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dtownfb
01-27-2006, 04:53 PM
first time poster. I often wondered what TV show has the most spinoffs? Include 2nd generation spinoffs as well. I know All in the Famiily is responsible for the jeffersons and then the really bad Marla Gibbs show (she was the head maid at a hotel; hotel burned down and she returned to the jeffersons).

Thanks

gilligan fanatic
01-27-2006, 06:34 PM
welcome to SO

All In the Family, Happy Days, Mary Tyler Moore, and The Danny Thomas Show are the tops. Danny Thomas did Andy Griffith and that had Gomer and so on for that.

Ireneparalegal
01-27-2006, 06:42 PM
Apparently All in the Family is the winner, if you want to get technical, but there is a debate on that since some shows that were supposedly spin-offs from that are not really spin-offs, rather they were just inspired. Happy Days then I believe comes in second. But to discuss it on a technical level would bring us back to discussing certain shows (Good Times, etc.) that we have already hashed and rehashed over and over again as to whether what is considered a spin-off.

KristinHerreraFan
01-27-2006, 08:27 PM
The Brady Bunch

They had FOUR spin-offs:

The Brady Kids (1972-1974)
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977-1978)
The Brady Brides (1981)
The Brady's (1990)

treky
01-30-2006, 02:02 AM
I'd say "All in the Family"-that spun off "Maude", "The Jeffersons", "Checkin' In" (or whatever it was called), "Archie Bunkers Place, "Gloria", & "704 Houser Street"

(you may notice I left out "Good Times". I did that on purpose, because some people-Retro TV Collector, are you listening?:lol: -don't consider that a spinoff, and I don't want to start THAT argument again!!!)

(by the way, I consider it a spinoff)

dtownfb
01-30-2006, 11:05 AM
Thanks for the posts. Not sure how Good Times is connected with All in the Family. All in the Family takes place in NY, Good Times in Chicago. As stated earlier, that is another debate.

TVFactFan
01-30-2006, 01:07 PM
Apparently All in the Family is the winner, if you want to get technical, but there is a debate on that since some shows that were supposedly spin-offs from that are not really spin-offs, rather they were just inspired. Happy Days then I believe comes in second. But to discuss it on a technical level would bring us back to discussing certain shows (Good Times, etc.) that we have already hashed and rehashed over and over again as to whether what is considered a spin-off.



Sorry Irene Happy Days had more spinoffs than All in the Family

Happy Days Spinoffs were

Blansky Beauties
Mork and Mindy
Laverne and Shirley
Joanie Loves Chachi


All in the Family Spinoffs were

Maude
Jeffersons
Gloria

TVFactFan
01-30-2006, 01:08 PM
The Brady Bunch

They had FOUR spin-offs:

The Brady Kids (1972-1974)
The Brady Bunch Variety Hour (1977-1978)
The Brady Brides (1981)
The Brady's (1990)

Brady Bunch Variety Hour was not a spinoff

TVFactFan
01-30-2006, 01:11 PM
Thanks for the posts. Not sure how Good Times is connected with All in the Family. All in the Family takes place in NY, Good Times in Chicago. As stated earlier, that is another debate.


You are right, Good Times was not a spinoff of Maude. Like you said GT took place in Chicago with no explanation as to why the Evans were living in another state. Plus the father had two different names-Henry on Maude and James on Good times. So it was just too many inconsistencies for Good times to be considered a Spinoff.

PanamaMike
01-31-2006, 01:20 PM
You are right, Good Times was not a spinoff of Maude. Like you said GT took place in Chicago with no explanation as to why the Evans were living in another state. Plus the father had two different names-Henry on Maude and James on Good times. So it was just too many inconsistencies for Good times to be considered a Spinoff.

As much as it pains me to respond to anything Solomon posts, using that sort of logic, FRASIER is not a spin off of CHEERS.

On CHEERS, there was never any mention of Frasier being from Seattle.

Frasier was an only child.

His father had died when Frasier was still in school (and had not been a police officer, but rather a scientist) and his mother was still alive (and was also a psychiatrist).

Yet when FRASIER began, there was brother Niles, retired cop father Martin, sitting in his chair and a long dead mother (who had not been a psychiatrist), sorely missed.

