In your opinion, what's the best series and spinoff of all time? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

mets82 · 04-03-2013, 04:45 PM

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.

icecream · 04-03-2013, 05:37 PM

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.

*ROGER* · 04-03-2013, 08:41 PM

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

Regulus · 04-03-2013, 09:12 PM

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

icecream · 04-03-2013, 10:13 PM

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

Regulus · 04-03-2013, 10:37 PM

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?

benjamoon · 04-03-2013, 11:18 PM

In Terms of the Best Combo...

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

Zoneboy · 04-04-2013, 12:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Regulus

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.

TVFactFan · 04-04-2013, 12:24 AM

Jeffersons

Maude

Buffyboy323 · 04-04-2013, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by TVFactFan

Jeffersons

Maude

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

Buffyboy323 · 04-04-2013, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by benjamoon

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.

Schmoopie · 04-04-2013, 02:15 AM

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!

comedyfreak · 04-04-2013, 08:22 AM

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.

Ihavealife2uknow · 04-04-2013, 09:08 AM

Diff'rent Strokes/The Facts Of Life

Regulus · 04-04-2013, 10:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zoneboy

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

04-03-2013, 04:45 PM	#1
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04-03-2013, 11:18 PM	#7
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04-04-2013, 02:15 AM	#12
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04-03-2013, 08:41 PM	#3
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04-03-2013, 10:13 PM	#5
icecream Cat-tastic and Whiskerlicious Forum Celebrity Join Date: Sep 01, 2006 Location: The Catacombs Posts: 20,689	As for Happy Days, I consider Mork & Mindy to be a lot better spin-off than Laverne & Shirley.

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Regulus Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 07, 2011 Location: Port Orange, Florida Avatar - Poiuyt Posts: 3,374	*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?

04-04-2013, 12:24 AM	#9
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04-04-2013, 08:22 AM	#13
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04-04-2013, 09:08 AM	#14
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