# TV Binge Watch (Part 1)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004>\
**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\
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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2661 "2020-01-24T14:37:04Z")

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Businesses in TV series

1. Los Angeles Tribune newspaper (Lou Grant)
2. Crane, Poole & Schmidt law firm (Boston Legal)
3. Catco (Supergirl)
4. WRKP (in Cincinnati)
5. Sunshine Cab Company (Taxi)

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**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:** [January 24, 2020, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2662 "2020-01-24T14:42:36Z")

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Businesses in TV series

1. Los Angeles Tribune newspaper (Lou Grant)
2. Crane, Poole & Schmidt law firm (Boston Legal)
3. Catco (Supergirl)
4. WRKP (in Cincinnati)
5. Sunshine Cab Company (Taxi)
6. Zangen (The Big Bang Theory)

(Zangen is the pharmaceutical company that both Bernadette and Penny work for. The company is never mentioned by name, but does show up on Bernadette’s lab coat, signs at company events and on props in their apartment.)

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**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2663 "2020-01-24T14:55:06Z")

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Businesses in TV series

1. Los Angeles Tribune newspaper (Lou Grant)
2. Crane, Poole & Schmidt law firm (Boston Legal)
3. Catco (Supergirl)
4. WRKP (in Cincinnati)
5. Sunshine Cab Company (Taxi)
6. Zangen (The Big Bang Theory)
7. Sam Drucker’s General Store (Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies)

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**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2664 "2020-01-24T15:01:22Z")

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Businesses in TV series

1. Los Angeles Tribune newspaper (Lou Grant)
2. Crane, Poole & Schmidt law firm (Boston Legal)
3. Catco (Supergirl)
4. WRKP (in Cincinnati)
5. Sunshine Cab Company (Taxi)
6. Zangen (The Big Bang Theory)
7. Sam Drucker’s General Store (Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies)
8. Kwik E Mart (Simpsons)

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2665 "2020-01-24T17:35:32Z")

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Businesses in TV series

1. Los Angeles Tribune newspaper (Lou Grant)
2. Crane, Poole & Schmidt law firm (Boston Legal)
3. Catco (Supergirl)
4. WRKP (in Cincinnati)
5. Sunshine Cab Company (Taxi)
6. Zangen (The Big Bang Theory)
7. Sam Drucker’s General Store (Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies)
8. Kwik E Mart (Simpsons)
9. Floyd’s Barber Shop (Andy Griffith Show)

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2666 "2020-01-24T18:14:11Z")

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Businesses in TV series

1. Los Angeles Tribune newspaper (Lou Grant)
2. Crane, Poole & Schmidt law firm (Boston Legal)
3. Catco (Supergirl)
4. WRKP (in Cincinnati)
5. Sunshine Cab Company (Taxi)
6. Zangen (The Big Bang Theory)
7. Sam Drucker’s General Store (Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, The Beverly Hillbillies)
8. Kwik E Mart (Simpsons)
9. Floyd’s Barber Shop (Andy Griffith Show)
10. Dunder Mifflin Paper Company (The Office)

I’ll pass.

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**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2667 "2020-01-24T22:21:19Z")

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Spinoffs, and the series they were spun off from

1. The Jeffersons, spun off from All in the Family

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**Post date:** [January 24, 2020, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2668 "2020-01-24T22:28:18Z")

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Spinoffs, and the series they were spun off from

1. The Jeffersons, spun off from All in the Family
2. Xena: Warrior Princess, spun off from Hercules

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**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:** [January 25, 2020, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2669 "2020-01-25T03:13:10Z")

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Spinoffs, and the series they were spun off from

1. The Jeffersons, spun off from All in the Family
2. Xena: Warrior Princess, spun off from Hercules
3. Rhoda, spun off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2670 "2020-01-25T07:31:00Z")

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Spinoffs, and the series they were spun off from

1. The Jeffersons, spun off from All in the Family
2. Xena: Warrior Princess, spun off from Hercules
3. Rhoda, spun off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
4. Frasier, spun off from Cheers

