Category "spin-off"

What prompted the producers of Happy Days to promote and spin-off Mork and Mindy?

Happy Days maintained a fairly realistic bent throughout it's run (I'm not here to debate shark jumping, I promise). Two notable detours from this were Mork an

Looking for the complete Happy Days Spin Off Tree

I believe (but it is like fodder for another question) that Happy Days may be part of the largest spin-off tree in TV History (To the date of this posting) Is

Television crossover episodes between networks?

It can be somewhat common among spinoff series or when cross promotion is desired, for characters from one series to appear in episodes of another series. This

Have any TV shows spawned spin-offs of a different genre?

Spin-offs are a long-standing tradition in television, but generally the new shows stick quite closely to the aesthetics of the old. The Flash is much lighter

Why the characters 'Walter White' and 'Jesse Pinkman' dropped from the spin-off 'Better Call Saul'?

Recently I came to know about the new Tv show Better Call Saul, which is the spin-off from Breaking Bad. But to my disappointment the characters Walter White an

Is there a precedent for Girl Meets World?

Disney Channel's Girl Meets World is appropriately called a spin-off of ABC's 1990s hit Boy Meets World. However, there are some seemingly unique aspects: Is

Is Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers a spinoff of The Rescuers?

I've always wondered what the relationship is between Disney's The Rescuers and the TV show Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers. Both shows are done by Disney and are a

Is The Flash a spin-off?

I've never seen this usage, and spin-off is generally used for TV shows, but can it also be used for comic book based TV shows? For instance, Barry Allen was fi

Tales of the Code: Wedlocked and Pirates of the Caribbean Timeline

There is a short movie Tales of the Code: Wedlocked which is like a spin-off to the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. It involved something like the marriage of

Did Fantasy Island have a spinoff aimed at children?

According to the TV Tropes page for Fantasy Island, the 1977–84 version of the show had a spinoff aimed at children. Spin-Off: For a few weeks ABC tri

What are all the tie-ins and spin-offs from Cheers?

I was distantly aware that Cheers spun off multiple shows, or at least had tie-ins with shows. I'm aware of Fraiser, as well as Wings, St Elsewhere and Tortelli