# Shows inhabiting a common TV universe

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 1, 2000, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-inhabiting-a-common-tv-universe/27648 "2000-08-01T02:38:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2000, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-inhabiting-a-common-tv-universe/27648/41 "2000-08-01T22:13:13Z")

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> The Simpsons and The Critic inhabit the same universe. Jay Sherman once visited the Simpson family for some reason…it was the same night The Critic premeired on Fox I believe.

True! Also, when _The Critic_ was cancelled, Jay Sherman ended in the same mental hospital that Ned commited himself to after the hurricane wiped out the Flanders’ house. Kinda creepy in a way. It showed Jay in a ward room telling the doctor, “It stinks!” and the doctor replies, “Yes, Mr. Sherman, EVERYthing stinks.”

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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-inhabiting-a-common-tv-universe/27648/42 "2000-08-02T01:22:55Z")

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_The 6 Million Dollar Man_ and {i]The Bionic Woman\*.  
I loved the Steve Austin vs. Bigfoot episodes.

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**Author:** ![Lok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e8c25b/32.png) [@Lok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lok)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2000, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shows-inhabiting-a-common-tv-universe/27648/43 "2000-08-02T06:55:00Z")

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> \*Originally posted by JosephFinn \*  
> \*\*I don;t know if this technically counts, but “The X-Files” has had two episodes with Darreb McGavin, of “Kolchak: The Night Stalker” fame, as the originator of the x-files. (Chris Carter has cited Kolchak as the inspiration for “The X-Files”) \*\*

He was the inspiration but the character of Kolchak never showed up on the show.

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