spin-off-related stories
Posted Apr 11th 2009 12:00PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Spoilers Anonymous, Reality-Free
This is
Spoilers Anonymous, a weekly column here at
TV Squad where we supply you with the dirt on some of the more popular shows on the air. We'll never put spoilers up here on the main page in order to help the reformed stay unspoiled. If you have anything to add to the group, feel free to step up and let yourself be heard, either with our
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This week we have:
Chuck, Desperate Housewives, Gossip Girl, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, Lost, Melrose Place spin-off and NCIS. (SPOILERS FOLLOW!)
Continue reading Spoilers Anonymous
Posted Dec 19th 2008 3:01PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, TV Squad Lists, Reality-Free, 90210, TV Squad Ten
When a spin-off is launched, people - and I include myself in the lot - are quick to criticize. "This show sucks!" "It's not the same as the original!" "Rip off!!!" Let's face it, it's not easy for a spin-off to live in the shadow of the show that launched it. One of these series is The CW's
90210.
When
Beverly Hills, 90210 premiered in October 1990, I was a 13-year-old looking for a new series that would tackle issues teenagers like me could face. As a Canadian,
Degrassi Junior High had been entertaining me and providing answers to questions teenagers ask since 1987, but
Degrassi's quality made me crave for more of the like. Thankfully,
BH90210 was launched and I never missed an episode during its 10-year run.
When The CW announced that it would revive the series by creating a spin-off, I was all giddy inside. Could Dylan, Brenda, Kelly and company be back? Would it be set at the same high school? Would it be as good as the original? Who? How? When? What? Why? Argh!!! My expectations were getting high. Too high.
As expected, I didn't enjoy the first few episodes of the spin-off much and found a lot of flaws in it. However, out of nostalgia, I stuck with the series and started to find reasons why people should give
90210 a chance. Let's see if you agree with my reasons.
Continue reading TV Squad Ten: Why you should give the new 90210 a chance
Posted Dec 3rd 2008 11:26AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: CSI, Casting, Reality-Free
Question: Is
Craig T. Nelson being cast on CSI: NY just another big star guest turn or could it be something more important? We don't know the answer yet, but I suspect that booking the Emmy-award winning TV star for three episodes could be a lot more significant than just pumping up the ratings during February sweeps with a meaty story arc.
What we do know is that the popular actor will be on
CSI: NY as an antagonist to Gary Sinise's character. Nelson will play Robert Parker, a high profile, powerful publisher who has an ax to grind with Mac Taylor.
To say they're going to butt heads is an educated guess, but I think that's the direction they're going. You can see Parker using his media outlets to attack Mac and his department, you know, those great New York tabloid headlines.
Continue reading Craig T. Nelson to guest on CSI: NY
Posted Nov 26th 2008 2:04PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Industry, NCIS, Reality-Free
Considering the fact that
CSI has been the basis for two very, very successful CBS spin-offs --
CSI: Miami and
CSI: New York (in case you've been out of the loop for the past six years) -- it hardly comes as a shock that another CBS ratings powerhouse,
NCIS, is planning a spin-off. Maybe the only shock is that they've waited till now to really put thought into action.
EW's Michael Ausiello landed the exclusive and reports that the
NCIS spin-off will be like the other
CSI's in that they will not take a character from the show and make him/her the centerpiece of that new series. That means you don't have to worry about Ziva, Tony, Abs, McGee and Gibbs breaking up.
And after the fans' reaction at the end of last season, when the team was split up as the new director took over only to be reunited early this season, that's a major relief.
Continue reading NCIS planning a spin-off
Posted Aug 6th 2008 11:01AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, House, Reality-Free
Back in May -- remember that far back -- Isabelle wrote about the fact that
David Shore, creator of House, was contemplating a new show. It was a spinoff of
House, but not a medical show. It was going to be in the private eye genre.
Newark Star-Ledger columnist Alan Sepinwall (with
Dan Feinberg) did an interview with David recently and found out some more information about the spinoff.
