In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Punky Brewster almost spun off a sitcom about a group of boys at an orphanage.
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In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how The Brady Bunch's 'Kelly's Kids' didn't work out, but led to a similar sitcom over a decade later
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how The Dukes of Hazzard almost spun off a Texas Ranger, Jude Emery, over a decade before Walker, Texas Ranger.
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how The Office almost derailed Dwight's narrative by having a spinoff with him and his family inheriting a beet farm.
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at how Who's the Boss? spun off a show about teen models.
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at an early attempt at a Fish spinoff from Barney Miller that eventually paid off a year or so later.
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at an attempt to flip the Barney Miller show concept completely on its head for a possible new series.
In the latest in a feature spotlighting backdoor pilots, Brian looks at Erin Gray's J. Digger Doyle, who outsmarted Thomas Magnum, but was it enough to get her own series?