Was this the first TV spinoff?
I can't recall any TV sitcom before The Andy Griffith Show where a recurring character transitioned into their own TV series.
shareAndy Griffith was a spin off of The Danny Thomas Show. But, I think Andy Taylor was only in one episode.
shareYeah. I decided to look this up, and it appears that, ironically enough, The Andy Griffith Show was the first TV spinoff series in television history.
But as you say, Andy only appeared in one episode of Make Room For Daddy, so unlike most spinoff lead characters, such as Gomer Pyle, he didn't have a recurring role on the parent show.
I think the first spin off of a spin off was Good Times, spun off Maude which was spun off All in the Family. Maude was only in 2 episodes.
I think All in the Family holds the record for the most spin offs. Jeffersons, Maude, Archie Bunkers place, Gloria and Good Times (though one time removed)
Happy Days had the Laverne and Shirley and Mork and Mindy spin off but, like Andy Griffith, Mork was a one time character.
I think there was talk about making a Barney Fife spin off from Andy Griffith but DOn Knotts decided to hit the big screen instead.
Happy Days had the Laverne and Shirley and Mork and Mindy spin off but, like Andy Griffith, Mork was a one time character.
Happy Days itself was a spin-off of Love, American Style.
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Happy Days itself was a spin-off of Love, American Style.
Not really. It was produced as a pilot in 1971 and was aired on Love, American Style (also produced by Paramount Television) only after it failed to sell.
The success of the film American Graffiti in 1973 revived interest in the project. share
All In The Family also had a short lived "spinoff" centered on the Bunker house. And didn't they try to spinoff a television centered on the maid in The Jeffersons?
shareAll In The Family also had a short lived "spinoff" centered on the Bunker house. And didn't they try to spinoff a television centered on the maid in The Jeffersons?
Yes, 704 Hauser with John Amos and Checking in with Marla Gibbs (Florence) and Larry Linville (Major Burns from MASH).
Neither lasted very long. Checking in was cancelled after just 4 episodes and Florence went back to The Jeffersons.
704 Houser aired many years after Archie Bunker had gone off the air and the only "character" it had in common with the original was the house. The premise was that now a black family lived in the house that was once owned by the bigoted Archie Bunker. In this series John Amos' character was bigoted against white people and didn't like that his son was dating a white girl. Maura Tierney played the white girlfriend of Amos' son.
The last name of the family on 704 Hauser was Cumberbatch, which was an in-joke to something Archie had once said on All in the Family. Archie once told a story about knowing a black guy named Cumberbatch and everyone thought he was making it up because they didn't think Cumberbatch was a real name, but something that Archie had made up.
I don't know what they have to say. It makes no difference anyway. Whatever it is, I'm against it. share
The Andy Griffith Show was the first TV spinoff series in television history.
FALSE. The Honeymooners (1955) from Cavalcade of Stars...
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