"We brought in a character, partway through the year, [actor] Michael Weston as this private investigator House goes to. The spinoff would be less of a spinoff, it would be more us using
House to launch it. It would be an independent world. A character out of the
House mold, but definitely different."
Continue reading More about that House spinoff
Posted Jul 21st 2008 4:41PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: The Office, TCA Press Tour, Reality-Free
One of the more interesting things to come out of the Silverman-Graboff executive session (which I promise will be up later today ... probably this evening) is that, though Amy Poehler has been signed to be in a show produced by
The Office's Greg Daniels and Mike Schur, that show will
not be an
Office spin-off. It'll have the same comic sensibility and style as
The Office, but the characters won't be part of the
Office universe. However, a
real Office spin-off is still in play, and there's potential for Rashida Jones to be a part of it.
Got that? Neither did the critics, who repeatedly asked mostly Silverman to clarify the situation during both the panel and the scrum that followed.
Continue reading Poehler will not be in an Office spin-off, but Rashida Jones may reprise Karen - TCA Report
Posted Jul 16th 2008 10:50AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Saturday Night Live, The Office, Celebrities, Casting, Reality-Free
According to popular rumor,
SNL star Amy Poehler
is in talks to star in the spin-off series from NBC's The Office. If this is true, she'll be joining fellow
SNL alumnus (and former
Weekend Update co-anchor and co-star of the movie
Baby Mama) Tina Fey as part of NBC's comedy prime-time line-up. No word yet on how Poehler's real-life pregnancy would affect this situation.
All I can say is: wow, what a fantastic choice. I've always been impressed with Poehler's work since she co-founded the Upright Citizen's Brigade (which is still going strong on both coasts). I've had the pleasure of seeing her perform comedy improv a few times and noticed how she is leaps and bounds more talented than most of the other people on the stage.
If anybody can lead a sitcom, it's Amy Poehler. If this news is true, I very much look forward to this spin-off and think it may be one of those rare cases in which the spin-off equals or is even greater than the original.
Posted Jun 13th 2008 12:02PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Scrubs, The Office, Casting, Reality-Free
Aziz Ansari seems to be the hottest name around Hollywood casting circles. According to
Variety, the stand-up comedian, who's also one-third of the MTV's acclaimed sketch team
Human Giant, has been c
ast in the upcoming Office spin-off. He's also signed a one-year talent hold deal with Universal Media Studios.
What's interesting about this news is that Ansari was also tapped to play
one of the new interns on the eighth season of Scrubs, which is produced by and will now air on ABC. What I'm guessing is that, since
Scrubs will finish shooting in August, this deal will start after his deal with the veteran medical comedy ends. If there happens to be
a ninth season of the show, as Bill Lawrence told me might happen, I'd imagine he'd come back after his Universal deal ends or they'll just replace him with someone else.
Continue reading Aziz Ansari cast on Office spin-off; is he still on Scrubs?
Posted Jun 11th 2008 8:05PM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Reality-Free, Gossip Girl
Every year, networks talk spinoffs. They look at their most popular shows and wonder if they could find a way to bank on the success of some of them. This is why we ended up with countless versions of
CSI and
Law & Order.
The 2008-2009 TV season will see its crop of new spinoffs. The most talked about are
90210 and the
unnamed The Office spinoff.
House will also introduce a new character in the hope to
give him his own show if the audience responds well.
According to The Hollywood Reporter,
Gossip Girl wants to join in on the fun. The show creators would like to have a series around Jenny Humphrey or a new character they would introduce in the second season of the hit The CW show.
Continue reading Spinoff madness - Is Gossip Girl next?
Posted Oct 25th 2007 8:10AM by Brad Trechak
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Prison Break
According to the Hollywood Reporter,
Fox is looking to create a spin-off for Prison Break in the form of the same show but in a women's prison. The speculative name of this show would be
Prison Break: Cherry Hill.
