25 Worst TV Spin Offs of All Time

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Not every idea can be a winner, and these worst TV spin-offs of all time definitely prove that! From reality shows that real boring to terrible spin offs that should have never been launched, this list is your ultimate guide to terrible TV. Whether you’re looking for Dave Chappelle’s absolute worst television appearance or wondering if Joanie really does love Chachi, we have the worst spin off shows ready and waiting. Get set for some groan worthy television with these 25 Worst TV Spin-Offs of All Time!
If you like terrible TV, or if you just want to see which of your beloved shows has a spin off you can tap into, this is the list for you. From Saved by the Bell’s awkward college years to the worst Law and Order franchise imaginable, these terrible television shows will have you groaning deep down in your soul. Get ready to watch your love of Friends, That 70’s Show, Battlestar Galactica, Family Guy, and Grey’s Anatomy get absolutely thrashed with these downright terrible spin-offs. Make sure you leave us a comment after watching this video and be sure to let us know what you’d like to see from us tomorrow!
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Did you know that Three’s Company - probably the best awkward roommate show - spawned not one but two terrible spin offs, The Ropers and Three’s a Crowd? Grey’s Anatomy, probably the biggest medicine powerhouse of our generation - had an ill fated spin off named Private Practice? While the giants are generally all cursed with terrible spin offs, with Cheers (The Tortellis), Family Guy (The Cleveland Show), and MASH (After MASH) being some notable names, even smaller shows like The Golden Girls (The Golden Palace) were destined to have terrible spin offs. Wondering where Booker, CSI: Cyber, Snooki and Jwoww, That 80’s Show, and Baywatch Nights made it on our list? Make sure to watch all the way to the end to find out which terrible TV spin offs made our top 10!
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[@mssagittariusgang]

I miss tv sitcoms all these damn reality shows makes me sick

[@TheTexasViper]

I like Sagittarius :o))

[@TheMovieSnitch]

So don't watch reality shows. There's still sitcoms on tv.

[@josephepps7805]

Less than reality!🤔

[@anuncolonizedmind6296]

so do i, i am a sitcom junkie

[@anuncolonizedmind6296]

@@TheMovieSnitch most of the new ones are trash,except mom &blackish

[@chazarcola7639]

You also forgot these memorable failed spinoff TV shows : 1. FISH from Barney Miller. 2. FLO from Alice. 3. GLORIA from All In The Family. 4. SANFORD ARMS from Sanford and Son. 5. CHECKING IN from The Jeffersons. 6. OUT OF THE BLUE from Happy Days. 7. THE ART OF NICK from Family Ties. 8. TABITHA from Bewitched. 9. RICHIE BROCKELMAN from The Rockford Files. 10. THE COLBYS from Dynasty. 11. ENOS from The Dukes Of Hazzard. 12. YOUNG AMERICANS from Dawson's Creek. 13. THE BRADY BUNCH VARIETY HOUR. Much worse than The Brady Brides.

[@tmapes1989]

WALTER from MASH Grady from Sanford and Son

[@monkee5th]

Great list

[@Villion77]

The greatest American herion

[@rachelredden6682]

The Hill street Blues spinoff Bay City Blues. Stargate Universe.

[@oneleg1965]

One of the better spin-offs in my opinion was Golden Girls spin-off Empty Nest.

[@AccessoriesAddict5528]

Lol, I HATED that show!!

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

Wasn't that the one with Dinah Manoff and Kristy McNichol? I liked it (well, I liked watching McNichol and Manoff), but don't really remember it too well after all this time.

[@quincee3376]

I remember that. Didnt know it was a spinoff.

[@fousies]

ross piotrowski I thought Golden Girls was the Empty Nest Spin off

[@krystalireland7951]

😄Yes, Carol on there was priceless! David Lei sure was funny in a I cant believe it skrt of way

[@jturnbow71]

The Ropers was comedy gold, can't change my mind.

[@anim8er2]

The problem with The Lone Gunmen, was that the producers didn't respect their audience. The Lone Gunmen represented the audience of the X-files. It made sense to make them heroes of their own show. However, the show didn't keep that premise. They introduced main characters to the show that undermined the main characters, as the heroes. It ended up making fun of them and the conspiracy theory culture.

[@grumpyoldman3458]

I remember a spin off from M*A*S*H called Trapper John, set years after the Korean war, he lived in an RV in the car park of the hospital where he worked. Anyone else remember this, or did I dream it?

[@whyfour3559]

He didn't live in the RV, one of his side-kick doctors did. I remember it being a drama.

[@grumpyoldman3458]

@@whyfour3559 Thanks for the info.

[@jamierose9095]

Trapper John, M.D. Yeah, that happened.

[@johnossmann7036]

Nope - not dreaming. Starred Gregory Harrison and Pernell Roberts I believe. Was a pretty good show.

[@davestang5454]

"Trapper John,MD" was a decent show. Pernell Roberts played Trapper John but he really wasn't the same personality of the character.

[@TheJkm1969]

You can't call a show a "failure" if it runs 6 seasons.

[@alohajim9534]

True but you can call it terrible tv.

[@MamaMOB]

@Knowtheledge Thelastdayz intellivision success means remaining on television. Six seasons is quite successful. No matter how you slice it.

[@rickspalding3047]

like two and a half men? LOL, what a pos that show was

[@mixerfistit5522]

@Knowtheledge Thelastdayz I wonder if some of these have a kinda thing where a long running show adapts and evolves itself so well to its target audience that when you get to an age where you grow out of it, it looks like it's crap now. It may not actually be growing out of things exactly because I still find old simpsons shows funny, but the next generation is going to have different tastes. These days everything is distorted by social media. Kids seem to be offended by absolutely everything today and I guess that makes networks nervous. Last time I watched a newer simpsons episode (maybe it was just a bad one) I found the jokes too obvious and spoon fed to the audience. There wasn't any thought to each joke to catch you unaware. WWE will likely never be as mindlessly entertaining as it was during Attitude because I'm guessing their policies have changed. I don't watch it anymore but I'm guessing evening gown matches probably went out the window as they try to push female wrestlers to equality. But then there's Mae Young giving birth to a hand...

[@johngalush8790]

you can if you never heard of it

[@TnseWlms]

That's why Shakespeare had most of the characters killed in the final scene of his plays- to prevent spinoffs.

[@philiprichardson5512]

Of course, "The Merry Wives of Windsor" was reputedly a spinoff of "Henry IV, Part Two," supposedly written at the royal request of Queen Elizabeth I, who liked the rascally character of John Falstaff.

[@soundslikeawinner9538]

TnseWlms I think you're right 🤣

[@harryshriver6223]

Amen! Hallelujah!

[@krystalireland7951]

Best comment!

[@rshelley7496]

Best YOUTube comment...ever😆😆😆

[@davester1970]

Baywatch Nights: Did David Hasselhoff truly and honestly believe that people watched Baywatch because of him and the story plots?

[@mikeandmars2345]

lol 😂😂😂😂

[@victormalyar9200]

Hasselhoff is a has been, he no longer has it and should retire.

[@SenorZorrozzz]

David Reynolds Yes.

[@PowerStruggle555]

in Germany...yeah. When pitching Baywatch in Germany he said it was Nightrider on the beach....they bought in

[@cammymc1982]

Unfortunately yes he did. This show was absolute trash.I unfortunately watched several episodes and I want to burn the memory of this shit storm of a show out of my mind.

[@overbanked]

The Jeffersons might be the best spin off of all time.

[@jimhuber]

overbanked how about Frasier or Simpsons?

[@tommytruth7595]

No way. It was s stinker.

[@gracious1111]

"The Jeffersons" was a stinker? No way! It was awesome! I used to love watching that show. It could be pretty daring, too.

[@lionhartd138]

yes. you may be correct there.

[@notmypresident3107]

PC nightmare by today's standards, but 1 of my favorite shows of all time

[@BoneDryShart]

Frasier was a successful spinoff of Cheers

[@mr.ramfan8100]

He told us already, dork...

