# 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:** 220
**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:** [April 1, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4381 "2024-04-01T20:44:26Z")
**Shows where a cast member dies** 1. Barney Miller - Det. Yemana (Jack Soo) 2. Cheers - “Coach” Ernie Pantusso (Nicholas Colasanto) 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Uncle Iroh (Mako) 4. Chico and the Man - Freddie Prinze 5. Training Day - Bill Paxton (Detective Frank Roarke) ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4382 "2024-04-01T21:56:29Z")
**Shows where a cast member dies** 1. Barney Miller - Det. Yemana (Jack Soo) 2. Cheers - “Coach” Ernie Pantusso (Nicholas Colasanto) 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Uncle Iroh (Mako) 4. Chico and the Man - Freddie Prinze 5. Training Day - Bill Paxton (Detective Frank Roarke) 6. The Waltons - Will Geer (Grandpa “Zeb” Walton) ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4383 "2024-04-01T22:49:04Z")
**Shows where a cast member dies** 1. Barney Miller - Det. Yemana (Jack Soo) 2. Cheers - “Coach” Ernie Pantusso (Nicholas Colasanto) 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Uncle Iroh (Mako) 4. Chico and the Man - Freddie Prinze 5. Training Day - Bill Paxton (Detective Frank Roarke) 6. The Waltons - Will Geer (Grandpa “Zeb” Walton) 7. The Beast - Patrick Swayze (Charles Barker) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4384 "2024-04-02T01:28:40Z")
**Shows where a cast member dies** 1. Barney Miller - Det. Yemana (Jack Soo) 2. Cheers - “Coach” Ernie Pantusso (Nicholas Colasanto) 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Uncle Iroh (Mako) 4. Chico and the Man - Freddie Prinze 5. Training Day - Bill Paxton (Detective Frank Roarke) 6. The Waltons - Will Geer (Grandpa “Zeb” Walton) 7. The Beast - Patrick Swayze (Charles Barker) 8. News Radio - Phil Hartman (Bill McNeal) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4385 "2024-04-02T01:37:42Z")
> [@](#): > > **Shows where a cast member dies** 1. Barney Miller - Det. Yemana (Jack Soo) 2. Cheers - “Coach” Ernie Pantusso (Nicholas Colasanto) 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Uncle Iroh (Mako) 4. Chico and the Man - Freddie Prinze 5. Training Day - Bill Paxton (Detective Frank Roarke) 6. The Waltons - Will Geer (Grandpa “Zeb” Walton) 7. The Beast - Patrick Swayze (Charles Barker) 8. News Radio - Phil Hartman (Bill McNeal) 9. Rizzoli & Isles - Det. Barry Frost (Lee Thompson Young) ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4386 "2024-04-02T17:56:26Z")
> [@](#): > > **Shows where a cast member dies** 1. Barney Miller - Det. Yemana (Jack Soo) 2. Cheers - “Coach” Ernie Pantusso (Nicholas Colasanto) 3. Avatar: The Last Airbender - Uncle Iroh (Mako) 4. Chico and the Man - Freddie Prinze 5. Training Day - Bill Paxton (Detective Frank Roarke) 6. The Waltons - Will Geer (Grandpa “Zeb” Walton) 7. The Beast - Patrick Swayze (Charles Barker) 8. News Radio - Phil Hartman (Bill McNeal) 9. Rizzoli & Isles - Det. Barry Frost (Lee Thompson Young) 10. Bones - Dr. Lance Sweets (John Francis Daley) > **Shows Your Parents Wouldn’t Let You Watch** 1. The Outer Limits We were freaking out after the opening monologue. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4387 "2024-04-02T18:18:17Z")
> **Shows Your Parents Wouldn’t Let You Watch** 1. The Outer Limits 2. Monty Python’s Flying Circus I didn’t get to watch it until I was in high school. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4388 "2024-04-02T18:34:08Z")
