# Which TV show had the best subsequent movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, movies\ **Created:** [February 16, 2022, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614 "2022-02-16T18:01:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/41 "2022-02-16T23:45:18Z")
KXLI, not KLXI. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/42 "2022-02-17T00:06:03Z")
_I’ll Fly Away_ had a TV movie that tied up loose ends. Same for _Homicide: Life on the Street._ Both movies brought back their original casts. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/43 "2022-02-17T01:53:34Z")
> [@digs](#): > > And you can’t beat a drunk Zephram Cochrane! I don’t know, there were quite a few times I wanted to beat him. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/44 "2022-02-17T02:01:21Z")
I didn’t think Veronica Mars was all that great\*, but it was good to see the old gang back together again. (\*people liked it enough to give it a 6.8 rating on IMDB) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/45 "2022-02-17T02:03:05Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Interested in explaining? They dumbed the whole thing down, flandersized the characters, and turned it into _Generic Action Movie With Generic Kick-Ass Chick #5783_. And they killed Book and Wash. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/46 "2022-02-17T02:05:23Z")
(Also, I haven’t given my pick for the best TV-to-movie transition because I can’t think of one that I think much of.) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/47 "2022-02-17T02:07:35Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > …flandersized the characters… Really? They all seemed significantly darker to me, Mal in particular. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/48 "2022-02-17T02:08:43Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Not an answer that will mean much to most Americans, but the British TV show The In-Betweeners had two movie sequels, both with the original cast. Commercial for the movies: “Did you love _The Inbetweeners_, but really wish you could see the cast-members members? Well, good news!” ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/49 "2022-02-17T02:08:45Z")
**Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa** ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/50 "2022-02-17T02:12:58Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Really? They all seemed significantly darker to me, Mal in particular. I thought that. Then I saw this: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nPMfEPPSfhQ/maxresdefault.jpg "Serenity Bloopers & Gag Reel (2005)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPMfEPPSfhQ&t=281) ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/51 "2022-02-17T05:29:58Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > The _South Park_ movie came out after the show’s second season. It’s still on the air, in its 25th season. Good point. But a number of other movies mentioned above (like The Muppet Movie and The Simpsons Movie) also premiered while the show was still on. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/52 "2022-02-17T06:17:22Z")
_Leave it to Beaver: The Rise of Larry Mundello_. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/53 "2022-02-17T06:36:02Z")
The _Brady Bunch Movie_ ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/54 "2022-02-17T14:17:56Z")
I was waiting for this! ;). No votes yet for _Rescue from Gilligan’s Island_? ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/55 "2022-02-17T14:25:06Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > _Leave it to Beaver: The Rise of Larry Mundello_ . I’d forgotten about it, but _Still the Beaver_ was a great movie. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/56 "2022-02-17T16:22:29Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > No votes yet for _Rescue from Gilligan’s Island_ ? Pitch to the network for a sequel. “I know _Rescue_ was a disappointment but hear me out. What if we throw in the Harlem Globetrotters and maybe some robots? Bob really needs the paycheck.” ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/57 "2022-02-17T20:18:43Z")
Yes! I rewatched Alpha Papa just the other day. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/58 "2022-02-18T20:16:43Z")
Python’s life of Brian. George Harrison funded a lot of it because he liked the script. Pretty much everyone else did not want to fund it because they said it made fun of Jesus/Christians. . ---
**Author:** ![eburacum45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum45/32/8690_2.png) [@eburacum45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum45)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614/59 "2022-02-18T21:05:21Z")
Life of Brian and The Holy Grail were both very good Python movies, although they did not repeat the sketch show format of the TV series. Note that the TV series sometimes had a single narrative lasting for the whole program, notably in the ‘Cycling Tour of North Cornwall’ episode. A highly satisfactory movie from the Hammer House of Horror stable was a remake of the 1958 Quatermass and The Pit TV series. This was known as Five Million Years to Earth (1967) in the US. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-tv-show-had-the-best-subsequent-movie/959614.md?page=2)