[@freebird0147]

He said it was you shitstain

[@BoneDryShart]

Dork? Shitstain? Ok then...

[@freebird0147]

@@BoneDryShart Get off this website now you shitstain

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

Right after they mentioned Frasier, they also mentioned Family Matters (which I just think of as the "Urkel" show)... What other show is Family Matters a spin-off of? (Don't tell me it's another Maude spin-off, LOL)

[@wb9506]

Benson was good a spin off from Soap

[@ronstewart8142]

Lasted a while also

[@lynn1464]

It sure was.

[@staceyuffelman7986]

Loved Benson !

[@lynn1464]

@@staceyuffelman7986 me too

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

W B I LOVED Benson. Thought it was better than Soap actually 😉

[@hunterqrose2583]

I can understand if a spinoff show only lasted 1 season being on this list, but if it lasted 4 or more season, that's pretty successful by most T.V. standards.

[@MichaelAarons1701]

Well it’s not really about success so much as how shit they were. Some shows keep going despite the audience really not wanting it because the studios/networks just can’t seem to let go until they have to. Though I don’t believe The Cleveland Show should be on here.

[@Kindred04]

Hunter Q Rose - I agree with you. I personally like Private Practice way more than Grey's Anatomy (I can't believe that show is still going). Also, while I wasn't a fan of the Cleveland Show, I know a lot of people who liked it. Of course, I also thought Friends was a ridiculous show and it still boggles my mind how long it ran and how much they were paid. My idea of a good show rarely coincides with popular opinion.

[@alanguages]

Hunter Q Rose The uploader even had Private Practice which lasted 6 seasons on the list.

[@TheMovieSnitch]

@@MichaelAarons1701 The difference between "how shit they were" and "success" is that your OPINION about how shit they were is wildly subjective and based entirely on your own assumptions and pretending everyone agrees with you. Multiple seasons of a show are based entirely on ratings, viewers, selling ads, etc. These are all easily measurable and factual. They don't offer multiple seasons of shit. They offer multiple seasons of shows that make them money. The only way a show makes them money is by steady viewership. Studios and Networks don't hold on to things "until they have to" let them go. Facts are facts. Shows get cancelled because they can't sell another season. No one watching means they can't sell commercials. Networks don't care what you think of a show. But if a lot of people are still watching, it will get another season.

[@MichaelAarons1701]

@CatchphraseVO Was talking about the angle they were approaching the title of the video to the OP. I myself even defended one of the entries. And considering the concepts of Jump the Shark and The Dork Age when it comes to media, there’s a bit of disagreement on whether or not a show overstays its tenuous welcome. But again, the video was about the quality of the spin-off not how successful a run (longevity it attained) which is what I was clarifying not trying to declare. So aside from my views on The Cleveland Show, my “OPINION” is not actually being much displayed. Also, considering the current trend of ordering or approving 2nd season to a virgin show already bogged in audience backlash, networks will plod out things that are practically DOA because they still had some agenda with it.

[@user-gb5mb1rv7f]

Caprica was an amazing show, but it's audience wanted space battles.

[@FingerBreakerWu]

Overly simplistic and untrue.

[@marknsprmo]

It started out a little slow but by the end, I really enjoyed that show and wish it had continued. It wasn't battlestar galactica but it was good.

[@x-seronis-x]

Caprica being cancelled isnt as tragic a story as Firefly, but its still tragic. There was no reason for it not to have had 4-6 season run

[@ogcrazycatlady]

@@x-seronis-x Fuckin-A! Love me some Firefly, also I'm still miss Stargate, and Dollhouse could have ran 4ever!!

[@ogcrazycatlady]

@Mark Grant I wanna say that was around the time of a writers strike. The characters & actors were kind of raw, but I loved me watching pretenders pretend to pretend. Rent-a-ho does have that mass appeal lol! Geek on, my sci fi brethren, geek on. 👽

[@davidtinker9733]

That 80s Show had another big problem: it seemed as though the writers and/or producers hated the 1980s. There was no fun and joy such as with the 70s, just derision and dislike for the decade. It also seemed like they wanted to use the show to tell the world how horrible the 1980s were. I turned 14 in 1980, and enjoyed my high school and college years in that decade. I had a great time. I love the 80s.

[@rickyjoejohnson4886]

It tried to be too PC for that time.

[@dankeith6522]

We should climb some trees throw poo and call them rude names.

[@jtoland2333]

Although I'm not the most sentimental person, I enjoyed the 80s and miss how much fun comedy was allowed to be before the PC Mafia took over.

[@CDash162]

No, I hated the 80s. I was a nurd and never had the right clothes. Much preferred the 90s where I could earn money and hang with people not from school. Why am I telling You Tube my life story ??

[@lilianmaher2809]

Loved the 80 s but the actors and story line wasn’t good should tried a different route

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

Am I the only one that noticed that the Living Dolls show had Leah Remini, Milla Jovovich, Michael Learned (from the Waltons) and Oscar winner Halle Berry in it?? And it still failed??? WOW 😂🤣

[@marlinhunter8439]

Vivica Fox was on there for the first episode. She was replaced by Hallie Berry.

[@robforasm]

no, your not

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

In that pic at 4:05 (after I looked at it a second time), I did recognize Leah Remini at the bottom, but not the others. Anyway, there were five people in the pic, so who was the fifth person?

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

I thought that was her but wasn't sure.

[@kevindouglas5333]

Michael was great in the 70s. Halle is always great. Noone else on the show could act

[@danfletcher71]

I had no idea Family Matters was a spin off of Perfect Strangers. I learned something new.

[@EDifyer881]

It was because harriet was on that show before family matters came into play

[@marka.graffakasnakebitenat3736]

Family Matters was on the verge of cancellation. However, a kid by the name of Jaleel White did his only episode. Then while in school, got pulled out of class and signed a huge contract. Not bad for going out and doing your job.

[@jbFromNYC]

Yes, Cousin Larry worked at the Chicago Tribune with Harriet Winslow as its elevator operator.

[@paradoxward2533]

I thought that it was a spin off of Full House. I now realize that I was wrong. Same producers though.

[@D2Kprime]

@a ggoogle user 454 All In The Family was a legendary show. Not only did it (technically) have 4 spin-offs.... Maude The Jeffersons Gloria Checking In Archie Bunker's Place .....but the show had a spin-off that also spun a spin-off.

[@GrinderCB]

Two more bad ones. "Gloria," an All In The Family spinoff, where Archie Bunker's daughter is divorced from the Meathead and moves back to NY as a single mom. It lasted 5 mos before being cancelled. "Blansky's Beauties" a spinoff of Happy Days, starred Nancy Walker as Howard Cunningham's cousin who's the manager of a group of Vegas showgirls. Problem was that Happy Days took place in the 50's but Blansky's Beauties took place in the 70's.

[@Dynamo001]

The Jeffersons was the most successful spinoff of All in the Family -- and was better than the parent show.

[@joeespin5574]

Maude lasted as long as The Jeffersons, And Archie Bunker's Place was just as bad as Gloria.

[@millenniumman75]

Maude (1972-1978) and Good Times (Feb 1974 - Aug 1979) were only six seasons each. The Jeffersons ran 11 (Jan 1975 - Jun 1985; and was very quietly cancelled to the point the actors found out through the papers!).Archie Bunker's Place only ran four (1979-1983)

[@whewfan]

I saw maybe a couple episodes of Gloria. All I can say is, it was strange. It was never funny enough to be a comedy, and not really dramatic enough to be a drama. With Archie Bunker's Place, nobody really wanted to see a widowed Archie. The show became very maudlin after Edith died. Concerning Joanie Love Chachi, not only was it a bad idea to give them their own show, Happy Days itself suffered greatly without the characters. It wasn't funny to have the Cunninghams be empty nesters, and Joanie's friends and Anson Williams were not reason enough to fill the void. Richie's wife also got a somewhat expanded role and it didn't work. Also, Fonzie SETTLING DOWN?! That was a horrible idea, and actress Linda Purl was reportedly very unhappy being on the show, so for Happy Days last season, Garry Marshall did everything to unfix the changes made. Joanie and Chachi were now back on the show, Fonzie was a ladies man again, and the stories were much funnier.

