When one of our favorite TV shows goes off the air, it always brings sadness. However, many times, the silver lining in the cancellation is the birth of a spinoff. Sometimes it can be a great thing (Lou Grant) and sometimes the results can be less than ideal (Joey).
Here are some spinoff ideas that I would love to see.
Niles & Daphne
After Frasier leaves Seattle, Niles and Daphne are forced to take in Martin and Eddie. Daphne has to deal with Martin's new and more protective physical therapist (Patti Labelle). To make things worse, Maris moves in next door with her new husband (Jeff Goldblum).
Walter F. Skinner FBI
After his failure to control Mulder and keep a lid on the X Files, Skinner is demoted to special agent and has to return to the field. While struggling to prove himself and regain his Director status, he also has to deal with a new partner (Michael Cera) fresh from Quantico. That's a show I would pay to download.
The Kramer Show
Cosmo Kramer finally moves to LA to try to be an actor. At night he starts doing stand up comedy with disastrous results. It's funny cause it's true!
The Adventures of Ruben Kincaid
The series takes place before Ruben met the Partridges. The swingingest bachelor of the 70's handles a variety of clients. Everyone from a brother/sister juggling team (Andy Richter, Nicole Sullivan) to an aging singer/impressionist (Jerry Stiller).
Zuckercorn & Loblaw & the Law
Barry Zuckercorn and Bob Loblaw, the former attorneys for the Bluth family team up and open a firm together. Watch them struggle to run a profitable firm with a collection of wacky clients and even wackier paralegals. Allyce Beasley reprises her role as Agnes Dipesto the receptionist who nobody remembers hiring.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
9-28-2007 @ 11:23AM
shawn said...
good dreams. but these will neverever happen
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9-28-2007 @ 11:27AM
hessian said...
I always thought the FRASIER spin off should be ROZ. Single mom, trying to find true love while making a career move from big market radio in Seattle to cable TV in Atlanta.
Remember the Frasier character wasn't one of the top bananas on CHEERS. Roz has so much more of her backstory to explore than Niles and Daphne.
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9-28-2007 @ 11:48AM
Anita said...
I would love to see the Adventures of Ruben Kincaid, but the rest sound like typical knock-offs to me i.e. look how wacky these characters are and look what happens! Would the Joey show really be better if we put Michael Richards in the lead?
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9-28-2007 @ 11:51AM
Jay said...
How about Patti and Selma open a tatoo
parlor in Oklahoma City.
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9-28-2007 @ 11:56AM
Happy Steve said...
Funny list. For me, I'd like to see one from Prison Break... "The T-Bag Musical/Comedy Variety Hour"
Or perhaps a "Dr. Cuddy's After Hours Pajama Poker Party"
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9-28-2007 @ 12:01PM
ugtv.org said...
Congratulations. 5 Joey's and not a Lou Grant in the bunch. I'm even bored by the pitch.
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9-28-2007 @ 12:04PM
Ronan said...
I can't talk potential spin-offs without mentionning characters from Buffy and/or Angel. A show centered on Seth Green character Oz could have done great.
Another one I'd like to see would be a show about Veronica Mars character Vinnie Van Lowe.
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9-28-2007 @ 12:07PM
Peanut said...
Congratulations ugtv.org. Less than 20 words and I'm bored by your post.
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9-28-2007 @ 12:08PM
Porchland said...
Jack and Karen from "Will and Grace" as an entertainment duo on a gay cruise ship.
Seriously, I don't understand why the networks don't re-use characters more often. When "West Wing" was at its height, Rob Lowe left to do "Lyon's Den" where he played a very similar character that wasn't Sam Seaborn. Why couldn't he just be same Seaborn? Why didn't they cross-use characters from "West Wing" on "E-Ring"?
Certainly, there are different production and distribution companies involved, but studios work out those kinds of intellectual property issues all the time.
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9-28-2007 @ 12:31PM
Rachel said...
Instead of your "Arrested Development" spin-off, I have another...
"Simply Franklin"
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9-28-2007 @ 1:24PM
Andrew said...
I second Zuckercorn & Loblaw & the Law. Those characters were a riot in Arrested Development.
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9-28-2007 @ 1:49PM
victor said...
The show that would rule them all:
Agent Dale Cooper: FBI
But make it where he investigates all sorts of weird crap.
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9-28-2007 @ 1:55PM
alison said...
"Simply Franklin: He turns illusions for money!"
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9-28-2007 @ 2:42PM
T said...
The moms from Half and Half. I don't know what the plot would be but they have great comedic chemistry together.
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9-28-2007 @ 2:53PM
siv_art said...
I like the "Arrested" snpin-off, a lot! It'd be funny and smary and wacky. It'd never sell.
I wouldnt' mind seeing Skinner in an FBI show, but it wouldn't have the charm of the X-Files.
Also, I second the idea of ROZ being a better show than Niles and Daphne, though I didn't watch a whole lot of Frasier.
My choice? ooh, that's tough. Jayne from "Firefly" could support a show, I think. Like "Dog the bountyhunter" in space.
They should remake "Automan." Anyone? Automan?
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9-28-2007 @ 3:46PM
josh said...
I always thought that a Jackie Chiles spinoff from Seinfeld would have been awesome.
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9-29-2007 @ 12:52AM
Jennie said...
I so love the "Niles and Daphne" idea; this should have been done immediately. And I so agree that when Rob left "The West Wing", he should have had the same job with the same name...in fact, I sorta thought that's what they were setting up. It would still be running, and would probably have outdone "West Wing". Thank you.
Jennie
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9-29-2007 @ 3:26AM
Ryan said...
I love the Oz and Roz (hey put them together!) spin-off ideas. Sigh. If dreams were reality...
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9-29-2007 @ 6:21AM
Franklin said...
On the animation side, I wish Matt Groening would consider doing a spin-off of Futurama -- which would star Zapp Branagan and center on him and his ship's crew and their (mis)adventures. Besides Star Trek, such a series could parody the Stargate franchise and Battlestar Galactica.
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10-08-2007 @ 11:57AM
Dwayne Conyers said...
An HBO spinoff where Scully is assigned to pose as one of the prostitutes at the Bunny Ranch and decides to quit the FBI and be naked 24/7.
Okay, maybe not...
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