Who's the Boss: Why the Spin-Offs Failed

I find it a tad ironic that the only episode in this list that didn't include Alyssa Milano was the one that took place in San Francisco and was called "Charmed Life".

These failed Pilots are a gem to watch. Can't wait for more funny tv fails. Huge fan of The Nanny.

How Dan Akroyd pull Donna Dixon is one of the greatest mysteries in Hollywood 😆 😂

I used to see Leah Remini on television pretty often in the 80's. Had no idea she'd one day co-star on my favorite sitcom, ever (King of Queens). The potential seems endless for these actors.

I remember being obsessed with the theme song for "Living Dolls"! Tiny me held my tape recorder up to the TV speaker so I could listen to it over and over later!

I would have loved to watch all these spin-offs. What a golden era of TV!

Omg! That whole olive green look on Fran...😍😍😍😍

I still think Facts Of Life holds the record for the most failed spinoffs at six. The first involved Tootie's interracial aunt and uncle with conflicting careers. The second involved the four boys at Stone Military Academy (they tried this with two episodes, and the boys were simply male versions of the Eastland girls). The third involved Jo's widowed uncle with his two sons and one daughter. The fourth involved Blair and Jo enrolled as students at Langley College. The fifth involved Natalie moving in with a bunch of zany roommates in Manhattan while pursuing her writing career. (Just think, if this spinoff had worked, there would never have been a Friends). The sixth involved Blair buying out an about to be closed Eastland while becoming its headmistress and allowing boys to enroll in the school.

I was a tween then and LOVED Living Dolls. Leah Remini was tween goals. ♥️♥️♥️

Speaking of "The Nanny"...there was a backdoor pilot from "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" (the Melissa Hart series) with Charles Shaughnessy as the headmaster of a school for witches & warlocks.

The Nanny wasn't a failure. It had 6 seasons. 6 seasons of pure laughter. And Fran Drescher is still hot!!!!

I can't get enough of this sort of thing. As long as you keep making them, I'll keep watching them.

I worked at Kmart in 1991 and I remember the store was advertising CBS shows and a flyer for Princesses was hanging in the aisle when you first walked in.

With these networks having their own streaming services, I don’t know why they wouldn’t put these short lived or unaired shows up. Some had big stars and they could get lots of news space when they’re added.

Fran Drescher can also be seen in 'Saturday Night Fever' briefly dancing with a young Vincent Vega lookalike.

Who's the Boss was a lot of fun. Fran Drescher was awesome and funny in The Nanny. You can even see her shine in this "Charmed Lives" episode, she wouldn't be out of place starring next to Lucille Ball in an I Love Lucy episode.

I hope things work out for the careers of those Halle and Fran ladies.

I've always been a fan of Judith Light, she's such a great actress. She was also great in her recurring role as Judge Elizabeth Donnelly on Law & Order: SVU.

I learned a lot in this :) Didnt know that alyssa milano was a singer, that there was a german version of "whos the boss", and what a backdoor pilot is! Thank you.

I didn't know Matt LeBlanc was in Married With Children or the spinoff! I do remember watching the backdoor pilot of Living Dolls. Leah Remini was great in it.