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*** Maude had a housekeeper named Florida, who became the lead of the equally successful ''Series/GoodTimes''. However, it's spin-off status is hazy since much of the backstory we're given would have made it impossible for Florida to have been Maude's maid due to living in Chicago.

* ''Series/{{Knuckles}}'' spun off from the ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' [[Franchise/SonicTheHedehogFilmSeries film series]] with Creator/IdrisElba reprising his role as Knuckles the Echidna from ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog22022''.

* The Creator/DCComics CrisisCrossover ''Bloodlines'' had several series spun off that focused on the heroes who gained powers after surviving their encounters with the alien parasites, the longest-lasting and most well-known being ''ComicBook/Hitman1993'', with protagonist Tommy Monaghan debuting in the second Annual issue of ''The Demon'' and resurfacing in a couple of arcs in the main comic before he got his own comic that ran for 61 issues.

* WebVideo/TheDebbieAndCarrieShow had several such spinoffs, including "The Hudson Phamily Show" (which lasted one season and featured a rock band of family members in Los Angeles), "Debbie and Carrie: the Next Generation" (set about 40 years after the first one started, lasting three seasons and featuring most of the same characters as the original series), "The Cultbusters" (a spinoff of Debbie and Carrie, the Next Generation and featuring a group in Chicago) and "Grolok and Pelabong" (set 100,000 years ago and featuring a family of cavedwellers that first appeared in Debbie and Carrie: the Next Generation).

* ''Radio/FibberMcGeeAndMolly'' helped pioneer this in American broadcasting, with''Radio/TheGreatGildersleeve'' (centered on the [=McGees'=] blowhard neighbor after he moved away) and ''Beulah'' (the [=McGees'=] maid goes to work for a new family) . ''Beulah'' was the first radio show to star an African-American performer, and successfully moved to television.

* ''Radio/FibberMcGeeAndMolly'' helped pioneer this in American broadcasting, with''Series/TheGreatGildersleeve'' (centered on the [=McGees'=] blowhard neighbor after he moved away) and ''Beulah'' (the [=McGees'=] maid goes to work for a new family) . ''Beulah'' was the first radio show to star an African-American performer, and successfully moved to television.

%%* ''Series/GeneralHospital'' → ''Series/PortCharles''

%% * ''Radio/FibberMcGeeAndMolly'' has ''The Great Gildersleeve'' & ''Beulah''. Beulah was the first radio show to eventually star an African-American performer, and successfully moved to television.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** ''Series/DoctorWho'' → ''Series/K9AndCompany'', ''Series/{{Torchwood}}'', ''Series/TheSarahJaneAdventures'', ''Series/{{K9}}'', and ''Series/{{Class|2016}}'' are all part of the Franchise/{{Whoniverse}} which revolves around the Doctor, but do not usually feature him. However, the only thing linking ''K9'' to the Whoniverse is the presence of the eponymous robot dog. ''K9'' was not produced by the BBC, so it cannot directly reference ''Doctor Who'' and vice versa.

** ''Gruen Sweat'', focusing on advertising for the 2012 London Olympics. Preceding the fifth series (i.e. the second series of ''Gruen Planet'').

* ''Gruen Nation'', focusing on political advertising in elections. First ran for four episodes during the 2010 federal election, as an interlude in the third series of ''The Gruen Transfer''. Came back for four more episodes during the 2013 federal election, and then for two episodes during the 2022 federal election.
* ''Gruen Planet'', with a broader focus on public relations and spin. Began one week after the fourth series of ''The Gruen Transfer'' ended; became the main format of the show, running for three series altogether.
* ''Gruen Sweat'', focusing on advertising for the 2012 London Olympics. Preceding the fifth series (i.e. the second series of ''Gruen Planet'').
* ''Gruen'', beginning with the seventh series in 2015, is the latest incarnation of the show: its focus is somewhere between ''The Gruen Transfer'' and ''Gruen Planet''.

* ''Series/TheGruenTransfer'', an advertisement mocking/dissection satirical panel show spun off ''Gruen Nation'' an elections advertising, spin, branding and image control satirical panel show. That spawned ''Gruen Planet'' a global advertising, spin, branding and image control satirical panel show which finally gave birth to ''Gruen Sweat'' an Olympics advertising, spin, branding and image control satirical panel show.

* ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' starts a completely new plotline which goes completely unmentioned and contains only three characters from the first three.