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Get ready to dive into TV universes that just won't quit expanding! From gritty ranch dramas to iconic courtroom battles, these shows have launched spinoff after spinoff, creating sprawling franchises that can be as hard to follow as they are addictive. Whether it's superheroes, courtroom drama, or drag royalty, these series have spun out stories in every direction imaginable.
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00:00What an interesting position to be in. I tip my Crippler to you, sir. Do-da, do-da!
00:03Welcome to Miss Mojo, and today we're looking at the shows with so many spinoffs,
00:08you'll need a chart just to keep track of them all.
00:11Now, sashay away.
00:15Number 10. Yellowstone
00:18Set around the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch, the Dutton family fights to protect their land
00:23while dealing with their own issues.
00:25You know, in a half an hour, this entire room is going to be filled with your staff.
00:30And they're going to eat, and they're going to discuss the issues of the day.
00:35And then they will scheme and barter and bargain to decide which issues deserve your attention.
00:40Initially a self-contained neo-Western,
00:43the series is now a full-blown family drama across multiple generations.
00:48Fans have followed the Duttons all the way from the Pioneers in 1883
00:52to the Prohibition era in 1923.
00:55And if things go as planned, the entire 20th century and beyond.
00:59We can't wait it out of here.
01:01Why not?
01:03Doesn't matter why, we just can't.
01:05And no doctor can help her.
01:08Nobody can.
01:10Spinoffs like The Madison and Why Marshals
01:12will not only expand the franchise's borders,
01:15but also venture into separate genres.
01:18With more spinoffs like 1944, Dutton Ranch,
01:21and 6,666 in development,
01:24fans need to saddle up for a truly long ride ahead.
01:28I'm not hiding from anything I'm trying to get home.
01:30Oh, that's the truth.
01:31You're trying tickets on us.
01:33All you're going to do out here is die.
01:35You're 30 miles from water.
01:37If you ain't a fugitive, this is the luckiest thing that's ever happened to you.
01:40Number 9, All in the Family
01:42The Norman Lear sitcom universe is massive in scale,
01:46comprising over 20 shows under a single creative umbrella.
01:50The so-called Bunkerverse is at the center of it all,
01:53and All in the Family remains the crown jewel of Lear's legacy.
01:57From now on, like they say in the old song,
02:02there's going to be some changes made,
02:04and please don't sing it for me.
02:06Beginning as a socially charged look at the Bunker household,
02:10the franchise spread farther over the next decade.
02:13Shows like Maude, The Jeffersons, Gloria, Good Times,
02:17Checking In, and 704 Hauser all had their moment to shine.
02:21He says to swim, and keep on swimming.
02:23You ever see anybody swim in ocean rocks?
02:27Huh?
02:28It's a metaphor, Pop.
02:30You ever see anybody swim a damn metaphor, Mr. Who pays your rent?
02:33Meanwhile, All in the Family continued with its own spinoff sequel,
02:37Archie Bunker's Place,
02:39following the titular character's solo adventures.
02:42And if you're brave enough to dive into all of them,
02:44you're looking at a binge watch that spans over 850 episodes.
02:49It's part of life.
02:50Stephanie needs to talk about this.
02:52If she doesn't, it could have serious consequences.
02:55I know my job, and I'm doing it.
02:57You just do your job.
03:00Case closed.
03:02Number 8. NCIS
03:04A TV staple for over two decades,
03:07it's easy to forget that NCIS actually began as a spinoff to JAG,
03:12which ran for 10 seasons.
03:14However, NCIS has far outgrown its origins,
03:17becoming a juggernaut that has eclipsed the standard set by the CSI franchise.
03:22The success of NCIS Los Angeles, which lasted an impressive 14 seasons,
03:36kickstarted several similar location-based spinoffs.
03:40From NCIS New Orleans, Hawaii, and Sydney,
03:43the series has turned into a globetrotting phenomenon.
03:46It has also expanded to character-based stories with NCIS Origins,
03:50focusing on a younger Gibbs,
03:52while NCIS, Tony, and Ziva reunites the hugely popular couple.
03:57With more than 1,000 episodes and counting,
03:59this is one procedural empire that shows no signs of slowing down.
04:03So you're on my squad, then?
04:05Nope.
04:07You're on mine.
04:08Just watch your step, Marine.
04:10Scene's already been contaminated enough.
04:12Number 7. Saved by the Bell
04:14Well, not the first of its kind.
04:16Saved by the Bell became the blueprints for every school-based sitcom.
04:20Hey, let's pants them.
04:22You better start running now, punk, or there's gonna be a full moon.
04:26Yeah, don't show your face around here again!
04:29Hold me back, Slater! Hold me back!
04:31No one hurts my woman!
