# 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:** 336
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**The \_\_\_\_** (Part 2) 1. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 2. The X-Files ---
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**The \_\_\_\_** (Part 2) 1. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 2. The X-Files 3. The Voice ---
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**The \_\_\_\_** (Part 2) 1. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 2. The X-Files 3. The Voice 4. The Outer Limits ---
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**The \_\_\_\_** (Part 2) 1. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 2. The X-Files 3. The Voice 4. The Outer Limits 5. The Twilight Zone ---
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**The \_\_\_\_** (Part 2) 1. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 2. The X-Files 3. The Voice 4. The Outer Limits 5. The Twilight Zone 6. The Defenders (1961) > **[The Defenders (1961 TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Defenders_(1961_TV_series))** > > The Defenders is an American courtroom drama television series that ran on CBS from 1961 to 1965. It was created by television writer Reginald Rose, and stars E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys Lawrence and Kenneth Preston. Original music for the series was scored by Frank Lewin and Leonard Rosenman. The series was spun off from the Studio One episode "The Defender", which starred Ralph Bellamy and William Shatner as the Prestons. > This series is not related to the... _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**The \_\_\_\_** (Part 2) 1. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 2. The X-Files 3. The Voice 4. The Outer Limits 5. The Twilight Zone 6. The Defenders (1961) 7. The $64,000 Pyramid 64 seems such an arbitrary number. ---
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**The \_\_\_\_** (Part 2) 1. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 2. The X-Files 3. The Voice 4. The Outer Limits 5. The Twilight Zone 6. The Defenders (1961) 7. The $64,000 Pyramid 8. The Simpsons ---
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**The \_\_\_\_** (Part 2) 1. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 2. The X-Files 3. The Voice 4. The Outer Limits 5. The Twilight Zone 6. The Defenders (1961) 7. The $64,000 Pyramid 8. The Simpsons 9. The Great North ---
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> [@knoodler](#): > > 64 seems such an arbitrary number. It was the $10,000 Pyramid, then $25k, then $50k, and now $100k. The show you are thinking of is The $64,000 _Question_ - the one that had the big scandal, shown in the movie _Quiz Show_. ---
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**The \_\_\_\_** (Part 2) 1. The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 2. The X-Files 3. The Voice 4. The Outer Limits 5. The Twilight Zone 6. The Defenders (1961) 7. The $64,000 Pyramid 8. The Simpsons 9. The Great North 10. The Andy Griffith Show **Went from being in front of the camera to behind it** 1. Ron Howard (Happy Days) notable Hollywood director ---
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**Went from being in front of the camera to behind it** 1. Ron Howard (Happy Days) 2. Penny Marshall (That Girl, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and more) ---
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**Went from being in front of the camera to behind it** 1. Ron Howard (Happy Days) 2. Penny Marshall (That Girl, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and more) 3. Clint Eastwood (Rawhide) ---
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**Went from being in front of the camera to behind it** 1. Ron Howard (Happy Days) 2. Penny Marshall (That Girl, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and more) 3. Clint Eastwood (Rawhide) 4. Jonathan Frakes (ST:TNG) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/6714 "2024-11-19T14:18:11Z")
**Went from being in front of the camera to behind it** 1. Ron Howard (Happy Days) 2. Penny Marshall (That Girl, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and more) 3. Clint Eastwood (Rawhide) 4. Jonathan Frakes (ST:TNG) 5. Rob Reiner (All in the Family) > [@Rebo](#): > > > [@knoodler](#): > > > > 64 seems such an arbitrary number. > > It was the $10,000 Pyramid, then $25k, then $50k, and now $100k. The show you are thinking of is The $64,000 _Question_ - the one that had the big scandal, shown in the movie _Quiz Show_. Of course! Ignorance fought! ---
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**Went from being in front of the camera to behind it** 1. Ron Howard (Happy Days) 2. Penny Marshall (That Girl, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and more) 3. Clint Eastwood (Rawhide) 4. Jonathan Frakes (ST:TNG) 5. Rob Reiner (All in the Family) 6. Jordan Peele (MadTV, Key & Peele) ---
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**Went from being in front of the camera to behind it** 1. Ron Howard (Happy Days) 2. Penny Marshall (That Girl, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and more) 3. Clint Eastwood (Rawhide) 4. Jonathan Frakes (ST:TNG) 5. Rob Reiner (All in the Family) 6. Jordan Peele (MadTV, Key & Peele) 7. Regina King (Southland) ---
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**Went from being in front of the camera to behind it** 1. Ron Howard (Happy Days) 2. Penny Marshall (That Girl, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and more) 3. Clint Eastwood (Rawhide) 4. Jonathan Frakes (ST:TNG) 5. Rob Reiner (All in the Family) 6. Jordan Peele (MadTV, Key & Peele) 7. Regina King (Southland) 8. John Krasinski (The Office) ---
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[quote=“knoodler, post:6717, topic:972711, full:true”] **Went from being in front of the camera to behind it** 1. Ron Howard (Happy Days) 2. Penny Marshall (That Girl, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and more) 3. Clint Eastwood (Rawhide) 4. Jonathan Frakes (ST:TNG) 5. Rob Reiner (All in the Family) 6. Jordan Peele (MadTV, Key & Peele) 7. Regina King (Southland) 8. John Krasinski (The Office) 9. Lucille Ball (producer of many, many TV series as the first woman to run a major TV studio) _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**Went from being in front of the camera to behind it** 1. Ron Howard (Happy Days) 2. Penny Marshall (That Girl, Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, and more) 3. Clint Eastwood (Rawhide) 4. Jonathan Frakes (ST:TNG) 5. Rob Reiner (All in the Family) 6. Jordan Peele (MadTV, Key & Peele) 7. Regina King (Southland) 8. John Krasinski (The Office) 9. Lucille Ball (producer of many, many TV series as the first woman to run a major TV studio) 10. Leonard Nimoy (Star Trek, Mission: Impossible) Pass. ---
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**Child actor roles (and later adult roles)** 1. Neil Patrick Harris (Doogie Howser, MD; How I Met Your Mother) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=335) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=337)