[@joeespin5574]

Happy Days should have been canceled yje season that Fonzie jumped the shark

[@TyhlerNovac]

Never heard of Brady Brides till just this minute

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

Tyhler Novac Me either!! Probably a good thing though? 😂

[@Pntngbrn]

Consider yourself lucky

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

I was waiting for a spinoff-spinoff called the Brady Divorcees...

[@radrobd123]

The Brady Brides wasn't nearly as bad as the 1990 spin-off The Bradys. It was an hour long dramedy that featured most of the original cast (minus Maureen McCormick who was replaced). It was like a watered down version of thirtysomething

[@SergioArellano-yd7ik]

Bobby's wife was played by MTV vj Martha Quinn. Julia Brown who had her own MTV show and used to make fun of Quinn was always making fun of her on the show

[@alwaysamysteryyes2021]

I dunno, I'd say the Brady Variety Hour is worse...

[@DannyBkyn]

Definitely. That was shockingly bad.

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

In 1997 the Simpsons had an episode called the "Spin-off Showcase", one part of which apparently did a takeoff on the Brady Bunch Variety Hour, the "Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour"--which was funny in a cheesy, over-the-top sort of way, i.e. it was obviously a parody of something else (I just didn't know what at the time). Although I'd seen the Brady Bunch plenty of times in the 70s I never got around to watching the Brady Bunch Variety Hour--but if it was anything like the Simpsons spoof, I'm sure it was horrible!! ;)

[@Titan52berg]

Yes! Had enough of the Brady Bunch when the original series was on!

[@differenttakethanmost]

Did he really just say "spread their LEGS"?!?!!-- the phrase is "spread their WINGS", unless the show had something to do with seXXX -- in which case it would be acceptably "pun-ny"

[@jendrivesajeep6656]

I heard that too! 😃🤣😂 Hmm.

[@jere2592]

mytube yep, that happened

[@okay.melissa]

He said spread your legs in reference to giving birth per say to the new show

[@christelheadington1136]

He also said a garbage fire instead of dumpster fire,but that's not as funny.

[@fluffywigglesworth7736]

No, I think, in this case, "spread their legs" was entirely appropriate.

[@elineff2791]

sure The Ropers didn't make it as a hit, but the show had wonderful hilarious people on it, RIP Norman Fell Audra Lindley

[@johnpenguinthe3rd13]

The Ropers were awesome. Damn shame it didn't succeed. On a side note, it lasted two seasons (not one season as this video says).

[@pfdfiremedic3252]

The Ropers was very funny and a good show. Should have lasted longer. Three's a Crowd stunk.

[@shack8110]

I agree, The Ropers was fairly funny, especially Norman Fell. I HATED Three's Company. Every episode was about a misunderstanding that could have been easily cleared up in 5 seconds. I think most people watched just to stare at Suzanne and Joyce. XD

[@travisjames3517]

The neighbors are what sunk the show. No one liked the, (The Brookes).

[@jamesgonzo5673]

The Ropers was awesome, this idiot has no cue what great tv is about

[@rscorser]

That's a pretty good list, however you missed one that should definitely be in the Top 10 - "Sanford Arms" was a short lived spin-off of "Sanford & Son" - basically the same show without Sanford & Son. Total dud.

[@rscorser]

Ford Torino Yes. Steptoe & Son. Till Death Do Us Part. Forgot the Three’s Company one. Man About The House perhaps.

[@laurabeane8862]

I remember that show. Lamont sent a big white dude to live with Fred. Lamont supposedly met him at the lumberjack camp. I was maybe 9 or 10 at the time. Today, in 2019, I think, oh, LUMBERJACK CAMP...☺☺

[@radrobd123]

@@laurabeane8862 No you're thinking of Sanford, the reprisal show without Lamont. Sanford Arms featured neither Fred or Lamont but had the Sanford house which had now become a boarding house with new tenants altho Aunt Esther came around to collect the rent. It only lasted 4 episodes.

[@joemackey1950]

I liked Phyllis. Often use a line she had when she served some snacks saying "I hope you like this. I brought it myself"'. :)

[@DannyBkyn]

I liked it too.

[@SweptAway529]

Phyllis was funny the first season - loved the opening credits and song too!!

[@lilianmaher2809]

Me too

[@seattletaurus]

You totally missed Gloria, that spin off from All in the Family. Talk about missing the mark.

[@TheAskTrixieChannel]

Also the worst theme song ever, right up there with The Ropers and Alice.

[@666finnegan]

Gloria. 1 of (I think) 5 spin-offs from All in the family... and the least popular one.

[@Grimior00]

and there was Archie's place.

[@kionyaf7408]

Jackee From 227 1 episode only

[@agriperma]

Although The Jefferson's was a big hit. so they hit it out of the park with that spin off.

[@hurtbreq]

FYI Joey is the MOST LIKED character in friends,....."how you doing!!!"

[@DannyBkyn]

I would say he was the 2nd most likable. I would say Phoebe was the most likable. But I agree he was definitely not the most unliked character. I would say that honor belongs to Ross.

[@radrobd123]

Ross was the worst character.

[@markalexander3659]

Most liked according to who/what?

[@TheNotbadphonedaddy]

I think the problem with SAVED BY THE BELL: THE COLLEGE YEARS was the targeted audience. I think most of us that grew up on SAVED BY THE BELL watched it as elementary & junior high kids. Maybe a few years into high school. By the time we were adults, we had moved on past the corny jokes and the nonsensical moments. I think it also hurt that half the gang was there and half the gang wasn't.

[@LOWROLLER72]

I totally agree, but the "New Class" spinoff was even worse. Basically the same characters with different actors.. LR 📺

[@DannyBkyn]

Marla Gibbs starred in a spin-off of The Jeffersons called Checking In. She played the same character, Florence, working at a hotel. It lasted 4 episodes.

[@fromthesidelines]

That was a "short flight" series. CBS gave Marla Gibbs four episodes (in April 1981) to prove she could star in her own series as "Florence". Yet four episodes aren't really enough to establish a new series with viewers [CBS was trying to cut costs by ordering several new series of four to six episodes apiece at the time]. At the same time, producer Steven Bochco insisted to NBC he would not produce six episodes of ANY new series for them; he felt by their ordering a limited number of episodes, you couldn't get an audience involved in a new program (he was also correct that, by producing a small number of episodes, the network would use them to "plug holes" in their schedule, which they often did). He insisted, "You need at least 13 episodes to get a series going." NBC gave him the chance with "HILL STREET BLUES" in early 1981. Apparently, CBS decided the ratings for "CHECKING IN" weren't big enough to warrant another season of episodes that fall. Fortunately for Marla, her contract stated that, if "CHECKING IN" was cancelled, she could return to "THE JEFFERSONS"- which she did in the fall of '81.

[@digitalharmony26]

IMHO Frasier is still the best spin-off.

[@zephozia727]

Arguably not a spin-off as it came from a film but...Cobra Kai.

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

Frasier was a spin off??

[@charlesthompson3615]

@@Camman010 Niles was the only good part of the show. Frasier character got worse as the show went on.

[@lorriesmith5086]

Being a Seattlite, I loved yelling at the TV when they mispronounced names and showed impossible views. But that apartment building did exist. It didn't face the Space Needle though. I did enjoy it, however.

[@norcalfellow8929]

@@lorriesmith5086 Probably all location shots of shows are met with local critics. Living near San Francisco, those shows are notorious for chase scenes that cut from one part of the city to another when they make a turn. Mostly to showcase background sights, but the weather changes in each scene from fog to sun. Another famous shot is the beach under the Golden Gate Bridge. Marshall Beach is a nude beach, weather permitting sometimes it looks like the men in the background could be naked.

[@arianaperri7363]

I didn't even know the majority of these spin offs existed. That 80s show looked like a bad idea as soon as I saw the picture.