**Shows Your Parents Wouldn’t Let You Watch** 1. The Outer Limits 2. Monty Python’s Flying Circus 3. Kolchak: The Night Stalker I watched it once and had a nightmare. Forbidden after that, not that I needed the prohibition at that point. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4389 "2024-04-02T18:49:44Z")
**Shows Your Parents Wouldn’t Let You Watch** 1. The Outer Limits 2. Monty Python’s Flying Circus 3. Kolchak: The Night Stalker 4. Saturday Night Live Of course I sneaked into the TV room while they were asleep. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4390 "2024-04-02T19:47:53Z")
> [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > Bones - Dr. Lance Sweets (John Francis Daley) I believe John Daley is still alive. Weren’t all the other examples examples of the character being written out because the actor had died in real life? If you need another example, David Strickland committed suicide during the run of Brooke Shields’ _Suddenly Susan,_ and so his character, Todd, was written out. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4391 "2024-04-02T20:16:37Z")
PP is probably thinking of Heath Freeman who played recurring character “Howard Epps” who did die in real life ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4392 "2024-04-02T20:44:49Z")
Sorry, I misread that. The character of Lance Sweets died, but not the actor. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4393 "2024-04-02T20:59:09Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > **Shows Your Parents Wouldn’t Let You Watch** 1. The Outer Limits 2. Monty Python’s Flying Circus 3. Kolchak: The Night Stalker 4. Saturday Night Live 5. The Mod Squad ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4394 "2024-04-02T21:19:45Z")
> [@](#): > > **Shows Your Parents Wouldn’t Let You Watch** 1. The Outer Limits 2. Monty Python’s Flying Circus 3. Kolchak: The Night Stalker 4. Saturday Night Live 5. The Mod Squad 6. The Simpsons We watched it anyway. Eventually we got our parents to watch it, and they realized it wasn’t as bad as the Moral Guardians of the day would have them believe. ---
**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:** [April 2, 2024, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4395 "2024-04-02T21:31:34Z")
**Shows Your Parents Wouldn’t Let You Watch** 1. The Outer Limits 2. Monty Python’s Flying Circus 3. Kolchak: The Night Stalker 4. Saturday Night Live 5. The Mod Squad 6. The Simpsons 7. The Night Gallery ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4396 "2024-04-02T23:10:12Z")
**Shows Your Parents Wouldn’t Let You Watch** 1. The Outer Limits 2. Monty Python’s Flying Circus 3. Kolchak: The Night Stalker 4. Saturday Night Live 5. The Mod Squad 6. The Simpsons 7. The Night Gallery 8. The Six-O’Clock News Because of war footage from Vietnam. ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4397 "2024-04-03T07:15:32Z")
**Shows Your Parents Wouldn’t Let You Watch** 1. The Outer Limits 2. Monty Python’s Flying Circus 3. Kolchak: The Night Stalker 4. Saturday Night Live 5. The Mod Squad 6. The Simpsons 7. The Night Gallery 8. The Six-O’Clock News 9. The Flintstones Because Fred lied regularly to his wife and Wilma and Betty liked to blow up their husbands’ credit cards (Charrrrge Itt!) ---
**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:** [April 3, 2024, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4398 "2024-04-03T07:30:11Z")
**Shows Your Parents Wouldn’t Let You Watch** 1. The Outer Limits 2. Monty Python’s Flying Circus 3. Kolchak: The Night Stalker 4. Saturday Night Live 5. The Mod Squad 6. The Simpsons 7. The Night Gallery 8. The Six-O’Clock News 9. The Flintstones 10. The Twilight Zone Which was strange, because Mom and I loved “The Twilight Zone” on late-night syndication in later years. Next: **Shows mainly centered around a workplace:** 1. Lou Grant ---
**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:** [April 3, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4399 "2024-04-03T10:32:18Z")
**Shows mainly centered around a workplace:** 1. Lou Grant 2. News Radio ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/4400 "2024-04-03T10:44:29Z")
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