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4 Classic Comedy Movies That Got Terrible TV Spinoffs Nobody Asked For

Several classic films have been given the sitcom treatment over the years, for better or worse.

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If a movie does well at the box office, it’s only a matter of time before somebody tries to milk it for what it’s worth. On the comedy side of things, this almost certainly will result in a TV spinoff of some kind.

More often than not, the sitcom version doesn’t involve anyone who made the original film enjoyable, and—surprise, surprise—they don’t end up sticking around for long. Here are a few short-lived attempts at turning classic comedy films into shows nobody was asking for.

In 1990, CBS developed the 1989 John Hughes hit Uncle Buck into a half-hour sitcom starring comedian Kevin Meaney in the John Candy role as Buck Russell. In this version, Buck becomes the legal guardian of his brother........

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