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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]]'''.

An [['''After Show]]''' is a very specific combination of [[Spin-Off]] 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 ... ''[[The Ropers]]'' is just a spin-off of ''[[ThreesThree's Company]]'', but ''Three's a Crowd'' is 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 ___________ .

Named after the show ''[[After MASH (TV)|After MASHAfterMASH]]'', one of the most famous [[After Show|'''After Shows]]''' ever.

* ''[[The Adventures of Superpup]]'' is an attempt to do ''[[The Adventures of Superman (TV)|The Adventures of Superman]]'' without Superman.

* ''[[Archie BunkersBunker's Place]]'' is an attempt to do ''[[All in The Family]]'' without the Family.

* ''[[After MASH (TV)|After MASHAfterMASH]]'' is an attempt to do ''[[M*A*S*H (TVtelevision)|Mash]]'' without Hawkeye, BJ, Charles, Hot Lips, and war.

* ''[[Star Trek: theThe Next Generation]]'' is an attempt to do ''[[Star Trek: theThe Original Series]]'' without the Original Crew.

* ''Three's a Crowd'' is an attempt to do ''[[ThreesThree's Company]]'' without Janet and Terri/Crissy/Cindy.

** And [[Trans -Atlantic Equivalent|likewise]], ''Robin's Nest'' is an attempt to do ''[[Man About the House]]'' without Chrissy and Jo.

* ''[[Stargate SG -1]]'''s ninth and tenth seasons. The producers wanted to change the title to "Stargate Command" and do exactly this, but [[Executive Meddling|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.

* ''[[Are You Being Served Again]]'', also known as ''Grace and Favour'', is an attempt to do ''[[Are You Being Served?]]'' without the department store, Mr. Lucas or Mr. Spooner, or either of the elderly Grace Brothers the store was named for.

* "It Sticks Out Half A Mile" was a radio-show attempt at making ''[[DadsDad's Army]]'' 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 [[Le Mesurier]]'s Arthur Wilson as the main character. His death a year later effectively ended all work on the program.

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