[@dawne5139]

I remember 3 of the spinoffs and not even most of the original shows.

[@sterlingholobyte]

I had high hopes for that show because, hey, who doesn't like the 80's? But yeah, it really sucked. The show anyway, not the 80's itself.

[@timorvet1]

Never saw it here in Australia, but it would have been interesting to see the producers spin on the way teens and older people lived in that era, as I did.

[@lionhartd138]

the 80's show wasn't so much a spinoff, more of a ripoff. But yeah, it sucked. ( to the max :) ...)

[@hamupinhere]

I remember seeing the relentlessly-hawked promos on FOX way back when and probably doing irreversible damage to my optic nerve from rolling my eyes so fucking hard at it. There was a scene where a guy wearing a blazer is standing inside a crowded bar, talking on one of those old Motorola brick-shaped cellular phones, shouting jovially: "NO, IT'S NOT A PAY PHONE, IT'S A PORTABLE PHONE!!!" That was literally something the network found strong enough--funny enough--to sell that horrendous garbage to the public as entertainment.

[@NEB71]

To be fair to "Law and Order; Trial by Jury," this spin-off was, I believe, supposed to center on Jerry Orbach's Detective Briscoe, but Orbach died before it premiered. The show's fate after that was pretty much inevitable.

[@irrespondible]

You're right. In fact, that was the reason it was cancelled, not the fact it wasn't good. It likely was better than Los Angeles, who had LESS reason to exist and lasted abut the same amount of time.

[@rudyhernandez8446]

Two spinoffs of Happy Days did great. Laverne and Shirley and Mork and Mindy.

[@milesc.anthony2811]

Hahaha, milk and Pepsi.

[@rudyhernandez8446]

@@milesc.anthony2811 Laverne and Shirley.

[@Ranger61463]

Happy Days was a spin-off from "Love: American Style. As it was an episode of the show.

[@Kathy-cc7lp]

@John Saunders NCIS The original: Leroy Jethro Gibbs

[@Kathy-cc7lp]

@John Saunders That is the first name of the character that Mark Harmon plays on NCIS, they mostly refer to him as Gunney or Gibbs.

[@rowynnecrowley1689]

Saved By The Bell The College Years wasn't really a spin-off. More like a continuation of a series that didn't know when to quit.

[@jeffreyrigged]

they had a new class or something that was a spin off

[@nathanielwilson9067]

Jeffrey Adams I remember the Saved By The Bell:The New Class show. Dennis Haskins who played The Principal Belding said in an interview, "The New Class didn't have the good old charm of the original Saved By The Bell."

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

Ya got that right

[@evilmothericebearkillerbir6016]

i thought screech went back and was a teacher or something

[@kevinpayton2664]

The original SBTB series ran for another 4-6 years. The show wasn't as popular anyway after the original class had graduated and moved on and even when Screech had returned.

[@oldgysgt]

How about a spin-off of a commercial; Cavemen.

[@oldgysgt]

@I spamsalot: I liked the Cavemen episodes I saw, but the idea was very limited. It might have done better as a Saturday morning kid show. That might sound strange, but H R Puff n Stuff was also strange, but it did good with the bubble gum crowd. Of course the adult scrips would have to have been re-written for a much younger audience.

[@golden8972]

oldgysgt OMG! I had completely forgotten about that...yes, you're right!

[@rockvilleraven]

Or a movie based on a commercial "The Steeler and the Pittsburgh Kid" Started as a coke commercial where the a kid gives Mean Joe Greene a coke, in exchange for his jersey. The movie had a football team temporarily adopt a little boy.

[@michaeleasterwood6558]

It was horrible

[@Uriah625]

I remember thinking when that show came out and seeing advertisements for the show I wasn’t sure, “Is is a real show, or a commercial?”

[@SerenaMajors]

The Brady Brides wasn't the worst spin off of the Brady Bunch. The Brady Bunch Variety Hour was.

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

Brady anything sucked

[@mainecoon6514]

The Brady Bunch original series was corny but likeable. I have the series on DVD. The BBVH was pretty bad, so was the Brady Brides '81', and The Brady's '90.' All only lasted a season.

[@gr33n3ggs4]

Variety is SO BAD; it is awesome. the show was created to only publicly humiliate the entire cast. ( original got canceled because they demanded too much money. Few years later they came crawling back)

[@anthonywilliams6002]

That shit was awful

[@doughesson]

You could see that,too?I just thought that I dreamed it up after my first drinks.

[@TheAskTrixieChannel]

I liked The Cleveland Show! :-( Yeah, Cleveland wasn't the most interesting character - but Cleveland Jr. and Rallo!!

[@azazel-lh3fx]

Should've gave quagmire a show.

[@jeffreymccarty1388]

Your wrong

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

To start with, although Family Guy was funny it wasn't nearly as good as the Simp-sons or South Park, IMHO (in a way, it seemed like sort of a lame ripoff of those other shows, especially the Simpsons). Thus, to me a spin-off of Family Guy isn't going to be worth watching...unless you REALLY liked the Cleveland character, I guess--and apparently, a lot of people did. ;)

[@jerryleroy9187]

I think a good spin off was Lavern and Shirley. They were introduced on Happy Days.

[@conniethesconnie]

So was Mork. The first season was decent.

[@jerryleroy9187]

Yeah it was good. What was it a spinoff of again?

[@conniethesconnie]

​@@jerryleroy9187 Good Question. For the most part it means a program which is based off an existing one. ie characters, events, thematic universe. Is CSI: Miami really a spinoff, it's just covering another CSI unit in a different city there is no connection between any of the characters of the two shows? If all the CSI and Law and order shows are spin offs how about the Arrowverse? Are The Flash or Supergirl a spinoffs?

[@jerryleroy9187]

I was asking about Mork and Mindy. Not the CSI's. Thank you for your reply btw.

[@thomasfulton0505]

Mork n Mindy was also a happy days spin off and Joni lived chachi

[@pamelamays4186]

Joanie Loves Chachi was the worst. Set in the sixties, with eighties hair. Lou Grant, spun off the Mary Tyler Moore Show, was one of the best. Making it a drama instead of a comedy was pure genius. And saved the audience the some character from the old show popping up cliché.

[@batheandrelaxinmyshit6344]

Liar. You gave birth to an evil child.

[@AJAXKID123]

“Joanie Loves Chachi” was hideous! Even as a kid, the disconnect between the time it was set in and what the characters looked like bothered me. Didn’t help my mom would gripe, “Nobody looked like that back then!” The same was true for “Happy Days” and “Laverne and Shirley” as the shows progressed. Also, no one... no one... wanted to hear Joanie or Chachi sing 😖

[@MarySammons10]

I liked Lou Grant a lot.

[@zoppie]

Sorry to contradict, but Mary's Aunt Flo did pop up in an episode.

[@painkiller1968]

Worst thing was Scott Baio trying to sing!

[@MissGNX]

Good Times & The Jeffersons were THE 2 best spin-offs of all time! Good Times a spin-off of Maude & The Jeffersons a spin-off of All in the Family

[@emichaelw2003]

Miss GNX And Maude was a spin off of All In The Family

[@lisaclark1211]

Laverne & Shirley Mork & Mindy were spinoffs from Happy Days

[@kevinbradley2677]

I actually liked Joey and Threes A Crowd......

[@rovon]

@@emichaelw2003 They all were spin-offs of All in the Family

[@aleyahaforlife]

That's good but, the best IS Simpson's. They came from the Tracy Aluman show.

[@djrtg]

Married....with Children had a spin-off called “Top of the Heap” which lasted 6 episodes. Then a spin-off of the spin-off was made called “Vinnie and Bobby” which lasted 7 episodes. Both starred Matt LeBlanc.

[@dude1519]

The pilot for Top of the Heap still shows up in Married... reruns.

[@thejimg]

Can you prove that audiences didn't like the Lone Gunmen?!? Because I found in my quick Google search the exact opposite of not liking...

[@judithslone6472]

I liked it.

