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Maybe instead of Spin-offs, we should have "Related Media". It covers the category more broadly. For example, we have certain shows that are interconnected loosely with films and other tv series.

For example, "JAG" has a spin-off of "NCIS" which has spun off two shows on their own: "NCIS: Los Angeles" and "NCIS: New Oreleans". Technically speaking, JAG only has NCIS as a spin-off. NCIS only has NCIS: LA and NCIS: New Oreleans. Instead, we could stick links so that all of those shows are all tangentially related.

I've also found myself thinking like Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. tv series; we could stick in a general link to the Marvel Cinematic Universe Franchise under the "Releated Media" as it all takes part in the same "universe".

Same thing with Batman: The Animated Series where it shares the same universe as Superman: The Animated Series; the New Batman Adventures; Batman Beyond; The Zeta Project; Justice League; and Static Shock tv series not to mention the films such as the Mask of the Phantasm, Batman & Mr. Freeze: Subzero, Mystery of the Batwoman, and Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker are all part of the whole chronology. In situation like this, we could create like a whole franchise and put it under "DCAU Franchise" and simply have one simple link to the whole enchilada.

In any case, we could also include stuff like sequel series or film adaptations like the 1964 Bewitched tv series which had a spin-off series Tabitha and a 2005 live action film, Bewitched without having to create Franchises for all of these series.