The long and the short of it is, the character of Florida Evans started on Maude (itself a spin off from AITF), just like Frasier Crane started on Cheers, and although character facts might have changed, they were "spun-off" from the shows that introduced them.

Dumballa
01-31-2006, 03:56 PM
don't foget bout Star Trek my peeps

ST:TOS
ST:TNG
ST: DS9
ST:Voyager
ST:Enterprise
ST:Animated

dlemond
01-31-2006, 04:11 PM
You are right, Good Times was not a spinoff of Maude. Like you said GT took place in Chicago with no explanation as to why the Evans were living in another state. Plus the father had two different names-Henry on Maude and James on Good times. So it was just too many inconsistencies for Good times to be considered a Spinoff.


You've got to be kidding me that you are bringing this up again.

And to be contrary, and in agreement with everyone else on this board, Good Times IS a spinoff of Maude.

But that does not make it a spinoff of All in the Family.
It is a spinoff of a spinoff.

gilligan fanatic
01-31-2006, 04:12 PM
don't foget bout Star Trek my peeps

ST:TOS
ST:TNG
ST: DS9
ST:Voyager
ST:Enterprise
ST:Animated

are they really considered spin offs. Its the central idea of the show, nothing really to do about characters or actors in each of the series. I would count the animated series as one though.

Dumballa
01-31-2006, 04:22 PM
good question . . . i always just assumed/called them spin-offs, especially since Gene Roddenberry was only part of tha creative process for TOS, TNG and animated.

treky
01-31-2006, 05:09 PM
As much as it pains me to respond to anything Solomon posts, using that sort of logic, FRASIER is not a spin off of CHEERS.

On CHEERS, there was never any mention of Frasier being from Seattle.

Frasier was an only child.

His father had died when Frasier was still in school (and had not been a police officer, but rather a scientist) and his mother was still alive (and was also a psychiatrist).

Yet when FRASIER began, there was brother Niles, retired cop father Martin, sitting in his chair and a long dead mother (who had not been a psychiatrist), sorely missed.

The long and the short of it is, the character of Florida Evans started on Maude (itself a spin off from AITF), just like Frasier Crane started on Cheers, and although character facts might have changed, they were "spun-off" from the shows that introduced them.
on the episode of "Frasier" wher Sam came to visit him, Frasier saithat he said all that stuff about Martin, because he was mad at him at the time. And, I think you're wrong about Niles. There was an early episode of "Cheers" where Sam asked Frasier if he has anly brothers or sisters, and he said he has 1 brother, who's sort of wimpish and still lives in his hometown.

(you might be right though; as I've never seen that "Cheers" episode)

TVFactFan
01-31-2006, 09:29 PM
You've got to be kidding me that you are bringing this up again.

And to be contrary, and in agreement with everyone else on this board, Good Times IS a spinoff of Maude.

But that does not make it a spinoff of All in the Family.
It is a spinoff of a spinoff.



I have several articles backing up my argument. What do you have?-lol

Ireneparalegal
01-31-2006, 09:33 PM
Sorry Irene Happy Days had more spinoffs than All in the Family

Happy Days Spinoffs were

Blansky Beauties
Mork and Mindy
Laverne and Shirley
Joanie Loves Chachi


All in the Family Spinoffs were

Maude
Jeffersons
Gloria
I know, but I stated "if you want to get technical" because the issue of what is considered a spin-off and so on. Many sites will tell you it's All In The Family; others will say Happy Days. But to not get into what is considered a spin-off and what isn't, is what I was avoiding. The consensus on the web seems to infer All In The Family.

bencasey
02-01-2006, 03:32 AM
Well, if a pilot airs as an episode of another series, does that count as a spinoff or does it have to be a regular character? Both the pilots of Joey Bishop and Andy Griffith aired on Make Room for Daddy but neither was a regular character. For a show to be a true spinoff, the character should be a regular on the series. The only real spinoff from MRFD was the Bill Dana Show.

So, going by that - Mary Tyler Moore begat Rhoda, Phyllis and Lou Grant.
All in the Family begat The Jeffersons, Maude and Gloria. Archie Bunker's Place was a continuation, not a spinoff.

savageamusement
02-01-2006, 08:47 PM
So a show, with characters from antoher show- Like Happy days, to joanie loves chachi, is a spin off.
But if a show has the same character liek BOb newhart, to BOB, or NEWHART that isn't a spin off?

