Television shows that spun off from anthology series

Last updated February 28, 2025

This is a list of television anthology series that have had episodes spun off into full-blown series. Sometimes these spin-offs were deliberately made as backdoor television pilots.

Anthology series	Spin-off
ABC Movie of the Week	Alias Smith and Jones The Immortal Longstreet Marcus Welby, M.D. Matt Helm Night Stalker The Six Million Dollar Man Starsky & Hutch Wonder Woman The Young Lawyers
Armchair Theatre	Callan ("A Magnum for Schneider") Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width Out of this World ("Murder Club")
Armchair Thriller	Quiet as a Nun
The Aunty Jack Show	Wollongong the Brave
Amazing Stories	Family Dog
Big Bite	Summer Heights High (Character: Mr G)
Bizarre (TV series)	Super Dave (Character)
The Carol Burnett Show	Mama's Family (sketch "The Family")
Comedy Company	Col'n Carpenter
Comedy Firsts	Barbara Sometime, Never
Comedy Playhouse	Steptoe and Son ("The Offer") Til Death Us Do Part All Gas and Gaiters ("The Bishop Rides Again") The Liver Birds Are You Being Served? ("Are You Being Served?") Last of the Summer Wine ("The Library Mob" aka "Of Funerals and Fish")
Comedy Premieres	Cold Feet The Grimleys
Comic Asides	The High Life I, Lovett Joking Apart KYTV Mornin' Sarge Tygo Road
Fast Forward	Kath & Kim (sketch) Also appeared in Big Girl's Blouse
Jackanory Playhouse	Lizzie Dripping ("Lizzie Dripping and the Orphans")
Love, American Style	Happy Days ("Love and the Happy Days") Wait Till Your Father Gets Home ("Love and the Old-Fashioned Father") Barefoot in the Park
The Naked Vicar Show	Kingswood Country (Sketch)
Play For Today	Rumpole of the Bailey ("Rumpole of the Bailey" aka "Rumpole and the Confession of Guilt") Boys from the Blackstuff ("The Black Stuff") Gangsters
Seven of One	Porridge ("Prisoner & Escort") Open All Hours
Storyboard	The Bill ("Woodentop")
Story Parade	Out of the Unknown ("The Caves of Steel")
Tight Spot	Freezing ^[1]
We Can Be Heroes: Finding The Australian of the Year	Summer Heights High (Character: Ja'mie King)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse	The Untouchables
Wollongong the Brave	The Norman Gunston Show ("Norman Gunston: The Golden Years")

References

↑ "Freezing Debuts On BBC Two". primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-21.

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[1] "Freezing Debuts On BBC Two". primetime.unrealitytv.co.uk. 2008-02-20. Retrieved 2008-02-21.

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