Line #11 Main/AfterShow


1	Your show has been a smashing success! You're on your sixth season, but your star decides they've had enough and decides to end the series. But you don't want to end just yet! Maybe the producers want to milk the cash cow a little longer. Maybe you can create ...an After Show.
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3	An After Show is a very specific combination of {{Spinoff}} and {{ReTool}}. It is a clear attempt to extend the life of a show by renaming it. To be an After Show, it must 1) come after the end of the original series, and 2) star as regular cast members at least one member who could have been considered a star on the original, or feature the same setting as the original show. For example ... ''Series/TheRopers'' is just a spin-off of ''Series/ThreesCompany'', but ''Three's a Crowd'' is an After Show.
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5	The best way to illustrate an [[TitleDrop After Show]] is if it can be placed in this statement.... "________ is an attempt to do _______ without ___________".
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7	Named after the show ''Series/AfterMASH'', an UrExample of the concept.
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9	If, after the star leaves, the execs decide to carry on under the ''same'' brand, then said brand has instituted FinalSeasonCasting. If they decide to keep going by recasting the star's ''character'', that's TheNthDoctor or TheOtherDarrin. Also compare PostScriptSeason, which occurs when a series with [[SeasonFluidity season-long]] [[MythArc arcs]] gets UnCancelled, whereas this variant applies primarily to shows that are Episodic in nature.
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11	Compare FromTheAshes, when a fictional work's ending is the starting point of a SpinOff. See also {{Revival}}, which is similar to this trope but tends to come much later after the end of the original show. A subtrope of SequelSeries. Not to be confused with the sort of aftershow that airs directly after each episode with discussion (eg. ''TalkingDead'').
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13	!!Examples:
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17	[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
18	* ''Anime/DragonBallGT'': It's an attempt to do both ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' at the same time --in the sense that it attempts to combine the tone of both shows-- without much of the original cast of either besides Goku and Trunks. Vegeta does return to prominence during the later half of the show though, where it also drops trying to be a partial retread of ''Dragon Ball'' in favor of just being ''Dragon Ball Z'' but Goku is a kid again (most of the time). Notably, series creator Akira Toriyama had very little to do with ''GT''.
19	* ''Manga/{{Genshiken}} Nidaime'' is an attempt to do Genshiken with the male cast reduced to occasional cameo appearances.
20	* ''K-On! College'' was an attempt to do ''Manga/KOn'' without Azusa. Inversely, ''K-On! High School'' came after ''College'' and was an attempt to do ''K-On!'' without the original cast ''except'' Azusa. [[FranchiseKiller Both volumes flopped and marked the end of the manga's original run]]. The manga would receive another spin-off in 2018 called ''K-On! Shuffle'' but would instead follow a completely new cast set in the same school.
21	* ''Anime/Macross7'': It was a successful attempt to do ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' without Hikaru, Misa, Minmay, Claudia, Captain Global, or Britai. There is one difference, in that while the actors were of varying willingness to return (Arihiro Hase [[DiedDuringProduction having died]] and Mari Iijima having a moderately successful singing career made them the ones least likely to return), it was the creator, Creator/ShojiKawamori, who has professed zero interest in revisiting Hikaru, Misa, and Minmay.
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24	[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
25	* ''Film/TheBourneLegacy'' is an attempt to do ''[[Film/TheBourneIdentity The Bourne Trilogy]]'' without Jason Bourne or almost any of the other important characters.
26	* ''Film/CurseOfThePinkPanther'' and ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' were attempts to do ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' without Inspector Clouseau.
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30	* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperpup'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' without Superman or any of the human cast.
31	* ''Series/{{MASH}}'', believe it or not, has not one, but two of these:
32	** ''Series/AfterMASH'' is an attempt to do ''Series/{{MASH}}'' without Hawkeye, BJ, Charles, Hot Lips, and war. It actually did fairly well for it's first season, then ExecutiveMeddling ensued when the show wasn't pulling in the ratings CBS was hoping for. The second season would be a critical and commercial flop, dooming the entire show to obscurity and killing off the ''Series/{{MASH}}'' franchise outside of syndicated re-runs.
