Simpsons said it first

11 November 2016 - 09:36 By Tymon Smith

For a disheartening five minutes of television, visit www.deadline.com and watch The Simpsons episode from 2000 in which Matt Groening and his team predicted a Trump presidency. In the episode, Lisa becomes president and has to face the obstacles left by her predecessor - The Donald.We've already had a McGyver reboot, but it seems the US's appetite for reboots is insatiable.Tvline.com reports that US television will soon be flooded with reboots of popular shows from the '80s, '90s and '00s, including Knight Rider, Fame, Magnum PI, LA Law, MTV Unplugged, Mystery Science Theatre 3000 and a series of Prime Suspect prequels, to name only a handful.To see the full list go to www.tvline.comIf you missed it at the recent Joburg Film Festival, you can catch the excellent Mozambican film and winner of the festival's Best Film award, Train of Salt and Sugar, at The Bioscope in Johannesburg and The Labia in Cape Town from today...

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