[@hepchaos]

It was slightly amusing, but nothing really happened on the show. Conspiracy theorist trying to save the day; just doesn't work. It wan't bad, just boring. I think there was 6 episodes aired, then they cancelled it. I watch probably 4. Yes, it was disliked by most X-Files fans. An answer from an actual audience member.

[@tripleb221]

I loved the show. I thought Fox should have given it more of a chance to catch on. Would have made a great conspiracy theory show once it got going but never got the chance. Also, anything Brady Bunch is truly astounding bad tv...l love every minute. Would rather see reruns of the Bradys over new eps of the Kardashians.

[@VernCrisler]

I liked the show even though the "dumb guy" on the show was annoying. X-Files gave them a good send-off, however.

[@christaylorakaskunk]

There were 13 episodes.

[@benshaton]

Grady, a spinoff of Sanford and Son was really dumb.

[@dadoctah]

Which is kind of a shame. Who doesn't love Whitman Mayo? And Norman Lear tended to have a pretty good track record with spinoffs, what with Maude and the Jeffersons coming off All in the Family (although Archie Bunker's Place was kind of weak, and it's hard to find anybody who remembers watching Gloria or 704 Hauser). But between Grady and Sanford Arms, Sanford and Son seems to have been unspinoffable. Did Mayberry RFD make the honorable mentions for this top 25?

[@fozzieatdetourbillnye5514]

@@dadoctah Why did you have to remind me Mayberry RFD existed? It definitely should have been on here?

[@coolandtrending]

After Redd Foxx was gone, Sanford and Son felt like a bad spin-off, even tho it was still the same show.

[@jamesdavis3559]

Robert Parkinson Checking In with Marla Gibbs really sucked too

[@fozzieatdetourbillnye5514]

@@coolandtrending He was talking about the actual show called Grady. I actually thought some of the Fred-less episodes of Sanford and son were pretty good (except the one where Grady visited his daughter) but I actually they weren't the same without Redd.

[@wilmanric2277]

Yeahhhhh.... Joanie loves CHachi was like having Dental work. Can't believe this made a second season....

[@porthoel]

Idk I thought the Cleveland show was pretty funny myself 😂

[@ltdee1970]

ME TOO

[@teddy341]

I think it's just one man's opinion

[@snipedude4953]

Yeah I thought it was alright.

[@forever_golfer1981]

Agreed

[@unofficialmusicvideos1544]

I agree with all y’all.

[@strangeroamer3219]

Every criminal minds spin off was a failure too. The original is alive and well.

[@speedrazer2000]

Thank you for keeping the descriptions brief and moving on... 🚀

[@donjackson5522]

Brief, just like the shows on the list.

[@jerryhensley6255]

Gomer Pyle was pretty funny. Take it from The Andy Griffith show

[@SD-ir1vf]

Jim neighbors got aids from bobbing in the Hudson.

[@rustywilliamson7140]

And the Andy Griffin show was it self a spinoff from the Danny Thomas Show....

[@KateLicker]

we loved it..

[@LarryLeeMoniz]

He's asking for worst TV spin-offs, not spin-offs you like... get it?

[@KateLicker]

yeah, I was replying to JHensley whose thread subject is indicating liking Gomer Pyle...Get it?

[@Portugal2025]

Phyliss was a ratings hit and was actually a very entertaining show. One of the supporting characters, Mother Dexter was hilarious and was a fan fave. Also remembered for a wedding episode when the actress was 94. It was a very good show

[@joejoe9435]

it did not belong on this list

[@jbird730]

I had never heard of it before, but all I could think was: how could this have possibly flopped with Cloris Leachman in it? Sounds fake.

[@fromthesidelines]

The problem was that Cloris Leachman did not work quite as well as a "star character" on her own. After the success of "RHODA" in the 1974-'75 season, CBS wanted MTM to produce another "spin-off" from 'THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW" for the 1975-'76 season.....and "PHYLLIS" was it. However, as Sally Bedell Smith explained it in "Up the Tube": *Despite endless tinkering with her personality, Phyllis as a solo act failed to captivate the audience. She had been an effective player on 'THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW' because her producers had used her sparingly, like a dash of Tabasco sauce. Once removed from the buffering characters surrounding her, she seemed stark and shrill. The producers tried to soften her and to make her more sympathetic, but they only succeeded in blurring her image even more. The audience did not know what to expect.* There were also constant changes in the supporting cast- and situations- to attract more viewers.......but in the end, the ratings weren't enough to keep "PHYLLIS" around for a third season

[@SL-vi4tk]

The Phyllis show intro itself was funny.

[@brentpage7169]

Hey Mike you should 25 Best TV Spinoffs of All Time

[@ChromaLuke]

You mean to tell me NCIS isn't just a show trying to be like CSI?

[@LadyWhinesalot]

JAG premiered in 1995, CSI in 2000. NCIS is a spin off JAG. So, no, NCIS is not trying to be another CSI. They are both terrific shows, each stands on its own

[@marylhere]

NCIS has actors that seem like they're just good looking people you might know. CSI did too but then they all got work done over the first summer. They are the very good looking Hollywood uglies. But real. Then they weren't.

[@randommay3573]

#1 the simpsons

[@rockvilleraven]

No it was the Andy Griffith show, which started as an episode of Make Room for Daddy. It was a "backdoor pilot" called. Not all the characters were there, Andy and Opie, Danny got busted for running a stop sign and spent 3 days in jail there. Don Knotts saw the episode and told the producers that they needed a sheriff, he auditioned and the rest is history.

[@Deliveries_with_ADHD]

Law and order trial buy jury died because it couldn't survive the real life death of jerry orbach.

[@queenangela7544]

I really like that show.

[@mxravenwarrior]

How about Tabitha, a spin off from Bewitched? I don't think that was well received.

[@chearobinson4436]

There was a Bewitched spin-off did not know that.

[@carolgladfelder272]

@@chearobinson4436 It was a very long time after Bewitched went off the air. Tabitha was an adult by then.

[@chearobinson4436]

I remember watching Bewitched with my mom, it went off the air before I was born I do believe.

[@radrobd123]

@@carolgladfelder272 It wasn't that long. It premiered 5 years after Bewitched ended. in that 5 years, Tabitha went from little kid to fully grown woman

[@stevenmaginnis1965]

Pam Dawber read for it but didn't get the part. Talk about things working out for the best!

[@shwahgamer]

Incorrect: Ross was the least likable character on Friends. Joey was a saint and an amazingly support and loving person.

[@FgFg-jj2eo]

Well said, Shwah!

[@benwillard5320]

Another show that was actually good was Mama's Family; which was a Carroll Burnett show spinoff.

[@Maki-00]

Ben Willard It was good, but then they changed the cast I believe the premise, and it lost something for me.

[@DarkroomMedia007]

I❤'d Mama's Family

[@fucheduck]

you can watch all that on METV used to have that Ropers show and the other spin off with John Ritter too. I hope they come back again.

[@WowMomica]

@@Maki-00 I liked the whole series, but I felt it got better when they lost the 2 kids and brought Bubba on.

[@sunshinejividen2832]

@@fucheduck The tv channel *LOGO* currently runs mini-marathons of "Three's Company", "Mama's Family", "Alice", "The Golden Girls", "The Facts of Life", "Bewitched", and "Laverne & Shirley". :-)

[@dhenderson1810]

Matt LeBlanc was actually in another failed spin-off. He starred in a show called "Top Of The Heap", which was a spin off of "Married With Children", and featured the adventures of Kelly Bundy's one-time boyfriend and his father.

[@oneangrygeek4575]

Al and the other dad were friends. The fact that they tried to sneak in the pilot as an episode of Married..With Children probably caused some unhappy viewers.

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

You didn't mention Matt LeBlanc's horrible failed attempt in hosting top gear (UK) after Clarkson got sacked, which in turn made Hammond and May quit. Now the show doesn't exist anymore at all. Not even in reruns

[@sha11235]

Ah, you mentioned it here. And they retooled that spin off with Vinny and Bobby. Didn't work either.

