# TV Binge Watch (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [October 4, 2022, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711 "2022-10-04T16:51:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**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:** [October 26, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/201 "2022-10-26T17:50:00Z")
**Shows later made into a movie** 1. Starsky & Hutch 2. The Addams Family 3. Get Smart 4. The Brady Bunch ---
**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:** [October 26, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/202 "2022-10-26T18:03:34Z")
> [@Nonsuch](#): > > I used to review Monk for a friend’s pop-culture website. When the theme song changed, I made a point of noting my displeasure, and actually got an email from Jeff Beal, thanking me for noting the “travesty” visited upon his Monk theme. There was an episode in season 2 or maybe 3 where the story centered around a murder committed by a popular tv show star. One of the jokes/references they threw in was when the star was lamenting how angry fans got when they changed his show’s theme song to a different one. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/203 "2022-10-26T19:46:57Z")
**Shows later made into a movie** 1. Starsky & Hutch 2. The Addams Family 3. Get Smart 4. The Brady Bunch 5. Sex and the City ---
**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:** [October 26, 2022, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/204 "2022-10-26T20:51:33Z")
**Shows later made into a movie** 1. Starsky & Hutch 2. The Addams Family 3. Get Smart 4. The Brady Bunch 5. Sex and the City 6. The Beverly Hillbillies ---
**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:** [October 26, 2022, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/205 "2022-10-26T20:59:02Z")
**Shows later made into a movie** 1. Starsky & Hutch 2. The Addams Family 3. Get Smart 4. The Brady Bunch 5. Sex and the City 6. The Beverly Hillbillies 7. Firefly made into the movie “Serenity” ---
**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:** [October 26, 2022, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/206 "2022-10-26T21:04:56Z")
**Shows later made into a movie** 1. Starsky & Hutch 2. The Addams Family 3. Get Smart 4. The Brady Bunch 5. Sex and the City 6. The Beverly Hillbillies 7. Firefly 8. Aqua Teen Hunger Force ---
**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:** [October 26, 2022, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/207 "2022-10-26T21:11:52Z")
**Shows later made into a movie** 1. Starsky & Hutch 2. The Addams Family 3. Get Smart 4. The Brady Bunch 5. Sex and the City 6. The Beverly Hillbillies 7. Firefly 8. Aqua Teen Hunger Force 9. Star Trek ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/208 "2022-10-26T22:10:42Z")
**Shows later made into a movie** 1. Starsky & Hutch 2. The Addams Family 3. Get Smart 4. The Brady Bunch 5. Sex and the City 6. The Beverly Hillbillies 7. Firefly 8. Aqua Teen Hunger Force 9. Star Trek 10. G.I. Joe TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count) 1. Deep Space 9. ---
**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:** [October 26, 2022, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/209 "2022-10-26T22:14:02Z")
> TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count) 1. Deep Space 9. 2. Jackie Chan Adventures ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/210 "2022-10-26T22:38:02Z")
TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count) 1. Deep Space 9. 2. Jackie Chan Adventures 3. Scandal ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/211 "2022-10-27T02:33:49Z")
TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count) 1. Deep Space 9. 2. Jackie Chan Adventures 3. Scandal 4. Star Trek: The Next Generation LeVar Burton as Geordie LaForge _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [October 27, 2022, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/212 "2022-10-27T04:20:36Z")
TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count) 1. Deep Space 9. 2. Jackie Chan Adventures 3. Scandal 4. Star Trek: The Next Generation 5. Quantum Leap (2022) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/213 "2022-10-27T06:39:51Z")
TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count) 1. Deep Space 9. 2. Jackie Chan Adventures 3. Scandal 4. Star Trek: The Next Generation 5. Quantum Leap (2022) 6. Mike Tyson Mysteries ---
**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:** [October 27, 2022, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/214 "2022-10-27T13:17:02Z")
TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count) 1. Deep Space 9. 2. Jackie Chan Adventures 3. Scandal 4. Star Trek: The Next Generation 5. Quantum Leap (2022) 6. Mike Tyson Mysteries 7. Superstore ---
**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:** [October 27, 2022, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/215 "2022-10-27T13:49:25Z")
I don’t think Cmdr. LaForge is “in the lead” of ST:TNG; certainly an important supporting character, though. **TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count)** 1. Star Trek: Deep Space 9 2. Jackie Chan Adventures 3. Scandal 4. Julia 5. Quantum Leap (2022) 6. Mike Tyson Mysteries 7. Superstore ---
**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:** [October 27, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/216 "2022-10-27T14:14:06Z")
1. Elementary ---
**Author:** ![Bicycle\_Bill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bicycle_bill/32/6208_2.png) [@Bicycle\_Bill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bicycle_Bill)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2022, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/217 "2022-10-27T21:22:23Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > I don’t think Cmdr. LaForge is “in the lead” of ST:TNG; certainly an important supporting character, though. I’ll let it go this time. But when you are dealing with a show that has an ensemble cast like was on ST: TNG or the original ST _(or shows like Friends, Barney Miller, MASH, or WKRP in Cincinnati, for that matter)_, how do you determine who is a ‘lead character’? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [October 28, 2022, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/218 "2022-10-28T20:10:15Z")
I think Picard was clearly the lead character, but it was certainly an ensemble cast. **TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count)** 1. Star Trek: Deep Space 9 2. Jackie Chan Adventures 3. Scandal 4. Julia 5. Quantum Leap (2022) 6. Mike Tyson Mysteries 7. Superstore 8. Elementary 9. Psych ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/219 "2022-10-28T21:36:06Z")
> [@](#): > > **TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count)** 1. Star Trek: Deep Space 9 2. Jackie Chan Adventures 3. Scandal 4. Julia 5. Quantum Leap (2022) 6. Mike Tyson Mysteries 7. Superstore 8. Elementary 9. Psych 10. Friends Ross and Monica are Jewish, but while their parents have a mezzuzah on their front door, and Ross and Monica give each other Chanukah gifts, their Jewishness is the punchline of, IIRC, exactly 1 joke. Also, Rachel is apparently the product of a mixed marriage-- Jewish father and gentile mother (therefore, not Jewish), it never gets mentioned at all, other than the fact that she calls one of her grandmothers “bobbe.” David Schwimmer is actually Jewish, but neither of the other Friend actors are. NEXT: **Disabled characters played by non-disabled actors** 1. Ironside-- Raymond Burr ---
**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:** [October 28, 2022, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/220 "2022-10-28T21:47:09Z")
**Disabled characters played by non-disabled actors** 1. Ironside-- Raymond Burr 2. Glee’s Artie Abrams - Kevin McHale [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=12)