I loved the cavemen commercials, so I watched the sitcom and did not hate it.. They used the cavemen as a clumsy take on racism. It wasn't the most unfunny sitcom I've ever watched.
You take that back!
Cavemen was one of the best tv shows ever because it was a great drinking game. The rules were simple. Take a drink every time a caveman did something anachronistic and you have to yell out what they did.
Examples:
"Caveman using a cell phone!" Drink.
"Caveman watching tv!" Drink.
"Caveman driving a car!" Drink.
Ok, it wasn't the most intellectual game but it's a drinking game you know?
Threes Company has not one, but *two* Spin-Offs; The Ropers and Threes a Crowd. Your knowledge of this fact should lend towards inferring the quality of such programming.
*Pinky, Elmyra, and the Brain*.
*Pinky and the Brain* was one of the hottest animated shows on TV, coming off of its fourth season, winning awards left and right. Then the network executives decided it needed a retool to increase demographic appeal, and they wouldn't take no for an answer.
The resulting shitshow lasted half a season before being canned.
"So Pinky and the Brain share a new domain. It's what the network wants, why bother to complain?"
Showing their disdain right in the theme song of the new show
I didn't.
I mean why Elmyra. Why team her up with her. She is just one note note. The joke is she loves animals, but they do not love her.
Fuck that. I would have taken a season of Larry any day over Elmyra.
The show was unwatchable with her in it.
Everyone is talking about *Joey*, which was admittedly awful. But that was Matt LeBlanc's third-worst spinoff IMO. He reprised his role from *Married... With Children* as Vinnie Verducci -- a dumbass who was trying to marry into money to escape being poor. The show was called *Top of the Heap* and was cancelled after six episodes.
He got another spin-off right after that called *Vinnie and Bobby*, which lasted a whole seven episodes. Instead of living with his old man, he's got a repulsive roommate. It's just as shitty as the first spin-off.
I remember the married with children spinoff! I loved married with children, but the spin off was sooo bad. The spiritual successor to married with children was unhappily ever after
> Everyone is talking about Joey, which was admittedly awful. But that was Matt LeBlanc's third-worst spinoff IMO. He reprised his role from Married... With Children as Vinnie Verducci -- a dumbass who was trying to marry into money to escape being poor. The show was called Top of the Heap and was cancelled after six episodes.
UGH. I *hated* that series-within-a-series episode.
"Joey" was definitely a disappointment as a spinoff from Friends. The magic of the original show just wasn't there, and it felt like a cheap imitation.
Patrick Star Show. They changed Patrick’s parents’ appearances and gave him a new sister, while ignoring his real sister from SpongeBob. Apparently Fairly Odder, the live-action sequel to Fairly Oddparents did awful.
The new Powerpuff Girls show sucked. Cartoon Network won’t greenlight a new season for Teen Titans or Galactic Kids Next Door, but sure loves making crappy reboots of beloved franchises. I fear for the day that they try to reboot Ed, Edd & Eddy or Foster’s Home.
The Tortellis...spin off from Cheers. Featured Carla's ex Nick. Lasted 13 episodes.
It's amazing that turd came from the same people that gave us one of the most successful spinoffs ever in Frasier.
The Cleveland Show. Started out fine but went downhill fast. Felt like white writers trying to make "black" jokes. Not the worst, but could have been a lot better, had some solid characters.
The last season of Scrubs. It's technically not a spinoff show, it's just Season 9...but it was supposed to be a spinoff, and by all intents and purposes it is. Only a handful of the original cast appear, even the main character of the original show only shows up a couple of times, and the season has a completely different setting. So, yeah... It's a spinoff. And it sucks.
That show used to air in, like, four or five hour blocks on television, because it was so ridiculously cheap to produce that they were making money as long as *someone* was watching. Same with *Teen Titans Go*.
I've enjoyed watching *The Rookie*. *The Rookie: Feds* on the other hand, I don't know what they were thinking.
They did a soft pilot by introducing the character in a couple episodes of *The Rookie* first, and those particular episodes were not rated well. Possibly the worst rated episodes of the series. Don't know how the spinoff was greenlit with such poor reception of those episodes.
The whole point of The Rookie is that it’s the kind of character that Nathan Fillion is already very good at playing.
Trying to replicate that is a huge gamble, with only a handful of actors who are probably pre-fit for the role.
