# 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:** 145
**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:** [September 4, 2023, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2881 "2023-09-04T16:03:37Z")
**Writers of TV Shows (not characters)** 1. Jack Burns, _The Muppet Show_, _Hee Haw_ 2. D.C. Fontana, _Star Trek_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2882 "2023-09-04T16:06:03Z")
**Writers of TV Shows (not characters)** 1. Jack Burns, _The Muppet Show_, _Hee Haw_ 2. D.C. Fontana, _Star Trek_ 3. Conan O’Brien, _The Simpsons_ ---
**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:** [September 4, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2883 "2023-09-04T16:09:32Z")
**Writers of TV Shows (not characters)** 1. Jack Burns, _The Muppet Show_, _Hee Haw_ 2. D.C. Fontana, _Star Trek_ 3. Conan O’Brien, _The Simpsons_ 4. Aaron Sorkin, _The West Wing_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2884 "2023-09-04T16:13:13Z")
**Writers of TV Shows (not characters)** 1. Jack Burns, _The Muppet Show_, _Hee Haw_ 2. D.C. Fontana, _Star Trek_ 3. Conan O’Brien, _The Simpsons_ 4. Aaron Sorkin, _The West Wing_ 5. Matthew Weiner, _The Sopranos, Mad Men_ ---
**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:** [September 4, 2023, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2885 "2023-09-04T16:16:32Z")
**Writers of TV Shows (not characters)** 1. Jack Burns, _The Muppet Show_, _Hee Haw_ 2. D.C. Fontana, _Star Trek_ 3. Conan O’Brien, _The Simpsons_ 4. Aaron Sorkin, _The West Wing_ 5. Matthew Weiner, _The Sopranos, Mad Men_ 6. Mason Williams, _The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour_ ---
**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:** [September 4, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2886 "2023-09-04T16:17:06Z")
**Writers of TV Shows (not characters)** 1. Jack Burns, _The Muppet Show_, _Hee Haw_ 2. D.C. Fontana, _Star Trek_ 3. Conan O’Brien, _The Simpsons_ 4. Aaron Sorkin, _The West Wing_ 5. Matthew Weiner, _The Sopranos, Mad Men_ 6. Rene Echevarria, _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2887 "2023-09-04T16:19:28Z")
**Writers of TV Shows (not characters)** 1. Jack Burns, _The Muppet Show_, _Hee Haw_ 2. D.C. Fontana, _Star Trek_ 3. Conan O’Brien, _The Simpsons_ 4. Aaron Sorkin, _The West Wing_ 5. Matthew Weiner, _The Sopranos, Mad Men_ 6. Mason Williams, _The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour_ 7. Rene Echevarria, _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 8. Larry Wilmore, _The Office, Black-ish_ and housekeeping ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2888 "2023-09-04T18:29:35Z")
**Writers of TV Shows (not characters)** 1. Jack Burns, _The Muppet Show_, _Hee Haw_ 2. D.C. Fontana, _Star Trek_ 3. Conan O’Brien, _The Simpsons_ 4. Aaron Sorkin, _The West Wing_ 5. Matthew Weiner, _The Sopranos, Mad Men_ 6. Mason Williams, _The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour_ 7. Rene Echevarria, _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 8. Larry Wilmore, _The Office, Black-ish_ 9. Ricky Gervaise, _The Simpsons_ ---
**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:** [September 4, 2023, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2889 "2023-09-04T19:06:52Z")
**Writers of TV Shows (not characters)** 1. Jack Burns, _The Muppet Show_, _Hee Haw_ 2. D.C. Fontana, _Star Trek_ 3. Conan O’Brien, _The Simpsons_ 4. Aaron Sorkin, _The West Wing_ 5. Matthew Weiner, _The Sopranos, Mad Men_ 6. Mason Williams, _The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour_ 7. Rene Echevarria, _Star Trek: The Next Generation_ 8. Larry Wilmore, _The Office, Black-ish_ 9. Ricky Gervaise, _The Simpsons_ 10. David Angell, _Frasier_ Also a creator of the show. Killed along with his wife on 9-11, alas; Niles and Daphne’s son was named after him. Pass. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2890 "2023-09-04T19:18:42Z")
**Stars with hit shows in two separate decades** 1. Andy Griffith, _The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock_ ---
**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:** [September 4, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2891 "2023-09-04T19:21:25Z")
**Stars with hit shows in two separate decades** 1. Andy Griffith, _The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock_ 2. William Shatner, _Star Trek, T.J. Hooker_ ---
**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:** [September 4, 2023, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2892 "2023-09-04T19:48:06Z")
**Stars with hit shows in two separate decades** 1. Andy Griffith, _The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock_ 2. William Shatner, _Star