# 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:** 88
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1741 "2019-11-19T12:47:51Z")
Long-running game shows 1. Jeopardy! 2. Password 3. Wheel of Fortune 4. Whose Line Is It Anyway? 5. The Price Is Right 6. Family Feud 7. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 8. College Bowl 9. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1742 "2019-11-19T13:09:52Z")
Long-running game shows 1. Jeopardy! 2. Password 3. Wheel of Fortune 4. Whose Line Is It Anyway? 5. The Price Is Right 6. Family Feud 7. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 8. College Bowl 9. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? 10. Let’s Make A Deal Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 11. Floyd the Barber ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1743 "2019-11-19T14:27:44Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the Barber 2. Aunt Bee ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1744 "2019-11-19T14:32:06Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the Barber 2. Aunt Bee 3. Gomer Pyle ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1745 "2019-11-19T14:42:48Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the Barber 2. Aunt Bee 3. Gomer Pyle 4. Goober Pyle ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1746 "2019-11-19T14:50:11Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the Barber 2. Aunt Bee 3. Gomer Pyle 4. Goober Pyle 5. Earnest T. Bass My favorite Earnest line: “I got a new tooth! It looked so pretty, I knocked out the other teeth around it to show it off more.” ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1747 "2019-11-19T15:13:36Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the Barber 2. Aunt Bee 3. Gomer Pyle 4. Goober Pyle 5. Earnest T. Bass 6. Otis Campbell ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1748 "2019-11-19T15:15:17Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the Barber 2. Aunt Bee 3. Gomer Pyle 4. Goober Pyle 5. Earnest T. Bass 6. Otis Campbell 7. Opie Taylor Whatever happened to the kid who played him? 😉 ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1749 "2019-11-19T15:37:04Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the Barber 2. Aunt Bee 3. Gomer Pyle 4. Goober Pyle 5. Earnest T. Bass 6. Otis Campbell 7. Opie Taylor 8. Helen Crump Taylor ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1750 "2019-11-19T15:41:46Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the Barber 2. Aunt Bee 3. Gomer Pyle 4. Goober Pyle 5. Earnest T. Bass 6. Otis Campbell 7. Opie Taylor 8. Helen Crump Taylor 9. Barney Fife ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1751 "2019-11-19T15:44:39Z")
Characters from The Andy Griffith Show 1. Floyd the Barber 2. Aunt Bee 3. Gomer Pyle 4. Goober Pyle 5. Earnest T. Bass 6. Otis Campbell 7. Opie Taylor 8. Helen Crump Taylor 9. Barney Fife 10, Thelma Lou Next up: TV shows who killed off a major character because the actor portraying them died 1. 8 Simple Rules (Paul Hennessy/John Ritter) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1752 "2019-11-19T15:51:33Z")
TV shows who killed off a major character because the actor portraying them died 1. 8 Simple Rules (Paul Hennessy/John Ritter) 2. Sesame Street (Mr. Hooper/Will Lee) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1753 "2019-11-19T15:54:27Z")
TV shows who killed off a major character because the actor portraying them died 1. 8 Simple Rules (Paul Hennessy/John Ritter) 2. Sesame Street (Mr. Hooper/Will Lee) 3. Cheers (Coach/Nicholas Colasanto) ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2019, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1754 "2019-11-19T15:55:12Z")
TV shows who killed off a major character because the actor portraying them died 1. 8 Simple Rules (Paul Hennessy/John Ritter) 2. Sesame Street (Mr. Hooper/Will Lee) 3. Cheers (Coach/Nicholas Colasanto) 4. The Waltons (Zeb Walton/Will Geer) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1755 "2019-11-19T15:56:38Z")
TV shows who killed off a major character because the actor portraying them died 1. 8 Simple Rules (Paul Hennessy/John Ritter) 2. Sesame Street (Mr. Hooper/Will Lee) 3. Cheers (Coach/Nicholas Colasanto) 4. The Big Bang Theory (Debbie Wolowitz/Carol Ann Susi) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1756 "2019-11-19T15:58:43Z")
TV shows who killed off a major character because the actor portraying them died 1. 8 Simple Rules (Paul Hennessy/John Ritter) 2. Sesame Street (Mr. Hooper/Will Lee) 3. Cheers (Coach/Nicholas Colasanto) 4. The Big Bang Theory (Debbie Wolowitz/Carol Ann Susi) 5. Rizzoli & Isles (Barry Frost/Lee Thompson Young) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1757 "2019-11-19T16:15:28Z")
TV shows who killed off a major character because the actor portraying them died 1. 8 Simple Rules (Paul Hennessy/John Ritter) 2. Sesame Street (Mr. Hooper/Will Lee) 3. Cheers (Coach/Nicholas Colasanto) 4. The Big Bang Theory (Debbie Wolowitz/Carol Ann Susi) 5. Rizzoli & Isles (Barry Frost/Lee Thompson Young) 6. News Radio (Bill McNeal/Phil Hartman) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1758 "2019-11-19T16:19:20Z")
TV shows who killed off a major character because the actor portraying them died 1. 8 Simple Rules (Paul Hennessy/John Ritter) 2. Sesame Street (Mr. Hooper/Will Lee) 3. Cheers (Coach/Nicholas Colasanto) 4. The Big Bang Theory (Debbie Wolowitz/Carol Ann Susi) 5. Rizzoli & Isles (Barry Frost/Lee Thompson Young) 6. News Radio (Bill McNeal/Phil Hartman) 7. Bonanza (Hoss Cartwright/Dan Blocker) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1759 "2019-11-19T19:19:30Z")
TV shows who killed off a major character because the actor portraying them died 1. 8 Simple Rules (Paul Hennessy/John Ritter) 2. Sesame Street (Mr. Hooper/Will Lee) 3. Cheers (Coach/Nicholas Colasanto) 4. The Big Bang Theory (Debbie Wolowitz/Carol Ann Susi) 5. Rizzoli & Isles (Barry Frost/Lee Thompson Young) 6. News Radio (Bill McNeal/Phil Hartman) 7. Bonanza (Hoss Cartwright/Dan Blocker) 8. Eight is Enough (Joan Bradford/Diana Hyland) ---
**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:** [November 19, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/1760 "2019-11-19T19:37:16Z")
TV shows who killed off a major character because the actor portraying them died 1. 8 Simple Rules (Paul Hennessy/John Ritter) 2. Sesame Street (Mr. Hooper/Will Lee) 3. Cheers (Coach/Nicholas Colasanto) 4. The Big Bang Theory (Debbie Wolowitz/Carol Ann Susi) 5. Rizzoli & Isles (Barry Frost/Lee Thompson Young) 6. News Radio (Bill McNeal/Phil Hartman) 7. Bonanza (Hoss Cartwright/Dan Blocker) 8. Eight is Enough (Joan Bradford/Diana Hyland) 9. Dallas (J.R. Ewing/Larry Hagman) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=87) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=89)