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 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")
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