Trek, T.J. Hooker_ 3. Ed O’Neill - _Married . . . with Children, Modern Family_ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2023, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2893 "2023-09-04T21:04:54Z")
**Stars with hit shows in two separate decades** 1. Andy Griffith, _The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock_ 2. William Shatner, _Star Trek, T.J. Hooker_ 3. Ed O’Neill - _Married . . . with Children, Modern Family_ 4. Tom Selleck - _Magnum P.I., Blue Bloods_ ---
**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:** [September 4, 2023, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2894 "2023-09-04T21:24:24Z")
**Stars with hit shows in two separate decades** 1. Andy Griffith, _The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock_ 2. William Shatner, _Star Trek, T.J. Hooker_ 3. Ed O’Neill - _Married . . . with Children, Modern Family_ 4. Tom Selleck - _Magnum P.I., Blue Bloods_ 5. Mary Tyler Moore - _The Dick van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ ---
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**Stars with hit shows in two separate decades** 1. Andy Griffith, _The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock_ 2. William Shatner, _Star Trek, T.J. Hooker_ 3. Ed O’Neill - _Married . . . with Children, Modern Family_ 4. Tom Selleck - _Magnum P.I., Blue Bloods_ 5. Mary Tyler Moore - _The Dick van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 6. Bob Newhart - _The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart_ ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2896 "2023-09-05T00:22:52Z")
> [@](#): > > **Stars with hit shows in two separate decades** 1. Andy Griffith, _The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock_ 2. William Shatner, _Star Trek, T.J. Hooker_ 3. Ed O’Neill - _Married . . . with Children, Modern Family_ 4. Tom Selleck - _Magnum P.I., Blue Bloods_ 5. Mary Tyler Moore - _The Dick van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 6. Bob Newhart - _The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart_ 7. Mayim Bialik - _Blossom_, _The Big Bang Theory_ And in between, she had time to earn a PhD ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2897 "2023-09-05T01:37:28Z")
**Stars with hit shows in two separate decades** 1. Andy Griffith, _The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock_ 2. William Shatner, _Star Trek, T.J. Hooker_ 3. Ed O’Neill - _Married . . . with Children, Modern Family_ 4. Tom Selleck - _Magnum P.I., Blue Bloods_ 5. Mary Tyler Moore - _The Dick van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 6. Bob Newhart - _The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart_ 7. Mayim Bialik - _Blossom_, _The Big Bang Theory_ 8. Betty White – _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ (1970s), _Golden Girls_ (1980s), _Hot in Cleveland_ (2010s) _ **-“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:** [September 5, 2023, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2898 "2023-09-05T02:07:08Z")
**Stars with hit shows in two separate decades** 1. Andy Griffith, _The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock_ 2. William Shatner, _Star Trek, T.J. Hooker_ 3. Ed O’Neill - _Married . . . with Children, Modern Family_ 4. Tom Selleck - _Magnum P.I., Blue Bloods_ 5. Mary Tyler Moore - _The Dick van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 6. Bob Newhart - _The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart_ 7. Mayim Bialik - _Blossom_, _The Big Bang Theory_ 8. Betty White – _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ (1970s), _Golden Girls_ (1980s), _Hot in Cleveland_ (2010s) 9. Kelsey Grammer - _Cheers, Frasier_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2899 "2023-09-05T15:17:32Z")
**Stars with hit shows in two separate decades** 1. Andy Griffith, _The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock_ 2. William Shatner, _Star Trek, T.J. Hooker_ 3. Ed O’Neill - _Married . . . with Children, Modern Family_ 4. Tom Selleck - _Magnum P.I., Blue Bloods_ 5. Mary Tyler Moore - _The Dick van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ 6. Bob Newhart - _The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart_ 7. Mayim Bialik - _Blossom_, _The Big Bang Theory_ 8. Betty White – _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_ (1970s), _Golden Girls_ (1980s), _Hot in Cleveland_ (2010s) 9. Kelsey Grammer - _Cheers, Frasier_ 10. Lorne Greene - _Bonanza, Battlestar Galactica (1978)_ pass ---
**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:** [September 5, 2023, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/2900 "2023-09-05T18:49:05Z")
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