The new Malcolm in the Middle is the best Millennial-era reboot so far by a long way

I enjoyed it and think they've done a great job overall, although I think Scrubs has done a better job of keeping the tone spot-on with the original. >Do we know anything about this potentially being a backdoor pilot for a full reboot? It was intended to be a feature-length production, but converted into a limited series. If it does well, it's possible a continuation could be looked into.

I’d say King of the Hill did it better after finishing Malcolm last night. It’s fine but there’s some really weak parts (Hal’s song and dance in the first episode for example)

nah I think King of the Hill reboot is still the best of yet tho

The montage for Hal on the final episode had me f****** bawling. Hell the show made me cry over and over again with how thoughtfully they explored the issues that largely were played for humor over the years. I honestly loved every single thing about it. A lot of people were worried about the lighting/visual tones due to it being a modern show, and I had my reservations because the grime and grit was part of what sold the realism of the family.... but showing all the work Hal and Reese did on the house kinda did a good job of explaining the change in vibe in their house.

I like it alot. It's more of a "Where are they now?" update instead of a full reboot. I gave some closures to several characters. To me, Reese and Dewey seems to be out of characters though. I wished they had leaned into Reese's culinary storyline since the chaos in the kitchen would have fit his character pretty well. I understand why Dewey's part is the way it is due the original actor not wanting to be part of the reunion. But his storyline seems a bit out of characters. At the end of the day, the show id being accepting your family for who they are and the storylines for these 2 characters are just a bit off to me.

I enjoyed it a lot, but when I went to the sublistnook to talk about it a lot of them seemed unhappy with it. They didn't like the new characters and kept complaining it seemed like a backdoor pilot. I'd personally love to watch another season even if it had the new kids in it more.

I think it was fine, but I think scrubs reboot clears it by a mile.  Felt like a 8-10 episode szn forced into 4 episodes. It needed more time to breathe and give each character more time . There was a lot of characters and most of them were barely bit parts. Heck I heard for such a long time why they recast Dewey for him to be in for like 10 minutes and barely get any real lines.  It was good, but nothing mind blowing imo. 

King of the Hill f****** nailed it, I must say.

The Scrubs revival is definitely better. I enjoyed the MITM mini series, but I did think there was room for improvement. Malcolm barely spent any time with his family in the end, I was disappointed in how they decided to do Reese, Dewey and Jamie were relegated to basically cameo roles, a weird amount of time was spent on Hals trip, and the fake-out Lois death cliff-hanger was jarringly out of place. I hope this does lead to more (though I doubt it, Frankie and Bryan are too busy) because it's a nice set-up. I just wanted more from the family interactions. The bits of Malcolm getting into arguments with his brothers were the best bits imo. But I think Malcolm spoke to Francis like once?

King of Hill reboot is excellent, surprisingly filled humor and heart.

I think the series needed more episodes, many things are left unexplained. Like the mother of Malcolm daughter, how crazy must she be for Malcolm to consider her crazy?

It had a solid UK deal when it was airing, because I grew up watching it on Sky One. I loved the new show. I binged it last night. I agree, I felt like it was authentic to all the old characters and the new characters all fit in so well. I felt like Malcolm’s daughter did a grew job of replicating Malcolm’s mannerisms when speaking to the camera, she really felt like she’d be his real daughter. I wish it was a full series instead of a mini series

I didn’t realize this was out. Gonna check it out now.

It was on Sky every day, I used to watch it basically every day. I've watched the series the whole way through countless times. I have the DVD box set of the original run. It is one of my favourite TV shows of all time. I liked the new characters, but I don't think it would work well as a new series. The shows chaos was quite reflective of life growing up in the 90s and the cast was so perfect at interacting with one another. I think the lack of young children in the family hurts this as there would be less points of interaction overall. I just feel like kids have a way less interesting childhood now. So much of it is online and everyone is stimulated to the eyeballs. Not to mention how gentle parenting has taken over. It was interesting seeing Malcolm taking the current approach to parenting. It's inherently less fun and interesting. It's also a bit of social commentary that even though he's doing everything right in terms of parenting, it still doesn't materialise into a good childhood for his daughter due to social factors. It definitely felt rushed, the episodes didn't really have time to breathe and subplots felt almost instantaneous. The anniversary plot especially felt shoehorned in terms of slotting in every cameo they could. I did like the social commentary a lot and the underlying messages. The love letter to Hal was great and did make me cry. He was my favourite character when I was a kid and now I'm a dad myself, it's even better watching the original series through his eyes. Considering how he was almost never cast, and became such an established actor with Breaking Bad, it was great to see him acknowledged in that way. I think Bryan actually comes across so well in interviews and how others speak of him, such that it felt like it was a true reflection and gratitude of him as a person too.

