The Best Spin-Offs ever?

[NewYorkSpider]

I didn't know that Family Matters was a spin-off. I just looked that up on wikipedia.

 

[Manic]

Yeah, wasn't Harriet a character on Perfect Strangers first?

 

[Darkfly]

Torchwood anyday, just so gorram AWESOME

 

[NewYorkSpider]

Yeah, wasn't Harriet a character on Perfect Strangers first?

That's what it said. I'll have to go and see if their is anything on YouTube

Alright, I watched the intro to Perfect Strangers and I remember the show a little. Didn't know that it's spin-off was Family Matters.

 

[CuberToy]

For me... Torchwood (Series 2 is just awesome !)

 

[Odin's Lapdog]

Angel is superior to buffy
frasier is superior to cheers
Different world is superior to the cosby show

 

[KALEL114]

Yeah, wasn't Harriet a character on Perfect Strangers first?

She was the elevator operator at the newspaper Larry worked at.

No one else thinks the Simpsons is one of the best?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

What did the Simpsons spin off of?

 

[kane9321]

Frasier,xena....more to come

 

[kane9321]

Yeah, wasn't Harriet a character on Perfect Strangers first?

yep..she worked with "larry" as the sassy elevator operator if memory serves me correctly

 

[KALEL114]

What did the Simpsons spin off of?

The Tracy Ullman Show

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Huh. I've never seen The Tracy Ullman Show.

 

[kane9321]

Huh. I've never seen The Tracy Ullman Show.

very funny..it was tracy ullman playing zany, crazy characterst:

 

[JP]

Frasier.

 

[Manic]

Different world is superior to the cosby show

I beg to differ. A Different World was a great show, though.

 

[<(o_o)>]

That's what it said. I'll have to go and see if their is anything on YouTube

Alright, I watched the intro to Perfect Strangers and I remember the show a little. Didn't know that it's spin-off was Family Matters.

Harriet originally worked at that Chicago news paper place
with Balky & Larry but that wasn't until a few seasons into the series. I never would have thought that they would create a whole new series around her character though. Family Matters could have stood on its own without it ever being known that it was a spin-off series.

Another good spin-off series that I liked was Just The 10 Of Us which is a spin-off of Growing Pains.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

See, I had no idea that Just the Ten of Us was a spin-off of Growing Pains, even though I liked both shows growing up. What's the connection there?

 

[Manic]

Harriet originally worked at that Chicago news paper place
with Balky & Larry but that wasn't until a few seasons into the series. I never would have thought that they would create a whole new series around her character though. Family Matters could have stood on its own without it ever being known that it was a spin-off series.

You'd be surprised what they can make a spin-off from. Good Times is a spin-off of Maude (Florida Evans was Maude's maid).

Interesting note. Maude was a spin-off of All in the Family (Maude was Edith Bunker's cousin). That officially makes Good Times a spin-off of a spin-off.

 

[KenK]

Interesting note. Maude was a spin-off of All in the Family (Maude was Edith Bunker's cousin). That officially makes Good Times a spin-off of a spin-off.

Wasn't the Jeffersons also technically spun off from ALL in the Family?

 

[Abaddon]

No one has mentioned Laverne & Shirley.

how about King of Queens? Doug was a character on Everyone Loves Raymond first

He doesn't play the same character though. But they did have a crossover.

 

[<(o_o)>]

See, I had no idea that Just the Ten of Us was a spin-off of Growing Pains, even though I liked both shows growing up. What's the connection there?

Coach Graham T. Lubbock who started out as a character on Growing Pains is the connection between the 2 shows.

 

[Manic]

Wasn't the Jeffersons also technically spun off from ALL in the Family?

Yep. The Jeffersons were the Bunkers' neighbors until they moved on up to a deluxe apartment in the sky.

 

[RogueDK]

Lou Grant was a great show when I was a kid; it was a spin-off from The Mary Tyler-Moore Show

 

[Manic]

You know, I've never seen Lou Grant. I did see Phyllis (bad) and Rhoda (okay).

 

[RogueDK]

Yeah Phyllis was a stinker but Lou Grant was a pretty solid drama. Which is the best direction to go with his particular character I felt.