Most of what I said was already, but Do either of these count?


Married... With Children---
Nikki
Top Of The Heap
Vinnie And Bobby

Becuase there are shows like St. Elsewhere-

St. Elsewhere ties in to The Bob Newhart Show
Cheers
and Chicago Hope
and Homicide: Life On The Street
and M*A*S*H
and Oz
and Tattingers
and The White Shadow


so I am just asking

gilligan fanatic
02-01-2006, 08:51 PM
What about Brady?

The Brady Brides and The Brady Bunch
The Brady Bunch and The Brady Brides
The Brady Bunch and The Brady Bunch Hour
The Brady Bunch and The Bradys
The Brady Bunch Hour and The Brady Bunch
The Bradys and The Brady Bunch

Or Mary Tyler Moore

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Phyllis
Rhoda

I didn't think Mary Hartman had anything to do with MTM. I have never seen it but I thought they were completely different companies and everything.

TVFactFan
02-01-2006, 08:58 PM
So a show, with characters from antoher show- Like Happy days, to joanie loves chachi, is a spin off.
But if a show has the same character liek BOb newhart, to BOB, or NEWHART that isn't a spin off?

Most of what I said was already, but Do either of these count?


Married... With Children---
Nikki
Top Of The Heap
Vinnie And Bobby

Becuase there are shows like St. Elsewhere-

St. Elsewhere ties in to The Bob Newhart Show
Cheers
and Chicago Hope
and Homicide: Life On The Street
and M*A*S*H
and Oz
and Tattingers
and The White Shadow


so I am just asking



Married With Children had a spinoff called NIKKI???

Ireneparalegal
02-01-2006, 09:01 PM
Married With Children had a spinoff called NIKKI???
I think Savageamusement by be thinking of Nikki Cox from that Married With Children rip-off show that used to be on the WB, Unhappily ever after.

Interesting link here for your reading pleasure abt spin-offs. It states All In The Family is the sitcom with the most spin-offs
If you consider what they consider to be spin-offs:

http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/reference/list_of_television_spin-offs

troopoleon8897
02-01-2006, 09:34 PM
Ok this is from The Complete Directory To Prime Time Network & Cable TV Shows 1946-2003:

The Ph.D. Trivia Quiz
Category: Spin-Off Feaver
11. True or False: The Mary Tyler Moore Show has spun off the largest number of prime time series in the history of Television?

Answer: (Highlight To Read)

False. With five series (Maude, The Jefferson's, Archie Bunker's Place, Gloria, and 704 Houser), All In The Family had two more spin-offs than The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Rhoda, Phyllis, and Lou Grant). A latter question refers to Checking In and Good Times but says neither are directly related to AITF but are spin-offs of AITF spin-offs

savageamusement
02-01-2006, 09:37 PM
Fox introduced Top Of The Heap. The show was about Charlie Verducci and his son Vinnie. Charlie was a schemer who was trying to get his handsome idiot son (a male Kelly Bundy) hooked up with a rich wife. Charlie was introduced as Al Bundy's buddy and Kelly Bundy made several appearances on the show.
Top of the Heap is the one I was aiming for as a corssover/spin off as a clarification.

Nikki was another train of thought. My apologies
I was aiming that as question of unhappily ever after/nikki - etc

gilligan fanatic
02-01-2006, 09:37 PM
Ok this is from The Complete Directory To Prime Time Network & Cable TV Shows 1946-2003:

The Ph.D. Trivia Quiz
Category: Spin-Off Feaver
11. True or False: The Mary Tyler Moore Show has spun off the largest number of prime time series in the history of Television?

Answer: (Highlight To Read)

False. With five series (Maude, The Jefferson's, Archie Bunker's Place, Gloria, and 704 Houser), All In The Family had two more spin-offs than The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Rhoda, Phyllis, and Lou Grant). A latter question refers to Checking In and Good Times but says neither are directly related to AITF but are spin-offs of AITF spin-offs

I don't know what thread this was said in, but I don't get how 704 Hausner Street is counted as a spin off.

