Exactly, and as someone else pointed out, it was a waste of talent.
Same as Mom. I hate that show. I suppose it is alright for a sitcom, but to waste Allison Janney on it? sad.
The first episode of the US version had large chunks that were taken word-for-word from the British version.
When the series failed the blame was firmly put on the writing. Riiiiiight.
The great Showtime series Episodes shows how this stuff happens.
Sanford, Mama’s Family and Mayberry, RFD all left me pretty cold.
Oh! Getting Together was a really forgettable spinoff of The Partridge Family. What do I win?
British humor does not necessarily translate well where American actors and settings are involved. Anyone who saw Amanda’s by the Sea, a horrible ripoff of Fawlty Towers starring Bea Arthur, knows this.
I suppose you could include continuations. Freddie Prinze Sr died near the end of the third season of “Chico and the Man”. They decided to come back for a 4th season with a 12 year old boy Gabriel Melgar as a replacement.
George Burns in 1958 decided to continue after Gracie Allen retired (mild heart atack, tired of the workload of memorizing illogical dialogue and costume changes). He dropped Gracie’s name from the show and slightly retooled it as he was in an office as a producer, the Mortons worked for him, Harry von Zell and Ronnie Burns appeared. Gracie was referred to but not seen. Didn’t work as a stcom or a sketch/variety show and lasted one year.
The Cleveland Show is a pretty bad spinoff of Family Guy.
It never got a single pilot, but K-9 and Company. For a long time, it was the only spin-off of “Doctor Who”. (BTW, “Torchwood” was pretty bad for most of its run too.)
Now what did I win?
One word: Fish
I did a thread about how much I hated it when it first came out. I warmed a bit to it later on.