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* ''Series/CoryInTheHouse'' is an attempt to do ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' without Raven, Chelsie, Eddie, and Mrs. Baxter.

* ''Anime/Macross7'' was a [[note]]successful[[/note]] 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 [[AuthorExistenceFailure 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.

* Another Disney example: ''{{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, [[AuthorExistenceFailure impossible]]).

* Another Disney example: ''{{Series/Bunkd}}'' is ''{{Series/Jessie}}'' without Jessie, Luke (though he makes one guest appearance), and Bertram, until Emma, Ravi, and Zuri, the characters that did make the jump, depart the series.
* ''Series/LabRatsEliteForce'' is an attempt to do ''Series/LabRats'' without Leo and Adam, and ''Series/MightyMed'' without any Mighty Med staff other than Kaz, Oliver, and Skylar (though that last one is justified since [[spoiler: Mighty Med itself is destroyed in the new show's premiere]].

* ''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 to 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. [[TropesAreTools They must have done something right]], because it lasted for nine seasons.

''Series/StarTrekPicard'', spinoff of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration''.

Named after the show ''Series/AfterMASH'', one of the most (in)famous {{After Show}}s ever.

* ''Series/{{Lewis}}'' is an attempt to do ''Series/InspectorMorse'' without Inspector Morse.

* Another Disney example: ''{{Series/Bunkd}}'' is ''{{Series/Jessie}}'' without Jessie, Luke (though he makes one guest appearance), and Bertram.
* ''Series/LabRatsEliteForce'' is an attempt to do ''Series/LabRats'' without Leo and Adam, and ''Series/MightyMed'' without any Mighty Med staff other than Kaz, Oliver, and Skylar (though that last one is justified since [[spoiler: Mighty Med itself is destroyed in the new show's premier]].

* ''The New WKRP In Cincinatti'' is an attempt to do ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' without the younger office workers.

* ''Anime/MacrossSeven'' was a [[note]]successful[[/note]] 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 [[AuthorExistenceFailure 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.

* {{Anime}}/''MacrossSeven'' was a [[note]]successful[[/note]] 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 [[AuthorExistenceFailure 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy'' Parodied this 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.

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. 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.

If, after the star leaves, the execs decide to carry on under the ''same'' brand, then said brand has instituted FinalSeasonCasting. 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.

* ''Series/FernwoodTonight'' is an attempt to do ''Series/MaryHartmanMaryHartman'' without Mary [[RecycledInSpace as a talk show]].

Your show has been a smash success! You're on your 5th or 6th season and your star decides he's 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.

* ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'' is an aftershow of ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' starring the son of Daniel Tiger from the original series as well as the rest of the Neighborhood of make Believe's puppet cast now grown up with children of their own.

* ''WesternAnimation/DaniealTigersNeighborhood'' is an aftershow of ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'' starring the son of Daniel Tiger from the original series as well as the rest of the Neighborhood of make Believe's puppet cast now grown up with children of their own.

* ''The Series/{{Kidsongs}} Television Show'' that aired on Creator/{{PBS}} in 1994 was an attempt reviving the previously syndicated ''Kidsongs TV Show'' 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]]

* ''Series/{{Joey}}'' was an attempt to do ''Series/{{Friends}}'' without...well everyone save Joey.