[@yellowbeard7146]

Joseph Bologna played his father. Just died recently.

[@blebhan8213]

The best part of that show was Mona, played by then-unknown Joey Lauren Adams.

[@donculotta1551]

One successful spin off from MASH was Trapper John MD.

[@radrobd123]

@The Dog Faced Gremlin Trapper John was set in the then present while M*A*S*H was set in the 1950s, thus, Trapper John MD was much older than his MASH character

[@kevindouglas5333]

Spun from the movie not the TV show

[@livewireOrourke]

Private Practice should have stayed in private mode. Even my imaginary dog hated the show.

[@wakingohiomama9110]

Uuugghh The Tortellis was AWFUL lol. I remember trying to watch cuz I felt like I was abandoning my favorite show Cheers! Painful.

[@TheGapeach1976]

He said Fox decided to spread their legs - the phrase is spread their wings.

[@PINKzoHOT]

T Dubb not if you’re birthing a new show. 😂

[@DannyBkyn]

Maybe he was talking about Megan Fox. She has legs and no wings. LOL

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

+Daniel Seib Damn, you just reminded me of the Two and a Half Men episode from the early-mid 2000s that Megan Fox guest-starred in, as Berta's grand-niece(?). At one point she was sun-bathing on Charlie's deck...yeah, she had "legs" all right!

[@JaybayJay]

The Ropers were hilarious.. And ultimately the demise of The Ropers were because they moved it's normal Tuesday night line up to Saturday and it tanked. Not because it sucked.

[@sandywilson1800]

Yeah Saturdays are a bad time for a show to be aired on. People are at the park, at the theaters, at restaurants, etc, having lives. The weekdays are a good time for a show to be aired since people are at home relaxing after a hgectic workday/school day.

[@JaybayJay]

@@sandywilson1800 Also, here in Canada it would have been competing with Hockey Night in Canada which was a Canadian pastime on Saturday nights broadcasted from coast to coast..

[@stacyseabroooks4951]

Great two people who like the ropers me and you

[@howardkerr8174]

@@sandywilson1800 Saturdays are bad? The Mary Tyler Moore show and the Bob Newhart show ran on saturdays. Don't get me wrong, I loved Norman Fell and Audra Lindley, but on 3s Company the writing for them was often weak. The Ropers was as though they made a really weak Zerox of a weak show. As I said in another comment here, the networks often had decent concepts in these spin-offs but it at least appeared as though they put little effort into them. Like they should have somehow been able to coast on the good reputation of the original show.

[@JaybayJay]

@@howardkerr8174 God, another toxic critic who can't say anything meaningful.. Yes, Saturday's are a bad time to run that show.. Teenagers didn't Mary Tyler Moore or Newhart and no, I sure as hell didn't stay home on a Saturday night to watch them.. Weak writing? You and your toxic critic friends can go to hell for all I care.. You didn't say one thing intelligent about the show, just some broad generalization calling one of the most popular show's weak and insult the writers..

[@danielheisler2385]

I disagree. The lone Gunman was awesome. No one really knew why it was cancelled.

[@edvas625]

They were abducted by aliens

[@rubenflores4493]

It was canceled because of a government conspiracy 😉

[@UsedBrain4U]

Ross was the most unlikable of FRIEND'S characters.

[@danieljackson1272]

He's everything I've ever aspired not to be as a man.

[@josephlafrance9881]

Ross was a whiny asshole

[@flilguy]

Most of the Friends characters were deeply messed up.

[@jendrivesajeep6656]

😃🤣😂 The Brady Brides! Yep, that was pretty horrible! This was fun, Mike! Thank you!

[@davester1970]

How about The Brady Bunch Hour?

[@sixletters9759]

Yes, the Variety Hour was far worse !

[@GrinderCB]

What about "The Bradys?" That attempt to reinvent The Brady Bunch as a prime time soap, kinda like Knots Landing, but about the Brady family.

[@mellotronage7073]

Jen Drives A Jeep BUT !!!.... Ogling a 28 year old Maureen McCormick? Nothing wrong with that...

[@TheProfessor230]

Worse than the other two spin offs of the brady bunch?

[@jasona9]

I felt sorry for the late Norman Fell. He was a great character actor that did NOT want to be spun-off Three's Company, yet he regrettably agreed.

[@steevrawjers]

I always liked his intro on the title part of The #Ropers

[@jameshafner1442]

He was great in "Bullit" as well. Small part , but well played.

[@FgFg-jj2eo]

Yes, The Ropers shouldn't have been cancelled!

[@SisuGirl]

Missed seeing your face, Mike! I'll be the one to confess that I loved "The Brady Brides!" I know it was BAD and Jan & Marsha's husbands were SO annoying, but I loved it! Eve Plumb & Maureen McCormick were so beautiful to me! I'll go hide in my corner now...

[@courtneykatona501]

I loved it!

[@donjackson5522]

As a kid in the 70’s, Eve plumb and Maureen McCormick in those 70’s dresses was must see tv!

[@MrJoeE1970]

Fish, a spinoff of Barney Miller could have easily replaced The Cleveland Show on this list.

[@leahsodyssey123]

Most of these I’ve never heard of. I didn’t know Golden Girls had a spin-off with everyone but Bea Arthur.

[@daisychains2.086]

"Empty Nest" Was also a GG's spinoff. But I kinda liked it.

[@marcusrandolph902]

Never heard of it either but from what I've read Bea Arthur was not very well liked on Golden Girls so I'm sure filming the spinoff wasn't as unpleasant.

[@balletdancernj6894]

leahsodyssey123 I used to watch Golden Palace back in 1992-1993. It wasn’t that funny. 😒

[@cammarks6599]

You forgot the Hill Street Blues spinoff; Cop Rock. NOTHING sucked harder than that one.

[@MrChaes]

two thumbs. the memory was actually blocked. yuch...

[@DarrenJSeeley]

Cop Rock was indeed bad, but it wasn't a spinoff of Hill Street Blues. The only thing they had in common was Steven Bochco and some of the actors he'd worked with before playing different roles.

[@joeespin5574]

Got that right!!!

[@atimnie]

I liked Cop Rock, but I also like the weird, and musicals, and weird musicals...

[@joeespin5574]

@@atimnie Cop Rock really wasn't that bad it was just ill- advised. The public wasn't ready for singing cops nor will they ever be.

[@williamjamesayers7719]

LAW AND ORDER would beat the hell out of ALL of the reality shows on tv. And SVU is still on too.

[@mellotronage7073]

Good thing you didn't slam on Stanley Roper.... I'd hate to take my gloves off in your comments section, dude. I like to think you knew better... 😎

[@stephanienelson8560]

Disagree on the Cleveland Show. It’s supposed to be a cheesy spin off show. With it’s non-sensical start to a side story, the “cameos” from the original that break the forth wall, and the upbeat theme song. That’s the whole point. And 4 seasons is pretty good, it’s not like anyone expected it to last very long anyway. It would kind of lose that “bad spin-off show” bit if it just kept going on and on alongside the original.

[@TheDesmo54]

jebus02134 I love the Cleveland show

[@mybraineatseverything7404]

Fourth wall

[@stephanienelson8560]

@@mybraineatseverything7404 Hey, good for you, buddy.

[@johnnyskinwalker4095]

not bad but Cleveland just don't have the spark of a Quagmire.

[@michaeleasterwood6558]

and sucking and sucking

[@hitmanp31]

Flo, a spin-off of Alice, should have made the list.

[@michaeleasterwood6558]

Nope,was a great show

[@zoppie]

Flo was ten times better than Alice.

[@GrinderCB]

Alice was actually based on the play and movie, "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore." Flo wasn't half bad though.

[@nikolai9520]

Kiss my grits! 💋

[@ochsj1971]

Flo is the unfortunate result of Linda Lavin not getting along with Polly Holliday. Linda Lavin also didn't get along with Diane Ladd.