TVFactFan
02-01-2006, 09:41 PM
I don't know what thread this was said in, but I don't get how 704 Hausner Street is counted as a spin off.


Matt any TV Book that lists 704 Hauser Street as a spinoff needs to be sold inside a GAS STATION-lol

gilligan fanatic
02-01-2006, 09:48 PM
Matt any TV Book that lists 704 Hauser Street as a spinoff needs to be sold inside a GAS STATION-lol

I still like the Complete Directory. I have the last three editions-lol. Not everything in it may be correct, but I learned about 60% of my TV knowledge from there. I can't wait for the next one to come out. When Carroll O Conner passed away I was reading an article in TV Guide, at a gas station, that mentioned 704 as a spin off, so you are right about that in that case-lol.

DLevine2
03-30-2006, 06:50 PM
I like The Golden Palace, Empty Nest, Nurses, and The Golden Girls.
The percentage rate for the spinoff shows for The Golden Girls:

The Golden Palace (1992-1993):80%
Empty Nest (1988-1995):92%
Nurses:76%
My favorite show off from The Golden Girls is The Golden Palace because I enjoy seeing Rose, Blanche, & Sophia on the show since Dorothy left the show of GG after 7 seasons 14 years ago. (1992-2006)

What is your favorite spinoff from The Golden Girls?

troopoleon8897
03-30-2006, 07:33 PM
I like The Golden Palace, Empty Nest, Nurses, and The Golden Girls.
The percentage rate for the spinoff shows for The Golden Girls:

The Golden Palace (1992-1993):80%
Empty Nest (1988-1995):92%
Nurses:76%
My favorite show off from The Golden Girls is The Golden Palace because I enjoy seeing Rose, Blanche, & Sophia on the show since Dorothy left the show of GG after 7 seasons 14 years ago. (1992-2006)

What is your favorite spinoff from The Golden Girls?

Nurses is not a spin-off of The Golden Girls It was a spin off of Empty Nest...

Jashobeam
04-22-2006, 11:48 AM
Does anyone consider Family Matters a spinoff of Perfect Strangers? Harriet was worked in the office with Larry & B. I think on Family Matters she lost her job at that office and they ended all ties to Perfect Strangers.

TVFactFan
04-22-2006, 11:51 AM
Does anyone consider Family Matters a spinoff of Perfect Strangers? Harriet was worked in the office with Larry & B. I think on Family Matters she lost her job at that office and they ended all ties to Perfect Strangers.


Yes it's consider a spinoff but there was never a Perfect Strangers episode that set up Family Matters. Family Matters just happened

troopoleon8897
04-22-2006, 05:01 PM
Does anyone consider Family Matters a spinoff of Perfect Strangers? Harriet was worked in the office with Larry & B. I think on Family Matters she lost her job at that office and they ended all ties to Perfect Strangers.

I believe the character Harriet Winslow was the elevator operator on PS for 3 seasons and then the next season she was spun-off into Family Matters. It was the same character but I don't think they ever mentioned her job...

Mr. Television
04-22-2006, 05:09 PM
I believe the character Harriet Winslow was the elevator operator on PS for 3 seasons and then the next season she was spun-off into Family Matters. It was the same character but I don't think they ever mentioned her job...
and Carl was even on an episode of PS once.

TVFactFan
04-22-2006, 05:11 PM
I believe the character Harriet Winslow was the elevator operator on PS for 3 seasons and then the next season she was spun-off into Family Matters. It was the same character but I don't think they ever mentioned her job...



Her Job was mentioned in the 2nd or 3rd ep

Mr. Television
04-22-2006, 05:12 PM
I don't know what thread this was said in, but I don't get how 704 Hausner Street is counted as a spin off.
Well baby Joey did guest star in the season premiere all grown up. :lol:

TVFactFan
04-22-2006, 05:17 PM
Well baby Joey did guest star in the season premiere all grown up. :lol:


Well I guess it is somewhat connected then-lol

TVFactFan
04-22-2006, 05:19 PM
and Carl was even on an episode of PS once.


