Spin-offs

retired_jennifer89889 · 09-09-2007, 07:48 PM

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Originally posted by Jonny Pilko:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by birdy123:
Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere was not a patch on Phoenix Nights.

Your right, but don't take too much away from Max and Paddy's Road TO Nowhere. It wasn't that bad. </BLOCKQUOTE>

It was one of the worst thing i've ever seen in my life.

retired_laticia3 · 09-09-2007, 07:51 PM

Don't know which came first but Family Guy > King of the Hill. King of the HIll so boring and unfunny. They were made by the same company weren't they? *unsure*

retired_carribear68 · 09-09-2007, 07:52 PM

Frasier is good, but Partridge is better

*controversial*?

2boxers · 09-09-2007, 07:53 PM

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Originally posted by LycanGav:
The various Star Trek spin offs have been varying degrees of good, TNG and DSN the best.

think ive only ever seen 1 episode of DS9 (the time travel one with the tribbles)

TNG was/is FB :cool:

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Angel was good

i used to watch buffy but lost interest by the time this came around so never really bothered with it-saw the odd few s1 episodes though which were decent enough

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some of the CSI's seem to be commercially successful at least (never watched an episode of it though).

saw an ad bit on fiveUS the other week & the key to the success of the two spin ofs is they distance themselves from the original and also tailor the crimes/actors/story's to the city

Miami-drugs,fast paced lives etc. more time spent with the CSI's

NY-more precinct based feels more of a 'cop show' than forensics

retired_lina2212 · 09-09-2007, 07:53 PM

the lone gunman

2boxers · 09-09-2007, 07:55 PM

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Originally posted by Jonny Pilko:
Don't know which came first but Family Guy > King of the Hill. King of the HIll so boring and unfunny. They were made by the same company weren't they? *unsure*

they're both shown by FOX but they have different creators

retired_laticia3 · 09-09-2007, 07:55 PM

Deal or No Deal > Take It Or Leave It

This CRAP gameshow comissioned by Challenge. It's got that knob who used to be the "showbiz and TV" bloke on GMTV doing a very similar format, just with questions and "safes" instead of boxes. Made me cringe.

Survivor > Castaway

Survivor much better (although older).

2boxers · 09-09-2007, 07:56 PM

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Originally posted by merry_miller:
Torchwood is a good spin off :cool:

2boxers · 09-09-2007, 07:57 PM

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Originally posted by Jonny Pilko:
Survivor > Castaway

Survivor much better (although older).

what about shipwrecked?

retired_sunshine5653 · 09-09-2007, 07:57 PM

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Originally posted by bolton1987:
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Surely the real question is which spin-offs have been successes?

The only that comes to mind immediately is Frasier.

Angel from Buffy maybe.

Happy Days too maybe, I think that might've been a spin-off. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Wasn't Mork and Mindy a spin-off from Happy Days? Sure i remember reading that somewhere.

I think Frasier has surely got to go down as the most successful spin off, i don't really count the Star Treks or CSIs as spin offs as they don't generally contain the same characters

Spin-offs

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Spin-offs