'Suits' reunion at Golden Globes gives fans hope for reboot

The cast of Suits just reunited at the Golden Globes, and fans are calling for a reboot.

On January 7, Patrick J. Adams, Gabrielle Macht, Sarah Rafferty and Gina Torres attended the 81st Golden Globe Awards to present the Best Actor Award for HBO's "Succession " Drama Series Award.

The cast of the hit legal drama, which also stars Meghan Markle and Rick Hoffman, also posed for photographers on the Golden Globes red carpet, and their appearance quickly sparked the Golden Globes Attention fans of "Pretending to be a Lawyer" .

Patrick J. Adams, Gabrielle Macht, Sarah Rafferty and Gina Torres. Greg Deguire/2024 Golden Globes/Getty Images Entertainment/Getty Images

Now, as videos of the cast's Golden Globes appearances quickly go viral on X (formerly Twitter), TikTok, and more, many fans agree: Suits is in dire need of a revival.

"I hope they reboot this show!" one fan wrote on TikTok. "As someone who has watched all nine seasons of Suits , this reunion makes me so happy. Gives me a reboot," another commented.

Although the short-lived "Suits" spin-off series Pearson The show aired in 2019, and other fans suggested there should be a revival centered around the character of Mike Ross (J. Adams). "We need a Mike Rose Suits spinoff and we need it now," one fan also wrote.

The cast of " Suits" attended the 81st Golden Globe Awards. CBS Photo Archive/CBS/Getty Images

"Suits " spin-off series

While the possibility of a reboot remains to be seen, details of the upcoming Suits spinoff (tentatively titled Suits LA ) have surfaced in November 2023.

According to Beatrice Springborn, president of Universal Studios and UCP, the spin-off series currently in production is written by "Suits" creator Aaron Korsh and will be set "in the same time period" as the original show.

"It's really fun and joyful," Springborn said of the new series, adding that "Suits" will have "the same energy and handsome characters as the original."

The cast of Suits . Gina Torres as Jessica Pearson, Patrick J. Adams as Michael Ross, Sarah Rafferty as Donna Paulson, Meghan Markle as Rachel Zane, Rick ·Hoffman plays Louis Litt and Gabriel Macht plays Harvey Spector.

Suits proliferate

"Suits," which aired for nine seasons from 2011 to 2019, followed college dropout Mike Ross (J. Adams) who finds himself with one of New York City's top lawyers, Harvey Spector (Machter). Work story.

The show once again became popular after being added to Netflix in June 2023, garnering 3 billion minutes of viewing time in its first week on the platform alone.

The show broke streaming records four years after its finale, becoming the most-watched streaming production.

" Suits" cast. Frederick Brown/Getty Images)

Markle, aka Rachel Zane, who left the show at the end of its seventh season following her engagement to Prince Harry, spoke of the show's "insane" popularity last November.

"The work was great, the cast and crew were amazing," she told Variety . "It's hard to find a show these days that you can watch so many episodes in one sitting, so that might have something to do with it. But good shows are timeless."

Co-star Rafferty (aka Donna Roberta Paulson) also recently told People magazine that she's "gobsmacked" by the Suits revival, adding: "You can't do that in the real world. way to really metabolize it.”