# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 115
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2281 "2023-07-08T05:06:42Z")
**TV spinoffs doomed to fail** 1. That’s My Gul - from ST:DS9 2. Klink’s Kinks - from Hogan’s Heroes 3. The Many Loves of Niles Crane - from Frasier 4. Latka Loves Simka – from Taxi 5. How I Met Your Mother’s Cousin 6. Friends Without Benefits ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2282 "2023-07-08T06:41:10Z")
> [@](#): > > **TV spinoffs doomed to fail** 1. That’s My Gul - from ST:DS9 2. Klink’s Kinks - from Hogan’s Heroes 3. The Many Loves of Niles Crane - from Frasier 4. Latka Loves Simka – from Taxi 5. How I Met Your Mother’s Cousin 6. Friends Without Benefits 7. Young Bawwy ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2283 "2023-07-08T07:03:46Z")
**TV spinoffs doomed to fail** 1. That’s My Gul - from ST:DS9 2. Klink’s Kinks - from Hogan’s Heroes 3. The Many Loves of Niles Crane - from Frasier 4. Latka Loves Simka – from Taxi 5. How I Met Your Mother’s Cousin 6. Friends Without Benefits 7. Young Bawwy 8. The Cousin Oliver Show ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2284 "2023-07-08T09:40:02Z")
**TV spinoffs doomed to fail** 1. That’s My Gul - from ST:DS9 2. Klink’s Kinks - from Hogan’s Heroes 3. The Many Loves of Niles Crane - from Frasier 4. Latka Loves Simka – from Taxi 5. How I Met Your Mother’s Cousin 6. Friends Without Benefits 7. Young Bawwy 8. The Cousin Oliver Show 9. Fonzie’s Shark Jumping Academy ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2285 "2023-07-08T17:56:43Z")
**TV spinoffs doomed to fail** 1. That’s My Gul - from ST:DS9 2. Klink’s Kinks - from Hogan’s Heroes 3. The Many Loves of Niles Crane - from Frasier 4. Latka Loves Simka – from Taxi 5. How I Met Your Mother’s Cousin 6. Friends Without Benefits 7. Young Bawwy 8. The Cousin Oliver Show 9. Fonzie’s Shark Jumping Academy 10. Paulo and Nikki’s Adventures on Lost Island ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2286 "2023-07-08T18:01:11Z")
**Spin-offs you actually wouldn’t mind seeing** 1. Max Bergman, M.E. Masi Oka played the Medical Examiner on the 2010s version of _Hawaii Five-O_, a likeable and interesting character who never got enough screen time. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2287 "2023-07-08T20:52:50Z")
**Spin-offs you actually wouldn’t mind seeing** 1. Max Bergman, M.E. 2. Arya Conquers the World ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2288 "2023-07-09T00:20:19Z")
**Spin-offs you actually wouldn’t mind seeing** 1. Max Bergman, M.E. 2. Arya Conquers the World 3. The Ladies of the Ensemble **MASH** as seen from the nursing staff’s viewpoint. _(Title comes from a line in “Dear Dad” – season 1, episode 12 – in which Hawkeye used that term to refer to the nursing staff in general in a letter to his father)_ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2289 "2023-07-09T00:56:09Z")
**Spin-offs you actually wouldn’t mind seeing** 1. Max Bergman, M.E. 2. Arya Conquers the World 3. The Ladies of the Ensemble 4. Assignment: Earth Gary Seven getting assignments from a mysterious alien overseer in an attempt to prevent disasters on Earth sounds like an interesting premise. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2290 "2023-07-09T01:01:42Z")
**Spin-offs you actually wouldn’t mind seeing** 1. Max Bergman, M.E. 2. Arya Conquers the World 3. The Ladies of the Ensemble 4. Assignment: Earth 5. It’s Usually Cloudy in the Coffee Shop The adventures of The Waitress in _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2291 "2023-07-09T02:06:11Z")
**Spin-offs you actually wouldn’t mind seeing** 1. Max Bergman, M.E. 2. Arya Conquers the World 3. The Ladies of the Ensemble 4. Assignment: Earth 5. It’s Usually Cloudy in the Coffee Shop 6. Beets Motel Dwight and Mose run a full-time beet farm and a struggling B&B with hilarious adventures. In the pilot, Angela returns to drop off 12-yr old Phillip with his father; Mose plots to remove Phillip from the picture; Brian Baumgartner guest stars as Kevin Malone. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2292 "2023-07-09T02:38:02Z")
**Spin-offs you actually wouldn’t mind seeing** 1. Max Bergman, M.E. 2. Arya Conquers the World 3. The Ladies of the Ensemble 4. Assignment: Earth 5. It’s Usually Cloudy in the Coffee Shop 6. Beets Motel 7. Niles Loves Daphne ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2293 "2023-07-09T03:09:11Z")
**Spin-offs you actually wouldn’t mind seeing** 1. Max Bergman, M.E. 2. Arya Conquers the World 3. The Ladies of the Ensemble 4. Assignment: Earth 5. It’s Usually Cloudy in the Coffee Shop 6. Beets Motel 7. Niles Loves Daphne 8. Jane A Firefly spinoff ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2023, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2294 "2023-07-09T03:14:36Z")
Good one; I’d title it _A Man Called Jane,_ though. **Spin-offs you actually wouldn’t mind seeing** 1. Max Bergman, M.E. 2. Arya Conquers the World 3. The Ladies of the Ensemble 4. Assignment: Earth 5. It’s Usually Cloudy in the Coffee Shop 6. Beets Motel 7. Niles Loves Daphne 8. Jane 9. Logan Roy: The Early Years ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2295 "2023-07-11T01:20:26Z")
**Spin-offs you actually wouldn’t mind seeing** 1. Max Bergman, M.E. 2. Arya Conquers the World 3. The Ladies of the Ensemble 4. Assignment: Earth 5. It’s Usually Cloudy in the Coffee Shop 6. Beets Motel 7. Niles Loves Daphne 8. Jane 9. Logan Roy: The Early Years 10. Everybody Loves Creed Bratton **The happiest TV characters** 1. Happy - Happy! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2296 "2023-07-11T05:25:58Z")
**The happiest TV characters** 1. Happy - Happy! 2. Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer) - 30 Rock ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2297 "2023-07-11T12:11:37Z")
**The happiest TV characters** 1. Happy - Happy! 2. Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer) - 30 Rock 3. Mork - Mork & Mindy maybe exuberant or manic would be better descriptors ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2298 "2023-07-11T12:15:04Z")
**The happiest TV characters** 1. Happy - Happy! 2. Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer) - 30 Rock 3. Mork - Mork & Mindy 4. Sue Ann Nivens “The Happy Homemaker” - The Mary Tyler Moore Show Betty White player her to a T! Although she was really only happy on the surface. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2023, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2299 "2023-07-11T13:34:23Z")
**The happiest TV characters** 1. Happy - Happy! 2. Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer) - 30 Rock 3. Mork - Mork & Mindy 4. Sue Ann Nivens “The Happy Homemaker” - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. Michael Kelso - That 70s Show ---
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**The happiest TV characters** 1. Happy - Happy! 2. Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer) - 30 Rock 3. Mork - Mork & Mindy 4. Sue Ann Nivens “The Happy Homemaker” - The Mary Tyler Moore Show 5. Michael Kelso - That 70s Show 6. Kimmy Schmidt - The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=114) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=116)