Television

This is the first I'm hearing about this, and I'm terminally online, and am a fan of The Boys.

I guess the downside of sailing the seven seas is missing out on all the ~~predatory targeted advertising~~ bespoke entertainment recommendations

and walking dead has about a million spinoffs. not sure if they're any good but they must be successful to some degree since they keep on going and going.

IIRC it was originally planned as a spinoff and Rashida Jones’s character had originally been considered to be Karen Filippelli, moved to Indiana. Of course I think it’s much better that they didn’t go with that idea and gave her a new character.

Parks and Rec had the same production team as The Office and the concept came from NBC asking them to produce an Office spinoff.

You’re right, it’s not a true spinoff. However it was the first shot at an Office spinoff.

Yeah I realize what I am considering a “show” is a much more narrow definition that really only exists in my own head lol. YA shows are another genre that lend themselves to spinoffs that forgot about.

I guess what I’m thinking of is critically acclaimed shows that are considered to be good by the majority of the public at the time. But that’s a narrow enough definition that it’s essentially meaningless so I concede the point.

Isn't all of Star Trek endless spinoffs?

I was more thinking of shows that are universally considered “good” or at least critically acclaimed. I know a lot of people like BBT (and many hate it deeply) but it doesn’t really come up in conversation when people are discussing good shows.

The last episode of Frasier aired 20 years ago as of next Monday.

King of the Hill would also almost count too, but yeah it’s still a stretch considering it started in the 90s.