# TV Binge Watch (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711>\
**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\
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**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:** [October 14, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6341 "2024-10-14T03:45:32Z")

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**Shows that you think were takeoffs of other shows**

1. _I Dream of Jeannie_ is a take off of _Bewitched_.
2. _Baretta_ is a take-off of _Toma_.
3. _The Addams Family_ is a take off of _The Munsters_.
4. _Family Guy_ is a take off of _The Simpsons_
5. _The Mentalist_ is a take off of _Psych_
6. _TaleSpin_ is a take off of _Tales of the Gold Monkey_ and _Cheers_
7. _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ is a takeoff of _Babylon 5_
8. _Webster_ is a take-off of _Diff’rent Strokes_.
9. _The Flintstones_ is a takeoff of _The Honeymooners_

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6342 "2024-10-14T15:06:29Z")

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**Shows that you think were takeoffs of other shows**

1. _I Dream of Jeannie_ is a take off of _Bewitched_.
2. _Baretta_ is a take-off of _Toma_.
3. _The Addams Family_ is a take off of _The Munsters_.
4. _Family Guy_ is a take off of _The Simpsons_
5. _The Mentalist_ is a take off of _Psych_
6. _TaleSpin_ is a take off of _Tales of the Gold Monkey_ and _Cheers_
7. _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ is a takeoff of _Babylon 5_
8. _Webster_ is a take-off of _Diff’rent Strokes_.
9. _The Flintstones_ is a takeoff of _The Honeymooners_
10. _The Jetsons_ is a take off of _The Flintstones_

It was Hanna-Barbera’s Space Age counterpart to _The Flintstones_.

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**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:** [October 14, 2024, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6343 "2024-10-14T15:10:10Z")

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**Modern-Day Westerns** _(I’ll accept anything set around/after the 1950s as ‘modern’)_

1. Longmire

_ **-“BB”-** _

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6344 "2024-10-14T15:12:45Z")

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**Modern-Day Westerns** _(I’ll accept anything set around/after the 1950s as ‘modern’)_

1. Longmire
2. Death Valley Days

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**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:** [October 14, 2024, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6345 "2024-10-14T18:52:50Z")

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**Modern-Day Westerns** _(I’ll accept anything set around/after the 1950s as ‘modern’)_

1. Longmire
2. Death Valley Days
3. The Ranch

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**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:** [October 14, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6346 "2024-10-14T19:59:31Z")

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**Modern-Day Westerns** _(I’ll accept anything set around/after the 1950s as ‘modern’)_

1. Longmire
2. Death Valley Days
3. The Ranch
4. No Country for Old Men

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**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6347 "2024-10-14T20:04:47Z")

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**Modern-Day Westerns** _(I’ll accept anything set around/after the 1950s as ‘modern’)_

1. Longmire
2. Death Valley Days
3. The Ranch
4. Justified

No Country for Old Men is a movie.

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6348 "2024-10-14T20:23:24Z")

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**Modern-Day Westerns** _(I’ll accept anything set around/after the 1950s as ‘modern’)_

1. Longmire
2. Death Valley Days
3. The Ranch
4. Justified
5. Westworld

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**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:** [October 14, 2024, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6349 "2024-10-14T22:28:23Z")

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**Modern-Day Westerns** _(I’ll accept anything set around/after the 1950s as ‘modern’)_

1. Longmire
2. Death Valley Days
3. The Ranch
4. Justified
5. Westworld
6. Yellowstone

I know that _Death Valley Days_ was an anthology series, but as far as I can remember they were all set in the nineteenth century, and don’t fit the category.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6350 "2024-10-15T00:59:28Z")

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> [@Bayaker](#):
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> I know that _Death Valley Days_ was an anthology series, but as far as I can remember they were all set in the nineteenth century, and don’t fit the category.

I thought the OP was looking for shows produced after 1950. If that’s not the case, replace my entry with _Cade’s County_.

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6351 "2024-10-15T01:03:00Z")

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I’ll fix it.

**Modern-Day Westerns** _(I’ll accept anything set around/after the 1950s as ‘modern’)_

1. Longmire
2. Cade’s County
3. The Ranch
4. Justified
5. Westworld
6. Yellowstone

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**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6352 "2024-10-15T01:14:08Z")

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**Modern-Day Westerns** _(I’ll accept anything set around/after the 1950s as ‘modern’)_

1. Longmire
2. Cade’s County
3. The Ranch
4. Justified
5. Westworld
6. Yellowstone
7. Firefly

Essentially a “space Western,” set in the year 2517.

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**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:** [October 15, 2024, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6353 "2024-10-15T02:59:14Z")

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**Modern-Day Westerns** _(I’ll accept anything set around/after the 1950s as ‘modern’)_

1. Longmire
2. Cade’s County
3. The Ranch
4. Justified
5. Westworld
6. Yellowstone
7. Firefly
8. McCloud

Kinda sorta.

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6354 "2024-10-15T10:51:00Z")

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**Modern-Day Westerns** _(I’ll accept anything set around/after the 1950s as ‘modern’)_

1. Longmire
2. Cade’s County
3. The Ranch
4. Justified
5. Westworld
6. Yellowstone
7. Firefly
8. McCloud
9. The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

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**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:** [October 15, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6355 "2024-10-15T13:15:00Z")

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Wiki says Brisco was set in 1893.

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**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:** [October 15, 2024, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6356 "2024-10-15T13:24:30Z")

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**Modern-Day Westerns** _(I’ll accept anything set around/after the 1950s as ‘modern’)_

1. Longmire
2. Cade’s County
3. The Ranch
4. Justified
5. Westworld
6. Yellowstone
7. Firefly
8. McCloud
9. The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
10. Dark Winds

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6357 "2024-10-15T15:25:14Z")

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**Modern-Day Westerns** _(I’ll accept anything set around/after the 1950s as ‘modern’)_

1. Longmire
2. Cade’s County
3. The Ranch
4. Justified
5. Westworld
6. Yellowstone
7. Firefly
8. McCloud
9. Walker, Texas Ranger
10. Dark Winds

Replaced Brisco

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**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:** [October 15, 2024, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6358 "2024-10-15T16:04:48Z")

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**War Shows**

1. Combat

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**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6359 "2024-10-15T16:40:46Z")

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**War Shows**

1. Combat
2. M\*A\*S\*H\*

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**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2024, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6360 "2024-10-15T16:48:55Z")

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**War Shows**

1. Combat
2. M_A_S_H_
3. Hogan’s Heros

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