Top 5: The Bad, The Good & The Ugly
May 15th, 2008 . by ErinTop 5 Worst TV Spin-Offs
- Diagnosis Murder (Murder She Wrote)
- The Ropers (Three’s Company)
- Saved By The Bell The New Class (Saved By The Bell)
- That 80’s Show (That 70’s Show)
- Joey (Friends)
*Talk about wanting to capitalize off the genius of a great show. Very rarely do Spin-offs make it as big as their predecessors…Here’s what happens when they do…
Top 5 Best TV Spin-Offs
- The Facts of Life (Diff’rent Strokes)
- Private Practice (Grey’s Anatomy)
- Boston Legal (The Practice)
- Frasier (Cheers)
- The Simpsons (That’s right! It first appeared as a space filler for the Tracy Ullman Show)
* Then there’s the ‘What the heck were they thinking’ section. When Horrible shows that should never have hit the airwaves in the first place… As if the first round wasn’t enough torture, they sent us these wonderful gems!
Top 5 Crappy TV Shows that should NEVER have had Spin-Offs
- Laguna Beach (The Hills)
- Xena Warrior Princess (Hercules)
- Bay Watch Nights (Bay Watch)
- Time Of Your Life (Party Of Five)
- Young Americans (Dawson’s Creek)

Personally I think Boston Legal should have been #1 on it’s list. And Joey wasn’t a half bad show. It just had the regrettable but unavoidable to one if not THE Best sitcom ever.
Edit “It just had the regrettable but unavoidable misfortune to be constantly compared to Friends, the best sitcom ever.