What is your favorite spin-off?

I love Good Times..it is one of my favorite shows..so I will say

Good Times;)

Laverne and Shirley

So far, Good Times seems to be in the lead as the number one spin-off.

Laverne & Shirley!!

Good Times was a great Spinoff!

Not on your list but I really like Frasier (Cheers), and I cannot wait to see the Friends spinoff

Maude

Originally posted by ItalianBread
Maude


Cool, but please vote for it. Currently, poor Maude has no votes at all. Have a great day.

Also not on your list... my three favorite spinoffs were :

The Lone Gunmen
Mork And Mindy
Tabitha

Out of the list:
Laverne & Shirley!
The Jeffersons!

NOT in the list:
Family Matters!
The Brady Brides!
Mork and Mindy!

L&S

Laverne and Shirley

I have three favorite spin-offs, the first being The Facts of Life followed by Laverne & Shirley and Maude.

Frasier is by far the greatest spin-off to ever air on TV. It is also probably in the top 20 greatest sitcoms of all time. Don't just take my word for it. It has been on for 11 seasons, duplicating its origin show, Cheers, and has won the most Emmys of any television program ever to air in the history of television. Plus, after the eleventh season Dr. Frasier Crane will be the only sitcom character to have remained on the air for 20 consecutive seasons. The only other TV characters to have been on the air that long are Marshall Dillon and Doc Adams from Gunsmoke, which was also on the air for 20 seasons.

Good Times

I didnt realize that Good TImes was a spin-off of any show. WHat did it spin-off from?

By the way, Family Matters was not a spin-off!

Actually, Family Matters is a spin-off from "Perfect Strangers" because Harriette first appeared as a witty elevator operator on that show. But, in that same sense, "The Andy Griffith Show" is a spinoff from "The Danny Thomas Show" since there is an episode where Danny gets arrested in Mayberry that aired prior to the premiere of the first season.

Well since, that is the case...are we talking character spin-off?:confused:

Aren't most spinoffs a result of "character spinoff"? Laverne & Shirley spun off from Happy Days as a result of the girls appearing on a few episodes. The same thing happened with Mork as well. You would consider those series to be spinoffs, wouldn't you? Even if they're not characters who were originally cast members of the show, they still spun off from their single appearances.

You come to think of it, you're absolutely right. When I think of spin-offs, I often think of main characters. For instance Flo fromAlice ! Sure, I agree with you now.

Originally posted by jarri
I didnt realize that Good TImes was a spin-off of any show. WHat did it spin-off from?


Good Times was a spin-off from Maude.

Oh, I never watched Maude...

Originally posted by jarri
Oh, I never watched Maude...

Yeah, Florida Evans worked as a maid on Maude and then they decided to make a spin-off show about Florida and her family.

My favorite spin-offs are Threes A Crowd, Living Dolls, Just The Ten of Us, Joanie Loves Chachi, Gloria, Flo, Day By Day & Sanford.

Fraiser, Rhonda, Angel

Frasier without a doubt.

Mine HAS to be Perfect Strangers. Loved the physical comedy, but also the moral at the end of each episode.

Go Balki and Larry!!

Don

The Jeffersons

From these choices, Good times is my #1, then the Jeffersons. Not on the list is Different World, which is a huge favorite of mine as well, I like it more than Cosby

Happy Days a spinoff of Love American Style
Fraizer
Family Matters
Maude
Gloria
Archie's Place
Jeffersons
Laverne and Shirley
Good Times
Just the Ten of US
Saved by the Bell a spinoff of Good Morning Miss Bliss
Muppets a spinoff of Sesame Street Kermit was on both shows
Joanie love Chachi
Facts of Life
Mork and Mindy
Suzanne her character was on Mary Tyler Moore show

The Jeffersons and Lavern and Shirley were great spin-off's.

Maude.

Maude

I voted for Laverne & Shirley it was my favorite at the time. My other faves were:
Good Times
Maude
The Jeffersons
The Facts Of Life
Mork & Mindy
I forgot about Family Matters
Fish

Facts of Life

The Golden Girls, The Golden Palace, & Maude.

my real favorite of all time is not on the list

i actually really liked GradY!

One, off the top of my head, would be After MASH.

The Jeffersons Are The Best Spinoff And Best Show on televsion. behind All In the Family.

FRASIER (#1) and The Facts of Life, hands down!!! I love those 2!!!

The Jeffersons
Good Times
Maude

Knots Landing, the best spinoff ever. I can't believe no one has mentioned it, considering the series ran on CBS for 14 years.

The Misadventures Of Sheriff Lobo which is a spin off of BJ and the Bear.

I found this list on Wickipedia. Wow, so many spin-offs I had forgotten about or didn't realize they were spin-offs!

The ones I like are:
Laverne and Shirley
Facts of Life
Fish
Saved By The Bell
Joanie Loves Chachi
Mork and Mindy
Rhoda
Knots Landing (I know that's not a sitcom, but I like this show!)
The Hogan Family

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_spin-offs

Rhoda and Phyllis

If you are talking ALL spinoffs, "Knots Landing" wins by, well, a landslide, lol.

If we are just talking sitcoms, Frasier does come immediately to mind. For the first five years or so, I honestly think it blew Cheers out of the water.

Mork and Mindy
Frasier

Frasier is the best spinoff ever, no wait, make that the best sitcom ever. Period. End of discussion.

i agree about frasier you dont even have to like cheers to enjoy frasier

Pete and Gladys

I agree with Pete and Gladys. I liked that show. It had Harry Morgan in it too.

Frasier

I found this list on Wickipedia. Wow, so many spin-offs I had forgotten about or didn't realize they were spin-offs!

The ones I like are:
Laverne and Shirley
Facts of Life
Fish
Saved By The Bell
Joanie Loves Chachi
Mork and Mindy
Rhoda
Knots Landing (I know that's not a sitcom, but I like this show!)
The Hogan Family

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_television_spin-offs


The Hogan Family is a spin-off? All they did was replace Valerie Hartman with Sandy Duncan and change the title.

One of the other greatest spin-off series with much better writing and acting than most shows of its genre is "Knots Landing." This series was quietly a stady mainstay on the CBS Thursday night line-up for 14 seasons. Through the years it weathered some heavy and popular competition running opposite it such as "Hill Street Blues," "St. Elsewhere," and "ER." Although a spin-off, "Knots Landing" was actually written and submitted to CBS FIRST but the network wanted something with more "glitz and glamour" so "Dallas" ended up on the air before "Knots." Even though the series did have some "extraordinary" storylines its focus was always on character. This detail to character and relationships, the excellent writing and acting put it above the rest. The overall quality is evident in comparison to other shows of its kind and is also why it out lasted all of those other types of shows including "Dallas." It is surpassed in prime time longevity by only three TV dramas in American television history: "Gunsmoke" (20 seasons), "Law and Order" (20 seasons to date), and "ER" (15 seasons). "Knots Landing" is tied with "Bonanza" at 14 seasons!

Good Times

The Jeffersons

Laverne and Shirley

The Facts of Life

Family Matters

All of the Above because these pre-2000 spinoffs are a instant classic

Laverne and Shirley

Mork And MindyYa Mork and Minday was good.....

From the list I picked the Jeffersons :)

Mine are Laverne and Shirley, The Facts of Life, Frasier and The Jeffersons

Mine HAS to be Perfect Strangers. Loved the physical comedy, but also the moral at the end of each episode.

Go Balki and Larry!!

Don

I don't remember "Perfect Strangers" spinning off of another show. "Family Matters" spun off of "Perfect Strangers".

For me, it would be "Good Times", "Maude", and the much-maligned "Hello Larry" (which spun off of "Different Strokes").

I voted Other. Petticoat Junction, spinoff of Green Acres ! :)

Laverne & Shirley and The Jeffersons

I voted Other. Petticoat Junction, spinoff of Green Acres ! :)That is the other way around. Green Acres (started in 1965) is a spin-off of Petticoat Junction (started in 1963).

That is the other way around. Green Acres (started in 1965) is a spin-off of Petticoat Junction (started in 1963).

Oh yes!! You are totally right!! ;):wave: I had a blonde/ elderly moment! :crazy: So than I voted Other , Green Acres being a spinoff of Petticoat Junction !! :);)

From this list, I voted for the Jeffersons. Memorable theme and some great comedy.