The news that both Frasier and the Rob Schneider vehicle The Animal are getting sequels was announced today.

Those are just two of the latest IPs in comedy alone that are being tapped for the latest content to be shoved down our collective throats. Reboots/sequels/revivals are so dominant that Hulu’s meta comedy about reboots called Reboot is actually pretty resonant and getting favorable reviews. One of the first scenes in Reboot‘s pilot actually runs down all the active reboots on TV right now and, as they intended, it’s comically long.

It’s almost a pointless question to ask “Was anyone asking for this?”, but was anyone seriously asking for this? The ardent Frasier fans that we personally know have not even brought up the idea of Frasier being brought back in any regard. They do love wrapping themselves in a binge watch of the much lauded sitcom as comfort food, but there hasn’t been some sort of big hashtag pushing for new episodes of Frasier. Anyone who is a fan of Rob Schneider these days are very likely more aligned with Rob’s politics than his comedy on both stage and screen.

Maybe somebody was asking that aforementioned question, but, more importantly, tons of data segments persuasively show to power executives that bringing back something that people know is where networks/streaming services should be plunking millions, especially when it comes to comedy. Thus, the march through every IP imaginable continues into an endless oblivion of TV series and movies that are decidedly not original in some way/shape/form.

The question that any network/studio/streaming service brass seems to be concerning themselves with is less “What are people asking for?” and more, “What will people’s nostalgia or comfort-with-what-they-know force them to watch?” That dynamic seems more insane when you consider that an original adult animated series like Rick and Morty is still one of the most popular series on TV.

So, similar to the notion that representation matters in media, originality also matters if you want to see anything that isn’t based off of something else whether it’s an old show, historical event, or a board game.

That means go see Bros right now and don’t wait for it to hit streaming.