Bryan Cranston IS Kolchak the Night Stalker? If a return happened?

 Someone on a Kolchak group mentioned a return and Bryan Cranston as Carl. Unless it was done with a 1970s setting, maybe 1976 or 77 I doubt it would have ANY appeal. There are so many supernatural shows now with continuing characters that have plumbed the depths of monsters of every kind (LEGACIES, VAMPIRE DIARIES, SUPERNATURAL, SUPERSTITION, THE ORDER, LOCKE AND KEY, LOCKWOOD, BUFFY, ANGEL, HAVEN, FRIDAY THE 13TH THE SERIES--actually the second supernatural show that had continuing characters even before X FILES and under rated, CHARMED, REAPER, THE OTHERS, HAUNTED, X FILES, MILLENNIUM, PARANORMAL WITNESS, OCTOBER FACTION, WEREWOLF, TEEN WOLF, WOLF PACK, POINT PLEASANT, THE OMEN and EXORCIST tv shows, FREAKYLINKS (which should have worked and was more like NIGHT STALKER than NIGHT STALKER!), YOUNG DRACULA, ASTRID AND LILLY SAVE THE WORLD, GHOST WARS, OMEGA FACTOR, HEX, STRANGE ( a GREAT seven ep show), MERLIN, SEA OF SOULS (another great creepy show!), a ton of witch shows, THE SECRET CIRCLE, SALEM, EASTWICK, THE GATES (great premise), GRIMM, SLEEPY HOLLOW, WITCHES OF EAST END, THE 4400, ROSWELL, CONSTANTINE (which was boring), TOM SWIFT, NANCY DREW (which was more BUFFY horror than mystery), THE WINCHESTERS, the awful SHE WOLF OF LONDON, HELL HOUSE, POLTERGEIST THE LEGACY, PSI FACTOR, BEYOND REALITY, SPOOKSVILLE, EERIE INDIANA, and probably dozens more), the only way to do this would be to either go with the modern flow (which would be wrong and like all the others?) or do it as a period piece from where the original show ended. Maybe Janus finds a way to come back from the dead? It should be in Chicago IMO and should be about 1976 or even 75 or 77. That would present a lot of filming issues tbh but it might be worth it. Bryan is probably the only one who has the looks, look, class, and acting ability for both serious drama and horror and sci fi AND comedy. The problem would be casting the office staff: I mean WHO could play Vincenzo, Emily, and Ron?

and Tom Hardy as Janos Skorzeny IN the first new episode, THE RETURN OF SKORZENY.