In your opinion, what would you say was the worst long-running spin-off? and why?

Oh man...probably "Maude".

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Andrew Carden

That's Hard....I Like "Maude"......Hmm....I guess "Good Times"

Frasier

Good Times was great and Fraiser was even better.

In my opinion, The Jeffersons. Who would have thought that this show derived from All in the Family?

Another All in the Family spin-off that I thought was pretty bad was Archie's Place, they should have cancelled the show when Jean Stapleton left the series. Archie was simply not funny without his Edith!

Step by Step. I hated that show. I heard it was a spin-off of Family Matters, but now i dont really know, is it true?

Originally posted by ALF Rocks!!:
Step by Step. I hated that show. I heard it was a spin-off of Family Matters, but now i dont really know, is it true?

Nope Step by Step was not a spin-off of Family Matters altohugh Steve Urkel did appear in one episode of Step by Step.

Frasier and Mork & Mindy are too terrible spinoffs. Where as Rhoda, Maude and The Jeffersons are three great examples of spinoffs being better then the parent shows, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and All in the Family.

I loved Chachi, and I loved Joanie, but boy, was
"Joanie Loves Chachi" a stinky show, or what?!

Maybe you didn't like the sugary sweet "Mare", but "The MTM Show" was a fantastic ensamble show with chemistry rarely seen. I am wild about Valerie Harper, but I think the other characters dragged down "Rhoda".

Maude has to be my choice.

Good Times would have to be my choice. It was just too forced, especially that doofus that played JJ, the family ****** (LOL)

I don't know if "The Ropers" (spun off from "3's Company") counts as long running. It ran for a little more than one season. If so, it would get my vote.

There are many short running spinoffs that didn't measure up, however.

the Jeffersons has to be the worst long running spin off. i never got it. really unfunny and bland. just horrid.
meanwhile the ropers is a wonderful show, as was the other threes company spin off, threes a crowd. does anyone know if tv land or nick at night, or anyone is planning on running these shows. i miss them.
i think think there should be a new cable network just for threes company and it's spin offs. i would never stop watching. i would never go to work. god how i love that show.....

Originally posted by grlzwguitr
frazier

I disagree. Frasier is the most successful spin off in television history.

Good Times. But at least it got Esther Rolle off Maude. And Hermione Baddely (sp?), her replacement, was very funny.

Without a doubt, to me the worst spinoff had to be Fish. Flo Stanley basically had to carry Abe Vigoda through every shot. Mein Gott, they made the show so Abe wouldn't have to get out of the chair in the corner or even be IN every episode. (Those were the cute ones. Second season he was only in half the episodes for more than a minute)

Maude

I agree, Maude is the worst long-running spin-off. I can't believe it lasted as long as it did. The show should have quit after those first thirteen episodes.

I think I really really didn't like Mork & Mindy. It was rather annoying to me. I did actually like Joanie Loves Chachi I just didn't care for Mork & Mindy. It was just one of those things that was good for some bad for others