# 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:** 373
**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:** [February 14, 2025, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7441 "2025-02-14T19:15:22Z")
**Teenager(s) as Main Character(s)** 1. Sabrina the Teenage Witch 2. Malcolm in the Middle 3. Glee 4. Saved By The Bell 5. Beverly Hills: 90210 6. The Patty Duke Show 7. My So-Called Life 8. Diff’rent Strokes 9. Derry Girls 10. Gilmore Girls Next up: **Secondary characters who threatened to, or did, take over the show** 1. _Happy Days_ - Fonzie ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7442 "2025-02-14T19:21:17Z")
**Secondary characters who threatened to, or did, take over the show** 1. _Happy Days_ - Fonzie 2. _Family Matters_ - Urkel ---
**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:** [February 14, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7443 "2025-02-14T19:40:02Z")
**Secondary characters who threatened to, or did, take over the show** 1. _Happy Days_ - Fonzie 2. _Family Matters_ - Urkel 3. _Melrose Place_ - Amanda ---
**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:** [February 14, 2025, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7444 "2025-02-14T20:04:18Z")
**Secondary characters who threatened to, or did, take over the show** 1. _Happy Days_ - Fonzie 2. _Family Matters_ - Urkel 3. _Melrose Place_ - Amanda 4. _The Big Bang Theory_ - Sheldon Maybe not quite a “secondary” character, but he definitely took over the show. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7445 "2025-02-14T21:16:15Z")
**Secondary characters who threatened to, or did, take over the show** 1. _Happy Days_ - Fonzie 2. _Family Matters_ - Urkel 3. _Melrose Place_ - Amanda 4. _The Big Bang Theory_ - Sheldon 5. _Taxi_ - Latka Gravas ---
**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:** [February 14, 2025, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7446 "2025-02-14T21:47:32Z")
**Secondary characters who threatened to, or did, take over the show** 1. _Happy Days_ - Fonzie 2. _Family Matters_ - Urkel 3. _Melrose Place_ - Amanda 4. _The Big Bang Theory_ - Sheldon 5. _Taxi_ - Latka Gravas 6. _Star Trek_ - Cmdr. Spock Much to Shatner’s chagrin at the time. ---
**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:** [February 14, 2025, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7447 "2025-02-14T21:49:54Z")
**Secondary characters who threatened to, or did, take over the show** 1. _Happy Days_ - Fonzie 2. _Family Matters_ - Urkel 3. _Melrose Place_ - Amanda 4. _The Big Bang Theory_ - Sheldon 5. _Taxi_ - Latka Gravas 6. _Star Trek_ - Cmdr. Spock 7. _Frasier (the original)_ – Daphne Moon _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7448 "2025-02-14T22:22:00Z")
**Secondary characters who threatened to, or did, take over the show** 1. _Happy Days_ - Fonzie 2. _Family Matters_ - Urkel 3. _Melrose Place_ - Amanda 4. _The Big Bang Theory_ - Sheldon 5. _Taxi_ - Latka Gravas 6. _Star Trek_ - Cmdr. Spock 7. _Frasier (the original)_ – Daphne Moon 8. _The Mandalorian_ - Baby Yoda ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2025, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7449 "2025-02-14T23:12:16Z")
**Secondary characters who threatened to, or did, take over the show** 1. _Happy Days_ - Fonzie 2. _Family Matters_ - Urkel 3. _Melrose Place_ - Amanda 4. _The Big Bang Theory_ - Sheldon 5. _Taxi_ - Latka Gravas 6. _Star Trek_ - Cmdr. Spock 7. _Frasier (the original)_ – Daphne Moon 8. _The Mandalorian_ - Baby Yoda 9. _Family Ties_ - Alex P. Keaton Originally a vehicle for Meredith Baxter-Birney ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7450 "2025-02-15T05:58:31Z")
**Secondary characters who threatened to, or did, take over the show** 1. _Happy Days_ - Fonzie 2. _Family Matters_ - Urkel 3. _Melrose Place_ - Amanda 4. _The Big Bang Theory_ - Sheldon 5. _Taxi_ - Latka Gravas 6. _Star Trek_ - Cmdr. Spock 7. _Frasier (the original)_ – Daphne Moon 8. _The Mandalorian_ - Baby Yoda 9. _Family Ties_ - Alex P. Keaton 10. _The Walking Dead_ - Daryl Dixon **(Original series) The Twilight Zone episodes** 1. Night Call An average at best episode, nonetheless it gave me nightmares and a fear of answering the telephone. