5 Worst Spin-Offs of All Time

January 26, 2012 9:00 pm     Posted in Celebrity, Entertainment, TMZ RSS  Michelle - College of Idaho g+ page


By Michelle

Spin-offs are bad. When a show that already exists gets a spin-off, you know it’s jumped the shark. They’ve run out of ideas; the writers are tired of thinking up gags featuring the same set of characters. Basically, they want to write the same show, but with different people, maybe a different location. And thus, the spin-off is born. There have been some terrible spin-offs, but none are as bad as the following…

5. Joey featuring Matt LeBlanc. Just before Friends finished up, the series seemed to have reached a point of not being funny anymore. We knew the characters so well. It was a good ending. And then Joey came lumbering at us and the Friends memory was tainted.

4. Anything featuring the Kardashians. Seriously, is there a show on E! that doesn’t feature them?!

3. My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic circa 2011. Let’s leave the My Little Ponies in my childhood, thanks.

2. NCIS: Los Angeles as a boring spin-off of the already boring NCIS. A bad show spun off into a worse show, how is that possible?

1. Dwight Shrute from the Office may be getting his own spin-off. Um. No. Just no.

6 Comments on "5 Worst Spin-Offs of All Time"

  1. Breeze says:
    Thu, 26th Jan 20129:53 pm 

    Obviously the author is entitled to her own opinions, but it doesn't make a lot of sense to me to include NCIS:LA if you already hate NCIS( I personally like NCIS LA better than NCIS, but I don't hate the original either). I just think it would've been stronger to use examples of really bad spin offs that come off of good shows. I'm surprised you didn't pick on CSI( though well past its prime, it was once good and CSI: New York in my opinion has some of the most poorly written dialogue or acting, im not sure who to blame on that one, on television).

  2. Zoe says:
    Thu, 26th Jan 201210:22 pm 

    Take these stupid VIDEO ADS offfffff!

  3. druvirus says:
    Thu, 26th Jan 201211:16 pm 

    Woahwoahwoah. Let's not tackle Friendship is Magic, now .. ;]

  4. I love my Ponies says:
    Fri, 27th Jan 201210:54 am 

    My little pony is just as good now as it was in my childhood. Don't judge me till you watch it. It's sooo happy and cute :3

  5. Lexi says:
    Fri, 27th Jan 20122:06 pm 

    Uh, Friendship is Magic is way better than the original My Little Pony series. Just sayin'.

  6. @_RelleUnique says:
    Fri, 27th Jan 20128:28 pm 

    I was about to say this. I like NCIS LA too. NCIS is good but to a certain extent

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