04:32Although the original ended after four seasons,
04:35it quickly spawned a wave of spin-offs.
04:38Not all of them tasted big success.
04:40The college years only lasted a single season.
04:43You're living...
04:43Right here!
04:44Right here...
04:44I'm gonna be in your suite. I'll be Leslie's roommate.
04:47You are?
04:48Well, there's 30,000 other students here.
04:50How could that have happened?
04:51Don't thank me, Zach!
04:52Still, the franchise refused to slow down,
04:56giving us two spin-off films,
04:57Hawaiian Style and Wedding in Las Vegas.
05:00Ultimately, the new class became the franchise's most successful entry yet,
05:05lasting longer than even the original did.
05:08Well, it's the first day of school and I'm the new kid.
05:10The quickest way to make my rep is go out with the hottest babe in school.
05:13Here are two excellent candidates.
05:19Decades later, Peacock revived the series for a new generation.
05:24However, it failed to make the grade, ending after just two seasons.
05:28And it seems like class might be dismissed for good this time.
05:31I heard in middle school, instead of holding you back,
05:33they made up a new grade, just for you.
05:36What?
05:37No, they didn't.
05:38It was just a normal 8th grade and it rocked.
05:41You really can't see how much they lower the bar for you?
05:446. The Walking Dead
05:45Once considered the must-see show on TV,
05:49many are surprised that The Walking Dead universe is still active.
05:53Even past its peak,
05:54the built-in audience made the prospect of spin-offs
05:57too tempting for showrunners to resist.
06:00You, you, in the ponytail, is this what you want?
06:03Is this what any of you want?
06:05What we want is what you got.
06:09Period.
06:11Unfortunately, that meant fans haven't gotten the closure they were looking for,
06:15as both the flagship series and Fear the Walking Dead
06:18ended without definitive endings.
06:20Meanwhile, World Beyond and Tales of the Walking Dead
06:24mainly catered to die-hard members of the fanbase.
06:26Daddy says it's safer with people.
06:32You have to learn to survive without people.
06:36People hurt each other.
06:38They let each other down.
06:39People are chaos, Lydia.
06:41No, they're not.
06:42You are.
06:43While the ones who live finally reunited Rick and Michonne
06:46for a heartwarming payoff,
06:48shows like Dead City and Daryl Dixon
06:50have splintered the experience into separate paths.
06:53And with more tales from the Walking Dead universe in development,
06:56this franchise might just keep walking forever.
07:02Number 5.
07:03Happy Days
07:04Happy Days has long cemented itself as a classic,
07:08a spinoff so successful that fans forgot about the original.
07:12And I guess when you reach a milestone like this,
07:14you have to reflect back on what you've done and what you've accomplished.
07:19Initially spun out of Love American style,
07:22the series took a life of its own
07:24thanks to its mix of wild and wacky characters.
07:27By the mid-70s,
07:28Richie and the Fonz held down the flagship series,
07:31while other breakout characters were launched into their own shows
07:34like Laverne and Shirley,
07:36Blansky's Beauties,
07:37Joanie Loves Chachi,
07:38Out of the Blue,
07:39and Mork and Mindy.
07:40I am Mork from Ork.
07:42Na-nu-na-nu.
07:45Ork?
07:46Yes.
07:46You see, Ork is a planet.
07:48You follow the Big Dipper till it comes to a dead end,
07:50then you're hanging up.
07:52I'm up.
07:53Up.
07:54Down.
07:54Hard to tell out in hyperspace.
07:56But was it a lot to take?
07:57At a certain point,
07:59yes.
07:59In fact,
08:00the infamous phrase,
08:01Jumping the Shark,
08:02was born out of the Happy Days franchise,
08:04after creative absurdity
08:06had finally reached maximum capacity.
08:254. Arrow
08:27Intended as a grounded,
08:29standalone story spotlining Green Arrow,
08:31fan interest escalated so high
08:34that it became an entire universe.
08:37Something went wrong.
08:39I do not think this is the dawn of time.
08:42No, it is.
08:44It just isn't the dawn of time of our universe.
08:46Oliver Queen's adventures
08:47were soon intertwined with other heroes,
08:50leading to spinoffs like The Flash,
08:52Supergirl, Legends of Tomorrow,
08:54Black Lightning,
08:55and Batwoman,
08:56with Arrow as its emotional core.
08:58We saw, but what is it?
09:00It's the new universe.
09:03It's kind of small for a universe.
09:06Wait for it, Barry.
09:07By the end of the decade,
09:09the CW launched an entire crossover
09:11known as the Crisis on Infinite Earth Saga,
09:14uniting nearly every hero involved.
09:17If that wasn't enough,
09:18the Arrowverse also had web series
09:20like Vixen and Freedom Fighters
09:22to round things out.
