In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian shows how Facts of Life decided to try to basically spin Jo off into her own show, only keeping Jo on The Facts of...
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In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian shows how The Facts of Life figured that if a girls school was popular, why not a BOYS school?
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian shows how MacGyver might not have starred Richard Dean Anderson had his Facts of Life spinoff about an interracial couple been picked up
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian shows how Diff'rent Strokes spun off its Mrs. Garrett character for The Facts of Life very quickly.
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Jake and the Fatman, itself a backdoor pilot spinoff of Matlock, then spun off Diagnosis: Murder through a backdoor pilot.
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian explains how Grady briefly moved away from Sanford and Son to go live with his daughter's family
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Matlock spun off "The Fatman" of Jake and the Fatman, without Jake (but Jake was somehow there...sorta)
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Mona from Who's the Boss? was given her own spinoff, but she was back by the next season!
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Magnum, p.i. tried to spin off its hard-boiled detective character, Luther Gillis, but at least Gills kept coming back after it...
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Webster tried to spinoff a show about a country star who lost his young son who decided to open up a...