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A spin-off in television is a new series which contains either characters or theme elements from an old series. They are particularly common in situation comedy. For more information on the subject, see spin-off. A related phenomenon not to be confused with the spin-off, is the crossover.

Many, if not all spinoffs, are produced by some of the original producers of the root show.

Criteria for a television spin-off

Before a television show can be considered a spin-off, it has to match the following criteria:

It cannot be a remake of a pre-existing show (e.g. The Battlestar Galactica series of 2003 is not spun off from the one made in 1978). The exception can be made to series such as The Transformers where the lines of continuity are blurred at best.

The crossover cannot have taken place after the show was created (e.g. Friends is not a spin-off from Mad About You as the characters met after both shows were created).

Spin-offs are only for shows that existed. If a pilot was written but never shot, it is not considered a spin-off.

When a show undergoes a name change, its successor is considered a spin-off from the original program (e.g. Archie Bunker's Place is considered a spin-off from All in the Family)

Some people make a distinction between Spin-offs that take established characters from one TV series and give them their own show (e.g. Frasier from Cheers) and Spin-offs that introduce a character to one show just so that that character can anchor a new show (e.g. "Horatio Cane" appearing on one episode of CSI before the premiere of CSI: Miami) The first are often called "True Spin-Offs" while the second are classified as "Engineered", "Stunt", or "Phoney".

List of spin-offs

#

From 7 Vidas
- Aída
From 21 Jump Street (1987–1991)
- Booker
From 60 Minutes
- 60 Minutes II
From 77 Sunset Strip
- Bourbon Street Beat
  - Surfside Six
- Hawaiian Eye

A

From Absolutely!
- Mr. Don and Mr. George
From Adam-12
- Emergency!
From The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
- Ozzie's Girls
From The All Star Comedy Show (2004)
- Monkey Trousers (2005)
From All That
- KABLAM!
  - Action League Now!
  - Angela Anaconda
- Kenan & Kel
- The Amanda Show
  - Drake & Josh
- The Nick Cannon Show
- Zoey 101
From The Alvin Show
- Alvin and the Chipmunks
From Alice (1976–1985)
- Flo
From All in the Family (1971–1979)
- The Jeffersons (1975–1985)
  - Checking In (1981)
- Archie Bunker's Place (1979–1983)
- Maude (1972–1978)
  - Good Times (1974–1979)
  - Hanging In
- Gloria (1982–1983)
- 704 Hauser (1994)
From Ally McBeal
- Ally
From Amazing Stories
- Family Dog
From America's Funniest Home Videos (1990–present)
- America's Funniest People (1990–1994)
From Another World (1964–1999)
- Somerset (1970–1976)
- Texas (1980–1982)
From The Archie Show (1968)
- The Archie Comedy Hour (1969)
  - Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies (1970)
    - Groovie Goolies (1971)
      - Groovie Goolies and Friends (1978)
    - Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1971–1974), in a remade sitcom version as Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (1996-2003)
      - Sabrina, the Animated Series (1999–2000)
        Sabrina's Secret Life (2003–2004)
      - The New Archie-Sabrina Hour (1977)
        Archie's Bang-Shang Lalapalooza Show (1978)
      - Sabrina, Superwitch (1977)
  - Archie's TV Funnies (1971)
  - U.S. of Archie (1974–1976)
  - The New Archies (1987–1988)
  - Archie's Weird Mysteries (1999–2000)
From Arthur
- Postcards from Buster
From As the World Turns
- Our Private World
From The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show
- The Banana Splits
- Super Secret Secret Squirrel

B

From Babylon 5
- Crusade
From The Bachelor
- The Bachelorette
From Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1995)
- Batman Beyond (1999-2001)
  - The Zeta Project (2001-2003)
- The New Batman Adventures (1997-1999)
  - The New Batman/Superman Adventures (1997-1999)
    - Justice League (2001-2002)
      - Justice League Unlimited (2003-2006)
From Baywatch (1989–2001)
- Baywatch Nights (1995–1997)
- Baywatch Hawaii
From Barney Miller
- Fish
From Battlestar Galactica (1978-1979)
- Galactica 1980
From The Beverly Hillbillies
- Petticoat Junction
  - Green Acres
From Bear in the Big Blue House
- Breakfast with Bear
From Behind the Music
- BTM2
From Beverly Hills 90210
- Melrose Place
  - Models Inc.
From Bewitched (1964–1972)
- Tabitha
From Big Brother
- Celebrity Big Brother; also called Big Brother VIP
From Big Brother (Australia)
- Friday Night Games
From The Bill
- Burnside
- Beech is Back
- Murder Investigation Team
From Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
- Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law
From Bizarre
- Super Dave
From B.J. and the Bear
- The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
From The Brady Bunch
- The Brady Bunch Hour
- The Brady Brides
- The Bradys
From Brainiac: Science Abuse
- Brainiac: History Abuse
- Brainiac's Test Tube Baby
From Broadway Open House
- Tonight
From Brookside
- Damon and Debbie
- South
From Buffy the Vampire Slayer
- Angel
From Burke's Law
- Honey West
- Amos Burke-Secret Agent
  - From The Bullwinkle Show
- Bullwinkle's Corner

