# 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:** 252
**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:** [June 1, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5021 "2024-06-01T01:27:38Z")
**Characters, other than ministers, whose religion is known and sometimes a plot point** 1. Rhoda Morgenstern, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_: Jewish 2. Major Kira Nerys, _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: Follows the Bajoran Prophets ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5022 "2024-06-01T03:12:52Z")
**Characters, other than ministers, whose religion is known and sometimes a plot point** 1. Rhoda Morgenstern, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_: Jewish 2. Major Kira Nerys, _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: Follows the Bajoran Prophets 3. David Acosta, _Evil_: trained to be a priest but liked women too much ---
**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:** [June 1, 2024, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5023 "2024-06-01T03:15:44Z")
**Characters, other than ministers, whose religion is known and sometimes a plot point** 1. Rhoda Morgenstern, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_: Jewish 2. Major Kira Nerys, _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: Follows the Bajoran Prophets 3. David Acosta, _Evil_: trained to be a priest but liked women too much 4. Howard Wolowitz, _The Big Bang Theory_: Jewish ---
**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:** [June 1, 2024, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5024 "2024-06-01T15:57:56Z")
**Characters, other than ministers, whose religion is known and sometimes a plot point** 1. Rhoda Morgenstern, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_: Jewish 2. Major Kira Nerys, _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: Follows the Bajoran Prophets 3. David Acosta, _Evil_: trained to be a priest but liked women too much 4. Howard Wolowitz, _The Big Bang Theory_: Jewish 5. Eliot Stabler, _Law and Order:SVU_, Catholic ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5025 "2024-06-01T17:28:40Z")
**Characters, other than ministers, whose religion is known and sometimes a plot point** 1. Rhoda Morgenstern, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_: Jewish 2. Major Kira Nerys, _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: Follows the Bajoran Prophets 3. David Acosta, _Evil_: trained to be a priest but liked women too much 4. Howard Wolowitz, _The Big Bang Theory_: Jewish 5. Eliot Stabler, _Law and Order:SVU_, Catholic 6. Mary Cooper, _The Big Bang Theory_ and _Young Sheldon_: Born-Again Christian ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5026 "2024-06-01T17:37:39Z")
**Characters, other than ministers, whose religion is known and sometimes a plot point** 1. Rhoda Morgenstern, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_: Jewish 2. Major Kira Nerys, _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: Follows the Bajoran Prophets 3. David Acosta, _Evil_: trained to be a priest but liked women too much 4. Howard Wolowitz, _The Big Bang Theory_: Jewish 5. Eliot Stabler, _Law and Order:SVU_, Catholic 6. Mary Cooper, _The Big Bang Theory_ and _Young Sheldon_: Born-Again Christian 7. Bill Hendrickson, _Big Love_: United Fundamentalist Church (with similarities to the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints) ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5027 "2024-06-01T17:37:59Z")
**Characters, other than ministers, whose religion is known and sometimes a plot point** 1. Rhoda Morgenstern, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_: Jewish 2. Major Kira Nerys, _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: Follows the Bajoran Prophets 3. David Acosta, _Evil_: trained to be a priest but liked women too much 4. Howard Wolowitz, _The Big Bang Theory_: Jewish 5. Eliot Stabler, _Law and Order:SVU_, Catholic 6. Mary Cooper, _The Big Bang Theory_ and _Young Sheldon_: Born-Again Christian 7. Edina Monsoon, _Absolutely Fabulous_: Buddhism (even if a comically self-serving variety) ---
**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:** [June 1, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5028 "2024-06-01T18:20:00Z")
> [@themapleleaf](#): > > Mary Cooper, _The Big Bang Theory_ and _Young Sheldon_: Born-Again Christian It’s actually been explicit on _Young Sheldon_ that the Coopers are Baptist, although whether they are American Baptist, Southern Baptist, Independent Baptist, or what has never been specified. I may be wrong, but I’m pretty sure that “Born-Again” is a theologism, and not a denomination. ---
**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:** [June 2, 2024, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5029 "2024-06-02T02:21:17Z")
**Characters, other than ministers, whose religion is known and sometimes a plot point** 1. Rhoda Morgenstern, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_: Jewish 2. Major Kira Nerys, _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: Follows the Bajoran Prophets 3. David Acosta, _Evil_: trained to be a priest but liked women too much 4. Howard Wolowitz, _The Big Bang Theory_: Jewish 5. Eliot Stabler, _Law and Order: SVU_: Catholic 6. Mary Cooper, _The Big Bang Theory_ and _Young Sheldon_: Baptist / Born-Again Christian 7. Edina Monsoon, _Absolutely Fabulous_: Buddhism (even if a comically self-serving variety) 8. Rev. Daniel Webster, _The Book of Daniel_: Episcopalian ---
**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:** [June 2, 2024, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5030 "2024-06-02T07:49:12Z")
**Characters, other than ministers, whose religion is known and sometimes a plot point** 1. Rhoda