[@lennypayne4241]

The Cleveland Show is an criminally underrated gem. When Family Guy went down the shitter with poor writing, shitty jokes, and crappy animation, the episodes of The Cleveland Show that aired alongside them, were always a refreshing breath of fresh air, with solid writing, witty jokes, and a colorful cast of characters. It's almost as though the charm of Family Guy left the original show and made The Cleveland Show it's new home. Ever since the show was cancelled, the magic of Seth MacFarlane's cartoon universe had officially died ... unless you count American Dad.

[@KTSpeedruns]

I actually liked Saved By The Bell the College Years. Yeah, it wasn’t as good, but it was still funny and well put-together. Other than that, I’m glad I never tried getting into these. P.s. Jersey Shore is cancer and should have never existed.

[@DrPalsgraf]

Wasn't Screech on an episode of _Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell_ ? That was probably his best performance.

[@SamieMac1]

No way dude! Lone Gunmen was awesome! So was the Ropers. Very funny and good acting too.

[@Flo7Mo]

The Lone Gunman was great! Better than 90% of the crap on today.

[@locutus1126]

How about "Florence" who left the Jeffersons and "Flo" from Alice, my dad used to watch when I was younger, both were lame

[@leondillon8723]

I remember it as "Checking In". She was the head of housekeeping. Larry Linville was the manager.

[@williamjamesayers7719]

yeah, Flo's yellow rose.

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

I guess there's something about the name "Florence" (or the abbreviated form, "Flo") in a show title, that dooms the show to failure.

[@krystalireland7951]

I think Florence could have worked given a few tweaks!

[@marlinhunter8439]

Anybody remember the Growing Pains spin off Just the Ten of Us?

[@crisvanfan]

Marlin Hunter I loved that show!

[@scootover7]

That was an awesome show.

[@NS-gr5dc]

Had the biggest crush on Cindy growing up! She was such a ditz!

[@johnob7959]

Coach ludwick's 2 oldest daughters were total babes! The mom was hot too!

[@krystalireland7951]

That one had good and bad points. The comedy was fun but the teen girls singing in night clubs was strange.

[@garystreile9143]

Here are a few other spin-offs that I thought of, which I don't think were that good: Ozzie's Girls (from The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet), Mrs Columbo (from Columbo), and A Man Called Hawk (from Spenser For Hire).

[@magusxxx]

Yeah, Mrs. Columbo played by Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager) took place after the character got divorced. The name was later changed to Kate Loves A Mystery.

[@michaeleasterwood6558]

Mrs.Columbo was a wonderful show

[@laurahuston2187]

I loved Hawk.

[@philiprichardson5512]

"Mrs. Columbo" was an interesting idea, but its producer couldn't even stick with one title for the show, changing it to "Kate Columbo" and then "Kate Loves a Mystery," so it really was never given a decent chance to succeed.

[@MrOutcast999]

You could probably do a spinoff of this list because there were 100's of bad spinoffs through the years. This list was pretty good.

[@TheLeadSled]

Loved Mr. Roper and that smile, classic!

[@Tamburello_1994]

Norman Fell was a treasure.

[@BurnLikeAFlame]

Three's a Crowd ended because John Ritter refused to agree to another season unless a full season was guaranteed. The network was only pre-ordering 13 episodes for the second year... common these days, but pretty much unheard of in the 80s. Otherwise it would have continued at least another season. No, it wasn't as great as Three's Company (most sitcoms pale in comparison to Three's Company), but it wasn't as bad as talking heads try to make it sound, either.

[@lynn1464]

I liked the show.

[@brianmason8287]

We have that 80's show it's called the goldbergs

[@megansholtz1259]

LOVE that show!!!

[@josephperdomo1536]

Brian Mason hey at least the Goldbergs are funny

[@garbage854]

Great show :)

[@JohnDoe-dh4fi]

it was more like FREAKS AND GEEKS and that only lasted one season that was the 80's show SETH ROGEN was in it and it aired one year after the 70's show did

[@CaptGage]

And it seems pretty good. the mom's kind of a cutie.

[@aesgaard41]

What about "Tabitha," the failed "Bewitched" spin-off?

[@johnalanelson]

It was OK once you got over the inconsistencies with the original show (she was 8 years older than she should have been, she was the cast as the younger sibling though she was older than Adam in the original and in the original Adam was a warlock, though his magic was shown in only one episode.

[@TheSpasticAvenger]

@@johnalanelson Adam was mortal, Maurice gave him fake powers because the Witches Council was going to imprison Samantha and Tabitha thus separating them from Darin and Adam.

[@johnalanelson]

@@TheSpasticAvenger You were not paying attention! After that Maurice explained that Adam's powers were suppressed because Darin didn't approve. When Darin gave his approval Adam started exhibiting "wishcraft" (the early stage of witchcraft) on his own, wishing Samantha right out of Darin's arms. Leading to a discussion with Samantha about the proper use of witchcraft. Go back and watch the whole episode *all the way to the end* ! See the Full DVD version: Maurice's explanation begins at 19:50 he takes the spell off at 20:45 and Adam starts showing his own witchcraft at 22:09 with more tricks at 23:12 and 24:43. You may have seen a syndication cut with Adam's own witchcraft removed.

[@SD-ir1vf]

Problem was people got sick of Bewitched. So any spin-off from that show we already don’t want to see.

[@chanceussery4090]

That Golden Girls spin off was awful. You can't recreate magic like that.

[@jimhuber]

Chance Ussery though the spinoff Empty Nest was pretty good. But yes, Golden Palace.... yeesh.

[@markhorton3994]

The key to golden girls was Bea Arthur. The rest of the cast was excellent but the ensemble depended on Bea Arthur it was like an omelette without eggs, good ingredients but bad whole.

[@thereturningshadow]

You forgot "Walter" in this list. It was another MASH spinoff following Radar after he leaves the farm and gets married and divorced and is a city policeman.

[@kevinthetruckdriver353]

Walter was only a pilot. Not a series.

[@fromthesidelines]

Right. *HAD* "AfterMASH" been a success, CBS would have scheduled "W*A*L*T*E*R" as a series in the fall of 1984. But it really wasn't- and the network quietly dropped plans for that spin-off.

[@michaelmanus9003]

Caprica was an excellent spin off. It was a very stylized show that perhaps lost an audience as it was rather polarized in how it told the story. It was in some ways a bit to sophisticated to keep the majority of Galactica's audience.

[@chrisbritt4266]

I actually really like The Cleveland Show

[@etonbachs4226]

Apparently we were a few that did. I watch it every time it's I can. Simpsons, Family Guy, and The Cleveland Show. Three of the best shows I waste time watching.

[@ElJefeNLA]

Me too, don't listen to him

[@julianaylor4351]

Chris Britt Go Rollo!

[@not-so-smartaleck8987]

+Eton Bachs I sort of agree with the second half of your comment, except I would replace The Cleveland Show with South Park (thus Simpsons, Family Guy, South Park...well, really just the first 10 seasons of each, give or take).

[@jd5726]

Same it was great

[@luxxeon3d]

Some of these shows were actually great ideas, in theory. Application of poor scripts and bad timing really killed most of them. For example, the concept of That 80s Show would probably be a great one if it were as well written and authentic as the 70s counterpart and released to us a decade later than it was. 80s nostalgia is huge nowadays.

[@ev14304]

Lone Gunman really bad timing

[@donjackson5522]

Coming soon… that Y2K Show!

[@johnalanelson]

What you didn't mention about *_The Lone Gunman_* is that the pilot involved terrorists trying to fly a plane into the world trade center, probably the most eerily accurate unintended prediction of all time!

[@agriperma]

Even more weird, was the fact the terrorist act was an inside job ( faction of our own government ), and they intended to blame the middle east for it. not saying 9/11 was an inside job, but that show episode plays right into the conspiracy theories we have today, and it was shown on TV just months before the incident. I remember the news and government officials saying there was no way to see something like this ahead of time, and yet some writers did.

[@johnalanelson]

@@agriperma you're " *_not saying that it was an inside job_* " yet you state it as a " *_fact_* " which is it?

