# 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:** 203
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4041 "2024-02-01T00:59:59Z")
**Shows with levels of darkness in the titles** 1. Evening Shade 2. The Twilight Zone 3. Dark Shadows 4. Night Court 5. Kolchak: the Night Stalker 6. Darkroom 7. The Edge of Night Daytime TV shows count, yes? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4042 "2024-02-01T01:19:20Z")
Sure. **Shows with levels of darkness in the titles** 1. Evening Shade 2. The Twilight Zone 3. Dark Shadows 4. Night Court 5. Kolchak: the Night Stalker 6. Darkroom 7. The Edge of Night 8. Night Gallery ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2024, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4043 "2024-02-01T02:53:45Z")
**Shows with levels of darkness in the titles** 1. Evening Shade 2. The Twilight Zone 3. Dark Shadows 4. Night Court 5. Kolchak: the Night Stalker 6. Darkroom 7. The Edge of Night 8. Night Gallery 9. What We Do in the Shadows ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4044 "2024-02-01T13:13:35Z")
**Shows with levels of darkness in the titles** 1. Evening Shade 2. The Twilight Zone 3. Dark Shadows 4. Night Court 5. Kolchak: the Night Stalker 6. Darkroom 7. The Edge of Night 8. Night Gallery 9. What We Do in the Shadows 10. In the Heat of the Night **Cancelled before completing the first season** 1. Firefly ---
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**Cancelled before completing the first season** 1. Firefly 2. Police Squad! ---
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**Cancelled before completing the first season** 1. Firefly 2. Police Squad! 3. Turn On Cancelled while airing the first episode. ---
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**Cancelled before completing the first season** 1. Firefly 2. Police Squad! 3. Turn On 4. Wonderfalls ---
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**Cancelled before completing the first season** 1. Firefly 2. Police Squad! 3. Turn On 4. Wonderfalls 5. Cop Rock ---
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**Cancelled before completing the first season** 1. Firefly 2. Police Squad! 3. Turn On 4. Wonderfalls 5. Cop Rock 6. Freaks and Geeks ---
**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:** [February 1, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4050 "2024-02-01T19:26:16Z")
**Cancelled before completing the first season** 1. Firefly 2. Police Squad! 3. Turn On 4. Wonderfalls 5. Cop Rock 6. Freaks and Geeks 7. Heil Honey I’m Home! Not a single BAFTA: [Heil Honey I'm Home! - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heil_Honey_I%27m_Home) ---
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**Cancelled before completing the first season** 1. Firefly 2. Police Squad! 3. Turn On 4. Wonderfalls 5. Cop Rock 6. Freaks and Geeks 7. Heil Honey I’m Home! 8. Manimal Is he a man? Is he an animal? No, he’s canceled. ---
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**Cancelled before completing the first season** 1. Firefly 2. Police Squad! 3. Turn On 4. Wonderfalls 5. Cop Rock 6. Freaks and Geeks 7. Heil Honey I’m Home! 8. Manimal 9. Terriers ---
**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:** [February 2, 2024, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4053 "2024-02-02T03:24:26Z")
**Cancelled before completing the first season** 1. Firefly 2. Police Squad! 3. Turn On 4. Wonderfalls 5. Cop Rock 6. Freaks and Geeks 7. Heil Honey I’m Home! 8. Manimal 9. Terriers 10. Fish Police 1982 prime-time animated series with decent actors like John Ritter, Ed Asner, Robert Guillaume, Buddy Hackett, and JoBeth Williams providing the voices, but it still only lasted three episodes before CBS pulled the plug on it, along with a series that featured a ventriloquist’s dragon puppet called ‘Scorch’ that _ **also** _ lasted only three episodes. **The Waltons** _(list all the family members – and since there were eleven of them, we’ll go to eleven for this category only)_ 1. Zeb Walton (Grandpa) – played by Will Geer _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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> [@](#): > > **The Waltons** > _(list all the family members – and since there were eleven of them, we’ll go to eleven for this category only)_ 1. Zeb Walton (Grandpa) – played by Will Geer 2. Olivia Walton (mom) – played by Miss Michael Learned, billed thus so that the audience would not think she was a man in drag because of her unusual (for a woman) first name, although if you ask me, the addition of “Miss” makes it sound _more_ like a drag queen name. ---
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**The Waltons** _(list all the family members – and since there were eleven of them, we’ll go to eleven for this category only)_ [/quote] 1. Zeb Walton (Grandpa) – played by Will Geer 2. Olivia Walton (mom) – played by Miss Michael Learned, billed thus so that the audience would not think she was a man in drag because of her unusual (for a woman) first name, although if you ask me, the addition of “Miss” makes it sound _more_ like a drag queen name. 3. Esther Walton (Grandma) - played by the late great Ellen Corby. She was uncredited in _It’s a Wonderful Life_ as Miss Davis who, when the Building and Loan is being “run on,” asks for just $17.50 and George Bailey kisses her. She was also the guest star in many TV shows in the 50s and 60s. ---
