# 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:** 376
**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:** [February 19, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7501 "2025-02-19T17:12:42Z")
**Shows set in California** 1. The Beverly Hillbillies 2. Monk 3. CHiPs ---
**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:** [February 19, 2025, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7502 "2025-02-19T17:32:06Z")
**Shows set in California** 1. The Beverly Hillbillies 2. Monk 3. CHiPs 4. The Real McCoys ---
**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:** [February 19, 2025, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7503 "2025-02-19T17:34:39Z")
**Shows set in California** 1. The Beverly Hillbillies 2. Monk 3. CHiPs 4. The Real McCoys 5. Dragnet ---
**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 19, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7504 "2025-02-19T18:07:34Z")
**Shows set in California** 1. The Beverly Hillbillies 2. Monk 3. CHiPs 4. The Real McCoys 5. Dragnet 6. Home Economics ---
**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 19, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7505 "2025-02-19T20:05:38Z")
**Shows set in California** 1. The Beverly Hillbillies 2. Monk 3. CHiPs 4. The Real McCoys 5. Dragnet 6. Home Economics 7. Melrose Place ---
**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 19, 2025, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7506 "2025-02-19T21:50:08Z")
**Shows set in California** 1. The Beverly Hillbillies 2. Monk 3. CHiPs 4. The Real McCoys 5. Dragnet 6. Home Economics 7. Melrose Place 8. Pacific Blue with a handle like ‘Bicycle Bill’, you know I’d go for the one about cops on mountain bikes. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7507 "2025-02-20T00:11:10Z")
**Shows set in California** 1. The Beverly Hillbillies 2. Monk 3. CHiPs 4. The Real McCoys 5. Dragnet 6. Home Economics 7. Melrose Place 8. Pacific Blue 9. The Streets of San Francisco ---
**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 20, 2025, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7508 "2025-02-20T00:43:56Z")
**Shows set in California** 1. The Beverly Hillbillies 2. Monk 3. CHiPs 4. The Real McCoys 5. Dragnet 6. Home Economics 7. Melrose Place 8. Pacific Blue 9. The Streets of San Francisco 10. Emergency! Next: **Cozy Mystery Series** (A “[cozy mystery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_mystery)” is a genre of mysteries in which violence typically occurs off-screen, the detective is typically an amateur, and is typically set in a small town.) 1. Father Brown ---
**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 20, 2025, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7509 "2025-02-20T00:49:36Z")
**Cozy Mystery Series** (A “[cozy mystery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_mystery)” is a genre of mysteries in which violence typically occurs off-screen, the detective is typically an amateur, and is typically set in a small town.) 1. Father Brown 2. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries ---
**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 20, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7510 "2025-02-20T00:53:18Z")
**Cozy Mystery Series** (A “[cozy mystery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_mystery)” is a genre of mysteries in which violence typically occurs off-screen, the detective is typically an amateur, and is typically set in a small town.) 1. Father Brown 2. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 3. Murder, She Wrote ---
**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 20, 2025, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7511 "2025-02-20T05:42:18Z")
**Cozy Mystery Series** (A “[cozy mystery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_mystery)” is a genre of mysteries in which violence typically occurs off-screen, the detective is typically an amateur, and is typically set in a small town.) 1. Father Brown 2. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 3. Murder, She Wrote 4. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2025, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7512 "2025-02-20T07:54:34Z")
**Cozy Mystery Series** (A “[cozy mystery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_mystery)” is a genre of mysteries in which violence typically occurs off-screen, the detective is typically an amateur, and is typically set in a small town.) 1. Father Brown 2. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 3. Murder, She Wrote 4. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? 5. True Detective All but the 2nd season took place in remote places where most of the violence occured before the investigators arrived. ---
**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 20, 2025, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7513 "2025-02-20T08:58:54Z")
**Cozy Mystery Series** (A “[cozy mystery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_mystery)” is a genre of mysteries in which violence typically occurs off-screen, the detective is typically an amateur, and is typically set in a small town.) 1. Father Brown 2. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 3. Murder, She Wrote 4. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? 5. True Detective 6. Harry O Harry Orwell (David Janssen) was a detective who was often called in after the violence had been committed. If he had to look at a crime scene, it was typically after the body (bodies) had been taken away, all he had to work with were chalk outlines, and he had to use logic to put everything together. It was a nice “cozy” show. Unlike other TV detectives, Harry did not have a flashy car; in fact, his car never worked (though he often tried to get it to work), so he often went to crime scenes on the bus. His neighbour was Farrah Fawcett (before “Charlie’s Angels”), and they had plenty of back-and-forth about the car that didn’t work. The case Harry was working on was the focus of the episode, of course, but it was the side problems that Harry had that made the show. Hell, it was from Harry O that I learned that a gentleman need not cinch his tie up until it strangles him. A little bit of looseness is OK. ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7514 "2025-02-20T12:01:28Z")
**Cozy Mystery Series** (A “[cozy mystery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_mystery)” is a genre of mysteries in which violence typically occurs off-screen, the detective is typically an amateur, and is typically set in a small town.) 1. Father Brown 2. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 3. Murder, She Wrote 4. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? 5. True Detective 6. Harry O 7. Father Dowling Mysteries ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7515 "2025-02-20T13:05:11Z")
**Cozy Mystery Series** (A “[cozy mystery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_mystery)” is a genre of mysteries in which violence typically occurs off-screen, the detective is typically an amateur, and is typically set in a small town.) 1. Father Brown 2. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 3. Murder, She Wrote 4. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? 5. True Detective 6. Harry O 7. Father Dowling Mysteries 8. Nancy Drew (2019) ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7516 "2025-02-20T14:09:22Z")
**Cozy Mystery Series** (A “[cozy mystery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_mystery)” is a genre of mysteries in which violence typically occurs off-screen, the detective is typically an amateur, and is typically set in a small town.) 1. Father Brown 2. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 3. Murder, She Wrote 4. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? 5. True Detective 6. Harry O 7. Father Dowling Mysteries 8. Nancy Drew (2019) 9. Diagnosis: Murder ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7517 "2025-02-20T14:27:00Z")
**Cozy Mystery Series** (A “[cozy mystery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozy_mystery)” is a genre of mysteries in which violence typically occurs off-screen, the detective is typically an amateur, and is typically set in a small town.) 1. Father Brown 2. The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 3. Murder, She Wrote 4. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? 5. True Detective 6. Harry O 7. Father Dowling Mysteries 8. Nancy Drew (2019) 9. Diagnosis: Murder 10. Shakespeare & Hathaway **Animated series with an adult orientation** 1. American Dad ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7518 "2025-02-20T14:32:15Z")
**Animated series with an adult orientation** 1. American Dad 2. The Flintstones ---
**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 20, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7519 "2025-02-20T14:56:59Z")
**Animated series with an adult orientation** 1. American Dad 2. The Flintstones 3. The Critic ---
**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:** [February 20, 2025, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/7520 "2025-02-20T15:00:01Z")
**Animated series with an adult orientation** 1. American Dad 2. The Flintstones 3. The Critic 4. Archer [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=375) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=377)