If Roseanne taught us anything, it’s that television reboots aren’t always a great idea. At their best they may improve upon the original (One Day at a Time) or at least get close to that magic (Will & Grace), but at their worst they can be seen as crude cash grabs (Fuller House) or just a bad idea brought on by too much or not enough cocaine (Dynasty). Designing Women is the latest in a long line of prospective reboots of classic and/or beloved television shows, but the trend, much like Dixie Carter, has been run into the ground. Do we really need a Designing Women reboot? And are we willing to reanimate Dixie Carter and Meshach Taylor to get it since that’s the only logical way to go about this? These questions, and more, might be answered here in this battle royale of TV's nostalgia obsession.

Occult Girl Power

Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Currently in development. Based on the WB/UPN series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (itself a reboot of the 1992 movie, also written by Joss Whedon) which starred Sarah Michelle Gellar as the titular vampire slayer, the reboot promises a black actress will step into the lead role.

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Charmed: Premieres October 14 on The CW. Already fighting an uphill battle since none of the original’s actresses are involved—and have no problem telling you about it—the reboot features a Latinx cast and is being helmed by the minds behind what some consider the best show on television, Jane the Virgin.

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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: Premieres October 26 on Netflix. Melissa Joan Hart need not explain anything because Mad Men’s Kiernan Shipka is on the job. A darker take on the teenage witch, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina hews closer to the graphic novel of the same name by creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, who’s also behind The CW’s hit Riverdale.

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WINNER: Buffy has some huge, culture-defining shoes to fill and we’re still a ways off from seeing if the reboot has the range; meanwhile, Sabrina is less of a reboot and more of a re-imagining, so with an impressive pedigree and an actual witch on staff, Charmed takes the supernatural cake, for now.

Kim Fields of Dreams

The Facts of Life: Currently in development. For whatever reason, Growing Pains’ Leonardo DiCaprio and 7th Heaven’s Jessica Biel are angling to reboot this ’80s sitcom (a spin-off of Diff’rent Strokes, which no one ever needs to bring back) through their respective production houses. Not much else is known about the potential reboot, including if OG stars ( R.I.P. Charlotte Rae) like Kim “Don’t Call Me Tootie” Fields will be a part of it.

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Living Single: Rumored. Kim “I’ll Take Regine Hunter, Tho” Fields would likely be involved in the long-rumored reboot of everyone’s favorite group of six young, cool friends living in New York City in the ’90s...Living Single. Nothing has been confirmed, but the internets is talking.

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WINNER: Living Single, hands down. In a 2018 kinda world, we really need our girls.

Shoulder Pads and Glass Ceilings

Murphy Brown: Premieres September 27 on CBS. Candy Bergen reprises her iconic role as the news woman who’s not here for any of your bullshit, but this time she’ll be facing stiff competition from her son, Avery, who hosts a competing—and conservative—morning news show. Say it with me: TOPICAL!

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Designing Women: Currently in development. We’re still in the nascent stages of this reboot so who knows if anyone from the original cast (national treasures Annie Potts, Jean Smart and Delta Burke among them) will return, but like its contemporaneous cousin, The Golden Girls, so much of the show’s appeal relied on its stars, who gamely portrayed strong women with an eye for interior design and a tongue for ruthless lashing.

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WINNER: With much of its original cast returning, and by tackling some all-too-relevant topics from the 2016 election to #MeToo to the role of the press in today’s socio-political atmosphere, Murphy Brown seems to make the most sense, and be the most necessary, of any reboot.

’80s Dicks

Magnum P.I.: Premieres September 24 on CBS. This reboot begs one, and only one, important question: Where’s the ‘stache? Other than that, Magnum (and I guess we’re just ignoring the phallic implications of the title) opens itself up to a bit more diversity, casting Jay Hernandez as the private eye—but don’t expect Tom Selleck to show up in a trademark Hawaiian shirt. Like, ever.

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Miami Vice: Announced? It’s been a year since furious and occasionally fast action star Vin Diesel revealed his plans to produce a reboot of Miami Vice, the stylish drama that launched the careers of Daisy Johnson’s dad and that guy who inspired the EGOT joke on 30 Rock. Since then we’ve seen neither hide nor perfectly-coiffed hair of it so one can only assume the 2006 film clawed its way back into Diesel’s memory and he quietly abandoned the idea, or he took it as a sign to (again, quietly) go full-tilt with it. Either way, more neon pastels, please.

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WINNER: Cagney & Lacey, which got shafted and replaced by the Magnum reboot, but whose female dicks will always have a place in our hearts. And at least we’ll get some of that sweet, sweet Tyne Daly on Murphy Brown.

Special shout-out to Tom Selleck's mustache: