Count Duckula was produced by Filmation and appeared as part of their "Mighty Mouse" and "Heckle and Jeckle" cartoon hour. Count Duckula then reappeared in the 2015 TV Series of Danger Mouse. "Count Duckula" was created by British studio Cosgrove Hall Films as a spin-off from "Danger Mouse". In 1984 Nickelodeon acquired the US broadcast rights to "Danger Mouse", which became a hit for the channel. After a few years, the Nickelodeon management came to Cosgrove Hall wishing to co-produce a new series. After being shown a number of ideas, the then head of Nickelodeon, Geraldine Laybourne, spotted a picture of Count
Series finale of the first and fourth season. Series finales are sometimes used as a platform to launch spinoff series. Two well-known examples include "The Andy Griffith Show"s series finale, which launched the spinoff "Mayberry RFD" and "The Practice"'s series finale, and much of its final season was used as a launching pad for "Boston Legal", starring James Spader and William Shatner. "Three's Company" launched the spinoffs "The Ropers" and "Three's A Crowd", while the aforementioned "Cheers" helped launch "Frasier", which saw a setting change from Boston to Seattle. Some planned spin-offs that influenced series finales, however, never materialized, as in the