# 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:** 477
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9529 "2022-07-29T20:09:06Z")
**Characters who work for real companies or institutions** 1. Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) - Caltech 2. George Costanza (Seinfeld) - The New York Yankees 3. Major John D. “Mac” MacGillis (Major Dad) - US Marine Corps 4. Barney Miller - New York City Police Department 5. Chief Petty Officer Otto Sharkey (C.P.O. Sharkey) - US Navy ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9530 "2022-07-29T20:29:25Z")
**Characters who work for real companies or institutions** 1. Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) - Caltech 2. George Costanza (Seinfeld) - The New York Yankees 3. Major John D. “Mac” MacGillis (Major Dad) - US Marine Corps 4. Barney Miller - New York City Police Department 5. Chief Petty Officer Otto Sharkey (C.P.O. Sharkey) - US Navy 6. Liz Lemon (30 Rock) - NBC ---
**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:** [July 29, 2022, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9531 "2022-07-29T22:09:07Z")
**Characters who work for real companies or institutions** 1. Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) - Caltech 2. George Costanza (Seinfeld) - The New York Yankees 3. Major John D. “Mac” MacGillis (Major Dad) - US Marine Corps 4. Barney Miller - New York City Police Department 5. Chief Petty Officer Otto Sharkey (C.P.O. Sharkey) - US Navy 6. Liz Lemon (30 Rock) - NBC 7. Cliff Clavin (Cheers) - US Postal Service ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2022, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9532 "2022-07-30T01:05:29Z")
**Characters who work for real companies or institutions** 1. Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) - Caltech 2. George Costanza (Seinfeld) - The New York Yankees 3. Major John D. “Mac” MacGillis (Major Dad) - US Marine Corps 4. Barney Miller - New York City Police Department 5. Chief Petty Officer Otto Sharkey (C.P.O. Sharkey) - US Navy 6. Liz Lemon (30 Rock) - NBC 7. Cliff Clavin (Cheers) - US Postal Service 8. Hank Schrader (Breaking Bad) - Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) ---
**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:** [July 30, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9533 "2022-07-30T02:05:46Z")
**Characters who work for real companies or institutions** 1. Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) - Caltech 2. George Costanza (Seinfeld) - The New York Yankees 3. Major John D. “Mac” MacGillis (Major Dad) - US Marine Corps 4. Barney Miller - New York City Police Department 5. Chief Petty Officer Otto Sharkey (C.P.O. Sharkey) - US Navy 6. Liz Lemon (30 Rock) - NBC 7. Cliff Clavin (Cheers) - US Postal Service 8. Hank Schrader (Breaking Bad) - Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) 9. Inspecter Lewis Erskine (The F.B.I.) - FBI ---
**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:** [July 31, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9534 "2022-07-31T17:16:26Z")
**Characters who work for real companies or institutions** 1. Sheldon Cooper (The Big Bang Theory) - Caltech 2. George Costanza (Seinfeld) - The New York Yankees 3. Major John D. “Mac” MacGillis (Major Dad) - US Marine Corps 4. Barney Miller - New York City Police Department 5. Chief Petty Officer Otto Sharkey (C.P.O. Sharkey) - US Navy 6. Liz Lemon (30 Rock) - NBC 7. Cliff Clavin (Cheers) - US Postal Service 8. Hank Schrader (Breaking Bad) - Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) 9. Inspecter Lewis Erskine (The F.B.I.) - FBI 10. Joe Friday (Dragnet) - Los Angeles Police Department Pass. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9535 "2022-08-01T04:59:40Z")
**Fictional TV companies or institutions** 1. Dunder Mifflin (The Office) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9536 "2022-08-01T08:18:14Z")
**Fictional TV companies or institutions** 1. Dunder Mifflin (The Office) 2. Pied Piper (Silicon Valley) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9537 "2022-08-01T10:09:44Z")
**Fictional TV companies or institutions** 1. Dunder Mifflin (The Office) 2. Pied Piper (Silicon Valley) 3. Vandelay Industries (Seinfeld) I guess that one is doubly fictional. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9538 "2022-08-01T10:36:10Z")
**Fictional TV companies or institutions** 1. Dunder Mifflin (The Office) 2. Pied Piper (Silicon Valley) 3. Vandelay Industries (Seinfeld) 4. WKRP Radio (WKRP in Cincinnati) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9539 "2022-08-01T12:14:31Z")
**Fictional TV companies or institutions** 1. Dunder Mifflin (The Office) 2. Pied Piper (Silicon Valley) 3. Vandelay Industries (Seinfeld) 4. WKRP Radio (WKRP in Cincinnati) 5. Ewing Oil (Dallas) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9540 "2022-08-01T12:47:41Z")
**Fictional TV companies or institutions** 1. Dunder Mifflin (The Office) 2. Pied Piper (Silicon Valley) 3. Vandelay Industries (Seinfeld) 4. WKRP Radio (WKRP in Cincinnati) 5. Ewing Oil (Dallas) 6. Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Pryce (Mad Men) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9541 "2022-08-01T12:57:24Z")
**Fictional TV companies or institutions** 1. Dunder Mifflin (The Office) 2. Pied Piper (Silicon Valley) 3. Vandelay Industries (Seinfeld) 4. WKRP Radio (WKRP in Cincinnati) 5. Ewing Oil (Dallas) 6. Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Pryce (Mad Men) 7. Crane, Poole & Schmidt (Boston Legal) ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9542 "2022-08-01T13:16:14Z")
“Binging” for me is 1 or 2 episodes a day until I’m done but, over the weekend, I did start “Squid Games”. Everyone who has ever mentioned it to me has emphasized the gore, but the fact is that the psychological/human nature aspect of it fascinates me far move and is the best part of the series in my opinion. ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9543 "2022-08-01T14:09:14Z")
Um, @Jasmine? This is a game about TV shows. Not a thread about TV show games. Come play! 😃 ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9544 "2022-08-01T14:10:37Z")
**Fictional TV companies or institutions** 1. Dunder Mifflin (The Office) 2. Pied Piper (Silicon Valley) 3. Vandelay Industries (Seinfeld) 4. WKRP Radio (WKRP in Cincinnati) 5. Ewing Oil (Dallas) 6. Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Pryce (Mad Men) 7. Crane, Poole & Schmidt (Boston Legal) 8. Reynholm Industries - The IT Crowd ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9545 "2022-08-01T14:43:13Z")
**Fictional TV companies or institutions** 1. Dunder Mifflin (The Office) 2. Pied Piper (Silicon Valley) 3. Vandelay Industries (Seinfeld) 4. WKRP Radio (WKRP in Cincinnati) 5. Ewing Oil (Dallas) 6. Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Pryce (Mad Men) 7. Crane, Poole & Schmidt (Boston Legal) 8. Reynholm Industries - The IT Crowd 9. Veridian Technologies (Better off Ted) ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9546 "2022-08-01T14:48:42Z")
**Fictional TV companies or institutions** 1. Dunder Mifflin (The Office) 2. Pied Piper (Silicon Valley) 3. Vandelay Industries (Seinfeld) 4. WKRP Radio (WKRP in Cincinnati) 5. Ewing Oil (Dallas) 6. Sterling, Cooper, Draper, Pryce (Mad Men) 7. Crane, Poole & Schmidt (Boston Legal) 8. Reynholm Industries - The IT Crowd 9. Veridian Technologies (Better off Ted) 10. Spacely Sprockets (Jetsons) **Ran for 8 seasons or longer** 1. Friends ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9547 "2022-08-01T14:52:00Z")
**Ran for 8 seasons or longer** 1. Friends 2. The Simpsons ---
**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:** [August 1, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/9548 "2022-08-01T15:10:15Z")
**Ran for 8 seasons or longer** 1. Friends 2. The Simpsons 3. Perry Mason [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=476) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=478)