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2025, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7451 "2025-02-15T06:16:00Z")
**(Original series) The Twilight Zone episodes** 1. Night Call 2. Time Enough at Last Burgess Meredith in a classic that has (IMHO) one of the best Twilight Zone twist endings. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2025, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7452 "2025-02-15T07:16:00Z")
**(Original series) The Twilight Zone episodes** 1. Night Call 2. Time Enough at Last 3. Little Girl Lost _ **-“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:** [February 15, 2025, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7453 "2025-02-15T14:00:05Z")
> [@](#): > > **(Original series) The Twilight Zone episodes** 1. Night Call 2. Time Enough at Last 3. Little Girl Lost 4. Eye of the Beholder ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7454 "2025-02-15T15:31:52Z")
**(Original series) The Twilight Zone episodes** 1. Night Call 2. Time Enough at Last 3. Little Girl Lost 4. Eye of the Beholder 5. The Obsolete Man Another Burgess Meredith episode I rewatched recently. Looked a lot like fascists ruling America. It can’t happen here. ---
**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:** [February 15, 2025, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7455 "2025-02-15T18:59:33Z")
**(Original series) The Twilight Zone episodes** 1. Night Call 2. Time Enough at Last 3. Little Girl Lost 4. Eye of the Beholder 5. The Obsolete Man 6. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet ---
**Author:** ![llikewise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llikewise/32/8522_2.png) [@llikewise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llikewise)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7456 "2025-02-15T21:56:02Z")
**Original series) The Twilight Zone episodes** 1. Night Call 2. Time Enough at Last 3. Little Girl Lost 4. Eye of the Beholder 5. The Obsolete Man 6. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet 7. Living Doll ---
**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:** [February 15, 2025, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7457 "2025-02-15T23:36:55Z")
**Original series) The Twilight Zone episodes** 1. Night Call 2. Time Enough at Last 3. Little Girl Lost 4. Eye of the Beholder 5. The Obsolete Man 6. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet 7. Living Doll 8. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street ---
**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:** [February 16, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7458 "2025-02-16T00:11:45Z")
**Original series) The Twilight Zone episodes** 1. Night Call 2. Time Enough at Last 3. Little Girl Lost 4. Eye of the Beholder 5. The Obsolete Man 6. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet 7. Living Doll 8. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street 9. A nice place to visit ---
**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:** [February 16, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7459 "2025-02-16T00:24:13Z")
**(Original series) The Twilight Zone episodes** 1. Night Call 2. Time Enough at Last 3. Little Girl Lost 4. Eye of the Beholder 5. The Obsolete Man 6. Nightmare at 20,000 Feet 7. Living Doll 8. The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street 9. A nice place to visit 10. It’s a Good Life The SDMB term “cornfielding” comes from this episode. Next: **Fantasy TV Series (swords & sorcery, etc.)** 1. Wizards and Warriors A short-lived 1983 comedy series, loosely inspired by Dungeons & Dragons, starring Jeff Conaway, Duncan Regehr, and Julia Duffy. ---
**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:** [February 16, 2025, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7460 "2025-02-16T00:26:00Z")
> [@](#): > > **Fantasy TV Series (swords & sorcery, etc.)** 1. Wizards and Warriors 2. Xena, Warrior Princess [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=372) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=374)