33	** ''WALTER'' was yet another attempt to do ''Series/{{MASH}}'', this time without the rest of the original cast besides Radar, and war. It was supposed to follow Radar (now going by his real name Walter) working in the police department after he was forced to sell the farm and his wife cheated on him right after their marriage. The pilot basically [[HappyEndingOverride undid any closure the character got in the original series or even]] ''Series/AfterMASH''. It never made it past the pilot stage (possibly due to the failure of ''After MASH'') and the pilot would only see broadcast once (and only on the Eastern and Central time zones due to coverage of the 1984 Democratic National Convention).
34	* ''Series/AmericanDetective'' is essentially ''Series/HomicideHunter'', except that Joe Kenda is now telling the stories of ''other'' detectives.
35	* ''Series/AndJustLikeThat...'' is a continuation of ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' without Samantha Jones.
36	* ''Series/ArchieBunkersPlace'' is an attempt to do ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' without Gloria and Michael Stivic (who were actually written out of the original show right before its final season).[[note]]Season 8's finale was supposed to serve as the SeriesFinale, but ExecutiveMeddling forced the show to continue for one more season.[[/note]] Edith was later killed off after Jean Stapleton left the show.
37	* ''Series/BostonLegal'' is an attempt to do ''Series/ThePractice'' without the original main cast.
38	* ''Series/{{Bunkd}}'' is ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' without Jessie, Luke (though he makes one guest appearance), and Bertram (although he too had a couple of guest appearances), until Emma, Ravi, and Zuri, the characters that did make the jump, depart the series. Emma later came back in a Season 5, but the other ''Jessie'' characters are highly unlikely to return (and Luke returning is, sadly, [[DiedDuringProduction impossible]]).
39	* ''Series/TheConners'' is an attempt to do ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' without Roseanne. [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] as the ''Roseanne'' reboot that ''was'' in the works was canned when Roseanne Barr found herself embroiled in a controversy concerning some racist remarks she made on Twitter, and the reboot was [[{{Retool}} Retooled]] as an AfterShow.
40	* ''Series/CoryInTheHouse'' is an attempt to do ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' without Raven, Chelsie, Eddie, and Mrs. Baxter[[note]]although the latter had been PutOnABus halfway through season 3 of ''That's So Raven''[[/note]].
41	* ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'':
42	** It's an attempt to do ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' and ''Series/DegrassiHigh'' without the original students except for Snake, Spike, Caitlin, Joey, and Mr. Raditch (who was the principal in the first four seasons). The name was officially shortened around season 10 after Emma, Manny, Spinner, Liberty, and Jay left, though it's still the same show.
43	** ''Series/DegrassiNextClass'' is an attempt to do ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' without Clare, Eli, Alli, or Drew.
44	* ''Series/TheDumpingGround'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker''/''Series/TracyBeakerReturns'' without Tracy Beaker. It ended up running for longer than the first two series combined.
45	* ''Series/ForeverFerwood'' is an attempt to do ''Series/MaryHartmanMaryHartman'' without Mary. It was followed by ''Series/FernwoodTonight'', a [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace talk show]].
46	* ''Series/TheGeorgeBurnsShow'' is an attempt to do ''Radio/TheBurnsAndAllenShow'' without Gracie Allen.
47	* ''Series/GoldenPalace'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' in a hotel without Dorothy.
48	* ''Series/TheGoodFight'' is a continuation of ''Series/TheGoodWife'' minus Alicia Florrick, revolving around Diane Lockhart instead after she loses her retirement savings to a PonziScheme.
49	* ''Grace and Favour'', known as ''Are You Being Served Again'' in the States, is an attempt to do ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' without the department store (traded in for a bed and breakfast), Mr. Lucas or Mr. Spooner, or either of the elderly Grace Brothers the store was named for.
50	* ''Series/{{In Sickness and in Health}}'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TillDeathUsDoPart'' with the political content (and later the racism) toned down. It was also without Mike and Rita, although the latter [[CommutingOnABus occasionally appeared]]. After the first series, it was without Else as well, as Creator/DandyNichols (the actress who played her) died shortly after the first series was broadcast.
