Friday brings the release of the latest crude, tongue-in-cheek Hollywood remake of a beloved television program.

“CHiPs” was a lighthearted and fun show about highway motorcycle cops that had such well-liked characters as Ponch (Erik Estrada). The new version is full of R-rated humor, sexual innuendo, big explosions, and characters with the same names but entirely different personalities.

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Hollywood just can’t give up on mining old properties to create hipster content that spends a movie runtime making fun of a program people once (and usually still) love.

This summer will bring another one with “Baywatch” — and audiences have already suffered through plenty: “Charlie’s Angels,” “Starsky & Hutch,” “The Dukes of Hazzard,” etc. etc.

Related: Hey, Hollywood, Leave These Favorite Shows Alone

Here’s a look at five shows we hope Hollywood doesn’t become inspired to ruin next:

1.) “Magnum P.I.” “I tell you what worries me — because I love ‘Magnum’ and we have loyal fans — is they take these TV show titles, and they buy them and they spend $100 million on special effects, and then they make fun of them and trivialize it. Then they try and get the actor who used to be in it to do some ridiculous cameo to prove to the audience that it’s OK. And I will not do that.” That was Tom Selleck, years ago, speaking about a proposed film reboot of the TV series that made him famous, according to Cinema Blend.

“Magnum” focused on an eponymous Hawaii-based private investigator. It ran for eight years and was consistently a ratings winner. It’s likely Hollywood has kept its grubby hands off the property thus far because Selleck is still a big name — he currently stars on “Blue Bloods” — and he and his iconic ’80s mustache are a hard act to follow.

What’s a little less egregious than a tongue-in-cheek reboot of the popular “Magnum” is a proposed sequel series that would focus on Magnum’s daughter. The idea of the series was floated last year and was to be produced by Eva Longoria. It would certainly be a lot better than “Magnum” getting the “CHiPs” or “Baywatch” treatment.

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2.) “Walker, Texas Ranger.” It’s hard to fathom any producer thinking it would be a good idea to do a cynical, R-rated reboot of “Walker, Texas Ranger” — but almost nothing is sacred these days.

“Walker” was basically a platform for Chuck Norris to show off his fighting skills and to promote positive cultural stories against the backdrop of a TV landscape that was turning darker and darker.

Norris played Texas Ranger Cordell Walker for eight years (plus starred in a television movie after the series ended). He carried a rifle, drove a big truck, and scared bad guys off with his beard and cold stare. It’s a show that would unfortunately be prime material for comedians like Jonah Hill and Seth Rogen to take and laugh at for two hours — but it was a top-rated show and still has many, many fans who clamor for something like it today.

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3.) Rawhide. “At the studios, everybody’s into sequels or remakes or adaptations of old TV shows. I don’t know if it’s because of the corporate environment or they’re just out of ideas. Pretty soon, they’re going to be wanting to do one of ‘Rawhide,'” predicted Clint Eastwood, according to IMDB, about the 1950s and ’60s show that gave him his start.

The Western ran for six years and was about a handful of cattle drovers in the 1860s. It was a popular Western and is most famous for Eastwood’s star-making role. The theme song was even cemented in infamy later, thanks to “The Blues Brothers.”

Unfortunately, it’s likely only a matter of time before studios turn the clocks back to the ’60s to start rebooting what they see as potentially profitable brand names. But we’ve seen what can happen when modern Hollywood takes a western and churns out a modern, sanitized product blockbuster wannabe — just look at last year’s dead fish of a flop, “The Magnificent Seven.”

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4.) “Columbo.” This show has arguably become more popular and respected with age. TV Guide ranked main character Lt. Columbo at No. 7 on its list of 50 Greatest TV Characters of All Time. “Columbo” also made TV Guide’s list for Best Dramas of All Time and the magazine’s Best Series list.

The Writers Guild of America gave it the No. 57 rank on its list of 101 Best Written Shows. On and on the accolades have gone over the years.

How about instead we throw up the original “Columbo” on Netflix and call it good?

“Columbo” episodes would run the length of feature films; major directors like Steven Spielberg cut their teeth on the program.

The series followed Peter Falk as Lt. Columbo, a detective who used his mind to solve crimes far more than his fists. It was an intellectual and challenging show that needs no updates or remakes.

Unfortunately — yes, it’s true — a reboot has been rumored for quite some time, with “Avengers” star Mark Ruffalo taking over the role of Lt. Columbo. Screenwriter Gary Whitta (“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”) was attached at one point and told Entertainment Weekly in 2015, “The way that we would want to do it is as a limited event series. You’d put it on Netflix, HBO, whatever … You wouldn’t do 22 episodes, because, again, the original ‘Columbo’ was never that.”

How about instead we just throw up the original “Columbo” on Netflix and call it good?

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5.) “Quantum Leap.” “Quantum Leap” ran from 1989 to 1993 and made a star out of actor Scott Bakula. The show followed a scientist who becomes stuck in the past. He then tries to alter history for the better with aid from the present day.

Fortunately, “Quantum Leap” hasn’t gotten the cynical reboot treatment quite yet. Bakula and company have actually talked about revisiting the cult series themselves.

At the 2010 Comic Con, Bakula mentioned a feature film may be in the works, but there’s been no official movement since then. Bakula now headlines “NCIS: New Orleans.” One hopes that Hollywood studios leave the intriguing sci-fi concept alone — unless they are willing to re-explore the world with Bakula himself.

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