5 queer(ish) TV spinoffs that ended up being total sh*tshows
Golden Girls fans rejoiced when they discovered The Golden Palace is now available to stream in its entirety on Hulu. Then one of the writers of And Just Like That… almost had a nervous breakdown after receiving death threats from Sex and the City fans upset about the direction the franchise has taken.Related: More bad news for ‘And Just Like That’ actor Chris NothSince the earliest days of TV, network suits have tried to find ways to expand existing properties into new and financially lucrative series.
Sometimes it works, as in the case of The Simpsons (spin-off of The Tracey Ulman Show), Frasier (spin-off of Cheers, or The Jeffersons (spin-off of All in the Family).
Other times, not so much.Let’s take a little jaunt through forgotten queerish showbiz history. Try to stream any of these titles at your own risk…After Audra Linley became one of the 1970s biggest camp icons on the “he’s gay but not really” sitcom Three’s Company, ABC tried to spin Linley and her small screen husband Norman Fell off into a show of their own with less than golden results.
The series focused on the Ropers as social climbers in a more affluent neighborhood of Los Angeles and even featured a pre-Transparent Jeffrey Tambor.
