What do you think? I would put Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley near the top as well as All in the Family and The Jeffersons.

I would put Friends and Joey near the bottom. Growing Pains and Just the 10 of Us would have been higher if Just the 10 of Us was on a little longer.

I would put Cheers and Frasier at the top, followed by Andy Griffith/Gomer Pyle and Different Strokes/Facts of Life. Benson is my favorite overall spinoff but I don't like Soap.

All in the Family/The Jeffersons
Happy Days/Laverne & Shirley
Three's Company/The Ropers

Star Trek
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Enterprise

Coming in a CLOSE Second:

The Six Million Dollar Man
The Bionic Woman

As for Happy Days, I consider Mork & Mindy to be a lot better spin-off than Laverne & Shirley.

Touched by an Angel - Promised Land

BJ and the Bear - The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

Zane Grey Theatre - This Anthology Series Beget:

Black Saddle

Johnny Ringo

The Rifleman - Beget its own spinoff - Law of the Plainsmen

Stagecoach West

The Westerner

Five Spinoffs, one of which had its own spinoff. Has any series topped this? :D

In Terms of the Best Combo...

1. Cheers/Frasier
2. Mary Tyler Moore/Rhoda
3. Happy Days/Laverne & Shirley

Zane Grey Theatre - This Anthology Series Beget:

Stagecoach West

Stagecoach West was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Productions but it wasn't a spinoff from Zane Grey Theatre.

You did forget one spinoff from ZGT which was Trackdown and that series spun-off Wanted: Dead or Alive making it one of the first spinoffs of a spinoff. It may have been the very first but I'm not certain.

Jeffersons

Maude

Jeffersons

Maude
Did the characters on these two shows share a storyline, ever?

2. Mary Tyler Moore/Rhoda
3. Happy Days/Laverne & Shirley
I'm not a fan of Happy Days, but like Laverne & Shirley a lot. I'm looking forward to watching Mary Tyler Moore all the way through for the first time, eventually.

All In The Family - Maude
All In The Family - The Jeffersons
Cheers - Frasier
Perfect Strangers - Family Matters
Star Trek: TNG - Star Trek: DS9
Beverly Hills, 90210 - Melrose Place
Law & Order - Law & Order : SVU

Arguably, Frasier was the most successful spinoff of all time.

I'm sure that it surprises no one that my answer to this is Frasier. Made all the more wonderful by David Hyde Pierce as Dr. Niles Crane!

All In The Family/Maude/The Jeffersons
Happy Days/Laverne & Shirley

While I never got into Cheers I thought Frasier had one of the best supporting casts ever.

Diff'rent Strokes/The Facts Of Life

Stagecoach West was produced by Dick Powell's Four Star Productions but it wasn't a spinoff from Zane Grey Theatre.

You did forget one spinoff from ZGT which was Trackdown and that series spun-off Wanted: Dead or Alive making it one of the first spinoffs of a spinoff. It may have been the very first but I'm not certain.

My sources differ, but thanks for the info. I just ordered Trackdown and Wanted Dead or Alive from "traders" on sell.com :devil:

My sources differ, but thanks for the info. I just ordered Trackdown from a "trader" from sell.com :devil:

Not all sources are reliable so you may very well be right.

Dallas/Knots Landing
All in the Family/The Jeffersons

The best series and spinoff of all time?........... I don't know about that, but I do know some TV shows that I like that had spinoffs that are also great. (In no particular order).

Happy Days: Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, Joanie Loves Chachi, Blansky's Beauties maybe Out of This World [depending on how you count it], Fonz and The Happy Days Gang, and Laverne & Shirley in The Army [later known as Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour]

Growing Pains: Just The Ten of Us

Perfect Strangers: Family Matters

The Muppet Show: The Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight! [both of these series were in some ways updated versions of the original series]

Diff'rent Strokes: The Facts of Life

The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Phyllis, Lou Grant, and Rhoda: Carlton, Your Doorman [animated special]

Sanford and Son: Sanford, Sanford Arms, Grady

What's Happening?: What's Happening Now? [really a continuation of What's Happening?]

Soap: Benson [I like the theme songs for both, but I basically like Benson and don't really like Soap.]