Morgenstern, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_: Jewish 2. Major Kira Nerys, _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: Follows the Bajoran Prophets 3. David Acosta, _Evil_: trained to be a priest but liked women too much 4. Howard Wolowitz, _The Big Bang Theory_: Jewish 5. Eliot Stabler, _Law and Order: SVU_: Catholic 6. Mary Cooper, _The Big Bang Theory_ and _Young Sheldon_: Baptist / Born-Again Christian 7. Edina Monsoon, _Absolutely Fabulous_: Buddhism (even if a comically self-serving variety) 8. Rev. Daniel Webster, _The Book of Daniel_: Episcopalian 9. Latka Gravas/Simka Dahblitz, _Taxi_: unspecified, but appears to be some form of Eastern Orthodoxy _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [June 2, 2024, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5031 "2024-06-02T18:18:10Z")
> [@Bicycle\_Bill](#): > > Rev. Daniel Webster, _The Book of Daniel_: Episcopalian No ministers ---
**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:** [June 2, 2024, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5032 "2024-06-02T20:08:11Z")
Oops, right you are. **Characters, other than ministers, whose religion is known and sometimes a plot point** 1. Rhoda Morgenstern, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_: Jewish 2. Major Kira Nerys, _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: Follows the Bajoran Prophets 3. David Acosta, _Evil_: trained to be a priest but liked women too much 4. Howard Wolowitz, _The Big Bang Theory_: Jewish 5. Eliot Stabler, _Law and Order: SVU_: Catholic 6. Mary Cooper, _The Big Bang Theory_ and _Young Sheldon_: Baptist / Born-Again Christian 7. Edina Monsoon, _Absolutely Fabulous_: Buddhism (even if a comically self-serving variety) 8. Judith Webster, _The Book of Daniel_: Episcopalian 9. Latka Gravas/Simka Dahblitz, _Taxi_: unspecified, but appears to be some form of Eastern Orthodoxy The minister’s wife for #8. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5033 "2024-06-02T20:32:58Z")
**Characters, other than ministers, whose religion is known and sometimes a plot point** 1. Rhoda Morgenstern, _The Mary Tyler Moore Show_: Jewish 2. Major Kira Nerys, _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_: Follows the Bajoran Prophets 3. David Acosta, _Evil_: trained to be a priest but liked women too much 4. Howard Wolowitz, _The Big Bang Theory_: Jewish 5. Eliot Stabler, _Law and Order: SVU_: Catholic 6. Mary Cooper, _The Big Bang Theory_ and _Young Sheldon_: Baptist / Born-Again Christian 7. Bill Hendrickson, _Big Love_: United Fundamentalist Church (with similarities to the Fundamentalist Church of Latter-Day Saints) 8. Edina Monsoon, _Absolutely Fabulous_: Buddhism (even if a comically self-serving variety) 9. Judith Webster, _The Book of Daniel_: Episcopalian 10. Latka Gravas/Simka Dahblitz, _Taxi_: unspecified, but appears to be some form of Eastern Orthodoxy housekeeping Also: @Bicycle_Bill is up! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2024, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5034 "2024-06-02T20:47:49Z")
**Sponsored TV Shows _(where the sponsor’s name was in the title)_** 1. Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [June 2, 2024, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5035 "2024-06-02T20:59:39Z")
**Sponsored TV Shows _(where the sponsor’s name was in the title)_** 1. Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom 2. Texaco Star Theater ---
**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:** [June 2, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5036 "2024-06-02T21:11:27Z")
**Sponsored TV Shows _(where the sponsor’s name was in the title)_** 1. Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom 2. Texaco Star Theater 3. Hallmark Hall of Fame ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5037 "2024-06-02T21:16:36Z")
**Sponsored TV Shows _(where the sponsor’s name was in the title)_** 1. Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom 2. Texaco Star Theater 3. Hallmark Hall of Fame 4. General Electric Theater ---
**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:** [June 2, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5038 "2024-06-02T23:02:37Z")
> [@](#): > > **Sponsored TV Shows _(where the sponsor’s name was in the title)_** 1. Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom 2. Texaco Star Theater 3. Hallmark Hall of Fame 4. General Electric Theater 5. Kraft Suspense Theater ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2024, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5039 "2024-06-02T23:33:29Z")
**Sponsored TV Shows _(where the sponsor’s name was in the title)_** 1. Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom 2. Texaco Star Theater 3. Hallmark Hall of Fame 4. General Electric Theater 5. Kraft Suspense Theater 6. Gillette Cavalcade of Sports ---
**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:** [June 3, 2024, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/5040 "2024-06-03T12:06:00Z")
**Sponsored TV Shows _(where the sponsor’s name was in the title)_** 1. Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom 2. Texaco Star Theater 3. Hallmark Hall of Fame 4. General Electric Theater 5. Kraft Suspense Theater 6. Gillette Cavalcade of Sports 7. Chesterfield Sound Off Time Chesterfield was a brand of cigarettes. > “Sound-Off Time” was a live, half-hour variety series with Fred Allen and Bob Hope alternating at hosts, and not very successfully. However, on December 16, 1951, “Sound-Off Time” aired the pilot for “Dragnet.” The broadcast garnered “Sound-Off Time’s” best rating. It’s sponsor, Liggett & Myers Tobacco, promptly dropped the comedians in favor of the cop. – Anonymous [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=251) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=253)