C

From Cannon
- Barnaby Jones
From The Care Bears
- The Care Bears Family Storybook
From The Carol Burnett Show
- Mama's Family
From Casualty
- Holby City
From Captain Planet and the Planeteers
- The New Adventures of Captain Planet
From Captain Video and His Video Rangers
- Secret Files of Captain Video
From Cavalcade of Stars
- The Jackie Gleason Show
  - The Honeymooners
From Cheers (1982–1993)
- Frasier (1993–2004)
- The Tortellis
From Cheyenne
- Bonco
From Cinematech
- Cinematech: Nocturnal Emissions
From Clifford the Big Red Dog
- Clifford's Puppy Days
From Columbo
- Mrs. Columbo
From Coronation Street
- Pardon the Expression
- Turn Out the Lights
From The Cosby Show (1984–1992)
- A Different World (1987–1993)
From CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- CSI: Miami
- CSI: NY

D

From The Daily Show
- The Colbert Report
- Red State Diaries
From Dallas (1978–1991)
- Knots Landing (1979–1993)
From Make Room For Daddy (1953–1965)
- The Danny Thomas Show
  - The Andy Griffith Show
    - Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
    - Mayberry R.F.D.
- The Joey Bishop Show
- Make Room for Granddaddy (1970–1971)
From Dawson's Creek
- Young Americans
From The Day Today (1994)
- Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge (1994-1995)
  - I'm Alan Partridge (1997-2002)
  - Anglian Lives: Alan Partridge (2003)
- Brass Eye (1997)
From December Bride
- Pete and Gladys
From Department S (1969-1970)
- Jason King (1971-1972)
From Designing Women
- Women of the House
From Digimon Adventure
- Digimon Adventure 02
- Digimon Tamers
- Digimon Frontier
- Digimon Savers
From Diff'rent Strokes (1978–1986)
- The Facts of Life (1979–1988)
- Hello, Larry (1979)
From Doctor Who (1963–1989, 2005–present)
- K-9 Adventures
- K-9 and Company (1981)
- Sarah Jane Investigates
- Torchwood (2006)
From Dora the Explorer
- Go, Diego, Go!
From Doug
- Disney's Doug
From Dramarama
- Dodger, Bonzo and the Rest
From Droopy
- Droopy and Dripple
  - Droopy, Master Detective
From Double Dare
- Super Sloppy Double Dare
- Fox Family Double Dare
  - Family Double Dare
- Super Special Double Dare
- Double Dare 2000
From DuckTales
- Darkwing Duck
- Quack Pack
From Duet
- Open House
From The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985)
- Enos (1980–1981)
- The Dukes (1983–1984)
From Dynasty
- The Colbys

E

From The Electric Playground
- Judgement Day
From Encantadia
- Etheria: Ang Ikalimang Kaharian ng Encantadia
- Encantadia: Pag-ibig Hanggang Wakas
From Essence of Emeril
- Emeril Live
From Extreme Makeover
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
  - Extreme Makeover Home Edition: How'd They Do That?
- Extreme Makeover: Wedding Edition
From Everybody Loves Raymond
- The King of Queens

F

From Fame
- Fame L.A.
From The Fast Show (1994-2001)
- Grass (2003)
- Jumpers for Goalposts (2001)
- Swiss Toni (2003-present)
- Ted & Ralph (1998)
- You Ain't Seen These, Right! (2002)
From Fimbles
- The Roly Mo Show
From Fist of Fun (1995-1996)
- This Morning With Richard Not Judy (1998-1999)
From The Flintstones (1960–1966)
- The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show (1972–1973)
  - The Flintstones Comedy Hour
- The New Fred and Barney Show
  - Fred and Barney Meet the Schmoo
  - Fred and Barney Meet the Thing
- The Flintstones Comedy Show
  - Flintstone Funnies
- The Flintstone Kids (1986–1988)
- Cave Kids
- Back to Bedrock
- Fred Flintstone and Friends
From Family Ties
- Day by Day
From Felix the Cat
- Baby Felix
From Figure It Out
- Figure It Out: Family Style
- Figure It Out: Wild Style
From Friends
- Joey

