OK, we've seen the worst. What was the BEST spin-off from a show?

[hellbound-liberal]

My first thought was Law and Order:SVU which, IMO, was better than the original. However, after further research, I learned that The Andy Griffith Show was a spin-off of the Danny Thomas Show and I now I am kind of torn. While I love SVU and I have watched all of the episodes numerous times, I think you could also make a case for Andy Griffith as the best spin-off. What were your favorites?

[woo me with science]

1. Frasier. nt

[leeroysphitz]

11. Good call. n/t

[petronius]

18. That was my immediate first thought, too... (nt)

[underpants]

2. "Family Matters" (Urkel) was a spin off of "Perfect Strangers" (Balkie)

oh you said BEST ...sorry cousin Larry

[underpants]

3. Colbert

it was a spin off of the Daily Show

Frasier is probably the best regular programming spin off

[hellbound-liberal]

4. Wow, forgot about Frasier! I might be inclined to agree with you.

I thought of Colbert too but that wasn't the type of spin-off I was thinking about.

[mitchum]

5. Snagglepuss gets my vote...he originally appeared in a Hucklebetty Hound cartoon

[PassingFair]

6. Maude.

Archie Bunker spin-off, I think.

[underpants]

7. Yes she was Edith's cousin. there were 3 spinoffs of that show and 2 spinoffs of spinoffs

The JEfferson's
Good Times (the mom was Maude's maid)
and the horrible "Archie's Place"

were all spin offs of that show

Other spin-offs of All in the Family include:

* Archie Bunker's Place was technically a spin-off, but was more of a continuation of the series.
* Gloria, wherein Gloria divorces Mike and starts a new life.
* 704 Hauser features the Bunkers' house with a new family.

There were also two spin-offs from spin-offs of All in the Family:

* Good Times, features Maude's former maid Florida Evans and her family in a Chicago housing project.
* Checking In, the Jeffersons' maid Florence gets her own show.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_in_the_Family#Spin-offs_and_TV_special

[PassingFair]

10. Wow. Never heard of "704 Hauser"...they even spun the HOUSE off!

Lear is a genius....

Maude was my favorite, though.

[Bertha Venation]

8. Laverne & Shirley wasn't bad. n/t

[AlCzervik]

12. that was a funny show, i didn't like all that much when it was on but i caught a marathon of it

maybe 5 years ago on tv land, it was hilarious and Lenny and Squiggy, they had the best lines. Boo Boo Kitty!

[gmoney]

22. It really had its moments...

Squiggy: We have company coming to stay, can we borrow some sheets?

Shirley: What's wrong with your own sheets?

Squiggy: They're hard.

[MorningGlow]

31. I was going to say the first few seasons of Mork & Mindy

Two out of three Happy Days spinoffs weren't bad. (Let us not speak of Joanie Loves Chachi... x( )

[bigwillq]

9. CSI:Miami

:bounce:

[DarkTirade]

13. Oddly enough, that's the one CSI I just couldn't get into.

Not sure why.

[AlCzervik]

17. i'm sure you've seen this-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sarYH0z948

that's the fu part csi Miami, picking out the extra cheese line.

[GOPisEvil]

14. The Jeffersons.

Spun off from All in the Family.

[gmoney]

15. Isn't Boston Legal a spin-off of Ally McBeal? (eom)

[gmoney]

16. The Simpsons

Spun off the Tracy Ullman show, lest we forget.

[JitterbugPerfume]

20. if it is--

then Boston Legal is by far the best

Colbert too--

[gmoney]

21. My bad, "Boston Legal" is a spin-off of "The Practice"

But they're all part of that David E. Kelley dramedy empire

[JitterbugPerfume]

23. at any rate

Boston Legal is the best

[SoxFan]

25. It's a spin-off of "The Practice"

"The Practice", in turn, had cross-overs with "Ally McBeal", "Gideon's Crossing", and "Boston Public", all David Kelley shows.

[flvegan]

19. The Simpsons, spun off from The Tracey Ullman Show.

Frasier a close second.

[blondeatlast]

27. Simpsons, definitely--and I loved The Tracy Ullman Show; great writing and performers. nt

[ghostsofgiants]

24. The Lone Gunmen.

[SoxFan]

26. Frasier

Of course, depending on your definition of "spin-off", you could make the case for "Star Trek: The Next Generation".

[charlie and algernon]

28. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

ok, not really, but it has a bunch of cast from the West Wing. Josh, Matt, and Danny leave the west wing to run a television sketch comedy show.

[blondeatlast]

29. I missed it--what was the worst? Thanks in advance! nt

[hellbound-liberal]

30. There was a thread dedicated to the worst spin-offs here for the past two days

Beverly Hills Buntz gets my vote!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=8641833&mesg_id=8641833