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== Spin-offs ==
''Happy Days'' resulted in seven different spin-off series, including two that were animated: ''[[Laverne & Shirley]],'' ''[[Blansky's Beauties]],'' ''[[Mork & Mindy]],'' ''[[Out of the Blue (1979 TV series)|Out of the Blue]],'' ''[[Joanie Loves Chachi]],'' ''[[The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang]]'' (animated), and ''[[Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour#Laverne & Shirley with The Fonz|Laverne & Shirley with The Fonz]]'' (animated).
* The most successful of these spin-offs, ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'' (1976–83) starring [[Penny Marshall]] and [[Cindy Williams]], respectively, also took place in early/mid-1960s [[Milwaukee]]. As Shotz Brewery workers, modeled after the Miller, Schlitz, and Pabst Breweries once located in Milwaukee, Laverne and Shirley find themselves in adventures with The Fonz, Lenny and Squiggy and even the Cunninghams also living in the midwestern city. The two starring characters eventually moved to Los Angeles in the show's later years. Penny Marshall was the sister of producer [[Garry Marshall]]. ''Happy Days'' and ''Laverne & Shirley'' had a crossover episode, "Shotgun Wedding", in which Richie and Fonzie get into trouble with a farmer for courting his daughters, and Laverne and Shirley try to help them. Part one is the season seven premiere of ''Happy Days'' and part two is the season five premiere of ''Laverne & Shirley''.
* After [[Robin Williams]] appeared as Mork in "[[My Favorite Orkan]]", he was given his own sitcom, ''[[Mork & Mindy]]'' (1978–82). In this series, Mork is an alien from the planet Ork, who lands in 1970s [[Boulder, Colorado]], to study humans. He moves in with [[Pam Dawber]]'s character of Mindy McConnell.
* ''[[Joanie Loves Chachi]]'' (1982–83) was a show about Richie's younger sister Joanie and Fonzie's younger cousin Chachi's relationship during their years as musicians in Chicago. While commonly believed that the show was canceled due to low ratings, the program finished in the Top 20 its first season, but ABC determined that the show was losing too much of its lead-in, suggesting low appeal if the show were moved (a suggestion that came to be realized, as the show's ratings dropped dramatically after a move to another time slot in its second season). This type of cancellation seemed strange in the early 1980s, but soon became a commonplace part of TV audience research.
* ''[[Out of the Blue (1979 TV series)|Out of the Blue]]'' (1979) is a spin-off of ''Happy Days,'' though a scheduling error had the series airing prior to the main character's introduction on ''Happy Days.''
* ''[[Blansky's Beauties]]'' (1977) starred [[Nancy Walker]] as former Las Vegas showgirl Nancy Blansky. One week before the show's premiere, the Blansky character appeared on ''Happy Days'' as a cousin of Howard Cunningham. [[Scott Baio]] and [[Lynda Goodfriend]] co-starred before joining ''Happy Days'' the following fall, and [[Pat Morita]] reprised his role of Arnold. Similarly, [[Eddie Mekka]] of ''Laverne & Shirley'' played the cousin of his Carmine character, while pulling double duty as a regular in both shows.

Spin-off pilots that did not succeed include ''The Ralph and Potsie Show'' as well as ''The Pinky Tuscadero Show''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioDxCd4tfn8&t=2m25s Charles Fox interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404003925/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioDxCd4tfn8&t=2m25s |date=April 4, 2023 }} with EmmyTvLegends.org (posted to YouTube on June 16, 2015)</ref>