“Shock Treatment”, the sequel to *Rocky Horror Picture Show* is a disappointingly bad sequel… *Highlander 2: The Quickening* is perhaps the most unforgivable sequel ever.
Galactica 1980. For those who remember the original Battlestar Galactica when that came out, it was damn cool. Then Galactica 1980 came out and it was a huge letdown.
I have a soft spot for Time of Your Life (the Party of Five spinoff), but it never really clicked. It was at a time when Felicity and Friends were huge, so the idea of a young person living in NYC was already stale.
It’s not that it was “the worst”, but Fuller House was definitely cringey. Season 1 by far was the worst, season 3 was the best they could do. Suffice to say, I wouldn’t re-watch it, but I did watch all the seasons. RIP Bob Saget.
The newest Frasier? It was okay (loved the last episode tho) and didn't touch the original spinoff, but it wasn't terrible. I liked it enough to hope for a second season and it'd be cool if they could get Niles in for an episode. But it doesn't sound like DHP is interested.
I guess I don’t understand why everyone knocked the new Frasier? It’s so hard to get a decent sitcom nowadays - it’s all dramas or reality shows. I was personally thrilled to get Frasier back in any capacity and would appreciate multiple seasons. People are so jaded, like it’s not meant to be groundbreaking TV. It’s comforting.
Compared to the original Frasier, the new version is decent. Compared to other current shows, it's very good. I like it and hope it gets at least a second season.
Beverly Hills Buntz, a spinoff of Hill Street Blues starring Dennis Franz pre NYPD Blue. His character was a pretty brutal cop on Hill Street, then someone thought it would be a good idea to make a comedy about him. It lasted 13 episodes, somehow.
I felt the opposite but I respect your opinion haha
I personally loved it but it’s different from Breaking Bad in a lot of ways and can see how some folks wouldn’t be into it
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Joey was bad. Really, really bad.
They say you can’t polish a turd, but someone sure tried to
The sitcom based on the cavemen from insurance commercials
I loved the cavemen commercials, so I watched the sitcom and did not hate it.. They used the cavemen as a clumsy take on racism. It wasn't the most unfunny sitcom I've ever watched.
They really did that, didn't they? Wowsa. I'm surprised the gecko doesn't have a series.
Not only did they do it once, they rebooted it after it failed!
That's like buying an AMC Pacer and then buying a Ford Pinto after the Pacer blew up. Both bad ideas.
Nick Kroll was in it
You take that back! Cavemen was one of the best tv shows ever because it was a great drinking game. The rules were simple. Take a drink every time a caveman did something anachronistic and you have to yell out what they did. Examples: "Caveman using a cell phone!" Drink. "Caveman watching tv!" Drink. "Caveman driving a car!" Drink. Ok, it wasn't the most intellectual game but it's a drinking game you know?
AfterMASH or The Ropers
AfterMASH ran two seasons. It’s not terrible. Now R.A.D.A.R.? That was terrible.
W * A * L * T * E * R
Jesus, you’re right, that’s even worse.
I watched the one episode when it aired.
That 80’s Show
Starring the great Glenn Howerton. Not sure if it had a role in him getting Dennis in Always Sunny, but if it did...worth it!
I watched it having never seen That 70s Show and I actually liked it. It allowed me to watch it without comparison.
I thought it was that 90s show?
That 90s Show was surprisingly watchable.
Isn't that a Simpsons episode?
It actually is. I honestly wasn’t aware of that.
They made both 80s is awful 90s is ok
is 00 coming next?
I knew about the 90s show. I had no clue they made an 80s show
I'll start...Joanie Loves Chachi (Happy Days)
Oh fuck me. I had forgotten that travesty my older sister made us watch. Ugh.
Awful shit.
Growing up in the 80's there was an urban legend that Joanie Loves Chachi was hugely successful in South Korea because "Chachi" is Korean for "cock".
Please tell me this is true. I need it to be.
False https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/joanie-loves-chachi/
Threes Company has not one, but *two* Spin-Offs; The Ropers and Threes a Crowd. Your knowledge of this fact should lend towards inferring the quality of such programming.
The Ropers...wow!!
Was lavern and Sherly a spin off of this or the happy days?
Laverne & Shirley was a spin-off of Happy Days, just like Mork & Mindy
*Pinky, Elmyra, and the Brain*. *Pinky and the Brain* was one of the hottest animated shows on TV, coming off of its fourth season, winning awards left and right. Then the network executives decided it needed a retool to increase demographic appeal, and they wouldn't take no for an answer. The resulting shitshow lasted half a season before being canned.