G

From Gabriel's Fire
- Pros and Cons
From General Hospital
- Port Charles
From Ghost Train
- Gimme 5
From Girlfriends
- The Game
From Grange Hill
- Tucker's Luck
From The Golden Girls (1985–1992)
- Empty Nest
  - Nurses
- The Golden Palace
From Good Morning, Miss Bliss
- Saved by the Bell
  - Saved by the Bell: The New Class
  - Saved by the Bell: The College Years
From Grim and Evil
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
- Evil Con Carne
FromThe Gentle Touch
- C.A.T.S. Eyes
From Growing Pains (1985–1992)
- Just the Ten of Us
From The Ghost Busters
- Filmation's Ghostbusters
From Gunsmoke
- Dirty Sally
From Nickelodeon GUTS
- Global GUTS

H

From The Harveytoons Show
- Casper and Friends
  - Richie Rich
- Casper and the Angels
From He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983)
- She-Ra: Princess of Power
- The New Adventures of He-Man
From Head of the Class
- Billy
From Harper Valley PTA
- Harper Valley U.S.A
From Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
- Xena: Warrior Princess
- Young Hercules
From Highlander
- Highlander: The Raven
From Hill Street Blues
- Beverly Hills Buntz
From Hollyoaks
From Home Improvement (1991–1999)
- Soul Man
- Buddies
From How (1966-1981)
- How 2 (1990-Present)
From The Huckleberry Hound Show
- The Yogi Bear Show
  - Yogi's Gang
  - Yogi's Galaxy Goof-ups
  - Yogi's Space Race
  - Yogi's Treasure Hunt
  - Yo Yogi
  - The New Yogi Bear Show

I

From I Love Lucy (1951–1957)
- The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
From I Love the 80's
- I Love the 80s Strikes Back
- I Love the 80s 3-D
- I Love the 70s
  - I Love the 70s Volume Two
- I Love the 90s
  - I Love the 90's: Part Deux
- I Love Toys
- Best Week Ever
  - Best Month Ever
  - Best Year Ever
From Inspector Gadget
From Inspector Morse
- Lewis
From Iron Chef
- Iron Chef USA
- Iron Chef America
From Ironside
- Amy Prentiss
From It's a Living
- Making a Living

J

From JAG
- NCIS
From Jeopardy! (1964–1975, 1984–present)
- Jep!
- Rock & Roll Jeopardy!
From The Joe Schmo Show
- Joe Schmo 2
From Jonny Quest
- The New Adventures of Jonny Quest
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
From Josie and the Pussycats
- Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space
From Justice League
- Justice League Unlimited

K

From The Kids Of Degrassi Street
- Degrassi Junior High
  - Degrassi High
    - Degrassi: The Next Generation
From Knight Rider
- Team Knight Rider
From Kommissar Rex
- Stockinger
From Kung Fu
- Kung Fu: The Legend Continues

L

From Larry King Live
- Nancy Grace
From Last of the Summer Wine
- First of the Summer Wine
From Law & Order (1990–present)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–present)
  - Conviction
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury
From Liquid Television
- Beavis and Butt-head
  - Daria
- Aeon Flux
From Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies
- Tiny Toon Adventures
  - The Plucky Duck Show
- Animaniacs
  - Pinky and the Brain
    - Pinky, Elmyra, and the Brain
- Taz-Mania
- The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries
- Baby Looney Tunes
- Duck Dodgers
- Loonatics Unleashed
From The Love Boat
- The Love Boat: The Next Wave
From Love, American Style
- Barefoot in the Park (1970)
- Wait Till Your Father Gets Home (1972–1974)
- Happy Days (1974–1984)
  - Laverne and Shirley (1976–1983)
    - Laverne and Shirley in the Army (1981)
    - Laverne & Shirley with the Fonz (1982)
      - The Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley with the Fonz Show (1982–1983)
  - Blansky's Beauties (1977)
  - Mork & Mindy (1978–1983)
    - Out of the Blue (1979)
  - Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1980)
  - Joanie Loves Chachi (1982–1983)
From The Lick
- Trevor Meets

