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Bok_Tukalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:02 PM
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Which television show had the most spin-offs?
Happy Days, maybe? Laverne and Shirley, Joanie Loves Chachi, Out of the Blue, and Mork and Mindy.

The Andy Griffith Show?
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aden_nak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:03 PM
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1. Law and Order, I think. Followed closely by CSI.
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shoelace414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:03 PM
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2. Happy Days is a spinoff
of love amrerican style
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Bok_Tukalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:04 PM
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6. Are spin-offs of spin-offs considered spin-offs of the original show
or the spin-off that spawned it?
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givemebackmycountry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:03 PM
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All in the Family?
Let's see

"Archies Place"
"Maude"
"The Jeffersons"

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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:03 PM
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3. I think it may be "All in the Family."
Edited on Mon Jan-17-05 03:04 PM by Beware the Beast Man
Maude, the Jeffersons, Gloria and Archie Bunker's Place were all spinoffs. Oh, and wasn't Good Times an AITF spinoff too?
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Bok_Tukalo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 04:32 PM
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17. Good Times a spinoff of Maude according to a site lower
in the thread.
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:03 PM
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4. Star Trek, obviously!
:P
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:03 PM
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5. All in the Family
Had the Jeffersons, Good Times, Maude, Archie's Place and Gloria (all I can think of)
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MrScorpio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:04 PM
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7. All in the Familiy
Edited on Mon Jan-17-05 03:05 PM by MrScorpio
Maude
The Jeffersons
Good Times
Archie Bunker's Place
Gloria
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Cooley Hurd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:05 PM
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8. All in the Family, hands down...
Maude
Good Times (spun off of Maude)
The Jeffersons
Archie Bunker's Place (actually AITF renamed)
I know there's a few more - can't think of them right now...
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:07 PM
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9. I don't remember Gloria
I would imagine that show sucked.
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Beware the Beast Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:09 PM
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10. Oh, it did.
Ended after one season, IIRC.
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Z_I_Peevey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:09 PM
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11. I have a faint memory of Gloria.
I think she worked in a veterinarian's office. Hijinks did not ensue.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:11 PM
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12. It was about Gloria and joey
Edited on Mon Jan-17-05 03:13 PM by Reverend_Smitty
living in upstate NY (maybe, definitely not a city) and working in a veterinarian's office. TV land showed a few episodes...it sucked something awful

on edit: a great user synopsis from IMDB
Ill-conceived spin-off from "All In the Family" that should never have existed. Archie & Edith's "little girl" Gloria is now a struggling single mom, split from husband Mike. That the show wasn't particularly funny was bad enough; what I really object to is the way it ruined our memories of the Stivics. Mike and Gloria were so much in love, I don't believe for a minute they would split up. The spin-off left a bad taste in my mouth before it even aired. So did "Archie Bunker's Place", the mutation of "All In the Family" that had the widowed Archie running a tavern and raising his niece. It's a shame those two shows had to come from an all time favorite-the best way to enjoy those characters is in the original. Edith completes Archie, Mike completes Gloria. The proof? Nobody remembers this spin-off, and nobody wants to remember "Archie Bunker's Place".
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 05:52 PM
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23. It was bad enough for AitF to reveal at the end that Gloria cheated,
but that series was rather the icing on the cake. :-( Which is strange because, apart from knowing it existed, I've never really seen it.

It was a powerful episode, especially for Archie, to know that lil' innocent Gloria did the wrong... but it was sacrilege.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 05:58 PM
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25. That was one of the episodes that I saw...
The message was powerful and a bit of a throwback to All In The Family in that sense but you're right it was sacrilege and I just block it out of my mind because I'm so good at repressed memories!
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happyslug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:23 PM
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13. According to this Site the Winner is All in the Family:
http://www.pfunn.com/oddtv/spinoffs.cfm

Through Some of the programs from the 1950s had more "Cross overs" see the following for details:

http://www.poobala.com/crossoverlist.html

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liberal N proud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:24 PM
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14. There are too many Law and Orders
There is a different version on evey time you turn the channel
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TheMightyFavog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:32 PM
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15. Lessee...
Law and Order: SVU (Also technically a spinoff of Homicde : Life on the Streets)

Law and Order: Criminal Intent

Law and Order: Crime and Punishment

And coming this year: Law and Order: Trial by Jury. (The one that was supposed to star Jerry Orbach)

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Dangerous Felon Donating Member (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 03:35 PM
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16. Rhoda, Phillis, and Lou Grant...
all came from Mary Tyler Moore
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 05:39 PM
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18. All in the Family had quite a few, I think
"The Jeffersons"

"Maude" which begat

"Good Times"
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alfredo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 05:44 PM
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19. what about CSI? It seems like they are
everywhere.
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GumboYaYa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 05:46 PM
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20. What about Star Trek?
Do the new ones count as spin-offs?

Does anyone elese remember "After Mash"? I think that may have to be the worst spin-oof I remeber.
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AngryAmish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 05:47 PM
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21. Mash - Trapper John, MD
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 05:50 PM
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22. Spin-offs of value? All In The Family. Pointless spinoffs? Star Trek.
:evilgrin:
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 05:56 PM
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24. "'Til Death Us Do Part"!
Okay, it's a British show, but without it, we'd never have gotten "All in the Family".

:evilgrin:
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 06:06 PM
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26. The News
One of the earliest programmes broadcast, and now its spin-offs have entire channels dedicated to it. (b.t.w. I count all weather programmes as news spin-offs as well.)
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last1standing Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-17-05 06:28 PM
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27. I think this is the complete list of AITF spin-offs.
Maude
Good Times
The Jeffersons
Archie Bunker's Place
Checking In
Gloria
704 Hauser

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