Spin off shows that worked .... or didn't

[philfrommancs]

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A few more that haven't been mentioned. Lewis and Endeavour are both spin offs from Morse
The Royal from Heartbeat.
Ashes to ashes from Life on Mars. All pretty successful and certainly didn't disgrace the original. Whole bunch of CSI'S too....

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[agfagaevart]

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They tried to cheat us viewers, by setting it in the present (back in 1980 anyway) thus saving production costs. But it just wasn't as good as seeing the future in the original series.

[Richard1978]

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It was god-awful and doomed to fail! The main actors were two wooden hams and the producers were stupid enough to put a year in the title - That's NEVER a good idea!

I think it was referring to the fact that some episodes they time travelled back to 1980, but it does date it somewhat, considering the original BG still looked good in the mid 1980s, about 7 years after it was made.

[agfagaevart]

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The original Battlestar Gallactica had the odd spin-off Galactica 1980, which was axed after 10 episodes.

It was god-awful and doomed to fail! The main actors were two wooden hams and the producers were stupid enough to put a year in the title - That's NEVER a good idea!

[Richard1978]

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Oh yes thats right forgot about that.

Not surprised it was axed after 10 eps.

Why edit it together no wonder it made no sense.

Another i thought didnt work was the planet of the apes series made shortly after the original film.
Think it only ran for 14 episodes.

There were 3 BG films made by editing episodes together, the first 2 were from the original series & at least used consecutive episodes.

I'm guessing as the original series was the most expensive made at the time (the 3 hour pilot was $5 Million in 1978) they needed to make some money back, in some places they were actually shown at cinemas.

[darren]

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Oh yes thats right forgot about that.

Not surprised it was axed after 10 eps.

Why edit it together no wonder it made no sense.

Another i thought didnt work was the planet of the apes series made shortly after the original film.
Think it only ran for 14 episodes.

the original battlestar gallactica had the odd spin-off galactica 1980, which was axed after 10 episodes.

It was edited down into a telemovie that itv seemed to show quite often, sometimes mixed in with the normal episodes, which was quite confusing!

[Richard1978]

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The original Battlestar Gallactica had the odd spin-off Galactica 1980, which was axed after 10 episodes.

It was edited down into a telemovie that ITV seemed to show quite often, sometimes mixed in with the normal episodes, which was quite confusing!

[darren]

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Never knew there was a new wonderwoman.

Others that didnt cut it where the new version of v and battlestar galactica.

same with the new wonder woman.....dint last long

[Richard1978]

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I was too young to watch Tucker's Luck but seeing clips it seemed quite "Brookside Lite" at times, not surprising considering Phil Redmond created both series.

[fynger]

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same with the New Wonder Woman.....dint last long

[darren]

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They had david hasselhoff in the first episode if i remember right.

The car just looked very different very bulky.

I knew it would not work and it didnt.

have to agree with both

didnt like tuckers luck and the new knight rider was pants

[Jay Mc]

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Have to agree with both

didnt like Tuckers Luck and the new Knight Rider was pants

[darren]

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Knight rider 2008 2009.

Never came close to the eighties original.

Tuckers luck spin off from grange hill never worked either.

[Markxist]

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Soaps have a good sideline in spin offs. Corrie has had two spin offs into sitcom, successful at the time but largely forgotten now. The first was the Arthur Lowe character Leonard Swindley who left the cobbles to star in his own sitcom Pardon The Expression, which itself received a further spin off when Swindley returned in a short lived sitcom entitled Turn out the Lights, before Lowe moved on to Dad's Army.

The second was more my era and a fave of mine growing up; The Brother's McGregor, a sitcom borne out of two scouse characters who attended Eddie Yeats' stag do at the Rovers. You can read about both shows here - http://coronationstreet.wikia.com/wi...thers_McGregor and http://coronationstreet.wikia.com/wi...the_Expression

[Jay Mc]

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Fear The Walking Dead

I have been looking forward to this for ages, it looks brilliant and I am a massive Walking Dead fan

i really hope this will end up in the did work category