Comments on: Spin-off city: Gossip Girl, NCIS & The L Word

By: Sephiroth_FF

Sephiroth_FF — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 05:29:40 +0000

knoxoverstreet, I know it’s a shame if The Closer sequel is neglected here but it won’t be in America and as long as it rates well and keeps going, there’s always alternate ways to see it.

By: Freaka

Freaka — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:18:19 +0000

Uhh Alice in jail, they already had Helena Peabody in jail this is bloody Prison Break

By: lisa

lisa — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 10:29:53 +0000

one of the most exciting things about the L Word spin off is that Famke Janssen has been confirmed as being in the pilot

By: Sean M

Sean M — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:17:08 +0000

The concept of the Gossip Girl spinoff does not immediately appeal to me.

What I like about the show is Blair, Chuck and the friendships. It would be an entirely new set of characters and actors. And I am not that interested in the parent characters.

I suppose it would be interesting to have an 80s teenage high society setting. And they tried to do it in the same gossip girl style.

But it will be hard to replicate the success. Leighton Meester is perfect as Blair. I don’t know if they can cast the lead characters as well, for what initially is just a one off flashback episode.

By: knoxoverstreet

knoxoverstreet — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 05:04:36 +0000

Looking forward to the NCIS one but like someone said it’ll be hard to duplicate the perfect cast/chemistry of the original. But I guess some said that about CSI and the spin offs are both excellent albeit not as good as the original.
The Fixer sounds very intriquing but sadly it’ll likely be neglected like the original

By: ka-ching

ka-ching — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:06:08 +0000

Spin-offs are a risky business – Law & Order and the CSI franchises are case in point. There is a fine line between meeting demand and saturation.

I would love to have had brand new CSI’s all year – one at a time – same with Law & Order. No repeats (encores), just one series after another. Having a serve of my favourite shows almost all year round would make for great viewing.

By: Sephiroth_FF

Sephiroth_FF — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:35:46 +0000

I’m looking forward to the NCIS one, although a perfect cast like the one NCIS has will be hard to come by.

I haven’t seen Gossip Girl yet (still!) but I’ll watch the prequel eventually. Never seen The L Word.

The Closer will also be getting a spin-off. You know The Closer. The criminally neglected series that briefly aired on channel 9? There are rumours that the spin-off will star Tony Denison and G.W. Bailey, who play Flynn and Provenza respectively. It is tentatively titled The Fixer and is said to film while The Closer isn’t filming.

By: RichoTB

RichoTB — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:25:55 +0000

Sometimes I enjoy the spinoff more than the original series…I preferred Angel to Buffy as Angel (the series) seemed to get better with age whilst Buffy seemed to get weaker. I’ve been considering watching GG from the start after watching a handful of eps but I reckon I’m watching enough shows as it is at the moment lol. The NCIS:Miami spinoff could be a hit if they got the casting right, we’ll see. There was also talk of spinoffs of Criminal Minds and The Office at one point but I think they’ve been aborted in favour of other shows

By: Matthew See

Matthew See — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 23:50:29 +0000

In retrospect now, I guess I a spinoff about Lily in her younger days was to be expected.

By: GuanoLad

GuanoLad — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:15:23 +0000

Prisoner of Cell Block L

By: Craig

Craig — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 20:32:57 +0000

Spinoffs can be such a tricky thing, The Gossip Girl one sounds interesting.