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Adam-12 begat Emergency!
MASH begat After-MASH.
Dallas begat Knots Landing.
Dynasty begat The Colbys.
Three's Company begat The Ropers.
The real mystery is, how did Lenny and Squiggy NOT get their own show off of Lavern and Shirley? Those guys were the original Beavis and Butthead!
By one reckoning, the real "begat show" is St. Elsewhere:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Westphall#The_Tommy_Westphall_Universe_Hypothesis
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Law & Order
Law & Order SVU
Law & Order Criminal Intent
Law & Order Trial By Jury
Law & Order LA
Law & Order UK
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Andy Griffith Show
actually spun out of the Danny Thomas Show
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"Enos" was a spin-off of "The Dukes of Hazzard".
Then, of course, "The X-Files" had the spin off "The Lone Gunmen". And another of Chris Carter's shows, "MillenniuM", takes place in the X-Files universe, in fact there were two crossover episodes. All of which scored by Mark Snow (and all of which were/are available on La La Land Records).
"Knight Rider" had three spin-off's. One was the very short-lived series "Code of Vengeance" (four episodes; based on a character in the two-parter "Mouth of the Snake"). Then there was the terrible and blasphemous "Team Knight Rider" (which otherwise had a catchy theme). And the crap 2008 series.
In fact, "Mouth of the Snake" was actually made as a back-door pilot itself, originally called "All that Glitters".
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"M*A*S*H" had two spin-offs; I'm not counting "Trapper John, M.D.", because I seem to recall that was not an official spin-off.
The poor-ratings "After MASH", with Potter and Klinger and Klinger's wife from the end of "M*A*S*H". Somehow it managed to last two seasons.
Then there was the failed pilot "W*A*L*T*E*R", which of course was based around Radar. He's now a cop patrolling a beat with his partner, who aren't exactly the best cops on the block. Poor show with little promise, but some nice music by Patrick Williams.
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Believe it or not, "The F.B.I." nearly had a spinoff, which was supposed to be a series about postal inspectors. Quinn Martin Productions and Warner Bros. Television sent Efrem Zimbalist Jr. to try to convince the U.S. Postal Service about doing the series postal inspectors (who often worked in conjunction with the F.B.I.) and the pilot episode was supposed to air on "The F.B.I." which involved postal theft, and the bureau gets involved. Unfortunately, the U.S. Postal Service turned down the proposal.
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