# 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\
**Page:** 396

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7909 "2022-01-13T21:44:16Z")

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**Culture Shock!!!**

1. Green Acres
2. Northern Exposure
3. It’s About Time
4. Life on Mars
5. The Beverly Hillbillies
6. Fresh Off the Boat
7. Perfect Strangers
8. Orange is the New Black
9. Death In Paradise

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7910 "2022-01-13T22:25:56Z")

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**Culture Shock!!!**

1. Green Acres
2. Northern Exposure
3. It’s About Time
4. Life on Mars
5. The Beverly Hillbillies
6. Fresh Off the Boat
7. Perfect Strangers
8. Orange is the New Black
9. Death In Paradise
10. Ozark

**Shows where a major character can’t be seen by most people**

1. Happy!

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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:** [January 13, 2022, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7911 "2022-01-13T22:48:16Z")

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**Shows where a major character can’t be seen by most people**

1. Happy!
2. Sesame Street (only Big Bird could see Snuffalupagus for the longest time)

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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 13, 2022, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7912 "2022-01-13T23:11:31Z")

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**Shows where a major character can’t be seen by most people**

1. Happy!
2. Sesame Street (only Big Bird could see Snuffalupagus for the longest time)
3. Topper

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**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:** [January 13, 2022, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7913 "2022-01-13T23:38:10Z")

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**Shows where a major character can’t be seen by most people**

1. Happy!
2. Sesame Street (only Big Bird could see Snuffalupagus for the longest time)
3. Topper
4. Quantum Leap (Only Sam could see Al during his leaps)

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7914 "2022-01-14T04:59:27Z")

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**Shows where a major character can’t be seen by most people**

1. Happy!
2. Sesame Street (only Big Bird could see Snuffalupagus for the longest time)
3. Topper
4. Quantum Leap (Only Sam could see Al during his leaps)
5. Herman’s Head (Pixar’s Inside Out with live actors)

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**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7915 "2022-01-14T07:49:29Z")

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**Shows where a major character can’t be seen by most people**

1. Happy!
2. Sesame Street (only Big Bird could see Snuffalupagus for the longest time)
3. Topper
4. Quantum Leap (Only Sam could see Al during his leaps)
5. Herman’s Head (Pixar’s Inside Out with live actors)
6. The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage _( **e̲x̲t̲r̲e̲m̲e̲l̲y** short-lived 1991 series from Disney)_

_ **-“BB”-** _

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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:** [January 14, 2022, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7916 "2022-01-14T08:09:45Z")

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**Shows where a major character can’t be seen by most people**

1. Happy!
2. Sesame Street (only Big Bird could see Snuffalupagus for the longest time)
3. Topper
4. Quantum Leap (Only Sam could see Al during his leaps)
5. Herman’s Head (Pixar’s Inside Out with live actors)
6. The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage \*( **e̲x̲t̲r̲e̲m̲e̲l̲y** short-lived 1991 series from Disney)
7. Highway to Heaven

Jonathan Smith (Michael Landon) can be seen by most people–unless he chooses not to be, in which case, he can be seen by only the show’s guest protagonist, who has to solve their problems with his unseen guidance.

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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 14, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7917 "2022-01-14T11:56:07Z")

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**Shows where a major character can’t be seen by most people**

1. Happy!
2. Sesame Street (only Big Bird could see Snuffalupagus for the longest time)
3. Topper
4. Quantum Leap (Only Sam could see Al during his leaps)
5. Herman’s Head (Pixar’s Inside Out with live actors)
6. The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage \*( **e̲x̲t̲r̲e̲m̲e̲l̲y** short-lived 1991 series from Disney)
7. Highway to Heaven
8. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir

Only the Mrs. sees the ghost.

