The Supernatural Spin-off

Just as Buffy the Vampire Slayer produced the spin-off Angel, it seems Supernatural, another slayer series, will produce offspring.  The success of Sam and Dean Winchester has spawned the new series Tribes.  The 20th episode of the current season of Supernatural will bring to life a new set of characters that will then take the story elsewhere.   

TVLine has the layout of the new cast, noting the story will be set in Chicago and involve five monster crime families.  I guess Chicago is a good setting since it already hosted some monstrous crime families in the past.

It will be interesting to see if the new show can duplicate the success of the original.  Sam and Dean are today's darker version of the Hardy Boys, whereas the new show seems to be a more typical collection of characters.  As long as Tribes has similar writing and does not take itself too seriously, it should do well.  The Vampire Diaries already has its spin-off in New Orleans, so now Chicago has a chance.