Ireneparalegal
07-31-2005, 10:09 PM
okay folks here is some fascinating info. From Official Television of History. Hmmm, sounds real official to me. You know, like that Academy of Television and et al. Here it is:
If a show is highly successful the producers might pitch the network on a spinoff or a franchise. A spinoff is a new show with a different premise but one or more familiar characters taken from the parent show. (Frasier is a spinoff of Cheers based on Kelsey Grammer's character of Frasier Crane.) A franchise is a new show with the same or only slightly amended premise, but with an vastly different cast and/or perhaps a different location. (The Law & Order and Star Trek shows are examples of series franchises.)
Okay I won't even comment. You guys can take it from here!!!
If a show is highly successful the producers might pitch the network on a spinoff or a franchise. A spinoff is a new show with a different premise but one or more familiar characters taken from the parent show. (Frasier is a spinoff of Cheers based on Kelsey Grammer's character of Frasier Crane.) A franchise is a new show with the same or only slightly amended premise, but with an vastly different cast and/or perhaps a different location. (The Law & Order and Star Trek shows are examples of series franchises.)
Okay I won't even comment. You guys can take it from here!!!