# TV Binge Watch (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004 "2019-08-21T15:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 112
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2221 "2019-12-21T14:29:20Z")
Movie stars who went (or returned) to TV 1. Robin Williams (The Crazy Ones) 2. Zooey Deschanel - New Girl 3. Christina Ricci - Pan Am 4. Lucy Liu - Elementary 5. Tony Curtis - Vega$ 6. Karl Malden - The Streets of San Francisco 7. Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2222 "2019-12-21T14:34:13Z")
Movie stars who went (or returned) to TV 1. Robin Williams (The Crazy Ones) 2. Zooey Deschanel - New Girl 3. Christina Ricci - Pan Am 4. Lucy Liu - Elementary 5. Tony Curtis - Vega$ 6. Karl Malden - The Streets of San Francisco 7. Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote 8. Jessica Biel - The Sinner Also with Bill Pullman, who has done TV work throughout his career, but is primarily known as a movie actor. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2223 "2019-12-21T14:43:36Z")
Movie stars who went (or returned) to TV 1. Robin Williams (The Crazy Ones) 2. Zooey Deschanel - New Girl 3. Christina Ricci - Pan Am 4. Lucy Liu - Elementary 5. Tony Curtis - Vega$ 6. Karl Malden - The Streets of San Francisco 7. Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote 8. Jessica Biel - The Sinner 9. David McCallum - NCIS ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2224 "2019-12-22T00:33:59Z")
Movie stars who went (or returned) to TV 1. Robin Williams (The Crazy Ones) 2. Zooey Deschanel - New Girl 3. Christina Ricci - Pan Am 4. Lucy Liu - Elementary 5. Tony Curtis - Vega$ 6. Karl Malden - The Streets of San Francisco 7. Angela Lansbury - Murder, She Wrote 8. Jessica Biel - The Sinner 9. David McCallum - NCIS 10. Michael J. Fox - Spin City Sports programs 1. This Week In Baseball ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2225 "2019-12-22T00:40:52Z")
Sports programs 1. This Week In Baseball 2. The Wide Wide World of Sports ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2226 "2019-12-22T05:33:52Z")
Sports programs 1. This Week In Baseball 2. The Wide Wide World of Sports 3. Inside the NBA ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2227 "2019-12-22T05:53:05Z")
Sports programs 1. This Week In Baseball 2. The Wide Wide World of Sports 3. Inside the NBA 4. Hockey Night in Canada ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2228 "2019-12-22T14:16:16Z")
Sports programs 1. This Week In Baseball 2. The Wide Wide World of Sports 3. Inside the NBA 4. Hockey Night in Canada 5. Sports Challenge With a pre-_Jeopardy!_ Johnny Gilbert. Also, it was _Wide World of Sports_. They never produced a double-wide model:) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2229 "2019-12-22T15:50:44Z")
Sports programs 1. This Week In Baseball 2. The Wide Wide World of Sports 3. Inside the NBA 4. Hockey Night in Canada 5. Sports Challenge 6. The George Michael Sports Machine ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2230 "2019-12-22T18:43:15Z")
Sports programs 1. This Week In Baseball 2. The Wide Wide World of Sports 3. Inside the NBA 4. Hockey Night in Canada 5. Sports Challenge 6. The George Michael Sports Machine 7. NBC Presents The Olympic Games ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2231 "2019-12-22T18:59:58Z")
Sports programs 1. This Week In Baseball 2. The Wide Wide World of Sports 3. Inside the NBA 4. Hockey Night in Canada 5. Sports Challenge 6. The George Michael Sports Machine 7. NBC Presents The Olympic Games 8. Pardon the Interruption ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2019, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2232 "2019-12-22T20:59:20Z")
Sports programs 1. This Week In Baseball 2. The Wide Wide World of Sports 3. Inside the NBA 4. Hockey Night in Canada 5. Sports Challenge 6. The George Michael Sports Machine 7. NBC Presents The Olympic Games 8. Pardon the Interruption 9. Sports Night ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2233 "2019-12-23T16:36:47Z")
Sports programs 1. This Week In Baseball 2. The Wide Wide World of Sports 3. Inside the NBA 4. Hockey Night in Canada 5. Sports Challenge 6. The George Michael Sports Machine 7. NBC Presents The Olympic Games 8. Pardon the Interruption 9. Sports Night 10. E:60 Next up: Shows with a main character named Jane 1. Prime Suspect (Det. Chief Insp. Jane Tennison) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2234 "2019-12-23T16:39:13Z")
Shows with a main character named Jane 1. Prime Suspect (Det. Chief Insp. Jane Tennison) 2. The Jetsons (Jane Jetson) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2235 "2019-12-23T17:07:18Z")
Shows with a main character named Jane 1. Prime Suspect (Det. Chief Insp. Jane Tennison) 2. The Jetsons (Jane Jetson) 3. The Beverly Hillbillies (Jane Hathaway) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2236 "2019-12-23T17:07:21Z")
Shows with a main character named Jane 1. Prime Suspect (Det. Chief Insp. Jane Tennison) 2. The Jetsons (Jane Jetson) 3. Arthur (Jane Read) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2237 "2019-12-23T17:12:10Z")
Shows with a main character named Jane 1. Prime Suspect (Det. Chief Insp. Jane Tennison) 2. The Jetsons (Jane Jetson) 3. Arthur (Jane Read) 4. The Mentalist (Patrick Jane) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2238 "2019-12-23T17:18:11Z")
Shows with a main character named Jane 1. Prime Suspect (Det. Chief Insp. Jane Tennison) 2. The Jetsons (Jane Jetson) 3. The Beverly Hillbillies (Jane Hathaway) 4. Arthur (Jane Read) 5. The Mentalist (Patrick Jane) 6. Jane The Virgin (Jane Gloriana Villanueva) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2239 "2019-12-23T19:35:06Z")
Shows with a main character named Jane 1. Prime Suspect (Det. Chief Insp. Jane Tennison) 2. The Jetsons (Jane Jetson) 3. The Beverly Hillbillies (Jane Hathaway) 4. Arthur (Jane Read) 5. The Mentalist (Patrick Jane) 6. Jane The Virgin (Jane Gloriana Villanueva) 7. Rizzoli & Isles (Jane Rizzoli) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2019, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2240 "2019-12-23T19:50:17Z")
Shows with a main character named Jane 1. Prime Suspect (Det. Chief Insp. Jane Tennison) 2. The Jetsons (Jane Jetson) 3. The Beverly Hillbillies (Jane Hathaway) 4. Arthur (Jane Read) 5. The Mentalist (Patrick Jane) 6. Jane The Virgin (Jane Gloriana Villanueva) 7. Rizzoli & Isles (Jane Rizzoli) 8. Saturday Night Live (Jane Curtin, who played herself in Weekend Update) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=111) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=113)