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**The Waltons** _(list all the family members – and since there were eleven of them, we’ll go to eleven for this category only)_ 1. Zeb Walton (Grandpa) – played by Will Geer 2. Olivia Walton (mom) – played by Miss Michael Learned, billed thus so that the audience would not think she was a man in drag because of her unusual (for a woman) first name, although if you ask me, the addition of “Miss” makes it sound _more_ like a drag queen name. 3. Esther Walton (Grandma) - played by the late great Ellen Corby. She was uncredited in _It’s a Wonderful Life_ as Miss Davis who, when the Building and Loan is being “run on,” asks for just $17.50 and George Bailey kisses her. She was also the guest star in many TV shows in the 50s and 60s. 4. John Boy Walton - played by Richard Thomas. Let’s face it the show when steadily down the crapper after he left in season 5 ---
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**The Waltons** _(list all the family members – and since there were eleven of them, we’ll go to eleven for this category only)_ 1. Zeb Walton (Grandpa) – played by Will Geer 2. Olivia Walton (mom) – played by Miss Michael Learned, billed thus so that the audience would not think she was a man in drag because of her unusual (for a woman) first name, although if you ask me, the addition of “Miss” makes it sound _more_ like a drag queen name. 3. Esther Walton (Grandma) - played by the late great Ellen Corby. She was uncredited in _It’s a Wonderful Life_ as Miss Davis who, when the Building and Loan is being “run on,” asks for just $17.50 and George Bailey kisses her. She was also the guest star in many TV shows in the 50s and 60s. 4. John Boy Walton - played by Richard Thomas. Let’s face it the show when steadily down the crapper after he left in season 5 5. John Walton Sr. - Played by Ralph Waite. ---
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**The Waltons** _(list all the family members – and since there were eleven of them, we’ll go to eleven for this category only)_ 1. Zeb Walton (Grandpa) – played by Will Geer 2. Olivia Walton (mom) – played by Miss Michael Learned, billed thus so that the audience would not think she was a man in drag because of her unusual (for a woman) first name, although if you ask me, the addition of “Miss” makes it sound _more_ like a drag queen name. 3. Esther Walton (Grandma) - played by the late great Ellen Corby. She was uncredited in _It’s a Wonderful Life_ as Miss Davis who, when the Building and Loan is being “run on,” asks for just $17.50 and George Bailey kisses her. She was also the guest star in many TV shows in the 50s and 60s. 4. John Boy Walton - played by Richard Thomas. Let’s face it the show when steadily down the crapper after he left in season 5 5. John Walton Sr. - Played by Ralph Waite. 6. Jim-Bob Walton - youngest son; the only Walton child who was born in a hospital, rather than at home; had a twin brother (Joseph Zebulon) who was stillborn. ---
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**The Waltons** _(list all the family members – and since there were eleven of them, we’ll go to eleven for this category only)_ 1. Zeb Walton (Grandpa) – played by Will Geer 2. Olivia Walton (mom) – played by Miss Michael Learned, billed thus so that the audience would not think she was a man in drag because of her unusual (for a woman) first name, although if you ask me, the addition of “Miss” makes it sound _more_ like a drag queen name. 3. Esther Walton (Grandma) - played by the late great Ellen Corby. She was uncredited in _It’s a Wonderful Life_ as Miss Davis who, when the Building and Loan is being “run on,” asks for just $17.50 and George Bailey kisses her. She was also the guest star in many TV shows in the 50s and 60s. 4. John Boy Walton - played by Richard Thomas. Let’s face it the show when steadily down the crapper after he left in season 5 5. John Walton Sr. - Played by Ralph Waite. 6. Jim-Bob Walton - youngest son; the only Walton child who was born in a hospital, rather than at home; had a twin brother (Joseph Zebulon) who was stillborn. 7. Zebulon Tyler Walton ---
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**The Waltons** _(list all the family members – and since there were eleven of them, we’ll go to eleven for this category only)_ 1. Zeb Walton (Grandpa) – played by Will Geer 2. Olivia Walton (mom) – played by Miss Michael Learned, billed thus so that the audience would not think she was a man in drag because of her unusual (for a woman) first name, although if you ask me, the addition of “Miss” makes it sound _more_ like a drag queen name. 3. Esther Walton (Grandma) - played by the late great Ellen Corby. She was uncredited in _It’s a Wonderful Life_ as Miss Davis who, when the Building and Loan is being “run on,” asks for just $17.50 and George Bailey kisses her. She was also the guest star in many TV shows in the 50s and 60s. 4. John Boy Walton - played by Richard Thomas. Let’s face it, the show went steadily down the crapper after he left in season 5 5. John Walton Sr. - Played by Ralph Waite. 6. Jim-Bob Walton - youngest son; the only Walton child who was born in a hospital, rather than at home; had a twin brother (Joseph Zebulon) who was stillborn. 7. Zebulon Tyler Walton 8. Erin Walton (Mary Elizabeth McDonough), second daughter; per Wiki, worked as a telephone operator and as manufacturing supervisor [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=202) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=204)