Fifty years after it first graced TV, Hollywood studio bosses are bringing Bewitched back to the small screen.

The iconic TV series is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year and Sony Pictures executives are looking to recreate the magic with a modern version of the show, according to Deadline.

The original supernatural comedy series, starring Elizabeth Montgomery as a nose-wrinkling housewife witch, launched in October, 1964. It ran for eight seasons and is considered one of the most loved programs of all time.

The remake of the classic show is from Red Wagon Entertainment, the production company that also made the critically panned 2005 film version of the series, starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell.

There is no word on who will play Samantha, or her mother, Endora, fabulously portrayed by Agnes Moorehead, but Oscar-winning actress Reese Witherspoon has been named by fans as a worthy candidate for the young wife and witch.

With the announcement that David Lynch’s Twin Peaks is also about to have a remake, here’s some other series we think deserve another run:

M*A*S*H

Hawkeye Pierece and Radar’ O’Reilly were two of M*A*S*H’s biggest stars. Photo: AAP

The original series, starring Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce, was on air from 1972 to 1983 and, among many other great moments, often featured off-duty army medics drinking cocktails in kimonos and various other hijinks. With the biggest army-issue show of the past few years being the intense Homeland, we would love to see a reboot of M*A*S*H bring some comedic insight into modern warfare.

Dream cast: Mad Men’s Jon Hamm and Two and Half Men’s Ashton Kutcher would be the perfect laid back protagonists ‘Hawkeye Pierce’ and ‘Trapper John McIntyre’. Comedian Bill Hader as ‘Radar’ and Uma Thurman as ‘Hot Lips Houlihan’ could also round out the cast.

The Wonder Years

Paul, Kevin and Winnie were our best friends from The Wonder Years. Photo: Supplied

The Wonder Years’ Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage) and his friends Winnie (Danica McKellar) and Paul (Josh Saviano, who really wasn’t Marilyn Manson) captured the essence of being a kid in the 1960s and 1970s. We see an Australian remake being set in the 1980s and 1990s, a coming of age show for Gen Y’s and Millennials to get stuck into. Just imagine all the parental angst of kids going from listening to Kylie Minogue to Nirvana?

Dream cast: We see a new version of Kevin being played by young Australian actor Ed Oxenbould, who, after a recurring role in Ten’s Puberty Blues, is about to get his big international break, starring in the new Disney flick Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day, with Jennifer Garner and Steve Carrell. Beautiful Disney actress Naomi Sequeira is a dead ringer for Winnie Cooper, while Kodi Smit-McPhee would be our pick to play Paul.

SeaChange

David Wenham and Sigrid Thornton were perfectly cast in SeaChange. Photo: ABC

One of Australian TV’s most beloved romantic comedies. A recasting and remake of the 1998-2000 series SeaChange would have huge boots to fill to beat the original cast, specifically Sigrid Thornton, David Wenham and William McInnes. We think a new location would also be necessary, somewhere like Margaret River in Western Australia.

Dream cast: Justine Clark would be our pick as the hapless and hopelessly in love judge who starts a new life away from the city. Offspring’s Don Hany would be the perfect fit as the loveable leading rogue.

I Dream of Jeannie

Captain Anthony Nelson and Jeannie had fantastical chemistry. Photo: Supplied

Almost identical to Bewitched. The hapless Captain Anthony Nelson (Larry Hagman) was powerless against his magical Jeannie’s (Barbara Eden) powers, and her tiny midriff. They had one of the most ridiculous relationships ever to land on television, but we lapped it up.

Dream cast: This would be the perfect opportunity for George Clooney to return to TV as Anthony Nelson and who could go past Margot Robbie as Jeannie?

– with AAP