# 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:** 304
**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:** [September 18, 2024, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6061 "2024-09-18T12:09:47Z")
**Shows with buffoon characters** 1. MASH - Major Burns 2. Taxi - Rev. Jim “Iggy” Ignatowski 3. The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Ted Baxter 4. The Larry Sanders Show - Hank Kingsley 5. Hogan’s Heroes – Sgt. Hans Schulz 6. WKRP in Cincinnati - Herb Tarlek 7. Monk - Randy Disher 8. Friends - Janice Litman-Goralnik 9. Cheers - Cliff Clavin 10. Married with Children - Al Bundy pass ---
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Let’s flip it around… **Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. MASH - Colonel Potter ---
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**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. MASH - Colonel Potter 2. Phil Coulson - Agents of SHIELD ---
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**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. MASH - Colonel Potter 2. Agents of SHIELD - Phil Coulson 3. The Honeymooners - Alice Cramden ---
**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 18, 2024, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6065 "2024-09-18T14:41:13Z")
**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. MASH - Colonel Potter 2. Agents of SHIELD - Phil Coulson 3. The Honeymooners - Alice Cramden 4. Get Smart - The Chief ---
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**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. MASH - Colonel Potter 2. Agents of SHIELD - Phil Coulson 3. The Honeymooners - Alice Cramden 4. Get Smart - The Chief 5. Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Capt Raymond Holt ---
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**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. MASH - Colonel Potter 2. Agents of SHIELD - Phil Coulson 3. The Honeymooners - Alice Cramden 4. Get Smart - The Chief 5. Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Capt Raymond Holt 6. Detective Joe Friday - Dragnet ---
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**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. MASH - Colonel Potter 2. Agents of SHIELD - Phil Coulson 3. The Honeymooners - Alice Cramden 4. Get Smart - The Chief 5. Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Capt Raymond Holt 6. Detective Joe Friday - Dragnet 7. Welcome Back, Kotter - Gabe Kotter ---
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**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. MASH - Colonel Potter 2. Agents of SHIELD - Phil Coulson 3. The Honeymooners - Alice Cramden 4. Get Smart - The Chief 5. Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Capt Raymond Holt 6. Detective Joe Friday - Dragnet 7. Welcome Back, Kotter - Gabe Kotter 8. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Benjamin Sisko ---
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**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. MASH - Colonel Potter 2. Agents of SHIELD - Phil Coulson 3. The Honeymooners - Alice Cramden 4. Get Smart - The Chief 5. Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Capt Raymond Holt 6. Detective Joe Friday - Dragnet 7. Welcome Back, Kotter - Gabe Kotter 8. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Benjamin Sisko 9. Bones - Cam Saroyan ---
**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 18, 2024, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6071 "2024-09-18T18:27:10Z")
**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. MASH - Colonel Potter 2. Agents of SHIELD - Phil Coulson 3. The Honeymooners - Alice Cramden 4. Get Smart - The Chief 5. Brooklyn Nine-Nine - Capt Raymond Holt 6. Detective Joe Friday - Dragnet 7. Welcome Back, Kotter - Gabe Kotter 8. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - Benjamin Sisko 9. Bones - Cam Saroyan 10. Hill Street Blues - Capt. Francis X. Furillo Loved that show! Let’s do some more. No repeats. **Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. Star Trek - Capt. James T. Kirk ---
**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:** [September 18, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6072 "2024-09-18T19:44:37Z")
**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. Star Trek - Capt. James T. Kirk 2. Law and Order: SVU - Capt. Donald Cragen ---
**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 18, 2024, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6073 "2024-09-18T23:21:07Z")
**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. Star Trek - Capt. James T. Kirk 2. Law and Order: SVU - Capt. Donald Cragen 3. The A-Team - Hannibal Smith ---
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**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. Star Trek - Capt. James T. Kirk 2. Law and Order: SVU - Capt. Donald Cragen 3. The A-Team - Hannibal Smith 4. Knight Rider - Devon Miles ---
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**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. Star Trek - Capt. James T. Kirk 2. Law and Order: SVU - Capt. Donald Cragen 3. The A-Team - Hannibal Smith 4. Knight Rider - Devon Miles 5. Battlestar Galactica (2004) - Commander William Adama ---
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**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. Star Trek - Capt. James T. Kirk 2. Law and Order: SVU - Capt. Donald Cragen 3. The A-Team - Hannibal Smith 4. Knight Rider - Devon Miles 5. Battlestar Galactica (2004) - Commander William Adama 6. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Capt. Jean-Luc Picard ---
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**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. Star Trek - Capt. James T. Kirk 2. Law and Order: SVU - Capt. Donald Cragen 3. The A-Team - Hannibal Smith 4. Knight Rider - Devon Miles 5. Battlestar Galactica (2004) - Commander William Adama 6. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Capt. Jean-Luc Picard 7. Transformers - Optimus Prime ---
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**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. Star Trek - Capt. James T. Kirk 2. Law and Order: SVU - Capt. Donald Cragen 3. The A-Team - Hannibal Smith 4. Knight Rider - Devon Miles 5. Battlestar Galactica (2004) - Commander William Adama 6. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Capt. Jean-Luc Picard 7. Transformers - Optimus Prime 8. Boss - Mayor Tom Cane ---
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**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. Star Trek - Capt. James T. Kirk 2. Law and Order: SVU - Capt. Donald Cragen 3. The A-Team - Hannibal Smith 4. Knight Rider - Devon Miles 5. Battlestar Galactica (2004) - Commander William Adama 6. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Capt. Jean-Luc Picard 7. Transformers - Optimus Prime 8. Boss - Mayor Tom Cane 9. Gunsmoke – Marshal Matt Dillon _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Shows with a respected, competent in-charge character** 1. Star Trek - Capt. James T. Kirk 2. Law and Order: SVU - Capt. Donald Cragen 3. The A-Team - Hannibal Smith 4. Knight Rider - Devon Miles 5. Battlestar Galactica (2004) - Commander William Adama 6. Star Trek: The Next Generation - Capt. Jean-Luc Picard 7. Transformers - Optimus Prime 8. Boss - Mayor Tom Cane 9. Gunsmoke – Marshal Matt Dillon 10. Law & Order - D.A. Adam Schiff **TV episodes where severe weather affects the plot** 1. Alice - Vera takes an overdose of sleeping pills just as a storm blows in, preventing paramedics from intervening. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=303) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=305)