Five Primetime Characters Begging for Spin-offs, and Why They Shouldn’t Get Them Dwight Schrute is getting his own show. Why not Ron Swanson? by Ashley Sims Networks are constantly struggling to come up with programming that will turn America’s collective attention away from reality shows like American Idol, X Factor, and The Voice (which is American Idol, but with swivel chairs, right?). Though primetime sitcoms currently boast some of the best ensemble casts ever, and thus several of the greatest supporting characters around, we as a television-obsessed community know something that the network brass seems to forget: a likeable character does not a good spin-off make. With NBC planning a Dwight Schrute spin-off for The Office, here's a list of five characters who steal the shows they're on but don't necessarily deserve their own. 1. Ron Swanson from Parks and Recreation Whether you know him [...]...
- 2/17/2012
- by Ashley Sims
- Nerve
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