America's Next Top Model
Cycle 4 — the first filmed in L.A. — was neither as fun as future campy
seasons (hello, snoozy photo shoots!) nor as classy as the first three
New York-set cycles.
Joey
How could NBC move the sandwich-loving Friend out of a pastrami-filled
NYC? Viewers weren't hungry for an L.A.-based Joey — the spin-off barely
lasted two seasons.
The Apprentice
Trump tried in vain to save his aging show by moving it to Cali for
season 6. Tent city? No deal. It took his importing celebs back to New
York the next year to get The Apprentice back in business.
Happy Days
Fonzie jumped a shark on water skis when visiting L.A. So bad it gave
birth to a pop culture term meaning ''irreparable damage.''
Laverne & Shirley
The Happy Days spin-off didn't learn from the Fonz. The brewery dames
got flat when they moved from Milwaukee to Burbank to find Hollywood
fame. And whoever heard of a tan Squiggy?
Sex and the City
Good thing Carrie & Co. were eager to escape the Playboy mansion and
return to their home base after two West Coast episodes: NYC fashion
gets bleached out in the Cali sun. Take note, Tim and Heidi...
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