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Originally posted by mushu_jj:
And diluting the Office with constant hour long episodes and now a spinoff won't help things in a year or two either. NBC will be lucky to get a true hit out of this upcoming season and I don't see this being it.

"constant hour long episodes" ?
All of those episode where done in September and early October. They were only scheduled to have 5 hour episodes, 4 where used to kick off the season.

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Originally posted by Jamie:
I agree. It just doesn't feel right, I mean just look at Joey. The only sitcom spin off whoich hs really worked is Frasier. And I don't think it makes sense airing it right after the main series, or is that just me?

Airing a spin off while the parent series is either still on or just closed shop is the way to go. Capitolize on the popularity and branding of the verteran show.

A few of the Popular & Successful Spinoff series
- Maude
- The Jeffersons
- Good Times
- Star Trek: TNG
- Star Trek: DS9
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Star Trek: Enterprise
- Angel
- Laverne & Shirley
- The Colbert Report
- The Facts of Life
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- Petticoat Junction
- Green Acres
- Melrose Place
- Barnaby Jones
- Mama's Family (Just for Marc)
- CSI: Miami
- CSI: NY
- Law & Order: CI
- Law & Order: SVU
- Knots Landing
- The Andy Griffith Show
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
- Empty Nest
- Mork & Mindy
- Xena: Warrior Princess
- Lou Grant
- Jake and the Fatman
- Diagnosis: Murder
- Boston Legal
- Benson
- The Simpsons

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Originally posted by Justin:

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I agree. It just doesn't feel right, I mean just look at Joey. The only sitcom spin off whoich hs really worked is Frasier. And I don't think it makes sense airing it right after the main series, or is that just me?

Frasier was a spin-off?

And you claim to work within the TV industry???

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Originally posted by TV-aholic:

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Originally posted by Jamie:
I agree. It just doesn't feel right, I mean just look at Joey. The only sitcom spin off whoich hs really worked is Frasier. And I don't think it makes sense airing it right after the main series, or is that just me?

Airing a spin off while the parent series is either still on or just closed shop is the way to go. Capitolize on the popularity and branding of the verteran show.

A few of the Popular & Successful Spinoff series
- Maude
- The Jeffersons
- Good Times
- Star Trek: TNG
- Star Trek: DS9
- Star Trek: Voyager
- Star Trek: Enterprise
- Angel
- Laverne & Shirley
- The Colbert Report
- The Facts of Life
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- Petticoat Junction
- Green Acres
- Melrose Place
- Barnaby Jones
- Mama's Family (Just for Marc)
- CSI: Miami
- CSI: NY
- Law & Order: CI
- Law & Order: SVU
- Knots Landing
- The Andy Griffith Show
- Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
- Empty Nest
- Mork & Mindy
- Xena: Warrior Princess
- Lou Grant
- Jake and the Fatman
- Diagnosis: Murder
- Boston Legal
- Benson
- The Simpsons

There's also a Different World, which had 4 successful seasons and aired during the Cosby Show. Now there's Private Practice (which has had moderate success). NCIS is a spinoff of JAG, Stargate Atlantis has done well as a spinoff of Stargate SG-1 (And SciFi is developing a new spinoff, Stargate Universe). The Colbert Report is a spinoff (of the Daily Show) and Save By The Bell was a spinoff of Good Morning, Miss Bliss. And there's Bionic Woman of the Six Million Dollar Man.

And on the reality side, there's The Hills from Laguna Beach (which is now bigger than Laguna Beach) and The Surreal Life somehow spawned his spinoffs with: Strange Love, Flavor of Love, I Love New York, and Charm School.

So spinoffs can definitely work, it just has to be done right. And even the list above have shown that spinoffs have been made of even much less successful shows then The Office.

Don't forget Family Matters, which was a spinoff of Perfect Strangers.