Yup I had it on Tape but the Quality too bad. I would consider Family Matters a QUIET spinoff-lol

gilligan fanatic
04-24-2006, 07:59 PM
Well baby Joey did guest star in the season premiere all grown up. :lol:

cool, I never knew that. That's preety neat

treky
04-25-2006, 01:42 AM
I don't know what thread this was said in, but I don't get how 704 Hausner Street is counted as a spin off.
because, it took place in the Bunkers former house.

TVFactFan
04-25-2006, 06:54 PM
because, it took place in the Bunkers former house.


That doesn't make it a spinoff

treky
04-26-2006, 01:32 AM
sorry Soloman; but according to me; it does!:)

But; everyone's entitled to their own opininion. As my fathers college professor used to say "Well, great minds differ!"

mozartpc27
08-29-2013, 12:09 PM
I am interested in this topic. To me, to be a true "spinoff:"

It must involve a character who mkaes more than one or two cursory appearances on one show becoming the main character on another show (no backdoor pilots - sorry, Mork & Mindy and Maude)

AND

It is not a "sequel" show, which I define as the same main character appearing in a re-tooled show with some new regular cast members (Sorry, Archie Bunker's Place, but Frasier still counts - because Frasier was not the main protagnoist of Cheers)

BUT

I do count second (and have there ever been any third?) generation spin-offs. So, Checking In counts as both a spin off of The Jeffersons & All in the Family in my book.

With these rules, I'd love to know who the winner is. Certainly, MTM had Rhoda, Phyllis, and Lou Grant, and (the littel remembered one-off) Carlton Your Doorman (an animated show that I count because it would have involved Lorenzo Music's character from Rhoda, voiced by Lorenzo Music).

I was surprised to find that Sanford & Son had two qualifying shows.

McGillicuddy
08-29-2013, 04:01 PM
I guess there are many arguments to what is a true SPIN-OFF. Its hard for me to understand why for instance Mork & Mindy is considered a spin-off of Happy Days. On Happy Days, didn't Mork appear in Ritchie's dreams? He was just a one time guest-star. And did Mork exist in the same parallel universe as The Cunninghams and Laverne & Shirley? Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley were set in the '50's-early 60's.
Mork & Mindy was set in the present day '70's. And I don't know how they explained Fonzie and Laverne appearing on Mork & Mindy!

A true spin-off to me is one or more regular or semi-regular characters getting their own show, while the principle show is still on.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show -- Rhoda
All In The Family -- The Jeffersons
Happy Days - Joanie Loves Chachi and Laverne & Shirley.

Continuation Shows

All in the Family -- Archie Bunker's Place
The Golden Girls -- The Golden Palace
M.A.S.H. -- After M.A.S.H.

I guess Joey from Friends and Lou Grant from TMTMS would have the same debate as Frasier.

TVFactFan
08-29-2013, 08:05 PM
I guess there are many arguments to what is a true SPIN-OFF. Its hard for me to understand why for instance Mork & Mindy is considered a spin-off of Happy Days. On Happy Days, didn't Mork appear in Ritchie's dreams? He was just a one time guest-star. And did Mork exist in the same parallel universe as The Cunninghams and Laverne & Shirley? Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley were set in the '50's-early 60's.
Mork & Mindy was set in the present day '70's. And I don't know how they explained Fonzie and Laverne appearing on Mork & Mindy!

A true spin-off to me is one or more regular or semi-regular characters getting their own show, while the principle show is still on.

The Mary Tyler Moore Show -- Rhoda
All In The Family -- The Jeffersons
Happy Days - Joanie Loves Chachi and Laverne & Shirley.

Continuation Shows

All in the Family -- Archie Bunker's Place
The Golden Girls -- The Golden Palace
M.A.S.H. -- After M.A.S.H.

I guess Joey from Friends and Lou Grant from TMTMS would have the same debate as Frasier.



They cleaned all of that up on the 1st of Mork and Mindy

MacLeaper
08-29-2013, 10:07 PM
I guess there are many arguments to what is a true SPIN-OFF. Its hard for me to understand why for instance Mork & Mindy is considered a spin-off of Happy Days. On Happy Days, didn't Mork appear in Ritchie's dreams? He was just a one time guest-star. And did Mork exist in the same parallel universe as The Cunninghams and Laverne & Shirley? Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley were set in the '50's-early 60's.
Mork & Mindy was set in the present day '70's. And I don't know how they explained Fonzie and Laverne appearing on Mork & Mindy!

