TV Binge Watch (Part 1)

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1961

TV shows that “hid” an actor’s pregnancy

  1. The Cosby Show (Phylicia Rashad)
  2. Cheers (Shelley Long)
  3. New Girl (Zoey Deschanel)
  4. I Dream of Jeannie (Barbara Eden)
1962

TV shows that “hid” an actor’s pregnancy

  1. The Cosby Show (Phylicia Rashad)
  2. Cheers (Shelley Long)
  3. New Girl (Zoey Deschanel)
  4. I Dream of Jeannie (Barbara Eden)
  5. Teachers Only (Lynn Redgrave)
1963

TV shows that “hid” an actor’s pregnancy

  1. The Cosby Show (Phylicia Rashad)
  2. Cheers (Shelley Long)
  3. New Girl (Zoey Deschanel)
  4. I Dream of Jeannie (Barbara Eden)
  5. Teachers Only (Lynn Redgrave)
  6. Star Trek: The Next Generation (Gates McFadden)
1964

TV shows that “hid” an actor’s pregnancy

  1. The Cosby Show (Phylicia Rashad)
  2. Cheers (Shelley Long)
  3. New Girl (Zoey Deschanel)
  4. I Dream of Jeannie (Barbara Eden)
  5. Teachers Only (Lynn Redgrave)
  6. Star Trek: The Next Generation (Gates McFadden)
  7. The X-Files (Gillian Anderson)

They did use her pregnancy on screen at least once for some “alien abduction” scenes, IIRC.

1965

TV shows that “hid” an actor’s pregnancy

  1. The Cosby Show (Phylicia Rashad)
  2. Cheers (Shelley Long)
  3. New Girl (Zoey Deschanel)
  4. I Dream of Jeannie (Barbara Eden)
  5. Teachers Only (Lynn Redgrave)
  6. Star Trek: The Next Generation (Gates McFadden)
  7. The X-Files (Gillian Anderson)
  8. The Office (Angela Kinsey)
1966

TV shows that “hid” an actor’s pregnancy

  1. The Cosby Show (Phylicia Rashad)
  2. Cheers (Shelley Long)
  3. New Girl (Zoey Deschanel)
  4. I Dream of Jeannie (Barbara Eden)
  5. Teachers Only (Lynn Redgrave)
  6. Star Trek: The Next Generation (Gates McFadden)
  7. The X-Files (Gillian Anderson)
  8. The Office (Angela Kinsey)
  9. House of Lies (Kristen Bell)
1967

TV shows that “hid” an actor’s pregnancy

  1. The Cosby Show (Phylicia Rashad)
  2. Cheers (Shelley Long)
  3. New Girl (Zoey Deschanel)
  4. I Dream of Jeannie (Barbara Eden)
  5. Teachers Only (Lynn Redgrave)
  6. Star Trek: The Next Generation (Gates McFadden)
  7. The X-Files (Gillian Anderson)
  8. The Office (Angela Kinsey)
  9. House of Lies (Kristen Bell)
  10. Mad Men (January Jones)

TV shows that take place primarily in a school

  1. Room 222
1968

TV shows that take place primarily in a school

  1. Room 222
  2. Welcome Back, Kotter
1969

TV shows that take place primarily in a school

  1. Room 222
  2. Welcome Back, Kotter
  3. Our Miss Brooks
1970

TV shows that take place primarily in a school

  1. Room 222
  2. Welcome Back, Kotter
  3. Our Miss Brooks
  4. Saved By the Bell
1971

TV shows that take place primarily in a school

  1. Room 222
  2. Welcome Back, Kotter
  3. Our Miss Brooks
  4. Saved By the Bell
  5. A Different World
1972

TV shows that take place primarily in a school

  1. Room 222
  2. Welcome Back, Kotter
  3. Our Miss Brooks
  4. Saved By the Bell
  5. A Different World
  6. Head of the Class
1973

TV shows that take place primarily in a school

  1. Room 222
  2. Welcome Back, Kotter
  3. Our Miss Brooks
  4. Saved By the Bell
  5. A Different World
  6. Head of the Class
  7. Boston Public
1974

TV shows that take place primarily in a school

  1. Room 222
  2. Welcome Back, Kotter
  3. Our Miss Brooks
  4. Saved By the Bell
  5. A Different World
  6. Head of the Class
  7. Boston Public
  8. Hank
1975

TV shows that take place primarily in a school

  1. Room 222
  2. Welcome Back, Kotter
  3. Our Miss Brooks
  4. Saved By the Bell
  5. A Different World
  6. Head of the Class
  7. Boston Public
  8. Hank
  9. Community
1976

TV shows that take place primarily in a school

  1. Room 222
  2. Welcome Back, Kotter
  3. Our Miss Brooks
  4. Saved By the Bell
  5. A Different World
  6. Head of the Class
  7. Boston Public
  8. Hank
  9. Community
  10. Digrassi Jr. High

Next up: TV’s gay characters

  1. Leon Carp (Roseanne)
1977

TV’s gay characters

  1. Leon Carp (Roseanne)
  2. Ellen Morgan (Ellen)
1978

TV’s gay characters

  1. Leon Carp (Roseanne)
  2. Ellen Morgan (Ellen)
  3. Captain Holt (Brooklyn 99)
1979

TV’s gay characters

  1. Leon Carp (Roseanne)
  2. Ellen Morgan (Ellen)
  3. Captain Holt (Brooklyn 99)
  4. Serena Southerlyn (Law & Order)
1980

TV’s gay characters

  1. Leon Carp (Roseanne)
  2. Ellen Morgan (Ellen)
  3. Captain Holt (Brooklyn 99)
  4. Serena Southerlyn (Law & Order)
  5. Marty Morrison & Darryl Driscoll (Barney Miller)

TV’s first openly gay couple