Count Duckula video (the first was not televised until 1991, neither was the latter until 1993). "Count Duckula" episodes were also released on special VHS compilations with episodes of other series. In 1989, the episode "Down under Duckula" was released on Thames' VHS title "More Children's Summer Stories", with episodes from "Danger Mouse" and "The Wind in the Willows". In 2001, in the twilight years of VHS, the episodes "The Ghost of Castle McDuckula" and "Venice a Duck, Not a Duck!" were featured on two cult kids' collection tapes, with episodes of "Rainbow, Chorlton & the Wheelies", "Button Moon" and "Jamie &
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