as the fall tv season approaches, I find myself a bit somber without a traditional spin-off on the list of new shows. throughout the years, the major networks have missed out on opportunities to turn decent minor characters into band-aids between the eight-o-clock and nine-o-clock hour on a given weekday night. here now are some of those missed opportunities:

house of cards
full house’s d.j. was the loveable, respectful older daughter in the tanner house, but what if D.J. got knocked up by her mexican boyfriend? d.j. tanner takes to a life as a drug mule, in order to support philippe and her daughter on the way.

on the lamb
after a terrible accident, a suburban girl named laura winslow finds herself responsible for the death of her neighbor, steve urkel. now laura is on the run to escape her past and find her new life. but will her father, an officer of the law, catch up to her?

step by step by step
when carol lambert’s husband dies in a scuba diving accident, she remarries barry bimble, recent widower. but can carol’s three biological children and three adopted children come to terms with barry’s three biological children and three adopted children?

two of a kind
ducktales favorites, huey and louie (now in their 20’s), reunite to piece together their lives after their brother dies in a terrible explosion.

joey’s back!
when failed actor joey tribbiani finally throws in the towel, he finds himself returning home to the comfort of his old friends. but can they help him pick up the pieces of his shattered life? it’s heartache and pizza on joey’s back!

more frasier
i know that frasier crane was a main character, but there’s still a lot of ground left to cover with him. what’s his shirt size? favorite cereal? could things be funny if he visited a zoo? i need more frasier!