[@agriperma]

What fact, Fact: some people believe there was a conspiracy, are you saying this is false? Fact: This episode was broadcast before the incident, are you denying this? Where do I state that as fact that there was an inside job? other than what the TV show depicted? You: What you didn't mention about The Lone Gunman is that the pilot involved terrorists trying to fly a plane into the world trade center, probably the most eerily accurate unintended prediction of all time! Me : "Even more weird, was the fact the terrorist act was an inside job ( faction of our own government ), and they intended to blame the middle east for it. " That was a response to talking about the episode from that series. not the real world..

[@TheDoormat2u]

WF6i 😦😦😦😦

[@williamfroh8830]

My ex- wife was s big X files fan and I took the children out on Friday night for daddy daughter time and never heard of this show! Do you think the terrorists got there idea from the show???? My ex watch cop drama and csi shows so much that when the marriage started going bad I sometimes lied In bed very seriously scared about what she might do. Luckily for me the child support was a bigger prize

[@Buglet720]

The worst spin-off is a tire between Walter (from M*A*S*H) & Enos (from The Dukes of Hazzard).

[@bruthamann5697]

Oh man. I forgot about Enos..... 🙄

[@tseeks]

I saw the only aired episode of Walter on KZbin. It was BAD!

[@marlinhunter8439]

@@bruthamann5697 Can't remember how many episodes were made 😆

[@SailorBarsoom]

I enjoyed _Enos._

[@DannyBkyn]

Tire? Walter?

[@anonymouspatriotnetwork2740]

I'm going to stop you here at the first one, number 25, Saved By The Bell the College Years. What a lot of people don't realize is that Saved by the Bell itself was a spinoff of a TV show called good morning Miss Bliss

[@anonymouspatriotnetwork2740]

Kai Evans that's funny, Saved by the Bell listed as a spin-off of good morning Miss Bliss. But of course only a true trivial fan would know that. Saved by the Bell themselves say it's a spin-off. But of course you know more than the people that actually made the show, because you're probably a know-it-all libtard

[@JennaLeigh]

@@anonymouspatriotnetwork2740 wtf does his or her political leaning have to do with a discussion of Saved by the Bell? Do you have any clue how idiotic that makes you sound? No, of course you don't, because you're too busy repeating buzzwords and catch phrases and being hateful to actually listen or read or learn. And I'm conservative, so spare me your inevitable hate filled reply. Of course I know you're gonna try, so here: yes, my hair is pink, no I'm not a lesbian, no I'm not a feminazi. Figured I'd knock out the low hanging fruit you alt right lunatics go for.😂😂😂😂

[@anonymouspatriotnetwork2740]

Jenna Leigh's Beauty Slam it was Creed who called me a libtard. Obviously you read that too fast and you assumed it was me saying it.

[@anonymouspatriotnetwork2740]

Creed Luvari oh that's sweet of you to think I'm some kind of liberal socialist, but no unfortunately I voted for Donald Trump. Well unfortunate for the Liberals, very fortunate for America. You don't have to be a liberal to call out the stupid for being stupid. In fact isn't it usually conservatives calling out liberals for being so stupid?

[@anonymouspatriotnetwork2740]

Jenna Leigh's Beauty Slam well I guess we can spot the real liberal in this group, it's you. Because you didn't even pay attention to who called who a liberal. Or should I say a libtard

[@tolfan4438]

The Ropers made me sad. I really like The Ropers and I wanted their show to be good.

[@timothycook2917]

I liked Mr Roper...his facial expressions still make me laugh 🤣 40 years later 👌

[@courtneykatona501]

I really liked the Ropers but Norman Fell and Jeffrey Tambor together didn't work needed that slapstick that John Ritter provided.

[@FgFg-jj2eo]

Joey the least likable character? According to whom? This guy knows nothing, Joey's show was not bad at all and many people loved The Ropers!

[@eddiecarter2784]

Although I'm not a "Friends" fan - Joey was a very loveable character! My opinion - Monica was a OCD pain in the behind!

[@FgFg-jj2eo]

@@eddiecarter2784 Agreed 100% !

[@Sunshine_day]

"Gloria" the spinoff of "All in the Family," was pretty bad.

[@haveanicedave1551]

I still watched that show even though it was stupid and I was never a fan of Gloria on All in the Family, but I liked her in the show Gloria.

[@Actionronnie]

All in the family had spinoffs of spinoffs. Maude,Good Times,The Jefferson's,Checking in,Archie Bunkers Place,Gloria & finally 704 Hauser in 1994 that lasted 6 episodes. Ironically it starred John Amos from Good Times.

[@djbigpean]

Actually it was a spinoff of "Archie Bunker's Place"!

[@KineticKid84]

@@Actionronnie I agree that AITF was one of the best shows to spawn other shows, either directly or through second generation. But I agree about Gloria. Unwatchable by my standards. Just couldn't stomach it.

[@viktordubowskii695]

You forgot the spin off show from Sanford and son, Grady.

[@samueltaylor9254]

Also you forgot Sanford.

[@BadTV1993]

Esther & Woodrow would have been better

[@heidifedor]

The Bradys was worse than The Brady Brides.

[@ScireTwins]

The variety show was worse than all of them. The Bradys could have been better if they didn't try to wrap up their soap opera type stories in one episode while adding in the canned laughter.

[@frenchjr25]

It's funny to me that a show that lasted 6 seasons is considered one of the worst spin-offs. Running for 6 seasons makes a show highly successful.

[@soniarena5250]

Right, I dont think a show that lasted 6 seasons should be on the list.

[@ohguy1991]

My wife loved Private Practice. Mainly because she loves Greys Anatomy

[@DannyBkyn]

By that standard, The Jerry Springer Show and Barney are absolutely wonderful shows.

[@Actionronnie]

Enos spinoff from Dukes of Hazzard was pretty bad.

[@rebeccahopkins9522]

Actionronnie that was an actual show? 😂🤣they should have made a Boss Hogg one instead😉

[@Actionronnie]

@@rebeccahopkins9522 yup lasted one season. Clips of it are on KZbin. I don't think any spinoff from DOH would work. Couldn't do a Boss Hogg spinoff,without him the premise of the show would be gone.

[@missJazzitup99]

Their slogan "Grits and Greens!" should have been a sign the show was going to be bad.

[@deadeye4520]

That's right buddy-roe.

[@patrickbrennan1317]

Actionronnie yeah it was a flop

[@jdz-pt9qg]

And showing that TV executives are overpaid and underbrained

[@JohnHolton]

It's what happens when you let MBA's run networks. They're too focused on the bottom line. It's why Saturday night on the networks has turned into reruns and true-crime shows (e.g. 48 hours) and why we have 3 NCIS's and so many other spinoffs.

[@judyhoutman7114]

They are very much over paid...

[@mainecoon6514]

Sherwood Schwartz and his son, Lloyd Schwartz are the worst writers/producers who were overpaid and definitely under brained. The Brady Bunch original series was considered bad. It was corny, but I liked the series. The Brady spinoffs: BBVH, Brady Brides, and the Brady's were horribly written.

[@rvpstudiosstudios1028]

Archie Bunker’s Place SHOULDN’T of been made after Jean Stapleton left. But THE WORST of that spin off was “Gloria”..look on KZbin..you’ll see what I mean. BAD writing to begin with. What SHOULD of happened when Edith died was that Gloria and her son move in with Archie...NOT a long lost relative’s kid on Edith’s side. That show got TOTALLY MESSED UP in the end.

[@brianbaker2527]

I believe that it make perfect sense for Archie Bunker's Place because Archie needed to learn lessons of the world. The only time he changed is when his wife died, and decided to buy that bar. He had to deal with other nationalities as employees. Plus Mike ends up working for him and finally confronts him about the hatred he has for him. Near the end of that series Archie realizes how really wrong he was about himself

[@nobodyuknow6337]

I know one so bad, it was all but forgotten. Enos was a spinoff of The Dukes of Hazzard. It followed deputy Enos Strate as he became a police officer in the big city. For those who have watched the original 'Dukes', that's why Cletus suddenly took Enos' place.