# 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:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5426 "2021-03-25T17:40:29Z")

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**Also set in a major city that isn’t New York City (no repeats here, or from previous list)**

1. _Mork and Mindy_ - Boulder, Colo.
2. _Dallas_ - Dallas, Texas
3. _The Streets of San Francisco_ - San Francisco, CA
4. _Alice_ - Phoenix, AZ
5. _Portlandia_ - Portland, OR

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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:** [March 25, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5427 "2021-03-25T17:44:05Z")

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That’s a repeat.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5428 "2021-03-25T18:00:26Z")

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Damn. Must have scrolled past that, or … reading is a skill. OK, how about

**Also set in a major city that isn’t New York City (no repeats here, or from previous list)**

1. _Mork and Mindy_ - Boulder, Colo.
2. _Dallas_ - Dallas, Texas
3. _The Streets of San Francisco_ - San Francisco, CA
4. _Alice_ - Phoenix, AZ
5. _One Day At A Time_ - Indianapolis (the original; not sure where the remake was)

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**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:** [March 25, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5429 "2021-03-25T18:09:57Z")

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**Also set in a major city that isn’t New York City (no repeats here, or from previous list)**

1. _Mork and Mindy_ - Boulder, Colo.
2. _Dallas_ - Dallas, Texas
3. _The Streets of San Francisco_ - San Francisco, CA
4. _Alice_ - Phoenix, AZ
5. _One Day At A Time_ - Indianapolis (the original; not sure where the remake was)
6. _The Wire_ - Baltimore

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5430 "2021-03-25T18:29:59Z")

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[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:5429, topic:839004, full:true”]  
**Also set in a major city that isn’t New York City (no repeats here, or from previous list)**

1. _Mork and Mindy_ - Boulder, Colo.
2. _Dallas_ - Dallas, Texas
3. _The Streets of San Francisco_ - San Francisco, CA
4. _Alice_ - Phoenix, AZ
5. _One Day At A Time_ - Indianapolis (the original; not sure where the remake was)
6. _The Wire_ - Baltimore
7. _Kenan_ - Atlanta

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**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:** [March 25, 2021, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5431 "2021-03-25T18:37:45Z")

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**Also set in a major city that isn’t New York City (no repeats here, or from previous list)**

1. _Mork and Mindy_ - Boulder, Colo.
2. _Dallas_ - Dallas, Texas
3. _The Streets of San Francisco_ - San Francisco, CA
4. _Alice_ - Phoenix, AZ
5. _One Day At A Time_ - Indianapolis (the original; not sure where the remake was)
6. _The Wire_ - Baltimore
7. _Kenan_ - Atlanta
8. _WKRP in Cincinnati_ - Cincinnati, Ohio

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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:** [March 25, 2021, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5432 "2021-03-25T18:51:28Z")

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**Also set in a major city that isn’t New York City (no repeats here, or from previous list)**

1. _Mork and Mindy_ - Boulder, Colo.
2. _Dallas_ - Dallas, Texas
3. _The Streets of San Francisco_ - San Francisco, CA
4. _Alice_ - Phoenix, AZ
5. _One Day At A Time_ - Indianapolis (the original; not sure where the remake was)
6. _The Wire_ - Baltimore
7. _Kenan_ - Atlanta
8. _WKRP in Cincinnati_ - Cincinnati, Ohio
9. _Happy Days_ - Milwaukee, WI

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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:** [March 25, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5433 "2021-03-25T19:59:56Z")

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**Also set in a major city that isn’t New York City (no repeats here, or from previous list)**

1. _Mork and Mindy_ - Boulder, Colo.
2. _Dallas_ - Dallas, Texas
3. _The Streets of San Francisco_ - San Francisco, CA
4. _Alice_ - Phoenix, AZ
5. _One Day At A Time_ - Indianapolis (the original; not sure where the remake was)
6. _The Wire_ - Baltimore
7. _Kenan_ - Atlanta
8. _WKRP in Cincinnati_ - Cincinnati, Ohio
9. _Happy Days_ - Milwaukee, WI
10. _Absolutely Fabulous_ - London, England

**TV Series With High Body Counts**

1. NCIS

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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:** [March 25, 2021, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5434 "2021-03-25T20:22:30Z")

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**TV Series With High Body Counts**

1. NCIS
2. Law & Order: SVU

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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:** [March 25, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5435 "2021-03-25T20:23:31Z")

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**TV Series With High Body Counts**

1. NCIS
2. Law & Order: SVU
3. Game of Thrones

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**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5436 "2021-03-25T20:25:57Z")

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**TV Series With High Body Counts**

1. NCIS
2. Law & Order: SVU
3. Game of Thrones
4. Buffy The Vampire Slayer

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**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5437 "2021-03-25T20:27:36Z")

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**TV Series With High Body Counts**

1. NCIS
2. Law & Order: SVU
3. Game of Thrones
4. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
5. Criminal Minds

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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:** [March 25, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5438 "2021-03-25T20:45:54Z")

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**TV Series With High Body Counts**

1. NCIS
2. Law & Order: SVU
3. Game of Thrones
4. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
5. Criminal Minds
6. Murder, She Wrote

Jessica Fletcher investigated 274 killings. Her home town of Cabot Cove was said to have a population of about 3,500.

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5439 "2021-03-25T20:51:08Z")

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**TV Series With High Body Counts**

1. NCIS
2. Law & Order: SVU
3. Game of Thrones
4. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
5. Criminal Minds
6. Murder, She Wrote
7. Supernatural

Heck, just the number of times Sam and Dean died would make that show a high-body-count show!

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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:** [March 25, 2021, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5440 "2021-03-25T21:11:27Z")

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**TV Series With High Body Counts**

1. NCIS
2. Law & Order: SVU
3. Game of Thrones
4. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
5. Criminal Minds
6. Murder, She Wrote
7. Supernatural
8. Mannix

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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:** [March 26, 2021, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5441 "2021-03-26T00:10:57Z")

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**TV Series With High Body Counts**

1. NCIS
2. Law & Order: SVU
3. Game of Thrones
4. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
5. Criminal Minds
6. Murder, She Wrote
7. Supernatural
8. Mannix
9. Gunsmoke

It’s right there in the name.

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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:** [March 26, 2021, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5442 "2021-03-26T11:55:07Z")

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**TV Series With High Body Counts**

1. NCIS
2. Law & Order: SVU
3. Game of Thrones
4. Buffy The Vampire Slayer
5. Criminal Minds
6. Murder, She Wrote
7. Supernatural
8. Mannix
9. Gunsmoke
10. Columbo

**TV shows featuring the Supernatural**

1. Night Gallery

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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:** [March 26, 2021, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5443 "2021-03-26T12:04:26Z")

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**TV shows featuring the Supernatural**

1. Night Gallery
2. Kolchak: the Night Stalker

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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:** [March 26, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5444 "2021-03-26T12:51:05Z")

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**TV shows featuring the Supernatural**

1. Night Gallery
2. Kolchak: the Night Stalker
3. Supernatural

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**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2021, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/5445 "2021-03-26T13:28:29Z")

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**TV shows featuring the Supernatural**

1. Night Gallery
2. Kolchak: the Night Stalker
3. Supernatural
4. What We Do In The Shadows

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