TV Binge Watch (Part 1)

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Pre-fame TV appearances

  1. Zooey Deschanel (Veronica’s Closet)
  2. Jennifer Lawrence (Monk)
  3. Jim Carrey (The Duck Factory)
  4. Helen Hunt (Swiss Family Robinson)
  5. Laurence Fishburne (Pee-wee’s Playhouse)
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  1. Zooey Deschanel (Veronica’s Closet)
  2. Jennifer Lawrence (Monk)
  3. Jim Carrey (The Duck Factory)
  4. Helen Hunt (Swiss Family Robinson)
  5. Laurence Fishburne (Pee-wee’s Playhouse)
  6. George Clooney (E/R)
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Pre-fame TV appearances

  1. Zooey Deschanel (Veronica’s Closet)
  2. Jennifer Lawrence (Monk)
  3. Jim Carrey (The Duck Factory)
  4. Helen Hunt (Swiss Family Robinson)
  5. Laurence Fishburne (Pee-wee’s Playhouse)
  6. George Clooney (E/R)
  7. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Roseanne)
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Pre-fame TV appearances

  1. Zooey Deschanel (Veronica’s Closet)
  2. Jennifer Lawrence (Monk)
  3. Jim Carrey (The Duck Factory)
  4. Helen Hunt (Swiss Family Robinson)
  5. Laurence Fishburne (Pee-wee’s Playhouse)
  6. George Clooney (E/R)
  7. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Roseanne)
  8. Steve Martin (The Wow Show)
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  1. Zooey Deschanel (Veronica’s Closet)
  2. Jennifer Lawrence (Monk)
  3. Jim Carrey (The Duck Factory)
  4. Helen Hunt (Swiss Family Robinson)
  5. Laurence Fishburne (Pee-wee’s Playhouse)
  6. George Clooney (E/R)
  7. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Roseanne)
  8. Steve Martin (The Wow Show)
  9. Leonardo DiCaprio (Family Ties)
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Pre-fame TV appearances

  1. Zooey Deschanel (Veronica’s Closet)
  2. Jennifer Lawrence (Monk)
  3. Jim Carrey (The Duck Factory)
  4. Helen Hunt (Swiss Family Robinson)
  5. Laurence Fishburne (Pee-wee’s Playhouse)
  6. George Clooney (E/R)
  7. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Roseanne)
  8. Steve Martin (The Wow Show)
  9. Leonardo DiCaprio (Family Ties)
  10. Jack Nicholson (The Andy Griffith Show)

Failed spin-offs (Failed=lasted 1 season or less)

  1. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica)
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  1. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica)
  2. Living Dolls (Who’s the Boss)

As an added bonus, Living Dolls starred a pre-fame Halle Berry.

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  1. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica)
  2. Living Dolls (Who’s the Boss)
  3. Gloria (All in the Family)
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Failed spin-offs (Failed=lasted 1 season or less)

  1. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica)
  2. Living Dolls (Who’s the Boss)
  3. Gloria (All in the Family)
  4. Letters To Laugh-In (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In)
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Failed spin-offs (Failed=lasted 1 season or less)

  1. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica)
  2. Living Dolls (Who’s the Boss)
  3. Gloria (All in the Family)
  4. Letters To Laugh-In (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In) 69
  5. The Tortellis (Cheers)
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Failed spin-offs (Failed=lasted 1 season or less)

  1. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica)
  2. Living Dolls (Who’s the Boss)
  3. Gloria (All in the Family)
  4. Letters To Laugh-In (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In)
  5. The Tortellis (Cheers)
  6. The Lone Gunmen (The X-Files)
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Failed spin-offs (Failed=lasted 1 season or less)

  1. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica)
  2. Living Dolls (Who’s the Boss)
  3. Gloria (All in the Family)
  4. Letters To Laugh-In (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In)
  5. The Tortellis (Cheers)
  6. The Lone Gunmen (The X-Files)
  7. That '80s Show (That '70s Show)

(Remember, kids: Drugs=funny, Reagan=not funny.)

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Failed spin-offs (Failed=lasted 1 season or less)

  1. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica)
  2. Living Dolls (Who’s the Boss)
  3. Gloria (All in the Family)
  4. Letters To Laugh-In (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In)
  5. The Tortellis (Cheers)
  6. The Lone Gunmen (The X-Files)
  7. That '80s Show (That '70s Show)
  8. Time of Your Life (Party of Five)
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Failed spin-offs (Failed=lasted 1 season or less)

  1. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica)
  2. Living Dolls (Who’s the Boss)
  3. Gloria (All in the Family)
  4. Letters To Laugh-In (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In)
  5. The Tortellis (Cheers)
  6. The Lone Gunmen (The X-Files)
  7. That '80s Show (That '70s Show)
  8. Time of Your Life (Party of Five)
  9. Top of the Heap AND Vinnie & Bobbie (Married…With Children)

(V & B spun off from TotH. My head hurts.)

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Failed spin-offs (Failed=lasted 1 season or less)

  1. Caprica (Battlestar Galactica)
  2. Living Dolls (Who’s the Boss)
  3. Gloria (All in the Family)
  4. Letters To Laugh-In (Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In)
  5. The Tortellis (Cheers)
  6. The Lone Gunmen (The X-Files)
  7. That '80s Show (That '70s Show)
  8. Time of Your Life (Party of Five)
  9. Top of the Heap AND Vinnie & Bobbie (Married…With Children)
  10. 704 Hauser (All in the Family)

In case anyone complains about a repeat…

  1. Blansky’s Beauties (Happy Days)

Next: Shows that went from black and white to color.

  1. Gilligan’s Island
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Shows that went from black and white to color.

  1. Gilligan’s Island
  2. Lost in Space
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Shows that went from black and white to color.

  1. Gilligan’s Island
  2. Lost in Space
  3. Gunsmoke
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Shows that went from black and white to color.

  1. Gilligan’s Island

  2. Lost in Space

  3. Gunsmoke

  4. Are You Being Served?

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Shows that went from black and white to color.

  1. Gilligan’s Island
  2. Lost in Space
  3. Gunsmoke
  4. Are You Being Served?
  5. Hazel
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How… how old is the people on this board anyway?