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2671 "2020-01-25T08:01:18Z")

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Spinoffs, and the series they were spun off from

1. The Jeffersons, spun off from All in the Family
2. Xena: Warrior Princess, spun off from Hercules
3. Rhoda, spun off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
4. Frasier, spun off from Cheers
5. Laverne and Shirley, spun off from Happy Days

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**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2672 "2020-01-25T11:08:44Z")

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Spinoffs, and the series they were spun off from

1. The Jeffersons, spun off from All in the Family
2. Xena: Warrior Princess, spun off from Hercules
3. Rhoda, spun off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
4. Frasier, spun off from Cheers
5. Laverne and Shirley, spun off from Happy Days
6. Young Sheldon, spun from The Big Bang Theory

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**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:** [January 25, 2020, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2673 "2020-01-25T12:12:17Z")

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Spinoffs, and the series they were spun off from

1. The Jeffersons, spun off from All in the Family
2. Xena: Warrior Princess, spun off from Hercules
3. Rhoda, spun off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
4. Frasier, spun off from Cheers
5. Laverne and Shirley, spun off from Happy Days
6. Young Sheldon, spun from The Big Bang Theory
7. Honey West, spun from Burke’s Law

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**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2674 "2020-01-25T15:41:52Z")

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Spinoffs, and the series they were spun off from

1. The Jeffersons, spun off from All in the Family
2. Xena: Warrior Princess, spun off from Hercules
3. Rhoda, spun off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
4. Frasier, spun off from Cheers
5. Laverne and Shirley, spun off from Happy Days
6. Young Sheldon, spun from The Big Bang Theory
7. Honey West, spun from Burke’s Law
8. Better Call Saul, spun off from Breaking Bad

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**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2675 "2020-01-25T16:29:10Z")

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Spinoffs, and the series they were spun off from

1. The Jeffersons, spun off from All in the Family
2. Xena: Warrior Princess, spun off from Hercules
3. Rhoda, spun off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
4. Frasier, spun off from Cheers
5. Laverne and Shirley, spun off from Happy Days
6. Young Sheldon, spun from The Big Bang Theory
7. Honey West, spun from Burke’s Law
8. Better Call Saul, spun off from Breaking Bad
9. Three’s A Crowd, spun off from Three’s Company

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**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:** [January 25, 2020, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2676 "2020-01-25T18:15:35Z")

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Spinoffs, and the series they were spun off from

1. The Jeffersons, spun off from All in the Family

2. Xena: Warrior Princess, spun off from Hercules

3. Rhoda, spun off from The Mary Tyler Moore Show

4. Frasier, spun off from Cheers

5. Laverne and Shirley, spun off from Happy Days

6. Young Sheldon, spun from The Big Bang Theory

7. Honey West, spun from Burke’s Law

8. Better Call Saul, spun off from Breaking Bad

9. Three’s A Crowd, spun off from Three’s Company

10. Mork & Mindy, spun off from Happy Days  
Celebrities appearing on… The Hollywood Squares!

11. Paul Lynde

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**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2677 "2020-01-25T18:44:46Z")

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Celebrities appearing on… The Hollywood Squares!

1. Paul Lynde
2. Fred Grandy

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2678 "2020-01-25T18:59:37Z")

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Celebrities appearing on… The Hollywood Squares!

1. Paul Lynde
2. Fred Grandy
3. Rose Marie

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**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2679 "2020-01-25T19:05:22Z")

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Celebrities appearing on… The Hollywood Squares!

1. Paul Lynde
2. Fred Grandy
3. Rose Marie
4. Cliff Arquette

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**Post date:** [January 25, 2020, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/2680 "2020-01-25T19:18:29Z")

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Celebrities appearing on… The Hollywood Squares!

1. Paul Lynde
2. Fred Grandy
3. Rose Marie
4. Cliff Arquette
5. Florence Henderson

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