I liked most of the shows on this list, but for me, it would have to "Facts of Life", hands down!

Here's a bit of usesless trivia: Long before Frasier, there was another Cheers spinoff that lasted only a handful of episodes in 1987 - it was called The Tortellis and centered around Carla's ex and his young wife (played by Mrs Casey Kasem) living in Vegas; I actually remember watching the show and thought it was pretty good.

I went with Facts of Life. But what was Empty Nest a spin off of? ???

I went with Facts of Life. But what was Empty Nest a spin off of? ???


The Golden Girls - Dr Harry Weston and his daughters on Empty Nest were their neighbors

The Golden Girls - Dr Harry Weston and his daughters on Empty Nest were their neighbors
Oh, ok. Thanks. I never knew that.  :)

facts of life was a spin off of what show?

facts of life was a spin off of what show?


Different Strokes - Mrs Garrett started out as the housekeeper on that show before she worked at Eastland first as the housemother and then the school dietician.

Laverne & Shirley  :)

I picked The Jeffersons. I also pick "Maude" and "Good Times", which weren't on your list.

The Jeffersons.




Cat

What was Jeffersons a spinoff from?  And how about Knots Landing?

What was Jeffersons a spinoff from?


All in the Family - they used to live next door to the Bunkers before they were movin on up!

Heres an interesting link I found.

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Spinoff_(television)

Another good show that I just thought of is Benson, which was a spin-off of Soap.

The Facts of Life. But, the Jeffersons was a spinoff of the late seventies.

Tanya

Laverne and Shirley with Facts Of Life running a close second.

I'm surprised you don't have "Family Matters" on here. It started in '88 or '89 as a spinoff of "Perfect Strangers" Harriet Winslow was the Chronicle building's elevator operator and Carl occasionally gave Larry exclusive crime stories, but then they got thier own series away from downtown Chicago. Maybe Steve Urkel has a time machine we could use to go back and explain why the third Winslow child disappeared(Little Richie was cooler, anyway)! Any thoughts?

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Doc

I loved all of those shows. Knots Landing was actually created before Dallas, however, Dallas was aired first. So is Knots landing really a spinoff? :-\\

I voted for Empty Nest.  To this day, I still love that show :)


other notable shows that were excluded from the poll:

Family Matters (More of a 90's show, but it did premier in 1989)
Family Feud
What's Happening Now
Degrassi Junior High / Degrassi High

the jeffersons because i loved the way george and florence went at each other....was that the maids name??

the jeffersons because i loved the way george and florence went at each other....was that the maids name??


The maid was Florence, yes :)

"You take the good, you take the bad, you take them all and there you have the FACTS OF LIFE"!!!

Jeffersons is a little too 70's to have gotten my vote.

Just the Ten of Us
Facts of Life 
Joanie Loves Chachi

The Jeffersons

The Jeffersons.
Maude
Good Times


Those two arent listed but worth mentioning :)