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* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperpup'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheAdventuresOfSuperman'' without Superman (or ''humans'', for that matter).

* ''Series/{{Sanford}}'' is an attempt to do ''Series/SanfordAndSon'' without the Son.
* ''Sanford Arms'' is an attempt to do ''Series/SanfordAndSon'' without Sanford or Son.

Named after the show ''Series/AfterMASH'', one of the most (in)famous After Shows ever.

* ''Series/TheNewWKRPInCincinati'' is an attempt to do ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' without Andy Travis, Jennifer Marlowe, or Bailey Quarters (and only occasionally including Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap).

* ''Series/TheGeorgeBurnsShow'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheBurnsAndAllenShow'' without Gracie Allen.

* ''Series/{{The New WKRP In Cincinatti}}'' is an attempt to do ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' without Andy Travis, Jennifer Marlowe, or Bailey Quarters (and only occasionally including Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap).

* ''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 Dandy Nichols (the actress who played her) died shortly after the first series was broadcast.

Your show has been a smash 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.

The best way to illustrate an After Show is if it can be placed in this statement.... "________ is an attempt to do _______ without ___________" .

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* ''Ozzie's Girls'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheAdventuresOfOzzieAndHarriet'' without the Nelson Brothers.
* ''Series/{{Sanford}}'' is an attempt to do ''Series/SanfordAndSon'' without the Son.
* ''Sanford Arms'' is an attempt to do ''Series/SanfordAndSon'' without Sanford or Son.
* ''Three's a Crowd'' is an attempt to do ''Series/ThreesCompany'' without Janet and Terri/Crissy/Cindy.
** And [[TransatlanticEquivalent likewise]], ''Robin's Nest'' is an attempt to do ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse'' without Chrissy and Jo.
* ''Manga/{{Genshiken}} Nidaime'' is an attempt to do Genshiken with the male cast reduced to occasional cameo appearances.
* ''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.
* ''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 Dandy Nichols (the actress who played her) died shortly after the first series was broadcast.
* ''It Sticks Out Half a Mile'' is an attempt to do ''Series/DadsArmy'' on the radio without most of the platoon and without UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Captain Mainwaring was supposed to be in it, but Arthur Lowe died after making one episode, so they built up Sergeant Wilson as the main character. John [=LeMesurier's=] death a year later effectively ended all work on the program.
* ''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]].
* ''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,
* ''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]]...
* ''What's Happening Now'' is ''Series/WhatsHappening'' with all the characters grown up one now married and without Mrs Thomas.
* ''Jonas L.A.'' is an attempt to do ''Series/{{Jonas}}'' without their parents and Arizona setting.
* ''Wall Street Week with Fortune'' is an attempt to do ''Wall Street Week'' without Louis Rukeyser.
* ''Series/MajorCrimes'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheCloser'' without Kyra Sedgwick or J.K. Simmons.
* ''Series/TheGeorgeBurnsShow'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheBurnsAndAllenShow'' without Gracie Allen.
* ''Kate Plus 8'' is an attempt to do ''Series/JonAndKatePlusEight'' without Jon.
* ''Solo One'' is an attempt to do ''MatlockPolice'' without the main cast.
* ''McMillan'' is an attempt to do ''Series/McMillanAndWife'' without the wife.
* ''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.

* ''It Sticks Out Half a Mile'' is an attempt to do ''Series/DadsArmy'' on the radio without most of the platoon, and without UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. Captain Mainwaring was supposed to be in it, but Arthur Lowe died after making one episode, so they built up Sergeant Wilson as the main character. John [=LeMesurier's=] death a year later effectively ended all work on the program.
* Likewise, ''Series/SavedByTheBell'': The New Class is an all-new group of students attending Bayside High.
** ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' is ''Good Morning, Miss Bliss'' without Miss Bliss.
* ''ForeverFerwood'' is an attempt to do ''Series/MaryHartmanMaryHartman'' without Mary. It was followed by ''Series/FernwoodTonight'', a [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace talk show]].
* ''Series/CoryInTheHouse'' is an attempt to do ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'' without Raven, Chelsie, Eddie, and Mrs. Baxter[[note]]although the latter had been PutOnABus half-way through season 3 of ''That's So Raven''[[/note]].
* ''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,

* ''The Dumping Ground'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheStoryOfTracyBeaker''/''Series/TracyBeakerReturns'' without Tracy Beaker.
* ''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. [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools They must have done something right]], because it lasted for nine seasons.
* ''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.
* ''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.
* ''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.

