1. Dr. Phil
Word to the wise, Doctor: Oprah created you, and she can destroy you at any time.
2. Angel
Before the bloodlust in True Blood and Vampire Diaries, there were the human-vampire love bites between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel.
3. Daria
Hey ,dudes, before she was all lovably sardonic, Daria made her first appearance as a recurring character on Beavis and Butt-head.
Eh he he, eh he he.
4. Saved by the Bell
That’s right, Baysiders, Good Morning, Miss Bliss started with only Zack, Screech, and Lisa.
All we can say is that we’re glad they had the good sense to add in Kelly, A.C., and Jessie to The Max. Errr, we mean the mix.
5. Alvin and the Chipmunks
Before Alvin, Simon, and Theodore swanned onto the scene, there was The Alvin Show, which aired on CBS for one season back in the 1960s. Adorable!
6. Xena: Warrior Princess
If you loved the sexual tension between Xena and Gabrielle, then you would’ve hated watching her hetero-heat with Hercules. Total snooze-fest.
7. Absolutely Fabulous
Like everything else that is wonderful, this BBC show started off as a sketch called “Modern Mother and Daughter.” The most fabulous change being the intro of Patsy, the hard-partying best friend.
8. Melrose Place (The Original)
What’s better than a show about a bunch of kids in the elite zip code of 90210? How about a bunch of sexy adults all living in the same building?
If only everyone wore black and had great bone structure in real life.
9. Happy Days
“Ayyyyyy!” That’s a direct quote from The Fonz in response to Happy Days being a spinoff of Love, American Style.
10. The Simpsons
The Tracy Ullman Show gave this cartoon fam a start, and now that animated series will outlive us all.
11. Family Matters
Perfect Strangers aired for eight seasons, but Family Matters lasted nine. So, I guess we know who’s winning here.
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MadgeMoseley 5 months ago
Daria wasnt a spinoff exactly, it was made from totally different people. AND MORK AND MINDY WAS A SPINOFF OF HAPPY DAYS. Mork was an alien in a dream Fonzie had.
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Sublimetrip 5 months ago
King Of The Hill is from Beavis & Butthead. The husband and wife were the ones with the trailer in Beavis & Butthead Do America.
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GonzoMcFonzo 4 months ago
No they were not. The couple is the boys’ neighbor, and the man sounds exactly like hank hill and looks similar, but that’s just because Mike Judge does the voice. Are you going to try to tell me that Ted and Peter Griffin are the same character too?
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michaelk28 5 months ago#9 cashed in on “American Graffiti” as did “Laverne and Shirley” with the sign up of Cindy Williams who was also in the film.
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Miss Cellania 5 months agoSome of these are not so much spinoffs, but new shows that were introduced on existing shows. That was once a TV custom that tested new characters without having to debut an entire series. Mork and Mindy were never regular characters on Happy Days, but were brought in for a while to test the idea of the alien-relationship comedy. I mean, really, the two shows weren’t even set in the same decade. In the same way, Danny Thomas got a ticket in Mayberry on an episoide of The Danny Thomas Show (Make Room for Dadddy) to introduce us to Andy and Barney and the gang.
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