# What shows made it to (at least) six seasons and a movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 21, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061 "2015-09-21T03:08:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/21 "2015-09-21T11:30:41Z")
Surprised nobody has mentioned _Trailer Park Boys_. ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/22 "2015-09-21T11:33:47Z")
Or British shows which meets the OP. British Sitcom **Man About The House** (1973) ran for 6 seasons (series in the UK) and then had a spin off film realised theatrically in the UK. The film made by Hammer better known for their horror films. There were also two spin off Sitcoms: **George and Mildred** (1976) which ran for five seasons and had a spin off film. There would have been a sixth season but the female star - Yootha Joyce - died. The other spin off was **Robin’s Nest** (1977) which ran for six seasons but that one failed to get a film. Still with British shows and comedy **On The Buses** (remade in America as **Lotsa Luck** ) made seven seasons from 1969 and had three films - made by Hammer. I believe 1972 sitcom **Are You Being Served?** is known in America. That made ten seasons and had a spin off film. Plus a 1992 spin off sitcom **Grace and Favour** lasted two seasons. Sitcom **Steptoe and Son** (remade in the UK as **Sanford and Son** ) reached eight seasons and two films. British cop show **The Sweeney** (1975) doesn’t count because they only made four seasons but they were fine television and they did manage two films and much later, 2012, there was a remake film featuring Ray Winstone who was not a star in the original TV show although he did appear as a minor villain. Popular WW2 sitcom **Dad’s Army** originally ran for nine seasons from 1968 and had a film during that time. However a remake film is now in production and starring Bill Nighy and Catherine Zeta Jones a theatrical release seems likely for 2016. TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/23 "2015-09-21T11:43:54Z")
Honorable mention to THE LONE RANGER: Clayton Moore played the masked man on the big screen in THE LONE RANGER AND THE LOST CITY OF GOLD after the show ran for _hundreds_ of episodes from 1949 to 1957 – which only count as five seasons. ---
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**Reno 911!** made (exactly) six seasons and a movie. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/25 "2015-09-21T13:05:03Z")
> [@Omega\_Glory](#): > > If cartoons count, there’s The Simpsons and South Park. And **Beavis & Butthead** ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/26 "2015-09-21T13:07:36Z")
Another British series, although maybe not quite a fit: _The Avengers_, six series (with cast changes), and a US-produced theatrical film with Ralph Fiennes and Uma Thurman. ---
**Author:** ![TCMF-2L](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tcmf-2l/32/16553_2.png) [@TCMF-2L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TCMF-2L)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/27 "2015-09-21T14:33:04Z")
Another variation in the OP. The mainstay of British cinema from the late 1950s into the Late 1970s (then a final, feebler than most entry in the 1990s) were the 31 **Carry On** films. As their cinematic pulling power waned the producers tried switching to the small screen and made two series of **Carry On Laughing** TV shows in the late 1970s. TCMF-2L ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/28 "2015-09-21T14:45:11Z")
**The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp** , with Hugh O’Brien, went six seasons from 1955 to 1961. The most notable film was _Tombstone_ in 1993, followed by _Wyatt Earp_ the following year. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/29 "2015-09-21T14:52:51Z")
I’m not sure that counts, as I think those movies are based on the life of Wyatt Earp and not necessarily based on the series. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/30 "2015-09-21T15:03:13Z")
Hmm. **McHale’s Navy** only had 4 seasons, but it had _two_\ movies with the original cast, plus one in 1997 with Tom Arnold. Doesn’t quite make it But **The Beverly Hillbillies** ran nine seasons, and had one theatrical film (without the original cast), along with a few TV movies (with them). **Dragnet** ran for 8 seasons initially,three later, and one later still. There was a theatrical film with the original cast b(and in COLOR!) in 1954, along with a later TV movie/pilot and the Dan Ackroyd/Tom Hanks comedy (which had Morgan from the csecond series). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/31 "2015-09-21T15:16:18Z")
**Man from U.N.C.L.E.** only had four seasons, but it spawned two little-known movies with the original casts (in fact, they were “expanded” episodes of the TV series, with added subplots, sex, and violence). Six others were released overseas. And that’s in addition to the current non-OC movie. Part of the reason for the theatrical release, interestingly, is that they were in COLOR, when most people still only had black and white TVs. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/32 "2015-09-21T16:28:48Z")
**The Powerpuff Girls** - 6 seasons, 1 movie, revival series on the way **Aqua Teen Hunger Forice** - 11 seasons, 1 movie (and associated ridiculous bomb scare in Boston) **Adventure Time** - 6 seasons so far, renewed for 2 more, movie announced for 2016. ---
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> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’m not sure that counts, as I think those movies are based on the life of Wyatt Earp and not necessarily based on the series. Okay, I quit. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/34 "2015-09-21T17:18:54Z")
I realize that TV movies “don’t count”, but it should be pointed out that **Gunsmoke** had a 20 year run on TV (and a 9 year run on radio), and there were three TV movies from 1987-1994 (the TV series ended in 1975), using at least some of the original cast. There never was a non-TV film. Nor one of **Bonanza** , which also had a long run (although it spawned a series of later TV movies, too). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/35 "2015-09-21T17:23:22Z")
If we’re counting cartoon series (as suggested above), then **The Flintstones** qualifies. It ran six seasons of TV (not counting sequels, spinoffs and specials), and lead to the theatrical movie **The Man Called Flintstone** in 1966. (And, of course, the much later non-cartoon, non-OC movies later) ---
**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/36 "2015-09-21T17:28:50Z")
_The Flintstones_ - six seasons plus an animated film (_The Man Called Flintstone_) released in theaters (in addition to the live-action versions years later). _Rugrats_ - nine seasons and three movies Also, depending on what you consider a “season”, _Recess_ had six seasons and a movie (_Recess: School’s Out_), along with a spinoff/sequel series. The problem is, the show’s last two seasons had nine and five episodes, respectively; when what were supposed to be the last three episodes became the movie instead, three new episodes were made for overseas sales, and ABC aired one or two per year so it could claim, “We have new episodes this year!” Similar “creative counting” could be used for _Hey Arnold!_, which had five full seasons, a movie, and two specials that aired after the movie. Note that, outside of the USA, both are usually counted as five 20-episode seasons. ---
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> [@CalMeacham](#): > > **Dragnet** ran for 8 seasons initially,three later, and one later still. There was a theatrical film with the original cast b(and in COLOR!) in 1954, along with a later TV movie/pilot and the Dan Ackroyd/Tom Hanks comedy (which had Morgan from the csecond series). Mentioned in [post #16](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18703060&postcount=16). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/38 "2015-09-21T18:09:35Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Mentioned in [post #16](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18703060&postcount=16). Sorry – didn’t notice that until afterwards. But it’s one of the things that occurred to me as soon as I saw the thread title. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2015, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061/39 "2015-09-21T18:44:28Z")
Several series just fell short of the mark: _The A-Team_, _Charlie’s Angels_, _Maverick_, and _21 Jump Street_ only made it to five seasons and a movie. _Starsky & Hutch_ and _The Wild Wild West_ only made it to four seasons and a movie. ---
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_Dark Shadows_ reached six seasons and a movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-shows-made-it-to-at-least-six-seasons-and-a-movie/732061.md?page=3)