Who's The Boss?: Charmed Lives, Living Dolls

All in The Family: Gloria, Archie Bunker's Place [really a continuation of AITF] and The Jeffersons: Checking In and Maude: Good Times

Star Trek: Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise

The Six Million Dollar Man: The Bionic Woman

ALF: ALF- The Animated Series, ALF Tales

Sesame Street: Play With Me Sesame

Josie And The Pussycats: Josie And The Pussycats in Outer Space

The Archie Show [went through numerous formats from its original inception in 1968- Archie And His New Pals (1969 TV special), The Archie Comedy Hour (1969 hour long cartoon), Archie's Funhouse (1970 series), Archie's TV Funnies (1971 series), Everything's Archie (1973 series), The U.S. of Archie (1974 series), The New Archie and Sabrina Hour (1977) and the 1981 Hero High series [which was part of the Kid Superpower Hour with Shazam!] was supposed to feature Archie and the gang as superheroes- which would have been awesome to see a cartoon version of Pureheart the Powerful, Captain Hero, Super Teen and Evilheart- but alas, Filmation's rights to the Archie characters had expired before it could happen.]: Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1971-1974 series) and The New Archies (1987 cartoon) could be considered a spinoff as well.

Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (1969-1970 cartoon): The New Scooby-Doo Movies (1972-1973), The Scooby-Doo Show (1976-1978) [aired as segments on The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour (1976), Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics (1977) Scooby's All-Stars (1978)], Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979-1980), The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (1980-1981), The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour (1982), The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show (1983), The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries (1984), The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo (1985), A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988-1991), What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002-2005), Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! (2006-2008), Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010-2013)

Spider-Man (1981-1982): Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends (1981-1983)

Super Friends (1973-1974 cartoon) [This series had numerous formats- The All-New Super Friends Hour (1977-1978), All-New Super Friends/Challenge of the Super Friends (1978-1979), The World's Greatest Super Friends (1979-1980), Super Friends (1980-1982), The Best of the Super Friends (1982-1983 - reruns), Super Friends- "The Lost Episodes" (1983-1984- only 3 aired at this time, amongst reruns; the rest aired in 1995 as part of the Superman/Batman Adventures show package), Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984-1985), and The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians (1985-1986)]: The Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show (1979-1981), Batman (mid-1980s planned cartoon- a pilot called "The Fear" was written and wound up airing as an episode of The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians), The New Teen Titans (a cartoon was planned in 1983, but never happened- however, an anti-drug commercial was aired using the planned animations of the characters), Superman (1988 Ruby-Spears series), DC Super Friends (Fisher-Price toyline released in the late 2000s that also had a direct-to-video original animation called "The Joker's Playhouse" (2010) to tie in with the toys.)

And I can't forget-

Welcome Back, Kotter: Mr. T and Tina

Three's Company: The Ropers and Three's A Crowd

Family Ties: The Art of Being Nick (only a pilot though)

Good Morning Miss Bliss [retooled as Saved By The Bell]: Saved By the Bell: The College Years and Saved By the Bell: The New Class

- All in the Family, Maude & The Jeffersons
- Happy Days & Laverne & Shirley
- Adam 12 & Emergency
- Dallas(Original) & Knots Landing
- Double Dare(1986), Super Sloppy Double Dare & Family Double Dare

Petticoat Junction/Green Acres
All in the Family/ The Jeffersons
Perfect Strangers/Family Matters
The Andy Griffith Show/Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Best series/spinoff/theme song of all time


Happy Days for all three!

Maude - spin-off from All in the Family

Angel - spin-off from Buffy

Boston Legal - spin-off from The Practice

The Andy Griffith Show/ Gomer Pyle USMC

Star Trek
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Star Trek: Voyager
Star Trek: Enterprise

Coming in a CLOSE Second:

The Six Million Dollar Man
The Bionic Woman

:yeahthat

next would be CHEERS/FRASIER

Carol Burnett Show / Mama’s Family

Carol Burnett Show/Mama's Family didn't cross my mind. That's a good choice.

All In The Family & spin-off The Jeffersons

also MAUDE/GOOD TIMES


now before anyone says anything to start the debate again about whether or not GOOD TIMES is a spinoff of MAUDE (although I'm SURE this post will start the debate again) let me just say that Norman Lear says it is, so that's good enough for me.