There have been more than a dozen successful TV spinoffs launched over the past couple of decades. And there has also been "Sunset Division."
If you don't remember that little gem, a would-be offshoot of "Crossing Jordan," you're not alone. But it was once a real-live possibility to make NBC's schedule for the 2003-04 season, and viewers got a tease of it in April 2003, when "Jordan" followed Woody Hoyt (Jerry O'Connell) to Los Angeles on a case.
The show didn't go forward from there, however, which makes it one of those would-be spinoffs that actually got a trial on-air run as part of their parent shows but never advanced beyond that. Six of them, including Woody's ill-fated adventures in L.A., from the last 15 years are below.
One caveat: We're not talking about proposed shows, a la the long-discussed "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" spinoff "Ripper," that have never put any action on film,...
If you don't remember that little gem, a would-be offshoot of "Crossing Jordan," you're not alone. But it was once a real-live possibility to make NBC's schedule for the 2003-04 season, and viewers got a tease of it in April 2003, when "Jordan" followed Woody Hoyt (Jerry O'Connell) to Los Angeles on a case.
The show didn't go forward from there, however, which makes it one of those would-be spinoffs that actually got a trial on-air run as part of their parent shows but never advanced beyond that. Six of them, including Woody's ill-fated adventures in L.A., from the last 15 years are below.
One caveat: We're not talking about proposed shows, a la the long-discussed "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" spinoff "Ripper," that have never put any action on film,...
- 11/2/2010
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- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
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