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olddicklemon72 t1_iwxqqd0 wrote

Didn’t All In The Family have like 7 different spin offs?

Happy Days has a handful too.

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Neo2199 t1_iwxqv2t wrote

CSI

Law & Order

Criminal Minds

The Walking Dead

NCIS

Star Trek

StarGate

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44problems t1_iwxrtw8 wrote

Love American Style spun off Happy Days, which spun off Laverne and Shirley, which spun off a cartoon version called Laverne and Shirley in the Army.

Golden Girls spun off Empty Nest, which spun off Nurses.

All in the Family spun off Maude which spun off Good Times.

But longest time, how long has Law and Order and L&O SVU been? Seems like forever.

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Sporkedup t1_iwxrxkk wrote

It's a stretch (and I mean a real stretch), but Batman the Animated Series to Justice League to Justice League Unlimited?

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TruthOf42 OP t1_iwxs14g wrote

Replying to skellener (#575,124)

That's a very loose definition of spin-off. They all exist, mostly, in the same universe, but I don't recall any star Trek show that began as a character or episode from another show.

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ElectricPeterTork t1_iwxsvz0 wrote

Length of time?

From the beginning of Cheers to the end of Frasier was 22 years.

If you're not counting the Treks and Law and Orders since none of them are true spin-offs as you identify them, just shared universes based on a single show, Cheers and Frasier probably wins that stat.

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ElectricPeterTork t1_iwxv8ej wrote

Replying to Ultraplex1 (#575,405)

Two separate shows.

Classic Who was 26 seasons from 1963 to 1989.

The current show finished up season 13 a year or so back, and began in 2005. So maybe technically a spin off itself. But not the same show.

They didn't continue it with season 27 in '05, it was a new show.

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Blackhalo t1_iwxwhxw wrote

Cheers-Fraiser '82- '04?

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jogoso2014 t1_iwxwwn6 wrote

Law and Order would be a pretty king continuous chain.

All in the a family for spin-offs imo

Happy Days may be close

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INMATEofARKHAM t1_iwy05k3 wrote

JAG, 1995-2005 (225 episodes)

NCIS (2003-20??) (Currently 445 episodes) had a backdoor pilot in season 8 of JAG)

NCIS Los Angeles (2009-20??) (Currently 313 episodes ) had a backdoor pilot in season season 6 of NCIS)

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steevp t1_iwy5rpn wrote

The Mary Tyler Moore Show -> Rhoda -> Phyllis -> Lou Grant

A solid chain of 4, 5 if you count the reboot of the main show at the end.

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BuffyStark t1_iwyfy0i wrote

All in the Family & its 7 spinoffs have a combined total of 30 years

All in the Family (1971-79)

  • Maude (1972-78)
    • Good Times (spin off of Maude) 1974-79
  • Jeffersons 1975-1985
    • Checking in (spin off of Jeffersons) (1981)
  • Archie Bunkers Place (1979-1983)
  • Gloria (1982-83)
  • 704 Hauser (1994)

ETA : forgot 704 Hauser

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BuffyStark t1_iwyggfj wrote

Replying to TruthOf42 (#575,086)

  • Happy Days 1974-84
  • Laverne & Shirley 1976-83
  • Blansky's Beauties 1977
  • Mork & Mondy 1978-1982
  • Out of the Blue 1979
  • Joanie Love Chachi 1982-1983
  • Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour (cartoon) 1982
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Tonkarz t1_iwyuq15 wrote

Replying to Sporkedup (#575,158)

BTAS led to Superman: The Animated Series which led to Justice League.

Problem is that BTAS has a really loose continuity especially early on. For example Robin was originally an adult but was later a child (I believe these were both supposed to be Dick Grayson).

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Lambchops_Legion t1_iwyyxsm wrote

Replying to yodimboi (#576,549)

So is DS9 if you wanna get technical since Sisko in the opening of the DS9 pilot is coming from the battle in Best of Both Worlds (Battle of Wolf-359) and Chief O’Brien leaves the Enterprise for DS9

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merelyadoptedthedark t1_iwz1dti wrote

Replying to Tonkarz (#577,447)

>(I believe these were both supposed to be Dick Grayson).

You believe wrong. Dick Grayson/Robin in BTAS was a university student, and remained that way through the whole series. In the new animated adventures, Dick Grayson had moved to Bludhaven as Nightwing and Tim Drake took over as Robin.