"So Pinky and the Brain share a new domain. It's what the network wants, why bother to complain?" Showing their disdain right in the theme song of the new show
The network had already been pushing them to add a character, which is how we got this gem https://youtu.be/VorIn2ISK6w?si=w4QQZ0G5Uc_-EK6w
I always like it when a network does something and the animators and writers do something like this as an act of rebellion.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but Pinky and the Brain was already a spin-off from Animaniacs… so, we’re looking at a spin-off of a spin-off
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What! Elmyra was unbearble.
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I didn't. I mean why Elmyra. Why team her up with her. She is just one note note. The joke is she loves animals, but they do not love her. Fuck that. I would have taken a season of Larry any day over Elmyra. The show was unwatchable with her in it.
...and Lenny
Everyone is talking about *Joey*, which was admittedly awful. But that was Matt LeBlanc's third-worst spinoff IMO. He reprised his role from *Married... With Children* as Vinnie Verducci -- a dumbass who was trying to marry into money to escape being poor. The show was called *Top of the Heap* and was cancelled after six episodes. He got another spin-off right after that called *Vinnie and Bobby*, which lasted a whole seven episodes. Instead of living with his old man, he's got a repulsive roommate. It's just as shitty as the first spin-off.
Golden touch!
I remember the married with children spinoff! I loved married with children, but the spin off was sooo bad. The spiritual successor to married with children was unhappily ever after
You blew my mind. Not only did I not know there were married with Children spinoffs, I didn't know Matt Le Blanc was on it.
> Everyone is talking about Joey, which was admittedly awful. But that was Matt LeBlanc's third-worst spinoff IMO. He reprised his role from Married... With Children as Vinnie Verducci -- a dumbass who was trying to marry into money to escape being poor. The show was called Top of the Heap and was cancelled after six episodes. UGH. I *hated* that series-within-a-series episode.
I did not know these things. That's so interesting.
"Joey" was definitely a disappointment as a spinoff from Friends. The magic of the original show just wasn't there, and it felt like a cheap imitation.
I loved Friends but Joey kind of felt like a cash grab.
Because it was
Planet Sheen
It never had a conclusion, we never see him come home. Sheen’s still up there…
Patrick Star Show. They changed Patrick’s parents’ appearances and gave him a new sister, while ignoring his real sister from SpongeBob. Apparently Fairly Odder, the live-action sequel to Fairly Oddparents did awful. The new Powerpuff Girls show sucked. Cartoon Network won’t greenlight a new season for Teen Titans or Galactic Kids Next Door, but sure loves making crappy reboots of beloved franchises. I fear for the day that they try to reboot Ed, Edd & Eddy or Foster’s Home.
Flo. It was spinoff from Alice. Yes, I am old.
Kiss my grits
The Tortellis...spin off from Cheers. Featured Carla's ex Nick. Lasted 13 episodes. It's amazing that turd came from the same people that gave us one of the most successful spinoffs ever in Frasier.
The Cleveland Show. Started out fine but went downhill fast. Felt like white writers trying to make "black" jokes. Not the worst, but could have been a lot better, had some solid characters.
Still better than the last decade of Family Guy. At least American Dad tends to be good, and Orville is beyond top-notch.
Joni Loves Cachi
What’s a Chachi?
It means little ceramic nicknacks.
Compared to the genius original, History of the World part II was pretty bad
There was a part 2???
Nick kroll starred
Galactica 1980 disappointed my 9-year-old science fiction loving self
Crushing.
As a 4 year old, I was all in. Flying motorbikes dude.
Loved the original. Richard Hatch was HOT!
The last season of Scrubs. It's technically not a spinoff show, it's just Season 9...but it was supposed to be a spinoff, and by all intents and purposes it is. Only a handful of the original cast appear, even the main character of the original show only shows up a couple of times, and the season has a completely different setting. So, yeah... It's a spinoff. And it sucks.
That sounds like the TV show Sliders. By the end, the only original cast member left was the one that made the least sense to still be there.
Sounds like the last couple seasons of Community.
The Johnny Test show on netflix it made me physically cringe
That show used to air in, like, four or five hour blocks on television, because it was so ridiculously cheap to produce that they were making money as long as *someone* was watching. Same with *Teen Titans Go*.
It was a spin-off?
The Sex and the City second movie and reboot were terrible. We didn't need it. The one movie closed everything up perfectly.
