Best Spin-Off Series?

[K07]

Most spin-offs, like most movie sequels, have bad reputations. But there are some spin-offs, just as there are some movie sequels, that are not only as good as the predecessor but sometimes better. Name your favorite spin-offs here!

1) Frasier - I would argue this is the best spin-off ever. Way funnier than Cheers.

2) Star Trek: The Next Generation - It's debatable which Trek is the best, but TNG is my favorite of all the Treks. I think it improved upon the original but has never been topped by anything that came after it.

3) Xena: Warrior Princess - Xena's dark background is far more interesting than that of Herc's. I did enjoy both show's early seasons as they aired though.

4) The Legend of Korra - The one spin-off on my list that I wouldn't say is better than the original, but it is a worthy continuation of the world established in The Last Airbender.

I can't even think of a fifth show worth mentioning off the top of my head. I'm sure someone will list some that I'll kick myself for not mentioning.

 

[a-dev]

Angel - better than Buffy IMO, lasted only 5 seasons to Buffy's 7 but it went out strong as I recall.

 

[RIDDICK]

Daria

The Simpsons

Mork and Mindy

 

[karamazov80]

The Jeffersons, Happy Days, Justice League Unlimited, maybe Super Powers?

Pseudo spin-offs I really enjoyed: Space Ghost: Coast to Coast/Cartoon Planet, Sealab 2021, Newhart

1) Frasier - I would argue this is the best spin-off ever. Way funnier than Cheers.

Fighting words!

 

[a-dev]

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - once the Dominion stuff started (in season 3 I think) it got fantastic.

 

[karamazov80]

I enjoy Next Gen and DS9 more than the original series. I guess Simpsons is a spin-off, though it was it's own show within the Tracey Ullman Show before being spun-off. And considering that, it goes to the top of the list of course. I guess Beavis and Butthead (and the film Office Space!) is also a spin-off of Liquid Television.

 

[RIDDICK]

Justice League Unlimited

It's a sequel staring same characters.

I guess Simpsons is a spin-off, though it was it's own show within the Tracey Ullman Show before being spun-off.

Nah, it was part of the show regardless.

I guess Beavis and Butthead is also a spin-off of Liquid Television.

LT was an animation showcase and Frog Baseball was a short film.

 

[jungle jom]

How is Newhart a spin-off?

 

[karamazov80]

It's a sequel staring same characters.

Nah, it was part of the show regardless.

LT was an animation showcase and Frog Baseball was a short film.

Sounds like a pretty arbitrary way of allowing Simpsons but not those others to me! But you are correct in each instance. JLU is actually the most traditional kind of spin-off.

How is Newhart a spin-off?

If you haven't watched the last episode, then I won't spoil it for you but I call it a pseudo-spin-off.

 

[jungle jom]

I saw the last episode of Newhart and it was a great way of ending the series but the show other than the last episode had nothing to do with The Bob Newhart Show. You can't really say it was a spin-off in any way.

 

[BurningRage]

Is Flash considered a spin off since he first appeared on Arrow?

 

[The Clown Prince of Crime]

Some of my favorites

Dragon Ball Z

The Flash (new show) so far is good

Law and Order SVU should have ended years ago, but it was a good show.

 

[karamazov80]

In Japan, Dragonball Z really is just Dragon Ball set several years after the prior series. The first series ended, and later that month Z premiered.

I saw the last episode of Newhart and it was a great way of ending the series but the show other than the last episode had nothing to do with The Bob Newhart Show. You can't really say it was a spin-off in any way.

Spoiler

I call it a pseudo spinoff because it wasn't intended to be one. But if you treat the last episode as reality then the show is a direct continuation of the Bob Newhart show of course.

 

[highlander1]

Pinky and the brain

tron animated

star wars clone wars animated

Stargate series never got into.

 

[SnakeDoctor]

Law & Order SVU
Mork & Mindy
Star Trek DS9 (more of a direct spinoff than TNG. TNG is a sequel.)
King of Queens
Better Call Saul

SnakeDoc

 

[jungle jom]

King of Queens was not really a spin-off of Everybody Loves Raymond, they just appeared on each other's shows. Kind of like when the Beverly Hillbillies appeared on Green Acres and Petticoat Junction.

 

[SnakeDoctor]

King of Queens was not really a spin-off of Everybody Loves Raymond, they just appeared on each other's shows. Kind of like when the Beverly Hillbillies appeared on Green Acres and Petticoat Junction.

That's what a spin-off is. Take a character that appeared on Raymond, and give him his own show.

SnakeDoc

 

[The Ween]

Lou Grant
Laverne and Shirley
Rhoda

 

[Chapter 2099]

Angel - the BTVS spin-off.

 

[The Ween]

NCIS came from JAG. My mother's favorite show is NCIS. She's watching it now.