* ''Series/{{Degrassi}}: The Next Generation'' is an attempt to do ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' and ''Series/DegrassiHigh'' without the original students except 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 its still the same show.
** ''Degrassi: Next Class'' is an attempt to do ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' without Clare, Eli, Alli, or Drew.
* Likewise, ''Series/SavedByTheBell'': The New Class is an all new group of students attending Bayside High.

* ''Series/{{Joey}}'' is an attempt to do ''Series/{{Friends}}'' without... well, everyone save Joey.
* 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, [[DiedDuringProduction impossible]]).
* ''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]].
* ''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.

* ''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]].
* ''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.
* ''Series/JasonKing'' is an attempt to do ''Series/DepartmentS'' without Stewart, Annabel, or Sir Curtis.
* ''Series/BostonLegal'' is an attempt to do ''Series/ThePractice'' without the original main cast.

* ''The Legacy Of Reginald Perrin'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin'' without Reginald Perrin because TheCharacterDiedWithHim.
* ''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]]".
* ''Pete and Gladys'' is an attempt to do ''December Bride'' without the December bride.
* ''So Random'' 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.]]
* ''The New WKRP In Cincinatti'' is an attempt to do ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'' without Andy Travis, Jennifer Marlowe or Bailey Quarters (and only occasionally including Johnny Fever and Venus Flytrap).

* Rare movie version: ''Film/TheBourneLegacy'' is an attempt to do ''[[Film/TheBourneIdentity The Bourne Trilogy]]'' without Jason Bourne or almost any of the other important characters.

* ''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 in the latter's case, 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).
* ''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 [[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.

* ''Series/ArchieBunkersPlace'' is an attempt to do ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' without the Family.

* ''The Legacy Of Reginald Perrin'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin'' without Reginald Perrin (due to how TheCharacterDiedWithHim).

* ''The Series/{{Kidsongs}} Television Show'' that aired on Creator/{{PBS}} in 1994 was an attempt at 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]].

* ''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.
* Another film example: ''Film/CurseOfThePinkPanther'' and ''Film/SonOfThePinkPanther'' were attempts to do ''Franchise/ThePinkPanther'' without Inspector Clouseau.
* ''And Just Like That...'' is a continuation of ''Series/SexAndTheCity'' without Samantha Jones.
* ''American Detective'' is essentially ''Series/HomicideHunter'', except that Joe Kenda is now telling the stories of ''other'' detectives.
* ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars: The Perfectionists'' was ''Pretty Little Liars'' without Aria, Emily, Hanna, and Spencer.

* ''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 [[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.

* ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' is an attempt to do both ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' at the same time (attempting to combine the tone of ''both'' shows) without much of the original cast of either besides Goku (and in the latter's case, 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).

Compare FromTheAshes. 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'').

Compare FromTheAshes. 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 [[NamesTheSame sort of aftershow]] that airs directly after each episode with discussion (eg. ''TalkingDead'').

* ''Series/GoldenPalace'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' without Dorothy.

* ''It Sticks Out Half a Mile'' was a radio-show attempt at making ''Series/DadsArmy'' without Captain Mainwaring or most of the platoon. Actually, Arthur Lowe was supposed to voice his character in the show but he died after making one episode, so they built up John [=LeMesurier's=] Arthur Wilson as the main character. His death a year later effectively ended all work on the program.

* ''American Detective'' is essentially ''Series/HomicideHunter'', except that Joe Kenda is now telling the stories of''other'' detectives.

* ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'' and ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' are attempts to do the [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Neighborhood of Make Believe and Someplace Else]], without the "real world" of Mister Rogers.

* ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'' is an attempt to do the [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Neighborhood of Make Believe]] without the "real world" of Mister Rogers.

* ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' is an attempt to do both ''Manga/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' at the same time (attempting to combine the tone of ''both'' shows) without much of the original cast of either besides Goku (and in the latter's case, Trunks). Vegeta does return to prominence during the later half of the show though.

* ''The Legacy Of Reginald Perrin'' is an attempt to do ''Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin'' without Reginald Perrin (due to ActorExistenceFailure).

* ''ForeverFerwood'' is an attempt to do ''Series/MaryHartmanMaryHartman'' without Mary. It was followed by ''Series/FernwoodTonight'', a [[RecycledInSpace talk show]].

Your show has been a smash success! You're on your 5th or 6th season, but 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.

The best way to illustrate an After Show is if it can be placed in this statement.... ________ is an attempt to do _______ without ___________ .

* ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' is an attempt to do both ''Anime/DragonBall'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' at the same time (attempting to combine the tone of ''both'' shows) without much of the original cast of either besides Goku (and in the latter's case, Trunks). Vegeta does return to prominence during the later half of the show though.

* ''Series/TheConners'' is an attempt to do ''Series/{{Roseanne}}'' without Roseanne.