In the case of "Mork & Mindy", Mork was originally seen as just a character in Richie's dream. However, in the later syndicated version of that episode where he first appeared, Mork was seen conversing with Orson and thus, we are left with the understanding that Mork really is an alien who visited Richie Cunningham. (And of course, he also had his famous run-in with The Fonz.) Mork appeared on two episodes of "Happy Days". The reason why Fonzie and Laverne DeFazio both appeared on the Pilot episode of "Mork & Mindy" is because in the 1970s, Mork was telling Mindy about a time when he previously came to Earth- back in the 1950s when he was visiting with the "Happy Days" gang. And during one of those visits, Fonzie set Mork up on a date with Laverne to help him learn more about human customs regarding love and relationships.
So the entire appearance of Fonzie and Laverne on "Mork & Mindy" was in flashback only. They probably could have appeared on "Mork & Mindy" in real time, but obviously they'd be a good bit older. That's the same way Laverne DeFazio appeared on "Blansky's Beauties"- that show was also set in the 1970s, but Nancy Walker's character had a flashback to the 1950s in one episode and recalled a time when Laverne was working for her.

McGillicuddy
08-30-2013, 02:45 PM
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In the case of "Mork & Mindy", Mork was originally seen as just a character in Richie's dream. However, in the later syndicated version of that episode where he first appeared, Mork was seen conversing with Orson and thus, we are left with the understanding that Mork really is an alien who visited Richie Cunningham. (And of course, he also had his famous run-in with The Fonz.) Mork appeared on two episodes of "Happy Days". The reason why Fonzie and Laverne DeFazio both appeared on the Pilot episode of "Mork & Mindy" is because in the 1970s, Mork was telling Mindy about a time when he previously came to Earth- back in the 1950s when he was visiting with the "Happy Days" gang. And during one of those visits, Fonzie set Mork up on a date with Laverne to help him learn more about human customs regarding love and relationships.
So the entire appearance of Fonzie and Laverne on "Mork & Mindy" was in flashback only. They probably could have appeared on "Mork & Mindy" in real time, but obviously they'd be a good bit older. That's the same way Laverne DeFazio appeared on "Blansky's Beauties"- that show was also set in the 1970s, but Nancy Walker's character had a flashback to the 1950s in one episode and recalled a time when Laverne was working for her.

On Blansky's Beauties, wasn't Nancy Walker's character introduced on Happy Days, as Howards sister or cousin(??) The other thing strange about BB, Eddie Mekka (from L&S) and Scott Baio and Lynda Goodfriend from (HD) were featured on the show as different characters than they played on L&S and HD. Pat Mortia was also on there but he was playing his regular character, Arnold!

TVFactFan
08-30-2013, 03:15 PM
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On Blansky's Beauties, wasn't Nancy Walker's character introduced on Happy Days, as Howards sister or cousin(??) The other thing strange about BB, Eddie Mekka (from L&S) and Scott Baio and Lynda Goodfriend from (HD) were featured on the show as different characters than they played on L&S and HD. Pat Mortia was also on there but he was playing his regular character, Arnold!


Blansky Beauties wasn't a spinoff because I believe the show premiered before she was seen on happy days


It was a crossover

LittleRickyII
09-02-2013, 05:35 PM
If you count backdoor pilots, Happy Days was not actually the parent show; it was Love, American Style. So from Love, American Style:
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Blansky Beauties
Mork and Mindy
Joanie Loves Chachi

Five spin-offs.

And from Make Room for Daddy:
The Bill Dana Show
The Joey Bishop Show
The Andy Griffith Show
Gomer Pyle U.S.M.C.
Mayberry R.F.D.
Make Room for Granddaddy

Six spin-offs

McGillicuddy
09-02-2013, 09:42 PM
There also was a spin-off from Mork & Mindy called Out of the Blue.

TVFactFan
09-02-2013, 10:11 PM
There also was a spin-off from Mork & Mindy called Out of the Blue.


Stop posting false information. The next time I will report you to the Administrator

LittleRickyII
09-02-2013, 10:32 PM
There also was a spin-off from Mork & Mindy called Out of the Blue.

