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we're looking at the top 10 television
side characters so good they needed
their own spin-off shows number 10
better call Saul
while not formally introduced into the
Breaking Bad world until the second
season Saul Goodman becomes an
indispensable and charismatic character
who helps push the story forward with
his shrewd and sometimes dirty legal
tactics saul goodman's character is
played by bob odenkirk who uses his
comedic background to create a funny
well-rounded character like many of the
show's fans Vince Gilligan the creator
of Breaking Bad loved the character and
pitched the idea of better call Saul the
show is set six years before Saul is
introduced to Walter White when the
up-and-coming lion is trying to make a
name for himself
number 9 Colbert Report before he had
his own show Stephen Colbert was
capturing the audience's attention and
their laughs on The Daily Show
Colbert started on the show in 97 and
actually predated John Stewart who took
over hosting duties in 1999 the
character he developed on The Daily Show
spawned the creation of his own
television show The Colbert Report on
the show Stephen Colbert satirizes
conservative cable television pundits
showing the absurdity of their views and
stances the show ran from October 2005
to December 2014 and had tremendous
success winning many awards and the
hearts of millions of American viewers
number 8 The Cleveland Show and arguably
one of the most successful animated
shows of all time is Family Guy and it's
great success has led to the spin-off
show called The Cleveland Show Cleveland
Brown is one of Peter Griffin's friends
and one of the few black characters on
Family Guy his calm and peaceful
personality despite all the madness
around him made him a particularly
beloved character for many viewers the
spin-off was created by first showing
Cleveland getting a divorce in Family
Guy which led him to go off on his own
The Cleveland Show aired from September
2009 to May 2013 it's cancellation led
to Cleveland's returning again as a
staple character in Family Guy
number 7 good times one of the most
famous show in this video is good times
which was a spinoff of the highly 6
we'll show Mort the character of Florida
was extremely popular in her role as
housekeeper to Mort on the show Florida
quits her job after husband receives a
pay rise which allows her to be a
full-time mother the origin of good
times revolves around this decision and
the families struggle living in a
low-income Chicago neighborhood while
the show was initially supposed to deal
with more serious issues things changed
largely to the great popularity of the
JJ character played by Jimmy Walker good
times lasted for six seasons with over
130 episodes number six The Jeffersons a
theme of our list is certainly that
iconic shows seem to breed or provide
the environment for supporting
characters to get their own
opportunities in leading roles this
trend continues with the Jeffersons with
several of the show's characters
appearing in all of the family until
1975 when they were given their own show
in similar fashion Edith bunker Robb all
in the family gave a tearful goodbye to
our neighbors which signifies their
final appearance on the show a precursor
to the Cosby Show The Jeffersons were an
affluent couple living in New York City
the show lasted for 11 seasons producing
more than 250 episodes number 5 Family
Matters a show that is probably
universally known amongst our viewers if
the title is not immediately familiar
its iconic character Steve Arkell should
surely ring a bell Henriette and Carl
Winslow the main characters on Family
Matters were introduced on a show called
perfect strangers
it was the popularity of henriette's
character the led to a spin-off series
somewhat similar to The Jeffersons the
introduction of Steve Urkel soon changed
the course of the show as his great
popularity led to the series being based
around him family matters would go on to
become more successful than its parent
show lasting for nine seasons and
producing more than 200 episodes number
four
Fraser one of the wealthiest television
actors in recent memory Kelsey Grammer
Rhodes the great success of the show
cheers to another popular sitcom in
Fraser Fraser Crain was a regular on
chairs and stayed as a recurring cast
member until the show's cancellation
afterwards Fraser Crane a psychiatrist
gives up custody of his son and moves to
Seattle the setting for the show the
premise of the show is that the newly
single Fraser is going
try life anew but is forced to take in
his father of a police officer who needs
a caregiver after being shot while on
duty Fraser is seen as one of the most
successful spin-off shows of all time
winning a total of 37 Primetime Emmy
Awards during its 11-year run number
three Boston Legal another actor that
has a long-standing role on a major
network is James Spader the growing
popularity of legal dramas led to this
spinoff of the practice and the creation
of a show based around spada's character
Allen Shaw a compelling character
because of his dubious ethical standards
and checkered past sure with an ideal
character to use in a spin-off Boston
Legal also featured the likes of William
Shatner and lasted for five seasons
airing just over 100 episodes in its
final season Boston Legal was nominated
for seven Emmys including Best Drama
series and while Boston Legal has been
gone for a while James Spader has
managed to find his way back on network
television in a starring role once more
in the blacklist number 2 private
practice one of the many hit television
shows that Shonda Rhimes created
includes private practice that followed
the life of dr. Allison Montgomery
played by Kate Walsh as she leaves
Seattle Grace Hospital so she can join a
private practice that is located in Los
Angeles one of the most polarizing
characters on Grey's Anatomy Kate
Walsh's character there's a neurosurgeon
that many of the show's fans love to
hate as she moves to a new hospital the
show chronicles the difficulties
adjusting to a new environment and staff
private practice lasted for six seasons
producing more than 100 episodes number
one Joey who would have guessed that a
spinoff of the sitcom of all sitcoms
would turn out so poorly friends was one
of the most popular television shows of
all time and is the last sitcom to reach
the number one spot on television the
series finale was watched by fifty 2.5
million Americans despite being heavily
promoted and being given the friends
timeslot Joey had decreasing viewership
until it was canceled after the second
season the character of Joey played by
Matt LeBlanc continued his womanizing
character from friends but to the stiff
competition from the likes of American
Idol resulted in the show being the
worst rated primetime program
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