# 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:** 352
**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:** [December 21, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7021 "2024-12-21T21:32:57Z")
I recently watched an episode in which he indeed said he was a “duly deputized agent of the law.” But does that actually make him police? ---
**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:** [December 21, 2024, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7022 "2024-12-21T21:57:13Z")
> [@Wheelz](#): > > I recently watched an episode in which he indeed said he was a “duly deputized agent of the law”. But does that actually make him police? If he said he was, then he was. Batman would **never** lie … and especially not about something like _ **that!!** _ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [December 21, 2024, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7023 "2024-12-21T22:25:28Z")
Next: **The Sporting Life: Fictional TV Series Related to Sports** 1. Ball Four A CBS sitcom from 1976, about a major-league baseball team, inspired by the non-fiction book of the same name. Former MLB pitcher Jim Bouton, who was the book’s author, also starred in the TV series. ---
**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:** [December 21, 2024, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7024 "2024-12-21T22:59:48Z")
**The Sporting Life: Fictional TV Series Related to Sports** 1. Ball Four 2. Friday Night Lights ---
**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:** [December 22, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7025 "2024-12-22T02:46:38Z")
**The Sporting Life: Fictional TV Series Related to Sports** 1. Ball Four 2. Friday Night Lights 3. Coach ---
**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:** [December 22, 2024, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7026 "2024-12-22T02:49:19Z")
**The Sporting Life: Fictional TV Series Related to Sports** 1. Ball Four 2. Friday Night Lights 3. Coach 4. Sports Night ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7027 "2024-12-22T03:53:07Z")
**The Sporting Life: Fictional TV Series Related to Sports** 1. Ball Four 2. Friday Night Lights 3. Coach 4. Sports Night 5. The White Shadow ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7028 "2024-12-22T04:07:34Z")
[quote=“knoodler, post:7027, topic:972711, full:true”] **The Sporting Life: Fictional TV Series Related to Sports** 1. Ball Four 2. Friday Night Lights 3. Coach 4. Sports Night 5. The White Shadow 6. The Bad news Bears 1979 spinoff of the movie lasted two seasons. ---
**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:** [December 22, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7029 "2024-12-22T15:07:54Z")
**The Sporting Life: Fictional TV Series Related to Sports** 1. Ball Four 2. Friday Night Lights 3. Coach 4. Sports Night 5. The White Shadow 6. The Bad news Bears 7. The League ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7030 "2024-12-22T22:33:41Z")
**The Sporting Life: Fictional TV Series Related to Sports** 1. Ball Four 2. Friday Night Lights 3. Coach 4. Sports Night 5. The White Shadow 6. The Bad news Bears 7. The League 8. Arli$$ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7031 "2024-12-23T02:09:27Z")
**The Sporting Life: Fictional TV Series Related to Sports** 1. Ball Four 2. Friday Night Lights 3. Coach 4. Sports Night 5. The White Shadow 6. The Bad news Bears 7. The League 8. Arli$$ 9. Pitch ---
**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:** [December 23, 2024, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7032 "2024-12-23T02:44:26Z")
**The Sporting Life: Fictional TV Series Related to Sports** 1. Ball Four 2. Friday Night Lights 3. Coach 4. Sports Night 5. The White Shadow 6. The Bad News Bears 7. The League 8. Arli$$ 9. Pitch 10. Eastbound & Down Pass. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2024, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7033 "2024-12-23T04:36:03Z")
**Cast a sitcom actor for a guest appearance in a different show** 1. Matt Berry in _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_ ---
**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:** [December 23, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7034 "2024-12-23T14:54:47Z")
**Cast a sitcom actor for a guest appearance in a different show** 1. Matt Berry in _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_ 2. Alan Alda (as an older Hawkeye Pierce) in _Trapper John M.D._ _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7035 "2024-12-23T15:54:54Z")
**Cast a sitcom actor for a guest appearance in a different show** 1. Matt Berry in _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_ 2. Alan Alda (as an older Hawkeye Pierce) in _Trapper John M.D._ 3. Malcolm-Jamal Warner (as Theo Huxtable) in _A Different World_ ---
**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:** [December 23, 2024, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7036 "2024-12-23T16:22:48Z")
**Cast a sitcom actor for a guest appearance in a different show** 1. Matt Berry in _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_ 2. Alan Alda (as an older Hawkeye Pierce) in _Trapper John M.D._ 3. Malcolm-Jamal Warner (as Theo Huxtable) in _A Different World_ 4. Sheldon Cooper in _NCIS:L.A._ Knock, knock, knock. Hetty. Knock, knock, knock. Hetty. Knock, knock, knock. Hetty. ---
**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:** [December 23, 2024, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7037 "2024-12-23T16:25:16Z")
**Cast a sitcom actor for a guest appearance in a different show** 1. Matt Berry in _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_ 2. Alan Alda (as an older Hawkeye Pierce) in _Trapper John M.D._ 3. Malcolm-Jamal Warner (as Theo Huxtable) in _A Different World_ 4. Sheldon Cooper in _NCIS:L.A._ 5. Seth MacFarlane (as Captain Ed Mercer from _The Orville_) in _Star Trek: Strange New Worlds_ ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7038 "2024-12-23T19:52:05Z")
**Cast a sitcom actor for a guest appearance in a different show** 1. Matt Berry in _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_ 2. Alan Alda (as an older Hawkeye Pierce) in _Trapper John M.D._ 3. Malcolm-Jamal Warner (as Theo Huxtable) in _A Different World_ 4. Sheldon Cooper in _NCIS:L.A._ 5. Seth MacFarlane (as Captain Ed Mercer from _The Orville_) in _Star Trek: Strange New Worlds_ 6. Harvey Guillen (as Guillermo de la Cruz from _What we do in the Shadows_) in _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ ---
**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:** [December 24, 2024, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7039 "2024-12-24T03:47:13Z")
**Cast a sitcom actor for a guest appearance in a different show** 1. Matt Berry in _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_ 2. Alan Alda (as an older Hawkeye Pierce) in _Trapper John M.D._ 3. Malcolm-Jamal Warner (as Theo Huxtable) in _A Different World_ 4. Sheldon Cooper in _NCIS:L.A._ 5. Seth MacFarlane (as Captain Ed Mercer from _The Orville_) in _Star Trek: Strange New Worlds_ 6. Harvey Guillen (as Guillermo de la Cruz from _What We Do in the Shadows_) in _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 7. Kelsey Grammer (as Dr. Frasier Crane) on _Friends_, counseling Ross on his repeated failed marriages ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2024, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7040 "2024-12-25T05:40:31Z")
**Cast a sitcom actor for a guest appearance in a different show** 1. Matt Berry in _It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia_ 2. Alan Alda (as an older Hawkeye Pierce) in _Trapper John M.D._ 3. Malcolm-Jamal Warner (as Theo Huxtable) in _A Different World_ 4. Sheldon Cooper in _NCIS:L.A._ 5. Seth MacFarlane (as Captain Ed Mercer from _The Orville_) in _Star Trek: Strange New Worlds_ 6. Harvey Guillen (as Guillermo de la Cruz from _What We Do in the Shadows_) in _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 7. Kelsey Grammer (as Dr. Frasier Crane) on _Friends_, counseling Ross on his repeated failed marriages 8. Witchie Poo (Billie Hayes, from _H. R. Pufnstuf_) appears in another Sid and Marty Krofft show _Lidsville_, where she and Professor Hoodoo compare their nemeses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=351) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=353)