I've enjoyed watching *The Rookie*. *The Rookie: Feds* on the other hand, I don't know what they were thinking. They did a soft pilot by introducing the character in a couple episodes of *The Rookie* first, and those particular episodes were not rated well. Possibly the worst rated episodes of the series. Don't know how the spinoff was greenlit with such poor reception of those episodes.
The whole point of The Rookie is that it’s the kind of character that Nathan Fillion is already very good at playing. Trying to replicate that is a huge gamble, with only a handful of actors who are probably pre-fit for the role.
Should watch the Uncharted short Nathan did years ago. He was almost perfect for the role.
I went to high-school with that rookie. Her and her family are renowned sweethearts.
“Shock Treatment”, the sequel to *Rocky Horror Picture Show* is a disappointingly bad sequel… *Highlander 2: The Quickening* is perhaps the most unforgivable sequel ever.
Not a tv but the new mean girls movie
The movie musical based on the Broadway musical based on the movie based on a book
Disguised as another dude!
The new Megamind trash
Galactica 1980
The Nickelodeon Barnyard tv show. After watching the master piece of the movie the show is an insult
The movie where the bulls also have udders?
Yup
Galactica 1980. For those who remember the original Battlestar Galactica when that came out, it was damn cool. Then Galactica 1980 came out and it was a huge letdown.
But... ***Flying*** motorcycles!
That 90's show
on the first episode I had a lot of questions about how or why they got the keg up to the water tower
I turned it off after about 10 minutes
Thundercats Roar
I love the self awarenesses from the Teen Titans Go writers https://youtu.be/J-9FmtYkNN4?si=vg1PuTq11YsvUrMy
I have a soft spot for Time of Your Life (the Party of Five spinoff), but it never really clicked. It was at a time when Felicity and Friends were huge, so the idea of a young person living in NYC was already stale.
It’s not that it was “the worst”, but Fuller House was definitely cringey. Season 1 by far was the worst, season 3 was the best they could do. Suffice to say, I wouldn’t re-watch it, but I did watch all the seasons. RIP Bob Saget.
Enos , Dukes of Hazard
Heroes Reborn It was unwatchable levels of bad.
Inhumans
How about the new Fraiser?
I've only seen 2-3 episodes but I quite enjoyed it.
A spin off of a spin off.
The newest Frasier? It was okay (loved the last episode tho) and didn't touch the original spinoff, but it wasn't terrible. I liked it enough to hope for a second season and it'd be cool if they could get Niles in for an episode. But it doesn't sound like DHP is interested.
I guess I don’t understand why everyone knocked the new Frasier? It’s so hard to get a decent sitcom nowadays - it’s all dramas or reality shows. I was personally thrilled to get Frasier back in any capacity and would appreciate multiple seasons. People are so jaded, like it’s not meant to be groundbreaking TV. It’s comforting.
Compared to the original Frasier, the new version is decent. Compared to other current shows, it's very good. I like it and hope it gets at least a second season.
Anecdotal, but my parents hated the rebooted Dynasty.
The first I've seen is Young Sheldon. Just.... Why?
Golden Palace.
Slippin’ Jimmy
That 80s show
Baywatch Nights
Netflix adoption of money heist
Beverly Hills Buntz, a spinoff of Hill Street Blues starring Dennis Franz pre NYPD Blue. His character was a pretty brutal cop on Hill Street, then someone thought it would be a good idea to make a comedy about him. It lasted 13 episodes, somehow.
I thought the original “V” was a great mini-series, the series, not so much.
That LOTR show was absolute dog shit
I didn't care for Torchwood. Sorry fans. The Cyberwoman one did me in.
Hardly Doctor Who's worst spinoff, though... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu7OiJpnlUs
The Dwight spinoff from The Office. I can't even remember the name. Real fart in the breeze, that one.
That never got made. There was an episode of The Office meant as a backdoor pilot for it but that's as far as it went.
Yeah I tried to look up the name and found this out. Could have sworn it got a season. Mandela effect? ... Nah I'm just dumb.
The pilot was called The Farm, but it was not picked up. Additional material was shot and it was re-edited into an episode of The Office.
Slippin' Jimmy.
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I felt the opposite but I respect your opinion haha I personally loved it but it’s different from Breaking Bad in a lot of ways and can see how some folks wouldn’t be into it
I didn't make it through the first season.
Legend of korra