20 TV Characters Who Should Be Spun Off
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Deirdre, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Provided that the rich bitch could continue to pop up now and again on the Netflix sitcom to push Jacqueline's buttons, we'd cash in on the hysterical — in every sense of the word! — recurring character Anna Camp created by giving her her own series to show us the kind of havoc the bored genius wreaks at home.
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Hitchcock and Scully, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
OK, so the best buds may not exactly be the NYPD's best and brightest. They could, in fact, be its worst and dimmest. But, since their brand of hare-brained tomfoolery never fails to make us LOL, we think it would be criminal not to spin them off as retirees supplementing their pensions by working as private eyes.
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Carol, The Walking Dead
The cookie-baking badass has already branched off from her crew twice (first when she was banished by Rick, then when she basically ran away from home). So what if, the next time she went, she didn't come back? We'd be keen to watch The Further Adventures of Carol Peletier... wouldn't you?
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Sue and Brad, The Middle
Sugared-up 5-year-olds aren't as exuberant as these devoted former high school sweethearts (separately, never mind together!). So imagine the sort of wholesome high jinks that would ensue, should they wind up transferring to the same university. It would be like Will & Grace: The College Years. As an added bonus, we might get a sequel to The Loneliest Locker!
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Evelyn, Devious Maids
What do you give to the woman who used to have everything? Her own series, of course, so that we wouldn't miss a single moment of the soon-to-be single gal's attempts to return to the country-club set now that she no longer has the dollars to back up her sense of entitlement.
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Petra and Anezka, Jane the Virgin
After the switcheroo that Anezka pulled in the Season 2 finale, she and her (relatively) good twin are clearly going to have to work out some, er, issues. Why not let them do so on their own show? As they go from sibling rivals to close-as-the-sisters-that-they-actually-are, it could morph into a mischievous modern-day answer to The Patty Duke Show.
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Sophie, 2 Broke Girls
We know: Jennifer Coolidge's outré character seems absolutely made for horndog husband Oleg. But, just like he can't get enough of Sophie, neither can we. To satisfy that craving, we'd split them up and move her into Manhattan, where she could jiggle... er, juggle single parenthood and dating on her own sitcom. Sexy and the City, anyone?
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Ruby and Dorothy, Once Upon a Time
Considering that ABC's fairy-tale drama is populated by enough characters to fill up three series, we'd break out the show's newest couple, LGBT warriors Wolfie and Kansas, for the next chapter of their storybook romance. The way sparks fly whenever the two of them look at one another is nothing short of... well, magic.
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Gayle, Bob's Burgers
We've long thought that not even a cartoon character could be as hot a mess as Linda's needy sister. But what if, secretly, her walking-disaster-area act was just that — an act?!? What if, by night, she wasn't the lonely cat lady we all know and love but Cat Lady, a superheroine who... OK, is still kind of a trainwreck. Let's be real.
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Any three guest characters, New Girl
The Fox series' roster of recurring characters is so tremendous — from Reagan and Sam to Coach and May — that any assortment of them could easily lead a second ensemble sitcom. The only question would be which of the original show's cast members the new show would invite to pay a visit first.
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Krystal, Orphan Black
You don't have to be, like, super smart to realize that the ditsiest of the clones would absolutely slay in a show of her own — and, as she'd tell you herself, look amazing doing it! Just turn her loose on a series of missions and let the press-on nails fall where they may.
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Sheriff Mills, Alex and Claire, Supernatural
The spinoff potential of this makeshift family is so obvious that Season 11's "Don't You Forget About Me" felt like a backdoor pilot. And given the amount of baggage that this trio has to unpack, their offshoot could probably run for a decade, too. Plus, isn't it about time the CW hit let a few of its female characters shine?