51	* ''Series/JasonKing'' is an attempt to do ''Series/DepartmentS'' without Stewart, Annabel, or Sir Curtis.
52	* ''Series/{{Joey}}'' is an attempt to do ''Series/{{Friends}}'' without... well, everyone save Joey.
53	* ''Jonas L.A.'' is an attempt to do ''Series/{{Jonas}}'' without their parents and Arizona setting.
54	* ''Series/KatePlus8'' is an attempt to do ''Series/JonAndKatePlusEight'' without Jon.
55	* ''Series/{{Kidsongs}}'': The TV show that aired on Creator/{{PBS}} in 1994 was an attempt at reviving the previously syndicated series from 1987 without any of the original cast[[note]]It showed some of the same videos that were seen on the original show, so it counts[[/note]].
56	* ''Series/LabRatsEliteForce'' is an attempt to do ''Series/LabRats'' without Leo and Adam (with Donald only appearing in the pilot), and ''Series/MightyMed'' without any Mighty Med staff other than Kaz, Oliver, and Skylar nor any of the other [[{{Muggle}} normos]] (though that last one is justified since [[spoiler: Mighty Med itself is destroyed in the new show's premiere]].
57	* ''Series/TheLegacyOfReginaldPerrin'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin'' without Reginald Perrin because TheCharacterDiedWithHim.
58	* ''Series/{{Lewis}}'' falls somewhere between this trope and a SpinOff, being a continuation of ''Series/InspectorMorse'', starring the now deceased Morse's right-hand man promoted to Detective Inspector and main character. Played with the trope by way of a five-year TimeSkip during which Lewis TookALevelInCynicism, partly thanks to his wife being killed off in the interim, and making him the grumpy but mostly benevolent mentor to a slightly uptight and naive junior detective the way Morse was to him in the original series. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools They must have done something right]], because it lasted for nine seasons.
59	* ''Series/MajorCrimes'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheCloser'' without Kyra Sedgwick or J.K. Simmons. This one fared ''very'' well, running for seven seasons.
60	* ''Series/MayberryRFD'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' without Andy Griffith. This one was more successful than most other examples, lasting three seasons before succumbing to Creator/{{CBS}}' "[[UsefulNotes/TheRuralPurge Rural Purge]]".
61	* ''Series/{{McMillan}}'' is an attempt to do ''Series/McMillanAndWife'' without the wife.
62	* ''Series/TheNewWKRPInCincinnati'' is an attempt to do ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' without Andy Travis, Jennifer Marlowe, or Bailey Quarters (and only occasionally including Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap).
63	* ''Series/{{Newhart}}'' was at one point to have been an After Show to ''Series/TheBobNewhartShow'', with Suzanne Pleshette again being Bob's wife Emily, with them running the Inn. However, when you consider [[AllJustADream how the show ended]]...
64	* ''Ozzie's Girls'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheAdventuresOfOzzieAndHarriet'' without the Nelson Brothers.
65	* ''Series/PeteAndGladys'' is an attempt to do ''Series/DecemberBride'' without the December bride.
66	* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars: The Perfectionists'' was ''Pretty Little Liars'' without Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer.
67	* ''[[TransatlanticEquivalent Robin's Nest]]'' is an attempt to do ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse'' without Chrissy and Jo.
68	* ''Series/SamAndCat'' is an attempt to do both ''Series/ICarly'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}'', both shows having crossed over before and canonically taking place in the same universe, without Carly or Tori. It was actually a ratings success, but it's [[TroubledProduction disastrous production]] forced the show into an indefinite hiatus during it's first season before Nickelodeon quietly cancelled it.
69	* ''Series/{{Sanford}}'' is an attempt to do ''Series/SanfordAndSon'' without Lamont.
70	* ''Sanford Arms'' is an attempt to do ''Series/SanfordAndSon'' without Fred or Lamont.
71	* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'':
72	** The New Class is an all-new group of students attending Bayside High.
