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Ray Romano Says Reviving ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Is ‘Out of the Question’: Reboots Are ‘Never as Good’ (variety.com)
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[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

A spin-off or spinoff is any narrative work derived from an already existing work that focuses on different aspects from the original work.

I think the "focuses on different aspects" is what you're missing.

It's well known that Frasier was a spinoff of Cheers. A spinoff generally focueses on a different character, or views the show from a different point of view.

A reboot takes an existing franchise and "reboots" it. Frasier (2023) is generally a reboot because it takes the same show and restarts it. Frasier (1993) took a side character from Cheers and made an entire show about it.

  • Frasier 1993 and Frasier 2023 are both shows about the life of Frasier Crane.
  • Cheers is a show about the bar cheers and the regular barflies, and one of them is Frasier Crane. Thus Frasier is a spinoff.

If they took Freddie and made a show called "Freddie" then I would call it a spinoff.