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Pixar's Lightyear opened in US theaters on 17 June 2022, a spin-off presented as the film that made young Andy want a Buzz Lightyear toy. Angus MacLane directed, with Chris Evans voicing Buzz.

Johnson & Johnson said it would separate its roughly $9.2 billion-a-year orthopaedics business into a standalone company called DePuy Synthes within 18 to 24 months, and named former Smith & Nephew chief Namal Nawana to run it.

Comcast completed the spin-off of CNBC, MS NOW, USA Network, Golf Channel, E!, Syfy and Oxygen into the new public company Versant on 2 January 2026; it began trading on Nasdaq as VSNT on 5 January.

On 29 June 2026 Comcast announced a tax-free spin-off of NBCUniversal and Sky into an independent public company, expected in about a year, with Mike Cavanagh to run NBCUniversal and Michael Angelakis to become Comcast CEO.

ABC's new spinoff The Rookie: North, starring Jay Ellis as the oldest rookie of the Pierce County Police Department in the Pacific Northwest, premieres on Wednesday 6 January 2027 at 10 pm ET, right after The Rookie Season 9. Nathan Fillion appears in the pilot.

Grey's Anatomy returns with Season 23 episode 7 on Thursday 7 January 2027 at 10 pm ET on ABC, after the fall run is scheduled to end with "Till I Collapse" on 19 November 2026. ABC also says its untitled Grey's Anatomy spin-off is on track for the 2027-28 season.

Johnson & Johnson's orthopaedics business is due to leave the group as DePuy Synthes - by tax-free spinoff or by sale, with Apollo in talks at about $20 billion - and J&J says it is on track for a mid-2027 separation.