Talk:List of television spin-offs

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Hi - I've created a free quiz based on the content of this page at http://www.factacular.com/subjects/Television_Spin-offs

... would it be appropriate to add a link to this on the main page? Thanks, Tom

This is more a list than a proper article - can someone flesh out the ideas behind a spin-off - a whole episode of a show (e.g. "Kellys Kids" in The Brady Bunch is devoted to introducing characters never before shown and going into detail about them in the hope of spawning a new series.

PMelvilleAustin 19:13 Mar 24, 2003 (UTC)

There is more information on this in the article spin-off, which this list has a link to now. John Anderson 10:44, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Mad about you etc.

How is Mad About You a spin-off of Seinfeld? My knowledge of Seinfeld is pretty good, and I'm not remembering any episode that might've launched it. TVTome doesn't mention Seinfeld on their Mad About You page, and have no mention of Reiser or Hunt ever appearing on Seinfeld. I'm going to remove this for the moment. Ventura 23:09, 2004 Sep 9 (UTC)

By the same token, I don't see how Whose Line Is It Anyway can be considered a spinoff of the Drew Carey show, just because it has some of the same cast members. It's an American adaptation of a British show, and the fact that Drew Carey produces it does not make it a spinoff. On the other hand, I think it would be fair to call Green Screen a spinoff of Whose Line.Raymondluxuryacht 22:35, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Do new versions of old shows constitute spin-offs? I don't think so; it seems like, for instance, that the remake of the old He-Man isn't spun off of Heman so much as inspired by, but this isn't a huge concern. Posiduck 21:10, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)

How is Girlfriends a spinoff from Frasier? I don't remember the Girlfriends characters getting their start on Frasier, nor have I found any reference to this at IMDB or TV Tome. BOARshevik 00:24, Jan 12, 2005 (UTC)

I don't think it is a spinoff, BUT! Kelsey Grammer is an exec producer of Girlfriends (IIRC). Not the same as a spinoff, but that's probably what the poster was thinking of. jengod 00:30, Jan 12, 2005 (UTC)
That doesn't make it a spinoff though. That entry appears to have been added by 64.48.75.125, who also added some other questionable spinoffs which have since been removed, so I will remove Girlfriends, and also Cold Case, which I know is not a spinoff of CSI. BOARshevik 00:49, Jan 12, 2005 (UTC)

I have a proposal for a small change to the listing for Star Trek spin-offs. I think that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Star Trek: Voyager should be considered spin-offs of Star Trek: The Next Generation rather than the original series, since they take place concurrent to TNG in the 24th century setting that it first established. DS9 even begins with a visit by the Enterprise-D. (Voyager starts out at DS9, so it could be argued that it's a spin-off of DS9 as well.) What do people think? --Arteitle 08:41, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)

I changed this so that DS9 appears as a spinoff of TNG, and that Voyager appears as a spinoff of DS9. However, it might be more appropriate to just call Voyager a TNG spinoff, as it was already "in planning" by the time TNG ended. But there's still the episodic progression... —User:Mulad (talk) 16:07, May 4, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ally?

Does anyone have a reference for this Ally show that supposedly spun off of Ally McBeal? I think Ally was just shorthand...? —User:Mulad (talk) 16:00, May 4, 2005 (UTC)

  • It was a short-lived half-hour "remix" of the hour shows that contained some new footage. tregoweth 21:33, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Andy Griffith Show/Make Room for Daddy?

Wasn't the Andy Griffith Show a spinoff of Make Room for Daddy? The family was on its way south to Florida, I believe, and broke down in Mayberry. -- Lu

[edit] By country

I find it a little confussing that the list merges series from different countries. Would it be an overkill to separate the list by country (in the same article, not to start a new article)? -- Andromeda 01:24, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Norm?

According to imdb.com, there is no show by the name of "Norm". The closest thing I can think of is "The Norm MacDonald Show", which is sometimes known as "Norm", but which is definitely NOT a spin-off of "Cheers". Is anybody else familiar with a spin-off from "Cheers" featuring the character of Norm Peterson?

[edit] Raw Toonage

How is Raw Toonage a spin off of The Little Mermaid? --Caldorwards4 23:33, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

  • The Little Mermaid isn't listed...--The_stuart 01:14, 26 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Remakes are not spin-offs

A show can't be both a remake and a spin-off from an earlier show. It is either one or the other. John Anderson 10:41, 14 February 2006 (UTC) i am wondering what it is called when show A is cancelled and the charactors of that show joins show b

[edit] Kablam is not a spinoff of All That

It has nothing to do with All That, except for maybe the theme. 67.188.172.165 00:12, 9 December 2006 (UTC)



[edit] Headline text

Happy Days...

Didn't Happy Days lead to Laverne and Shirly and Mork and Mendy? 69.1.59.67ID


[edit] PTI

How is Around the Horn a spin-off of PTI? I was under the impression that the show was created to have a block of shows related to sports debating. And, Tony Reali joined the show long after it had already started. --myselfalso 06:41, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tonight Show / David Letterman

Why is Late Night with David Letterman listed as a spinoff of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson? --Metropolitan90 22:32, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fiction to non-fiction spin-offs

The new series of Doctor Who has non-fiction spin-offs Totally Doctor Who (a chlidren's magazine format show) and Doctor Who Confidential (a making-of documentary series shown after each episode). Likewise, Torchwood has the Torchwood Declassified documentary series. Should they be included? --Mister Six 18:10, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pop Idol remakes aren't spinoffs

Like the introduction says, remakes aren't spinoffs, so I'd argue that there's no justification for listing the million national Pop Idol versions as spinoffs. Thoughts? --Arteitle 02:24, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree. They are just different versions of the same show. Entertainment shows like that hardly ever have true spin-offs. John Andersson Flag of the United States 16:44, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Splitting up a long list

This list is getting huge. What do you say about splitting it up under different headlines (still the same article). I was considering something like this:

  • Fiction
    • Comedy shows
    • Drama shows
    • Scinece fiction shows
    • Children's shows
  • Facts
    • Entertainment
      • Game shows
    • News shows

What more genres should be listed as headlines? John Andersson Flag of the United States 16:47, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] CSI: Windy City

Where have Jerry Bruckheimer, or any of the cast confirmed this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.181.18.138 (talk) 04:41, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Could find no reference to this. I have removed it; please add again if a refernce can be found or it is actually showing somewhere. See criteria in the beginning of the article Bigar (talk) 19:33, 8 May 2008 (UTC)