09:23The design wasn't built to last, though.
09:26Arrow's finale marked the beginning
09:27of the franchise's decline,
09:29and eventually, each spinoff
09:31also reached its natural
09:32or untimely conclusion.
09:34The wave of antimatter
09:35sweeping across this universe,
09:37destroying everything in its path.
09:39Number 3, Star Trek.
09:41If we're talking sheer longevity,
09:43then it's hard to look past
09:44the Star Trek franchise.
09:46Repeat, Enterprise to Starbase.
09:50Orders received.
09:51We need operating confirmation
09:52from the ship's captain.
09:56Come in, Starbase.
09:58Come in, Captain Kirk.
09:59Nearly six decades after its premiere,
10:02it continues to boldly go
10:03where no show has gone before.
10:05Today, fans can spend
10:07countless hours diving
10:08into all kinds of spinoffs,
10:10from the animated series
10:12and the next generation
10:13to Deep Space Nine,
10:15Voyager, and Enterprise.
10:17They say they've annexed this planet
10:19in the name of something called
10:20the Romulan Star Empire.
10:24Romulan.
10:26It's pronounced Romulan.
10:28The series has also evolved
10:29into the streaming era
10:31with spinoffs like Discovery,
10:33Picard, Lower Decks,
10:34Prodigy, Strange New Worlds,
10:36and Starfleet Academy.
10:38And let's not forget
10:39over a dozen films
10:40on the big screen.
10:41So to finish it all the way through,
10:43it looks like you really do
10:44have to live long and prosper.
10:46Live long and prosper.
10:50Number two, Law and Order.
10:52At the time of its debut,
10:54no one could have guessed
10:55there was so much law to enforce
10:57or order to restore.
10:58You bet your life.
11:00Come on, Max.
11:01You ain't exactly a fan
11:02of the profession.
11:03I just want them held
11:04to the same standards
11:05that cops are when somebody gets shot
11:06or pilots when there's a crash.
11:08Yeah.
11:08The flagship series lasted
11:10a remarkable 20 years
11:11in its original run,
11:13a stretch later overtaken
11:14by its spinoff, SVU,
11:16which became the franchise's
11:18most iconic entry.
11:19Various other offshoots
11:21have seen their own forms
11:22of success,
11:23including organized crime,
11:24criminal intent,
11:26trial by jury,
11:27L.A.
11:27and true crime
11:28with hate crimes,
11:29and for the defense
11:30and development.
11:31Pull up the Mercerville footage,
11:33start at 0200 hours
11:35and go backwards.
11:36Slootmockers,
11:36get me everything you got
11:37on Nitro Nibbles.
11:38Uh-oh.
11:39I think my man here
11:40is jonesing for an ice cream.
11:42Altogether,
11:43the series has racked up
11:44a staggering 1400-plus episodes
11:46across 70 seasons.
11:48Over three decades
11:49after it first premiered,
11:51this franchise just keeps
11:52lawyering and ordering
11:54with no plans
11:55to rest its case.
11:57If you convict him now
11:59of first-degree murder,
12:00it will be
12:01his father's last act of terror
12:04with you as his accomplice.
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12:221. RuPaul's Drag Race
12:27Ever since opening
12:28its doors in 2009,
12:30RuPaul's TV empire
12:32has grown beyond
12:33anyone's imagination.
12:35You've got to be
12:36squirrelier than a squid,
12:38more femme than a masked singer,
12:40and serve more catfish
12:41than the circle.
12:43You think you got what it takes
12:44to be the best of the beast?
12:46Yes, ma'am.
12:47Well, I'll be the judge of that.
12:49Spin-offs include Drag U,
12:51All-Stars, UK,
12:53Secret Celebrity,
12:54Down Under,
12:55UK vs. The World,
12:56and Global All-Stars.
12:58But if you thought
12:59hearing that was an earful,
13:00that's actually just
13:01the tip of the iceberg.
13:03The franchise has gone
13:04far and wide
13:05to the corners of the globe,
13:07with local versions
13:08in countries like Belgium,
13:09Brazil, Canada,
13:11Italy, Spain,
13:11and many more.
13:13And those are just
13:13direct spin-offs.
13:19If we cast the net wider,
13:20we land on companion series
13:22like Untucked,
13:23Hollisly Spectacular,
13:25Live Untucked,
13:26and Vegas Review.
13:28Considering how massive
13:29the drag race brand
13:30has become,
13:31one thing's for sure,
13:32RuPaul truly is
13:33the undisputed
13:34queen of drag.
13:36A drag queen!
13:38I am the queen of drag!
13:42Can you think of any other shows
13:43with more spin-offs
13:44than you can count?
13:45Let us know in the comments!
13:46We'll see you next time!
13:47We'll see you next time!