I’m 3 episodes in. It doesn’t (or hasn’t yet) hit the highs of the original series, but it’s still really pleasantly good and makes me preemptively bummed it’s just these 4 episodes. Still, it’s a great way to honor a really great show. Btw, the shot of Malcolm running was one of the funniest of the whole series.

Nah, King of the Hill was a lot better.

Nah I think scrubs did a far better job. They managed to keep the same tone and pace of the original, they also made sure to give equal screen time to the old and new cast members

Scrubs is also amazing

The dialogue felt weird in places and very different to the original , just seemed stilted and didn't flow like the og series. Kelly had a bit too much screentime , would have preferred to get more insight into Jamie as an adult. Overall , it was good, I like how they brought back a large chunk of the recurring cast for the anniversary party ( even if it didn't make sense that some of them were there , e.g. Gretchen and Frances' military school friends)..

This is gonna sound weird, but I loved the part where they distinguish between “nice” & “kind”, because I am constantly saying to people ‘nice is not a personality trait, anyone can be nice’ 😂 Overall I thought it was terrific. The presentation in the final episode for Hal made me cry a bit. I wish they could have used Dewey outside of a computer screen but it was also fun to watch his reactions from afar

Personally I was a little disappointed with it, but glad it exists. Agree that the new characters were a strength of the movie, but I do wish it got to Malcolm interacting with his family quicker. The storylines felt too separate for me. Also, I know it was originally supposed to be a movie, but wish the structure felt more like individual episodes. But would be down if there's more.

Scrubs.

Scrubs 2026 and KotH are the pack leaders 

It was pretty good. My only major gripes are that Kelly and Hal had too much screen time.  Hal's drug trip went on way too long.  Kelly having more to do than Reese and Dewey rubbed me the wrong way. 

I didn’t think it was all that good.

I loved it so much! There was both a strong familiar tone and somw fresh dynamics. I enjoyed it and I really hope this will go so well they'll do more in the future. Also, can I just say that watching Brian doing all that impeccable comedy acting years after seeing him being such a raw Waltwr White is absolutely hilarious? All and all, it's a solid 10 for me. I have no notes.

As expected, the story grounded in the reality of a dysfunctional family had a side-plot with Hal that ran on cartoon logic.

Twin peaks the return? The show started in 1990 making it a millennial

Scrubs and King of the Hill have been better for me but I still loved the Malcom in the Middle reboot. It all makes the failure that was the Frasier reboot so much harder for me. In terms of the original series despite loving them all I'd have had Frasier far out in front but the reboot was so mediocre I've still not seen the second season.

Cranston's physical comedy is really impressive. I feel like he is up there with Jim Carrey and Lee Evans as a performer.

My main complaint is how the series looked. I'm really tired of these streaming shows sucking the life out of cinematography. Like in the last episode when they are doing the montage for Hal, why not just have them use smartphone cameras instead of everything looking so neat and professional. The original run had a dingy dirty look that worked for the series.

Loved the OG show as a kid. Loved the revival as an adult. Still don't see myself reconnecting with my family because "that's what family does" though. As always, Hal was the standout.

I haven’t watched the new Malcolm but Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always was also a very good millennial revival.

King of the Hill reboot was far better. This is fine tho.

I thought it was great fun. I was happy to see all the characters again. I thought everything was done very well. I enjoyed all the little set design pieces like "Past Date, Still Great!"

It feels as though the show just picked again up after 15 or so years. I loved the Reese scam, Malcolm made sense especially for Gen X, I’m sure that more than a few of us don’t have contact with family because reasons, Lois felt right.

