# 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:** 114
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2261 "2023-07-03T20:10:44Z")
**TV shows with in-laws** 1. Everyone Loves Raymond 2. All In the Family 3. The Mothers-in-Law 4. Friends 5. Frasier 6. The Simpsons 7. Bewitched 8. The Sopranos 9. The Big Bang Theory eventually there are in-laws ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2023, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2262 "2023-07-03T20:12:55Z")
**TV shows with in-laws** 1. Everyone Loves Raymond 2. All In the Family 3. The Mothers-in-Law 4. Friends 5. Frasier 6. The Simpsons 7. Bewitched 8. The Sopranos 9. The Big Bang Theory 10. Modern Family pass (Thanks, Prof!) ---
**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:** [July 3, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2263 "2023-07-03T20:14:00Z")
Bewitched is a repeat of #7. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2264 "2023-07-05T15:45:42Z")
**Supporting characters that were never (or rarely) seen** 1. Maris Crane - Frasier ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2265 "2023-07-05T15:56:06Z")
**Supporting characters that were never (or rarely) seen** 1. Maris Crane - Frasier 2. Wilson - Home Improvement ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2266 "2023-07-05T16:02:42Z")
**Supporting characters that were never (or rarely) seen** 1. Maris Crane - Frasier 2. Wilson - Home Improvement 3. Charles Townsend - Charlie’s Angels ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2267 "2023-07-05T16:12:07Z")
**Supporting characters that were never (or rarely) seen** 1. Maris Crane - Frasier 2. Wilson - Home Improvement 3. Charles Townsend - Charlie’s Angels 4. Carlton Your Doorman - Rhoda ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2268 "2023-07-05T16:15:11Z")
**Supporting characters that were never (or rarely) seen** 1. Maris Crane - Frasier 2. Wilson - Home Improvement 3. Charles Townsend - Charlie’s Angels 4. Carlton Your Doorman - Rhoda 5. Dr. Claw - Inspector Gadget ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2269 "2023-07-05T16:21:58Z")
**Supporting characters that were never (or rarely) seen** 1. Maris Crane - Frasier 2. Wilson - Home Improvement 3. Charles Townsend - Charlie’s Angels 4. Carlton Your Doorman - Rhoda 5. Dr. Claw - Inspector Gadget 6. Mrs. Wolowicz (Howard’s mom) - The Big Bang Theory ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2270 "2023-07-05T18:18:46Z")
**Supporting characters that were never (or rarely) seen** 1. Maris Crane - Frasier 2. Wilson - Home Improvement 3. Charles Townsend - Charlie’s Angels 4. Carlton Your Doorman - Rhoda 5. Dr. Claw - Inspector Gadget 6. Mrs. Wolowicz (Howard’s mom) - The Big Bang Theory 7. Robin Masters - Magnum PI ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2271 "2023-07-05T19:20:44Z")
**Supporting characters that were never (or rarely) seen** 1. Maris Crane - Frasier 2. Wilson - Home Improvement 3. Charles Townsend - Charlie’s Angels 4. Carlton Your Doorman - Rhoda 5. Dr. Claw - Inspector Gadget 6. Mrs. Wolowitz (Howard’s mom) - The Big Bang Theory 7. Robin Masters - Magnum PI 8. Ugly Naked Guy - Friends ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2272 "2023-07-05T19:30:24Z")
**Supporting characters that were never (or rarely) seen** 1. Maris Crane - Frasier 2. Wilson - Home Improvement 3. Charles Townsend - Charlie’s Angels 4. Carlton Your Doorman - Rhoda 5. Dr. Claw - Inspector Gadget 6. Mrs. Wolowitz (Howard’s mom) - The Big Bang Theory 7. Robin Masters - Magnum PI 8. Ugly Naked Guy - Friends 9. Vera Peterson - Cheers (Norm’s wife) ---
**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:** [July 5, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2273 "2023-07-05T20:14:02Z")
**Supporting characters that were never (or rarely) seen** 1. Maris Crane - Frasier 2. Wilson - Home Improvement 3. Charles Townsend - Charlie’s Angels 4. Carlton Your Doorman - Rhoda 5. Dr. Claw - Inspector Gadget 6. Mrs. Wolowitz (Howard’s mom) - The Big Bang Theory 7. Robin Masters - Magnum PI 8. Ugly Naked Guy - Friends 9. Vera Peterson - Cheers (Norm’s wife) 10. George Steinbrenner - Seinfeld Usually seen from behind, nattering on and on, with voice by Larry David. Once appeared in person, played by Steinbrenner himself. ---
**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:** [July 6, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2274 "2023-07-06T19:06:58Z")
@Elendil_s_Heir, you pick the next category. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2275 "2023-07-07T18:05:59Z")
Ah, yes, thanks. **TV spinoffs doomed to fail** 1. That’s My Gul - from ST:DS9 ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2276 "2023-07-07T18:34:09Z")
**TV spinoffs doomed to fail** 1. That’s My Gul - from ST:DS9 2. Klink’s Kinks - from Hogan’s Heroes The Colonel runs a Cabaret-style brothel on the side. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2277 "2023-07-07T19:09:07Z")
**TV spinoffs doomed to fail** 1. That’s My Gul - from ST:DS9 2. Klink’s Kinks - from Hogan’s Heroes 3. The Many Loves of Niles Crane - from Frasier ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2278 "2023-07-07T20:57:36Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > 1. The Many Loves of Niles Crane - from Frasier Actually, that might have worked. Think about it for a minute … Frasier and Niles, as portrayed on the show, were two of the three horniest guys on prime-time TV at that time. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [July 7, 2023, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2279 "2023-07-07T21:07:24Z")
**TV spinoffs doomed to fail** 1. That’s My Gul - from ST:DS9 2. Klink’s Kinks - from Hogan’s Heroes 3. The Many Loves of Niles Crane - from Frasier 4. Latka Loves Simka – from Taxi _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2023, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2280 "2023-07-08T00:00:00Z")
**TV spinoffs doomed to fail** 1. That’s My Gul - from ST:DS9 2. Klink’s Kinks - from Hogan’s Heroes 3. The Many Loves of Niles Crane - from Frasier 4. Latka Loves Simka – from Taxi 5. How I Met Your Mother’s Cousin [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=113) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=115)