I realize that there have been television shows about women in prison before. The most popular one is the Australian series called
The Prisoner of Cell Block H. The article also mentions a previous Fox short-lived sitcom called
Women In Prison.
Continue reading A Prison Break spin-off with women?
Posted May 14th 2007 1:03PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Grey's Anatomy, Pickups and Renewals
In the "big surprise" department, we have this item: ABC has made the shocking move
to pick up the Kate Walsh-fronted spin-off of Grey's Anatomy, tentatively titled
Private Practice.
According to the New York Post, the show may get a new title (ya think?), and the network was very happy with the ratings for the
Grey's episode that introduced the spin-off, despite
the mixed reaction from the show's fans.
Of course, our snideness comes from the fact that we already knew the show was going to be picked up, for many reasons. Heck, even Walsh knew, as she got a "you're in pretty good shape" from ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson
last week on the Ellen show.
Posted May 10th 2007 3:38PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Industry, OpEd, Daytime, Video, Grey's Anatomy, Celebrities, Talk Show, Pickups and Renewals
On today's edition of
Ellen, Ellen DeGeneres decided to take it upon herself to find out if
Private Practice,
the working title of the Grey's Anatomy spin-off starring Kate Walsh, is going to be picked up for the fall. With her guest, Walsh, looking on a bit sheepishly, DeGeneres decided to call ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson and ask him to cut the suspense and tell Kate and the audience whether the show was getting picked up.
For his part, McPherson was a good sport, and ended up telling Ellen and everyone that Kate is in "pretty good shape," meaning that the show's almost assured of a pick-up. Once Kate got on the phone to say hello to McPherson, the executive uttered a line that was at once funny and painful for him to say -- "This is going to be an interesting contract negotiation" -- meaning that the lovely and leggy Walsh might be in for a very good payday pretty soon. Video is after the jump.
[via
the TV addict]
Continue reading Kate Walsh finds out if Grey's spin-off is being picked up ... on the Ellen show - VIDEO
Posted May 7th 2007 10:22AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: OpEd, Grey's Anatomy, Watercooler Talk
The
Grey's Anatomy boards and blogs, and even some of our articles here at TV Squad, have been experiencing a surge in negative comments and posts. Those comments are directed at solely one thing: the
potential spin-off featuring the character of Addison.
Why are fans so unhappy with the end result? Will fan comments have ABC not pick up
Private Practice?
Let's analyze a few of the negative comments left by the TV Squad visitors in our "
Grey's Anatomy vs. the spin-off -- Part 2" post.
Continue reading Why Grey's Anatomy's fans hate the spin-off
Posted May 4th 2007 10:25AM by Isabelle Carreau
Filed under: Programming, Grey's Anatomy, Vs.
Less than two weeks ago, we pondered if the spin-off would be better than
Grey's Anatomy based on the information and spoilers that had leaked so far. Now that the
two Grey's Anatomy's episodes serving to launch the potential spin-off have aired, it is time to revisit our "
Grey's Anatomy vs. the spin-off" article and reflect on if we were right or not and decide what series is better based on what aired last night.
Continue reading Grey's Anatomy vs. the spin-off - Part 2
Posted May 4th 2007 1:04AM by Jonathan Toomey
Filed under: OpEd, Grey's Anatomy, Episode Reviews
(S03E22/S03E23) "I'm just saying, it's a relief to be on a "not horny" elevator... you know?" - Addison
Well that's it. We speculated. We ooed and ahhed. We wondered what could possibly be in store for a Grey's Anatomy spin-off starring Kate Walsh's Addison Montgomery. Well now we know and based on my initial diagnosis (doctor lingo!), I have to be honest -- it feels a lot like the exact same show in a different city with different players. Is that a bad thing? I don't think so because we've got a formula that works here. Did I like it? Sure. Did I love it? Well... love is a strong word.
Continue reading Grey's Anatomy: The Other Side of This Life
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