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jackofslayers t1_iwz8l43 wrote

All That > The Amanda show > Drake & Josh > ICarly > Sam and Kat/Victorious

Idk how everyone forgets about this one. Went strong for 20 years

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Exitoverhere t1_iwzgal5 wrote

Replying to TruthOf42 (#575,171)

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine includes Miles O'Brien on the main cast from the beginning, who was a recurring from TNG, Worf who was also from TNG becomes a main on DS9 from Season 4 onwards.

Star Trek Picard stars Patrick Stewart as Picard from TNG.

Star Trek Strange New Worlds stars Pike, Spock and Una/ Number One who were in TOS from 1966 and then Pike was a main cast member in Discovery Season 2 which Strange New Worlds is an indisputable spin-off of.

My guess is you haven't watched much Star Trek.

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TruthOf42 OP t1_iwzj97m wrote

Replying to Exitoverhere (#579,071)

Strange new worlds definitely counts. Though I think it would be called more of a crossover.

But DS9 is totally not a spin-off even if it contains some of the same characters. It's in the same universe, but it wasn't like TNG existed and then they took those characters and spun them off into their own show. TNG ended and DS9 was always going to happen, without or without those characters. Otherwise every star Trek is just a spin-off of some other one

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Exitoverhere t1_iwzjzpg wrote

Replying to TruthOf42 (#579,297)

I feel like you're really changing the definitions of these things to fit what you want them to fit. Strange New Worlds absolutely would not be called more of a crossover than a spin-off. Strange New Worlds only happened after how much people loved how the three characters were used on Discovery.

DS9 wouldn't have happened without TNG, Miles and Worf wouldn't have been on another show without TNG. The beginning of DS9 is literally dealing with storylines and character arcs established from TNG. A crossover is when you combine two things that already exist, when one show is created directly because of a prior show it's a spin-off.

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darthjoey91 t1_iwzk39g wrote

Replying to jackofslayers (#578,494)

Most of those aren't spin-offs, but just shows starring a breakout actor/actors from the previous show. The exception there is Sam & Cat is a spin-off of both iCarly and Victorious. The didn't make it past a pilot Gibby show would also have been a spin-off.

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shewy92 t1_iwzny4v wrote

Everything is a spinoff of St Elsewhere

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reddit455 t1_iwzrij9 wrote

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Munch#Continuity

The character of Munch has appeared in a total of ten series on five networks since the character's debut in 1993. Apart from Homicide and SVU, however, Belzer's performances as Munch were guest appearances or crossovers rather than regular or recurring appearances. With Munch's retirement in the character's 22nd season on television, he was a regular character on U.S. television longer than Marshal Matt Dillon (Gunsmoke) and Frasier Crane (Cheers and Frasier), both of whom were on television for 20 seasons; he is only behind Mariska Hargitay's character Olivia Benson. Munch's return to help his friends in the SVU seventeenth-season episode "Fashionable Crimes" marks the 23rd season that the character has appeared on television in any capacity.

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[deleted] t1_iwzu63n wrote

Replying to TruthOf42 (#575,108)

Miles O'Brien was a recurring TNG character that became a main DS9 character, then Worf moved from TNG to DS9.

Ro Laren was also planned to be a main character of DS9 but the actress didn't want a permanent TV role. They also tried again with Voyager, but she refused again.

On top of that Strange New Worlds is definitely a spin off of the original pilot for The Original Series.

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Outside_Bumblebee179 t1_ix0algx wrote

I think the answer might be The Surreal Life. It had three direct spin-offs, and one of the spin-offs (Strange Love) got spun into Flavor of Love which had three spin-offs of its own. Two of those spin-offs (I Love New York and Charm School) have like six combined spin-offs and I’m pretty sure some of those spin-offs have spin-offs as well. You would need a huge diagram to show everything that came from the Surreal Life. I’m not even entirely sure how deep the rabbit hole goes.

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butthe4d t1_ix0s45g wrote

Star wars? Prequels, sequels, spin offs, spin offs of spin offs.

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CapnSmite t1_ix1herj wrote

Replying to Tonkarz (#577,447)

Technically speaking, Batman Beyond led to Justice League, as the appearance of the JLU in Beyond is what started to drum up interest in doing a proper JL series.

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DeedTheInky t1_ix1ig7k wrote

Replying to BuffyStark (#576,703)

And also they still do anniversary specials which are specifically referred to as the 50th/60th anniversary etc. and come out on the anniversary of the original show in 1963, not the revival in 2005. :)

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HPmoni t1_ix1wtkh wrote

JAG began in the 90s, and we still have NCIS es.

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