M

From Man About the House
- George and Mildred
- Robin's Nest
From The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
From Married... with Children (1987–1997)
- Top of the Heap
  - Vinnie & Bobby
From The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977)
- Lou Grant
- Phyllis
- Rhoda (1974–1978)
From Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
- Forever Fernwood
  - Fernwood 2-Night
    - America 2-Night
From M*A*S*H (1972–1983)
- Trapper John M.D. (1979–1986) (legally a spin-off from the M*A*S*H film; see article)
- After M*A*S*H (1983–1985)
- W*A*L*T*E*R (1984)
From Match Game (1973-1982)
- Family Feud (1976-1985)
From Matlock
- Jake and the Fatman
  - Diagnosis: Murder
From Maverick
- Young Maverick
- Bret Maverick
From Miami 7
- LA 7
- Hollywood 7
- Viva S Club
From Mickey Mouse Works
- Disney's House of Mouse
- Disney's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
From Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Masked Rider
From Moesha
- The Parkers
From Mulawin
- Encantadia
From My Little Pony Tales
- My Little Pony and Friends
From Murder, She Wrote
- The Law and Harry McGraw
From The Muppet Show
- Muppet Babies (1984-1991)
- Muppets Tonight (1996-1998)

N

From Naked Video
- Rab C Nesbitt
- The Baldy Man
From Nick Rocks
- Nick Jr. Rocks

O

From One on One
- Cuts
From The Oprah Winfrey Show
- Dr. Phil
- Oprah After The Show
From Oh Yeah! Cartoons (1998–2001)
- The Fairly OddParents
- ChalkZone
- My Life as a Teenage Robot
- Random Cartoons
From Only Fools and Horses
- The Green Green Grass

P

From Party of Five
- Time of Your Life
From Pardon the Interruption
- Around the Horn
- 1st and 10
From The Partridge Family
From Perfect Strangers (1986–1993)
- Family Matters (1989–1998)
From Pop Idol (2002–present)
- American Idol (2002–present)
  - American Juniors
- Australian Idol (2003–present)
- Canadian Idol (2003–present)
- Pop Idol Extra
From Pokémon
- Pokémon Chronicles
From Porridge
- Going Straight
From The Practice
- Boston Legal
From The Price is Right (1956) (1956–1963)
- The New Price is Right (1972) (1972–present) (was changed to The Price is Right in 1973; expanded to one hour in 1975)
  - The Nighttime Price is Right (1985–1986), a 30–minute version hosted by Tom Kennedy
  - The New Price is Right (1994–1995), a 30–minute version hosted by Doug Davidson

Q

R

From Raw Toonage
From The Real Ghostbusters
- Extreme Ghostbusters
From The Ren and Stimpy Show
- Ren and Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon
From The Rockford Files
- Richie Brockelman, Private Eye
From The Rookies
- S.W.A.T.
From Roseanne
- Little Rosie
  - The Rosey and Buddy Show
From Rugrats (1991–1994; 1997–2005)
- All Grown Up! (2003–present)
- Rugrats Pre-School Daze

S

From Sanford and Son (1972-1977)
- Grady (1975-1976)
- The Sanford Arms (1977)
- Sanford (1980-1981)
From The Saturday Night Armistice (1995)
- The Friday Night Armistice (1996-1998)
  - The Armistice Party Bucket (1998)
  - The Christmas Armistice (1997-1998)
  - The Election Night Armistice (1997)
  - The New Year Armistice (1999)
- The Saturday Night Armistice Party Bucket (1995)
From Saturday Night Live (1975-current)
- The Coneheads
From Saturday Night's Main Event (1985-1991, 2006-current)
- The Main Event
From Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! (1969–1972)
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies
- The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour
  - Dynomutt, Dog Wonder
- Scooby's All-Star Laff-a-Lympics/Scooby's All-Stars
  - Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels
- Scooby and Scrappy-Doo
- The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show
- The Scooby-Doo/Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour
- The All-New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
- The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries
- The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988–1992)
- What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002–present)
From SCTV
- The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley
From Sealab 2020 (1972)
- Sealab 2021 (2000-2005)
From Sesame Street (1969–present)
- Play With Me Sesame (2002-2003)
- Hey Arnold! (1996-2004)
From The Six Million Dollar Man
- The Bionic Woman
From Slime Time Live (2000-2004)
- Friday Night Slimetime
From Soap
- Benson
From Space Ghost and Dino Boy
- Space Ghost Coast to Coast
  - Cartoon Planet
  - The Brak Show
  - Aqua Teen Hunger Force
From Shining Time Station
- Storytime with Thomas
From Spenser for Hire
- A Man Called Hawk
From The Shari Lewis Show
- Lamb Chops Play Along
- Charley Horse's Music Pizza
From Star Trek
- Star Trek: The Animated Series
- Star Trek: The Next Generation
  - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
    - Star Trek: Voyager
- Enterprise (renamed Star Trek: Enterprise)
From Stargate SG-1
- Stargate Infinity
- Stargate Atlantis
From The Suite Life of Zack and Cody
- Housebroken
From Super Friends
- The All-New Super Friends Hour
- Challenge of the Super Friends
- The World's Greatest Super Friends
- Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show
- The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians
- Legend of the Superheroes
From Superman: The Animated Series (1996-2000)
- - The New Batman/Superman Adventures (1997-1999)
    - Justice League (2001-2002)
      - Justice League Unlimited (2003-2006)
From The Super Mario Bros. Super Show
- The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
- Super Mario World
From Superboy
- The Adventures of Superboy
From The Surreal Life (2003-)
- Strange Love (2005-)
  - The Flavor of Love (2005-)
- My Fair Brady (2005-)

