Russell Johnson, the veteran TV actor best known for playing Professor Roy Hinkley on 'Gilligan's Island,' passed away from kidney failure on Thursday. He was 89.
The record for revivals of classic TV shows is pretty hit and miss, with the emphasis on miss.For every Hawaii Five-O , there's the new Charlie's Angels . And don't get me started on movie revisions; McHale's Navy or The Beverly Hillbillies, anyone? Yet TV frequently returns to its past in hopes of mining ratings gold.