Honestly, for a well-done millennial reboot, don't sleep on the *Rocko's Modern Life* TV movie.

King of the hill was better I thought. I wanted more shenanigans from the siblings.

I didn't like it. I was so disappointed! 

I wouldn't go that far

The revival was officially conceived and marketed as a limited edition miniseries. Whether it continues after these four episodes depends on success and ratings. Series creator Linwood Boomer explained that a sequel depends on how the revival resonates with audiences, but also said he views it more as a "one-off" project. Even though it's not my genre at all, I was also extremely disappointed with the cancellation of the Buffy reboot. I had to watch the series with my then friend forcibly and would have been really excited to see a creative realignment, especially with the participation of Sarah Michelle Gellar, including her return as Buffy as an Mentor.

Dog it wasnt malcolm in the middle. It was kinda trash. A couple good jokes but it was so sterile. I like kelly tho. And the last ep was good

I’d love for them to come back in a year or two with another four episode mini-series. They killed it

Scrubs is doing it much better, MITM has potential but Scrubs has blown it out of the water.

First tv show in a long time to make me actually bust out laughing

The confetti mishap had me choking on my drink

Haven't watched Malcolm yet but Scrubs has been awesome. Can't wait to jump in to this only been hearing very good things. Going to be a blast seeing Cranston play Hal again.

Is this marketing?

My son binged the whole original series one summer and I watched a bunch of episodes with him. I’ll have to check this out. I remember thinking it was a surprisingly good show for a sitcom that I had totally overlooked during its original run.

I beg to differ. I didn't laugh once. It looks like a parody of the original show. They try too hard and it looks. I really don't like the reboot version. At all.

It's great, and having a non binary kid after years of having boys, then having a girl who doesn't identify as one is a nice bit of irony. Cranston is still a brilliant comedic actor, and Kaczmarek is still excellent too, although she seems toned down a bit, but at 70, it'd be exhausting to be as angry as she used to be. I'd be happy for a couple of small seasons, but it's probably best to leave it as it is

It’s too cringe for me I tapped out, the Scrubs reboot is better but neither come close to the original seasons.

I didn't watch the original series, so I only had this "reboot" to go on, and it made me laugh multiple times, real laughs. That's so rare there's no way to say anything other than I thought it was great.

It was okay, but I'm just not the target audience as I didn't like the final 3 seasons, and this perfectly matches them.

Can we all agree that Malcolm in the Middle revival is better than Fuller House or That 90s show? It was annoying how Fuller House cast was badgering the Olsen twins to come back or that the 90s kids were just a bunch of Millennials pretending to be from the '90s who couldn't act.

Lmfao no its not

Only watched the first 2 episodes but I really liked it, it didn’t have as many laughs as the old show but it was just nice seeing where people were etc. Also loved they finally got a Daughter and they’ve turned out to be non binary 😂

Im not sure im considered a harcore fan but I watched it growing up and have since rewatched it twice. I liked it but calling it the best reboot by a long way while Scrubs is reboot is running is a wierd statement. For a potential more, im hoping we get the long and awaited Malcom in the Middle East.

I am aware of the show and saw bits of it but I was overseas and not really watching a lot of TV during its run You really need that "lore" of the old show or it's OK to dive right into this? I am familiar with the tropes and characters of the show though

Hal was the whole show for me. Most reboots feel like dragging a corpse around so if they actually pulled this one off thats kinda impressive.

My wife had never watched Malcolm in the middle before. Would she be likely to get it if we started with the reboot or is it mainly playing to fans?

King of the Hill reboot was better to me. But both good.

I've been hesitant but I'm sure I'll enjoy it enough.

King of the hill

I had to force myself not to bawl my eyes out at the Hal tribute. Probably the most beautiful and emotional thing I've ever seen put to screen.

Really, really enjoyed it. Completely matched the vibe of the original show. I have a few nitpicks about some subplots that should have been fleshed out more (ex. Reese’s manipulation of Hal), but for a 4 episode “season”, they did a fantastic job.

What channel is it on?

