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A spin-off in television is a new series which contains either characters or theme elements from an old series. They are particularly common in situation comedy.This phenomenon was already established in radio before the advent of commercial broadcast television, for example The Great Gildersleeve was a spin-off of Fibber McGee and Molly.
Television spin-offs come in several variations, including:
- A supporting character or characters in an existing series is given their own show in which they become the main focus. The original series continues and there may be some crossover of characters between the shows on occasion (e.g. Angel from Buffy The Vampire Slayer).
- New characters are specially incorporated into an existing series for the sole purpose of being launched into their own show that will feature no regular characters from the original series, except possibly as guest appearances (e.g. Empty Nest from The Golden Girls).
- Regular characters from a series continue in their own series after the original series ends (e.g. George and Mildred and Robin's Nest from Man About the House; Frasier from Cheers). This is usually done with the same actors, though not always (e.g. Trapper John, M.D.).
- A new series is started with the same theme as an existing series, though not necessarily with the same characters. Examples of this type are the Star TrekStar Trek collectively refers to six science fiction television series, ten motion pictures, and hundreds of novels, video games, and other works of fiction all set within the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry in the early to mid 1960s., Law & OrderLaw & Order is the longest-running primetime drama currently on American television ( 2004). A police procedural and courtroom drama series, it first screened on the NBC network in 1990. Created by Dick Wolf, award-winning Law & Order is syndicated on oth, and CSICSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular CBS network television police procedural series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. It is set in Las Vegas, Nevada in the present. The team investigates mysterious, unusual, and som series. These are sometimes called franchises.
One notable case which is not a spin-off is when the same series is later remade. For instance He-Man and the Masters of the UniverseDC comic from December, 1982, one of his earliest appearances and preceding to the debut of his animated series. He-Man is the heroic lead character in the toy series Masters of the Universe and the various spin-off products and media related to it. The m (1983) and The 2002 seriesDC comic from December, 1982, one of his earliest appearances and preceding to the debut of his animated series. He-Man is the heroic lead character in the toy series Masters of the Universe and the various spin-off products and media related to it. The m of the same name.
Many, if not all spinoffs, are produced by some of the original producers of the root show.
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