Common Threads #7

What do these series have in common?

• "The Addams Family" (ABC, 1964)
  
• "Alf" (NBC, 1986)
  
• "Emergency" (NBC, 1972)
  
• "Gilligan's Island" (CBS, 1964)
  
• "Laverne & Shirley" (ABC, 1976)
  
• "Star Trek" (NBC, 1966)

(+/-)answer

Each live-action series was the creative genesis for a Saturday morning animated series.

• "The Addams Family" (ABC, 1964) → "The Addams Family (NBC, 1973)
  
• "The Addams Family" (ABC, 1964) → "The Addams Family (ABC, 1992)
  
• "Alf" (NBC, 1986) → "Alf: The Animated Series" (NBC, 1987)
  
• "Emergency" (NBC, 1972) → "Emergency Plus Four" (NBC, 1973)
  
• "Gilligan's Island" (CBS, 1964) → "Gilligan's Planet" (CBS, 1982)
  
• "Laverne & Shirley" (ABC, 1976) → "Laverne and Shirley in the Army" (ABC, 1981)
  
• "Star Trek" (NBC, 1966) → "Star Trek: The Animated Series" (NBC, 1973)

Many other series followed this same pathway. You'll have to wait for the full list at a later date.

Just thinking out loud. If "Ugly Betty" can keep most its preem audience, then I can definitely see an animated version next year.