3 TV Characters That Deserved Their Own Spinoff

Throughout television history, there have been characters that captured the TV viewers attention. Most of the time this is the starring character, but occasionally a supporting character steals the show. Sometimes these characters develop into the starring character, such as Jaleel White's Urkel on Family Matters. Sometimes these characters get a spinoff of their own, such as Frasier from Cheers.

During shows with longer runs, many of the supporting characters are so well written and gain such a following of their own, they deserve their own show.

Here is a list of five characters that deserve their own show...

1. Willow Rosenberg: The quirky sidekick to Buffy in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Willow developed into a major player in the final seasons. She learned witchcraft and within several seasons, became one of the most powerful people on the planet--especially when she was angry. Any doubt to how powerful she could be, was erased after her girlfriend, Tara, was murdered. She even brought Buffy back to life after she died during the final battle against Glory.

Willow also appeared in several episodes of the Buffy spinoff, Angel. And why not? She was powerful enough to restore Angel's soul into his body, making him the only vampire with a soul--for a while. She was a likeable character, but also showed hints of kicking ass and even hints of having a dark side. When she met her alternate universe self, her evil alternate who happened to be a vampire, was turned on by seeing the good version of her self.

Surviving the fall of Sunnydale, she could foreseeably have a continuing storyline. While she has one in comic book form, a television version would have made Buffy fans excited. Unfortunately with the success of How I Met Your Mother, Alyson Hannigan would probably never reprise her role as Willow.

2. Worf: The lone Klingon serving in the Federation, Worf went from the lowest ranked member on the bridge of Star Trek: The Next Generation to a lieutenant who was head of security on the Enterprise-D, to lieutenant commander on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to Federation ambassador on the Klingon home world.

Worf's story continued in the pocket books, when he eventually replaced William Riker as commander on the Enterprise-E. There was a motion to film another generation of Star Trek on television, with Worf as the captain of his own ship, but this apparently has been delayed or killed off.

A spinoff with Worf as a captain could have been captivating. It could have been the first Star Trek universe show or movie that centered around a Klingon ship. Not only would this have given Worf more of a backstory that has been developed so well through two Star Trek series, but clever writers could have added more to the backstory to the Klingon race.

3. Jack Bristow: Now you're probably flashing back to the Alias episode when Jack died. Jack had years of experience as a covert agent of the CIA and infiltrating the crime syndicate, SD-6. In his years before the Alias storyline, he had partnered with former CIA agent Arvin Sloane to run SD-6, married a Russian spy named Irina, and did this all under the cover of a airplane parts supplier, during the Cold War era.

There's a lot of possible storylines that can be featured in a prequel series. Fans of the Alias series would even get a kick out of seeing how a young Arvin Sloane turns evil, a young Irina Derevko seduce Jack, and how a young Sydney Bristow grows up.