I forgot about that one. I get it confused in my head with Carl Reiner's Good Heavens, which aired a couple years earlier. Imdb says it was spun off of Happy Days. Is that correct, or did it actually come from Mork & Mindy? Either way, that would give Love, American Style six spin-offs (first, second and third generation), tying with Make Room for Daddy.

Mr. Television
09-02-2013, 10:51 PM
I forgot about that one. I get it confused in my head with Carl Reiner's Good Heavens, which aired a couple years earlier. Imdb says it was spun off of Happy Days. Is that correct, or did it actually come from Mork & Mindy? Either way, that would give Love, American Style six spin-offs (first, second and third generation), tying with Make Room for Daddy.
From what I read it was intended to be a spinoff but because of HD being preempted, it aired before the pilot on HD thus making it a crossover.

LittleRickyII
09-02-2013, 11:07 PM
From what I read it was intended to be a spinoff but because of HD being preempted, it aired before the pilot on HD thus making it a crossover.

Thanks!

treky
09-02-2013, 11:27 PM
Stop posting false information. The next time I will report you to the Administrator
no, they're right Sol. It was a spin-off of M & M, I remember it In fact Robin Williams guest-starred on the first episode as Mork. (and he was the best thing about the show)

McGillicuddy
09-02-2013, 11:37 PM
Stop posting false information. The next time I will report you to the Administrator
What are you talking about? Why would I purposely post false information? And why would you report me to the administrator?

TVFactFan
09-02-2013, 11:49 PM
no, they're right Sol. It was a spin-off of M & M, I remember it In fact Robin Williams guest-starred on the first episode as Mork. (and he was the best thing about the show)


it's not a spinoff, both shows crossed over because ABC was trying to generate a audience for Out of the Blue by having one of it's popular shows at the time, crossover with it

TVFactFan
09-02-2013, 11:51 PM
What are you talking about? Why would I purposely post false information? And why would you report me to the administrator?


Because you are posting false info as fact and it's not true. M&M did not have any spinoffs, it crossed over with Out of the Blue so that the show could get some viewers.

Mr. Television
09-02-2013, 11:51 PM
it's not a spinoff, both shows crossed over because ABC was trying to generate a audience for Out of the Blue by having one of it's popular shows at the time, crossover with it
George Jefferson did the same thing in the pilot episode for the sitcom E/R.

TVFactFan
09-02-2013, 11:57 PM
George Jefferson did the same thing in the pilot episode for the sitcom E/R.


exactly

jehobden
09-03-2013, 12:50 PM
If you count backdoor pilots, Happy Days was not actually the parent show; it was Love, American Style. So from Love, American Style:
Happy Days
Laverne & Shirley
Blansky Beauties
Mork and Mindy
Joanie Loves Chachi

Five spin-offs.

By this criterion, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home would also count as a spinoff from LAS, since its pilot originally appeared on that show.

McGillicuddy
09-03-2013, 04:56 PM
Stop posting false information. The next time I will report you to the Administrator
So did you report me to the administrator yet?:lol:

TVFactFan
09-03-2013, 07:24 PM
So did you report me to the administrator yet?:lol:


Just stop posting since you have no clue what you are talking about.

http://www.poobala.com/morkandout.html

McGillicuddy
09-03-2013, 08:54 PM
Just stop posting since you have no clue what you are talking about.

http://www.poobala.com/morkandout.html
Why are you so hostile? You were very kind the other week when you helped me find Rhoda season 5. I just don't get you!

TVFactFan
09-03-2013, 08:59 PM
Why are you so hostile? You were very kind the other week when you helped me find Rhoda season 5. I just don't get you!


I didn't mean to come off as hostile but I don't like inaccurate post so that's why i posted the link.

danfling878
03-20-2014, 11:14 AM
Out of the Blue WAS a spin-off of Mork and Mindy.

Love American Style had these spin-offs (8):
Happy Days
the cartoon version of Happy Days
Lavern and Shirley
Wait Till You Father Gets Home
Mork and Mindy
Out of the Blue
Joanie Loves Cha-Chi
Blanksy's Beauties (which was changed to Who's Watching the Kids)

All in the Family had these spin-offs (8):
Maude
Good Times
The Jeffersons
Checkin' In
E/R
709 Houser Street (or whatever the number was)
Gloria
Archie Bunker's Place

DJM77
03-20-2014, 05:54 PM
Blanksy's Beauties (which was changed to Who's Watching the Kids)


Those are two different shows.