73	** ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' is ''Good Morning, Miss Bliss'' without Miss Bliss. In a rare case for an aftershow, ''[[MorePopularSpinoff Saved By The Bell]]'' [[MorePopularSpinoff ended up overshadowing]] ''[[MorePopularSpinoff Good Morning, Miss Bliss]]'' [[MorePopularSpinoff in the public consciousness.]]
74	* ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' season nine, aka ''Scrubs: Med School'' is an attempt to do Scrubs without JD, Carla, The Janitor or Elliot. Oddly though, this one kind of plays with it because despite wanting to try doing the show without him, the producers still had Zach Braff guest star for about half the episodes of the season (and Elliot for 4) which makes it seem like even ''they'' didn't have faith that the show could carry on without him. The main characters are medical students rather than interns this time, with some of the original doctors as faculty/medical staff at the university.
75	* ''Series/SoRandom'' is an attempt to do ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' without Sonny. Unusual in that ''So Random'' was originally a [[ShowWithinAShow sketch comedy that existed]] InUniverse, before becoming [[{{Defictionalization}} an actual show.]]
76	* ''Series/SoloOne'' is an attempt to do ''Series/MatlockPolice'' without the main cast.
77	* ''Series/StargateSG1'''s ninth and tenth seasons. The producers wanted to change the title to "Stargate Command" and do exactly this, but [[ExecutiveMeddling the network]] wanted the name power of SG-1. To use the above prescribed phrase, seasons 9 and 10 were an attempt to do SG-1 without Richard Dean Anderson.
78	* ''Series/{{The Suite Life on Deck}}'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' without Arwin, Carey, and Maddie, though they have made appearances from time to time. This was actually one of the more successful attempts, as it lasted three seasons with a TV movie, and it had a proper finale that served as a send-off to the entire ''Suite Life'' franchise.
79	* ''Series/TerminatorTheSarahConnorChronicles'' is an attempt to do ''Franchise/TheTerminator'' without the T-800.
80	* ''Three's a Crowd'' is an attempt to do ''Series/ThreesCompany'' without Janet and Terri/Crissy/Cindy.
81	* ''Wall Street Week with Fortune'' is an attempt to do ''Wall Street Week'' without Louis Rukeyser.
82	* ''What's Happening Now'' is ''Series/WhatsHappening'' with all the characters grown up one now married and without Mrs Thomas.
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86	* ''It Sticks Out Half a Mile'' was a radio show attempt at making ''Series/DadsArmy'' without Captain Mainwaring or most of the platoon. Creator/ArthurLowe was supposed to voice him, but he died after recording one episode, so they built up Sergeant Wilson as the main character. Creator/JohnLeMesurier's death a year later effectively ended all work on the programme as a ''Dad's Army'' spinoff, and it was re-tooled for TV as ''High & Dry'' starring Creator/BernardCribbins as the would-be pier restorer and Creator/RichardWilson as his reluctant financial backer.
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90	* ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'' and ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' are attempts to do the [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Neighborhood of Make Believe and Someplace Else]], respectively, without the "real world" of Mister Rogers.
91	* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'': {{Parodied}} in an episode where the network wanted to reboot the show. One of the ideas is to do this, where Chris is the lead, he is married to Tricia Takanawa, and Joe lives with them. Peter and Lois are stated to be dead, while the rest of the family moved to Australia.
92	* ''WesternAnimation/GadgetAndTheGadgetinis'' is an attempt to do ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'' without Brain or Chief Quimby.
93	* ''WesternAnimation/PlanetSheen'' is an attempt to do ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' without Jimmy or the rest of the main cast besides Sheen and Carl (the latter of whom is only present as a rather blatant {{Expy}}).[[note]]Originally Carl was supposed to be a main character on the show, but ExecutiveMeddling ensued and Carl was relegated to a flashback appearance while an alien lookalike took his place in the cast)[[/note]] It was cancelled after one season.
94	* ''Sabrina's Secret Life'' is an attempt to do ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' with the characters aged up by two years and without Gem, Chloe, Quigley, or Pi.
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