Full disclosure, OP is really Brian Cranston’s personal Listnook account. Loved you in BB btw

So you havent watched Scrubs yet, OP?

I enjoyed it but also think I’d put Scrubs above it.

Yeah it's even better than KOTH and that almost feels sacrilegious say.

King of the hill would like a word.

Futurama was as good.

King of the Hill, Malcolm, and Scrubs all are elite. I just finished Malcolm throughly enjoyed it

I really liked it. I can understand a lot of the criticisms but I feel like they did a good job explaining them. I think it was initially planned to be a full season and they had to condense it down, which is why there weren't too many interactions with Malcolm and his siblings. Pretty sure the creator said that he is willing to make more if Hulu orders it. My only real criticism is the soundtrack was very lacking. It was such a big part of the original series and the miniseries kind of felt like watching Seinfeld without the funky bass lines.

Holy f****** shit yes. It's perfect. I almost cried from nostalgia and definitely cried from actual laughter. 

I couldn’t agree more. Really enjoyed it.

So, I just finished it and it felt like the cast just took a break, accepted the fact that Per Sullivan moved on and they just kept going. It kinda felt like they missed mark with this a bit. It could have been Malcom, Leah and Tristian coming back after a time of absence and Lean fully understanding why she was kept in the dark. They could have used Kelly and Jamie a bit more too, but what are you gonna do. I loved the fact that they played up Dewy becoming a piano virtuoso, throwing back to the episode where he was a latchkey kid for a weeks. Leah was the perfect female version of Malcom, right down the fourth wall breaks and I loved the fact that she told off her crush. Oh and Reese getting his just deserts was the icing on the cake after all those years of just being an ass to everyone.

"SHE'S ALIVE" OMFG I AM DYING

The one part I disliked was >!Hal's drug trip. It was a good sequence and Bryan absolutely nailed it of course but it took up way way way too much time. !<

Did you not have Sky TV back in the day? I used to watch it the show every week.

Scrubs!

Malcolm in the Middle is the BEST reboot Ever!!!! I laughed and cried;then watched it all over again!

I enjoyed it but can’t help but think it could’ve been better. They introduced great new characters to the show and it was great to see some familiar faces but it got a bit too fan servicey. With that said, if they just used this as a launching off point to bring the show back in its old format I’d like it more. They really should bring it back, they’re set up beautifully to continue just like the old days

Omg I loved it so much. I really enjoyed Kelly, Tristan, Leah as new additions!

And it is not even close! Watched it yesterday. Was damn good Amazing job

The series was essentially the end of LOTR The Return of the King. Just a sort of book end to the original series that was an old school reunion special. When judged from that perspective it wins just for including an original, largely unnecessary side story. But as a series? If viewed as a reboot series it was abysmal garbage. Lowest tier. Below Frasier reboot bad. Dumb and Dumber To bad. Jokes were essentially look at us doing this again. Plot was 4th grade level. Gotta go to an anniversary party. Everyone is there. People glaze the actor that made it with breaking bad. The end.  The new cast contributed nothing, other than breaking the fifth wall, or sixth wall, by having random moments where someone other that Malcolm talked to themselves to the side, making me think possibly that actually happened. That Malcolm is mentally insane, killed the mother, and is raising the daughter, who is picking up on his maneurisms of talking to an invisible camera that exists in the room.  Of course that's insane. But not quite as insane as the supposed grief drug trip of Hal, who's character he seems to have completely forgotten and turned into a weeping shell of despair, infantilized to be the new child of the family who everyone must raise.  It was pretty awful for a reboot. But in terms of a reunion special, which is what it was, id say it was one of the better ones. At least they tried. But nobody needs an even worse version of that 90s show. Let things die a respectable death. Don't weekend at bernies a classic. 

Loved it. From the first scene to the beautiful ending. The actors had no trouble picking up their roles. 10/10

King of the Hill… hands down is the best… Think both Scrubs and Malcolm have managed to capture it close to perfect as well.

But all the instagram comments told me it’s doomed because of wokeness lol

The key scratch in the first episode had my wife and I in absolute hysterics. Had to rewind it a couple of times.