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15 TV Characters Who Deserved Their Own Spin-Off

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Nazarii Verbitskiy

TV Shows & Movies - November 13th 2026, 00:00 GMT+1

Crowley from Supernatural — 15. Crowley from Supernatural
A demon running Hell like a mid-level bureaucracy who'd rather cut a deal than start a war. That was Crowley's whole appeal on Supernatural, the sarcasm always sharper than the knife. He switched sides so often you stopped trying to predict him and just waited for the next one-liner. A spin-off following his rise through Hell's org chart writes itself. | © The CW

Donna Meagle from Parks and Recreation — 14. Donna Meagle from Parks and Recreation
Treat yo self started as a joke and became a whole philosophy. Donna Meagle on Parks and Recreation moved through Pawnee like nothing in that town could touch her, Mercedes and all. Her friendship with Tom turned shopping trips into something closer to ceremony. Nobody needed less character development to be this much fun to watch. | © NBC

Castiel from Supernatural — 13. Castiel from Supernatural
An angel who didn't understand sarcasm became the most quietly funny thing on Supernatural. Castiel's flat delivery turned confusion into comedy, right up until the show needed him to carry real heartbreak instead. He went from celestial soldier to the guy who'd burn down Heaven for two brothers he wasn't supposed to care about. Few characters earned that kind of loyalty from an audience while still sounding like they'd never heard a joke before. | © The CW

Grey anatomy — 12. Dr. Cristina Yang from Grey's Anatomy
Cristina Yang never pretended to want balance. On Grey's Anatomy she wanted to be the best surgeon in the room, full stop, and said so without apology. Her friendship with Meredith ran deeper than most of the show's romances ever managed. Watching her walk away from Seattle for a cardio program in Switzerland felt less like an ending and more like she'd finally outgrown the whole hospital. | © ABC

Tormund Giantsbane — 11. Tormund Giantsbane from Game of Thrones
Big laugh, bigger beard, zero patience for walls keeping him from Brienne of Tarth. Tormund Giantsbane showed up on Game of Thrones and made the Wildlings feel like the only people in Westeros having a good time. He talked about giant's milk with more conviction than most lords used discussing war. A whole season of him just wandering the North causing trouble would've been time well spent. | © HBO

Sex and the city — 10. Samantha Jones from Sex and the City
Nobody on Sex and the City ordered a drink quite like Samantha Jones did, which is to say she ran the whole table. Her PR firm had clients, chaos, and enough drama to fill its own HBO slot without borrowing Carrie's voiceover. She treated men, menopause, and midtown Manhattan with the same unbothered confidence. A show just about her agency would've been less a spin-off and more a victory lap. | © HBO

Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn Nine Nine — 9. Rosa Diaz from Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Detective Rosa Diaz solved crimes in Brooklyn Nine-Nine with the warmth of a parking ticket, and it worked every time. She barely spoke outside of work, which somehow made every scrap of personal info feel like classified intel. Give her a motorcycle, an undercover assignment, and zero backup, and you've got a show. Her silence alone carried more plot than most characters manage with full monologues. | © NBC

Klaus Hargreeves from The Umbrella Academy — 8. Klaus Hargreeves from The Umbrella Academy
Ghosts followed Klaus Hargreeves everywhere in The Umbrella Academy, and he treated it like background noise at a party he didn't want to leave. He talked to the dead, dodged responsibility, and still ended up the most oddly reliable Hargreeves sibling. A season built around his detours through time, addiction, and the afterlife would never run out of material. Chaos followed him so naturally it basically counted as a superpower. | © Netflix

April Ludgate from Parks and Recreation — 7. April Ludgate from Parks and Recreation
There's a very specific joy in watching someone care about absolutely nothing, and April Ludgate turned that into an art form on Parks and Recreation. Her deadpan stare could end a conversation faster than any insult. Underneath the indifference was someone quietly building a weird, functional adult life with Andy by her side. A spin-off following her through actual adulthood, sarcasm fully intact, sounds like a gift. | © NBC

Steve Harrington — 6. Steve Harrington from Stranger Things
By the time Stranger Things turned Steve Harrington into a babysitter with a bat full of nails, nobody saw that character arc coming. He went from high school's most punchable hair to the group's most dependable adult, somehow without losing the hair. Watching him fumble through monster fights while still worrying about the kids' snack breaks never got old. Hawkins could've spared him for his own show about surviving its nonsense solo. | © Netflix

Lagertha from Vikings — 5. Lagertha from Vikings
Shieldmaiden, farmer, queen, Lagertha was never just one thing in Vikings. She picked up a sword to defend her home and never really put it back down for the rest of the series. Her arc went from raider's wife to ruler in her own right, which is a bigger jump than most shows ever attempt. A spin-off tracking her climb to the throne alone would've been worth the whole trip. | © History Channel

Beth Dutton from Yellowstone — 4. Beth Dutton from Yellowstone
Few people on television enjoy their own cruelty as openly as Beth Dutton does in Yellowstone. Every sentence out of her mouth sounds like it was sharpened beforehand, built specifically to leave a mark. She runs through corporate boardrooms and family dinners with the same scorched earth approach. Watching her dismantle a rival in heels feels like its own genre of television. | © Paramount Network

Phoebe Buffay — 3. Phoebe Buffay from Friends
New York had one certified weirdo holding the group together, and her name was Phoebe Buffay. Friends gave her a guitar, a tragic backstory played entirely for laughs, and some of the strangest original songs ever aired on network TV. Smelly Cat alone deserves its own highlight reel. She made oddness look like the healthiest option in the room. | © NBC

Bob Odenkirk Saul Goodman — 2. Saul Goodman from Breaking Bad
Before he was Saul Goodman, he was somebody else entirely, and Breaking Bad only hinted at how much. The show used him mostly as comic relief with a law degree, a guy who could make problems disappear for the right price. His morality was flexible enough to bend around an entire meth empire without snapping. There was clearly a longer story sitting right there, waiting for someone to tell it. | © AMC

Tyrion Lannister — 1. Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones
Wit was Tyrion Lannister's weapon of choice, and Game of Thrones never let him put it down. He talked his way out of trials, wars, and family dinners that should've killed him several times over. Every scene he walked into got smarter and funnier the second he opened his mouth. A show built entirely around his schemes would've needed subtitles just to keep up with him. | © HBO

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Some side characters steal every scene they’re in, and the writers never quite let them off the leash. These are the ones who could have carried a whole series on their own. Here are 15 TV characters who deserved their own spin-off.

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Some side characters steal every scene they’re in, and the writers never quite let them off the leash. These are the ones who could have carried a whole series on their own. Here are 15 TV characters who deserved their own spin-off.