# Recycling TV Show Titles **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 28, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-tv-show-titles/814991 "2018-05-28T19:14:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-tv-show-titles/814991/21 "2018-05-30T00:58:29Z")
**Jericho** is the show Levinson & Link were doing shortly before Peter Falk debuted as Columbo: sneaky operatives doing their thing behind enemy lines during WWII, which (a) could’ve worked, but (b) was up against Adam West as Batman. So, yeah: never had a _chance,_ really. Anyhow, decades later we got **Jericho** : the story of folks in a small town in Kansas trying to get by after, y’know, some nuking. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-tv-show-titles/814991/22 "2018-06-06T02:25:26Z")
[The Invisible Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051285/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1958) [The Invisible Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051285/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) (1975) [The Invisible Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087478/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_39) (1984) (A miniseries based on the novel. The others only used the title.) [The Invisible Man](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220238/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2) (2000) I haven’t seen any of these, though. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-tv-show-titles/814991/23 "2018-06-06T02:45:05Z")
_Hunter_ was, of course, a long-running cop show with Fred Dryer as the guy who is pretty good at detective work and ridiculously good at pistol marksmanship. But before that, _Hunter_ was the show with James Franciscus as a counterspy who maintains a cover identity as a rare-book dealer, opposite Linda Evans. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-tv-show-titles/814991/24 "2018-06-08T12:10:51Z")
Just stumbled across [_The Americans_](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054515/) from 1961 thanks to IMDb auto-suggest. Had Dobie Gillis’s brother in it and some appearances by John McIntire. Clicking on the full cast link leads to a pretty amazing list of people who appeared in just one episode. Don’t see anyone obvious that appeared on the other _The Americans_. Don’t recall this one at all. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-tv-show-titles/814991/25 "2018-06-08T15:17:08Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Just stumbled across [_The Americans_](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054515/) from 1961 thanks to IMDb auto-suggest. > > Had Dobie Gillis’s brother in it and some appearances by John McIntire. Clicking on the full cast link leads to a pretty amazing list of people who appeared in just one episode. Don’t see anyone obvious that appeared on the other _The Americans_. > > Don’t recall this one at all. was a favorite of mine when it aired: it was set in the Civil War, about two brothers fighting on opposite sides. Favorite episode was called “The War between the states,” one of the few where both brothers appeared together. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-tv-show-titles/814991/26 "2018-06-08T15:29:32Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > In recent news: > > [New Amsterdam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam_(2008_TV_series))(2008) - Fox fantasy series about an immortal police officer. > > [New Amsterdam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Amsterdam_(2018_TV_series))(2018) - Upcoming NBC medical drama premiering this fall. Thank you. I kept hearing about that new show and I was thinking “didn’t that already come out?” ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-tv-show-titles/814991/27 "2018-06-08T19:37:17Z")
_ **Police Surgeon** _, starring Ian Hendry, was a 1960 precursor to _ **The Avengers** _ with Patrick MacNee. _ **Police Surgeon** _ (AKA\*\*\* Dr Simon Locke\*\*\*) was a Canadian police/medical drama that ran from 1971 through 1974. It starred Sam Groom, who played Jerry the technician in _ **The Time Tunnel** _ (1966–67). ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-tv-show-titles/814991/28 "2018-06-08T22:54:13Z")
In September of 1975, ABC premiered a variety show hosted by, of all people, Howard Cosell. It was called “[Saturday Night Live](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159205/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt).” 3 weeks later, “[NBC’s Saturday Night](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072562/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt)” went on the air, and kept that name for two seasons before appropriating the title of Cosell’s short-lived effort. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-tv-show-titles/814991/29 "2018-06-09T09:43:33Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > **Jericho** is the show Levinson & Link were doing shortly before Peter Falk debuted as Columbo: sneaky operatives doing their thing behind enemy lines during WWII, which (a) could’ve worked, but (b) was up against Adam West as Batman. > > So, yeah: never had a _chance,_ really. Considering how quickly _ **Batman** _ went downhill in the 1966-67 season, CBS would have been smart to give _ **Jericho** _ more of a chance. Walter Koening had a role in the series as a Resistance fighter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recycling-tv-show-titles/814991.md?page=1)