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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:** [January 14, 2022, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7918 "2022-01-14T12:23:28Z")

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**Shows where a major character can’t be seen by most people**

1. Happy!
2. Sesame Street (only Big Bird could see Snuffalupagus for the longest time)
3. Topper
4. Quantum Leap (Only Sam could see Al during his leaps)
5. Herman’s Head (Pixar’s Inside Out with live actors)
6. The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage \*( **e̲x̲t̲r̲e̲m̲e̲l̲y** short-lived 1991 series from Disney)
7. Highway to Heaven
8. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
9. Star Trek Discovery

Adira is implanted with a symbiote named Tal, and is the only one who can “see” the symbiote until it’s transferred to a synthetic body.

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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 14, 2022, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7919 "2022-01-14T12:36:16Z")

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**Shows where a major character can’t be seen by most people**

1. Happy!
2. Sesame Street (only Big Bird could see Snuffalupagus for the longest time)
3. Topper
4. Quantum Leap (Only Sam could see Al during his leaps)
5. Herman’s Head (Pixar’s Inside Out with live actors)
6. The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage \*( **e̲x̲t̲r̲e̲m̲e̲l̲y** short-lived 1991 series from Disney)
7. Highway to Heaven
8. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
9. Star Trek Discovery
10. I Dream of Jeanie

**Spin-offs**

1. Young Sheldon (The Big Bang Theory)

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**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7920 "2022-01-14T12:43:43Z")

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**Spin-offs**

1. Young Sheldon (The Big Bang Theory)
2. Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad)

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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:** [January 14, 2022, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7921 "2022-01-14T12:48:02Z")

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**Spin-offs**

1. Young Sheldon (The Big Bang Theory)
2. Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad)
3. The Jeffersons (All in the Family)

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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 14, 2022, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7922 "2022-01-14T12:52:21Z")

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**Spin-offs**

1. Young Sheldon (The Big Bang Theory)
2. Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad)
3. The Jeffersons (All in the Family)
4. Honey West (Burke’s Law)

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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 14, 2022, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7923 "2022-01-14T12:56:53Z")

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**Spin-offs**

1. Young Sheldon (The Big Bang Theory)
2. Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad)
3. The Jeffersons (All in the Family)
4. Honey West (Burke’s Law)
5. NCIS (JAG)

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7924 "2022-01-14T13:16:49Z")

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**Spin-offs**

1. Young Sheldon (The Big Bang Theory)
2. Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad)
3. The Jeffersons (All in the Family)
4. Honey West (Burke’s Law)
5. NCIS (JAG)
6. grown-ish (black-ish)

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**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7925 "2022-01-14T13:31:47Z")

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**Spin-offs**

1. Young Sheldon (The Big Bang Theory)
2. Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad)
3. The Jeffersons (All in the Family)
4. Honey West (Burke’s Law)
5. NCIS (JAG)
6. grown-ish (black-ish)
7. Rhoda (Mary Tyler Moore Show)

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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:** [January 14, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7926 "2022-01-14T15:04:32Z")

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**Spin-offs**

1. Young Sheldon (The Big Bang Theory)
2. Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad)
3. The Jeffersons (All in the Family)
4. Honey West (Burke’s Law)
5. NCIS (JAG)
6. grown-ish (black-ish)
7. Rhoda (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
8. The Tortellis (Cheers)

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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:** [January 14, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7927 "2022-01-14T15:12:58Z")

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**Spin-offs**

1. Young Sheldon (The Big Bang Theory)
2. Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad)
3. The Jeffersons (All in the Family)
4. Honey West (Burke’s Law)
5. NCIS (JAG)
6. grown-ish (black-ish)
7. Rhoda (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
8. The Tortellis (Cheers)
9. Beverly Hills Buntz (Hill Street Blues)

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**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2022, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/7928 "2022-01-14T15:26:23Z")

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**Spin-offs**

1. Young Sheldon (The Big Bang Theory)
2. Better Call Saul (Breaking Bad)
3. The Jeffersons (All in the Family)
4. Honey West (Burke’s Law)
5. NCIS (JAG)
6. grown-ish (black-ish)
7. Rhoda (Mary Tyler Moore Show)
8. The Tortellis (Cheers)
9. Beverly Hills Buntz (Hill Street Blues)
10. Mork and Mindy (Happy Days)

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