TV Binge Watch (Part 1)

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Shows starring a widow(er)

  1. Danny Tanner - Full House

  2. Tom Corbett - The Courtship of Eddie’s Father

  3. Philip Drummond - Diff’rent Strokes

  4. Julia Baker - Julia

  5. Cate Hennessy - 8 Simple Rules

  6. Harry Weston - Empty Nest

  7. Steven Douglas - My Three Sons

  8. Dan Conner - The Conners

  9. Ben Cartwright - Bonanza

  10. Ted Mosby - How I Met Your Mother
    Shows with truly unusual premises

  11. My Mother, The Car

I didn’t say they had to be good premises. For those who don’t know: While perusing the local car lot, Dave Crabtree discovers that his mother Gladys has been reincarnated as a junky old Porter automobile, so he buys her and brings her home, much to the dismay of both his wife and eccentric car collector Captain Manzini.

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Shows with truly unusual premises

  1. My Mother, The Car
  2. Woops!

Wikipedia sums it up pretty well:

I saw a few episodes. It was pretty bad. And weird.

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Shows with truly unusual premises

  1. My Mother, The Car
  2. Woops!
  3. Heil Honey I’m Home!

Adolf, Eva and their unsuspecting Jewish neighbors: Heil Honey I'm Home! - Wikipedia!

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Shows with truly unusual premises

  1. My Mother, The Car
  2. Woops!
  3. Heil Honey I’m Home!
  4. The Flying Nun

Sally Field is a tiny nun whose headgear catches the island breezes, allowing her to fly, sorta. The Reverend Mother is seldom happy about it.

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Shows with truly unusual premises

  1. My Mother, The Car
  2. Woops!
  3. Heil Honey I’m Home!
  4. The Flying Nun
  5. Dating Naked

Hopefully, no explanation necessary.

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Shows with truly unusual premises

  1. My Mother, The Car
  2. Woops!
  3. Heil Honey I’m Home!
  4. The Flying Nun
  5. Dating Naked
  6. Mr. Ed

Who ever heard of a talking horse?

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Shows with truly unusual premises

  1. My Mother, The Car
  2. Woops!
  3. Heil Honey I’m Home!
  4. The Flying Nun
  5. Dating Naked
  6. Mr. Ed
  7. Cop Rock

A police drama interspersed with musical performances

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Shows with truly unusual premises

  1. My Mother, The Car
  2. Woops!
  3. Heil Honey I’m Home!
  4. The Flying Nun
  5. Dating Naked
  6. Mr. Ed
  7. Cop Rock
  8. Batman

Super-hero camp. Who knew it would be a hit?

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Shows with truly unusual premises

  1. My Mother, The Car
  2. Woops!
  3. Heil Honey I’m Home!
  4. The Flying Nun
  5. Dating Naked
  6. Mr. Ed
  7. Cop Rock
  8. Batman
  9. Hogan’s Heroes

The POW-camp show with the *funny *Nazis.

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Shows with truly unusual premises

  1. My Mother, The Car
  2. Woops!
  3. Heil Honey I’m Home!
  4. The Flying Nun
  5. Dating Naked
  6. Mr. Ed
  7. Cop Rock
  8. Batman
  9. Hogan’s Heroes
  10. The Golden Girls

Funny sexy old ladies?

Next up: TV shows most religious characters

  1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory
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TV shows most religious characters

  1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory
  2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons
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TV shows most religious characters

  1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory
  2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons
  3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
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TV shows most religious characters

  1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory
  2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons
  3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  4. Father Francis Mulcahy - MASH
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TV shows most religious characters

  1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory
  2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons
  3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  4. Father Francis Mulcahy - MASH
  5. Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky - The Simpsons
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TV shows most religious characters

  1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory
  2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons
  3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  4. Father Francis Mulcahy - MASH
  5. Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky - The Simpsons
  6. Reverend Lovejoy - The Simpsons

Anyone seeing a theme develop here? Guess Simpsons is a deeply spiritual show, huh?

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TV shows most religious characters

  1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory
  2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons
  3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  4. Father Francis Mulcahy - MASH
  5. Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky - The Simpsons
  6. Reverend Lovejoy - The Simpsons
  7. Coach Eric Taylor - Friday Night Lights
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TV shows most religious characters

  1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory
  2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons
  3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  4. Father Francis Mulcahy - MASH
  5. Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky - The Simpsons
  6. Reverend Lovejoy - The Simpsons
  7. Coach Eric Taylor - Friday Night Lights
  8. Detective William Murdoch - The Murdoch Mysteries/The Artful Detective
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TV shows most religious characters

  1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory
  2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons
  3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  4. Father Francis Mulcahy - MASH
  5. Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky - The Simpsons
  6. Reverend Lovejoy - The Simpsons
  7. Coach Eric Taylor - Friday Night Lights
  8. Detective William Murdoch - The Murdoch Mysteries/The Artful Detective
  9. Father Brown - Father Brown
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TV shows most religious characters

  1. Mary Cooper - The Big Bang Theory
  2. Ned Flanders - The Simpsons
  3. Winn Adami - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  4. Father Francis Mulcahy - MASH
  5. Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky - The Simpsons
  6. Reverend Lovejoy - The Simpsons
  7. Coach Eric Taylor - Friday Night Lights
  8. Detective William Murdoch - The Murdoch Mysteries/The Artful Detective
  9. Father Brown - Father Brown
  10. Pastor Reuben Gregory - Amen
    Next: One off characters that should come back
  11. Dr. Wolfe - The dentist from the Simpsons
    “Why must you turn my office into a house of lies?”