An exception to this rule can be made to series such as The Transformers where the lines of continuity are blurred.
Neither is a reboot series, a term recently invented for motion pictures, which can also occur in television (e.g.
A recent example is the 1987 series Beauty and the Beast, rebooted as the 2012 CW television series Beauty & the Beast,[3] which keeps only the main premise of a female law enforcement official aided by a man-beast, the New York City locale, and the names of the two main characters.
The CW's Beauty & the Beast was later rebooted again as a Max series starting in 2023.
NBC’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999-), which is the spin-off of NBC’s Law & Order (1990-2010; 2022-), is the longest-running spin-off series in American TV history with its landmark 25th season set to premiere on January 18, 2024.