T

From Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
- J.J Starbuck
From That '70s Show
- That '80s Show
From That Peter Kay Thing (2000)
- Phoenix Nights (2001-2002)
  - Max & Paddy's Road to Nowhere (2004-Present)
From That's So Raven
- Cory In the House
From That's Incredible
- Those Amazing Animals
- Incredible Sunday
From Tiswas
- OTT
From Three's Company
- The Ropers
- Three's a Crowd
From Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends
- Shining Time Station
- Storytime with Thomas
- TUGS
From Tom and Jerry
- The New Tom and Jerry/Grape Ape Show
  - The Great Grape Ape Show
- Tom and Jerry Kids
- Spike and Tyke
- Tom and Jerry Tales (Coming Fall 2006 to Kids' WB!)
From Touched by an Angel
- Promised Land
From The Tracey Ullman Show (1987–1990)
- The Simpsons (1989–present)
From Trackdown
- Wanted: Dead or Alive
From The Transformers
- Transformers: Headmasters
- Super God Masterforce
- Transformers: Victory
- Transformers: Zone
- Battlestars: Return of Convoy
- Operation Combination
- Beast Wars: Transformers
  - Beast Wars Second: Super Lifeform Transformers
  - Beast Wars Neo: Super Lifeform Transformers
  - Beast Machines: Transformers
    - Transformers - Beast Machines: Battle for the Spark
- Transformers: Car Robots

U

From U-Pick Live (2002–2005)
- Pick Boy's Awesome Summer Job

V

From Vision On
- Take Hart
  - Hart Beat
    - Smart Hart
      - SMart

From Voltron
- Voltron: The 3rd Dimension

W

From Wacky Races
- The Perils of Penelope Pitstop
- Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines
- Fender Bender 500
From Walker, Texas Ranger
- Sons of Thunder
From Welcome Back Kotter
- Mr. T and Tina
From Welcome to Pooh Corner (1983-1995)
- The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988-1991)
  - The Book of Pooh (2001-2002)
    - My Friends Tigger & Pooh
From What-A-Cartoon! Show (1996)
- Dexter's Laboratory (1996–2003)
- Cow and Chicken
  - I Am Weasel
- Johnny Bravo (1997–2004)
- The Powerpuff Girls (1998–2004)
  - Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z
- Courage the Cowardly Dog
- Mike, Lu & Og
- Codename: Kids Next Door (spun off from the "Kenny and the Chimp" short)
From What's Happening!! (1976-1979)
- What's Happening Now!! (1985-1988)
From What's Up, Doc?
- Wolf It!
From Wheel of Fortune (1975–present)
- Wheel 2000
From Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (1991-1996)
- Where on Earth is Carmen Sandiego? (1994-1998)
- Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego? (1996-1998)
From Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
- Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire
From Who's The Boss?
- Living Dolls
From Whose Line Is It Anyway?
- Drew Carey's Green Screen Show
From Wild and Crazy Kids (1990-1992/2002)
- NickAmerica
From Wild On
- Wild on Tara
  - Taradise
From WKRP in Cincinnati
- The New WKRP in Cincinnati
From WWE RAW
- WWE HEAT
- WWE SmackDown!
  - WWE Velocity
- Extreme Championship Wrestling (2006–present)
From WWF Saturday Night's Main Event (now WWE Saturday Night's Main Event)
- WWF The Main Event

X

From The X-Files (1993–2002)
- The Lone Gunmen

Y

From You Can't Do That on Television (1979–1990)
- Whatever Turns You On
- You Still Can't

Z

From Z-Cars
- Softly, Softly

See also

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