TVFactFan
03-20-2014, 07:30 PM
Those are two different shows.


Not only that, neither one of them are spinoffs or parent shows

treky
03-20-2014, 07:36 PM
Out of the Blue WAS a spin-off of Mork and Mindy.

Love American Style had these spin-offs (8):
Happy Days
the cartoon version of Happy Days
Lavern and Shirley
Wait Till You Father Gets Home
Mork and Mindy
Out of the Blue
Joanie Loves Cha-Chi
Blanksy's Beauties (which was changed to Who's Watching the Kids)

All in the Family had these spin-offs (8):
Maude
Good Times
The Jeffersons
Checkin' In
E/R
709 Houser Street (or whatever the number was)
Gloria
Archie Bunker's Place
ER? That medical drama on NBC? THAT was spun off from AITF???

McGillicuddy
03-20-2014, 07:39 PM
In 1984, there was a situation comedy called E/R. I didn't know this show spawn from AITF.

DJM77
03-21-2014, 06:18 AM
In 1984, there was a situation comedy called E/R. I didn't know this show spawn from AITF.

The only connection that those two shows have at all is that the George Jefferson character appeared in one episode of E/R.

danfling878
03-23-2014, 08:25 AM
Blansky's Beauties was a spin-off of Happy Days. Who's Watching the Kids (on NBC) was not, but it may have been a reworked version of the show.

There was an episode of Happy Days that aired on a special Saturday night. I think that it was the 100th episode of Happy Days, but maybe it was not. On that episode, Nancy Walker appeared as her character that she played on Blansky's Beauties and that character was a cousin of Howard, Joanie, and Richie Cunningham. She was moving to Las Vegas or already lived in Las Vegas. A few weeks later, the new spin-off series began on ABC.

danfling878
03-23-2014, 08:26 AM
The only connection that those two shows have at all is that the George Jefferson character appeared in one episode of E/R.
Both E/R and E. R. were set in Chicago. They both had George Clooney in the cast.

E/R was the spin-off of The Jeffersons.

TVFactFan
03-23-2014, 03:55 PM
Blansky's Beauties was a spin-off of Happy Days. Who's Watching the Kids (on NBC) was not, but it may have been a reworked version of the show.

There was an episode of Happy Days that aired on a special Saturday night. I think that it was the 100th episode of Happy Days, but maybe it was not. On that episode, Nancy Walker appeared as her character that she played on Blansky's Beauties and that character was a cousin of Howard, Joanie, and Richie Cunningham. She was moving to Las Vegas or already lived in Las Vegas. A few weeks later, the new spin-off series began on ABC.


Will you please stop posting false information before I report you? Blansky Beauties is not even listed as a spinoff in the Complete Directory of Spinoffs and Primetime TV shows

It crossed over with Happy days

TVFactFan
03-23-2014, 03:57 PM
Both E/R and E. R. were set in Chicago. They both had George Clooney in the cast.

E/R was the spin-off of The Jeffersons.


There you go posting stupid sh*t again. The Jeffersons crossed over with E/R in the 84-85 season


Do you even know what a spinoff is?

TV_on_the_Porch
03-23-2014, 04:41 PM
How's it coming finding those other nine episodes of Checking In? Got some TV Guide listings to show us?

Yeah. You're gonna play the inaccuracy cop, sure. GET OVER yourself already.

TVFactFan
03-23-2014, 04:45 PM
How's it coming finding those other nine episodes of Checking In? Got some TV Guide listings to show us?

Yeah. You're gonna play the inaccuracy cop, sure. GET OVER yourself already.


If you had something besides leftovers, you would know checking in only had 4 eps

TV_on_the_Porch
03-23-2014, 04:56 PM
:censored:

SMH



:explode:

TVFactFan
03-23-2014, 05:24 PM
:censored:

SMH



:explode:



Logout and stop posting

Zoneboy
03-23-2014, 05:24 PM
Do you even know what a spinoff is?

It might be the same person who tried to tell me that The Love Boat was a spinoff of The Mary Tyler Moore Show. :lol: