they air, but of course they'd like us all to subscribe to Peacock. [Update, 8:43pm: It's apparently no longer available without subbing. Either they locked it down, or it was a one-click situation, or what I saw there before wasn't what I thought. Sorry!]

Personally, I'm watching on old-fashioned over-the-air TV rather than subscribing to yet another streaming service, but, wow, it's quite a thing to go back to being at the beck and call of an over-the-air network after years of not. Ouch. Appointment television means that they control my calendar, and I don't love it.

But I did enjoy the show enough that I will watch the second episode. Nostalgia and hope! Oh, boy...

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