# 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:** 414
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2025, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8261 "2025-05-16T20:06:36Z")
> [@](#): > > **For adults only** 1. Dream On 2. Sex and the City 3. Lucifer 4. Episodes 5. Orange Is the New Black 6. Game of Thrones 7. Helluva Boss 8. L&O: SVU 9. White Lotus 10. The Sopranos Pass. ---
**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:** [May 16, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8262 "2025-05-16T23:47:28Z")
Oh, goody! **Shows with “Jury Duty” episodes that DID NOT reference _12 Angry Men_** 1. _Yes, Dear_: Christine keeps changing her vote while serving on a sequestered jury, because she is enjoying the break from her husband and kids. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8263 "2025-05-17T01:25:02Z")
**Shows with “Jury Duty” episodes that DID NOT reference _12 Angry Men_** 1. _Yes, Dear_: Christine keeps changing her vote while serving on a sequestered jury, because she is enjoying the break from her husband and kids. 2. _Modern Family_: Mitchell irritates his fellow jurors by overthinking and overexplaining everything ---
**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:** [May 17, 2025, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8264 "2025-05-17T02:26:34Z")
**Shows with “Jury Duty” episodes that DID NOT reference _12 Angry Men_** 1. _Yes, Dear_: Christine keeps changing her vote while serving on a sequestered jury, because she is enjoying the break from her husband and kids. 2. _Modern Family_: Mitchell irritates his fellow jurors by overthinking and overexplaining everything 3. _Leverage_: Parker winds up on the jury for a wrongful-death lawsuit against a nutritional supplement company; the rest of the Leverage team works to thwart the defense’s attempts to buy a verdict in their favor. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2025, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8265 "2025-05-17T17:22:05Z")
**Shows with “Jury Duty” episodes that DID NOT reference _12 Angry Men_** 1. _Yes, Dear_: Christine keeps changing her vote while serving on a sequestered jury, because she is enjoying the break from her husband and kids. 2. _Modern Family_: Mitchell irritates his fellow jurors by overthinking and overexplaining everything 3. _Leverage_: Parker winds up on the jury for a wrongful-death lawsuit against a nutritional supplement company; the rest of the Leverage team works to thwart the defense’s attempts to buy a verdict in their favor. 4. Malcolm in the Middle: Lois serves on a jury and make the other jurors lives miserable, changing her vote to prevent unanimity in order to make the other jurors take it seriously only to realize she is using the defendant as a metaphor for her son and so has to excuse herself for bias. ---
**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:** [May 17, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8266 "2025-05-17T17:36:59Z")
[quote=“Buck\_Godot, post:8265, topic:972711, full:true”] **Shows with “Jury Duty” episodes that DID NOT reference _12 Angry Men_** 1. _Yes, Dear_: Christine keeps changing her vote while serving on a sequestered jury, because she is enjoying the break from her husband and kids. 2. _Modern Family_: Mitchell irritates his fellow jurors by overthinking and overexplaining everything 3. _Leverage_: Parker winds up on the jury for a wrongful-death lawsuit against a nutritional supplement company; the rest of the Leverage team works to thwart the defense’s attempts to buy a verdict in their favor. 4. Malcolm in the Middle: Lois serves on a jury and make the other jurors lives miserable, changing her vote to prevent unanimity in order to make the other jurors take it seriously only to realize she is using the defendant as a metaphor for her son and so has to excuse herself for bias. 5. _Happy Days_: In the episode _‘Fonzie for the Defense’_ (a reference to the TV series _‘Judd for the Defense’_), Howard and Fonzie are on jury duty for a motorcyclist accused ot theft; Fonzie uses his knowledge of the design of a specific brand of motorcycle to prove the innocence of the accused. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2025, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8267 "2025-05-17T17:45:33Z")
**Shows with “Jury Duty” episodes that DID NOT reference _12 Angry Men_** 1. _Yes, Dear_: Christine keeps changing her vote while serving on a sequestered jury, because she is enjoying the break from her husband and kids. 2. _Modern Family_: Mitchell irritates his fellow jurors by overthinking and overexplaining everything 3. _Leverage_: Parker winds up on the jury for a wrongful-death lawsuit against a nutritional supplement company; the rest of the Leverage team works to thwart the defense’s attempts to buy a verdict in their favor. 4. Malcolm in the Middle: Lois serves on a jury and make the other jurors lives miserable, changing her vote to prevent unanimity in order to make the other jurors take it seriously only to realize she is using the defendant as a metaphor for her son and so has to excuse herself for bias. 5. _Happy Days_: In the episode _‘Fonzie for the Defense’_ (a reference to the TV series _‘Judd for the Defense’_), Howard and Fonzie are on jury duty for a motorcyclist accused ot theft; Fonzie uses his knowledge of the design of a specific brand of motorcycle to prove the innocence of the accused. 6. _Modern Family_: Now a naturalized US citizen, Gloria is impaneled to serve on a jury but her enthusiasm gets her removed, much to her disappointment. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8268 "2025-05-19T10:43:00Z")
> [@](#): > > **Shows with “Jury Duty” episodes that DID NOT reference _12 Angry Men_** 1. _Yes, Dear_: Christine keeps changing her vote while serving on a sequestered jury, because she is enjoying the break from her husband and kids. 2. _Modern Family_: Mitchell irritates his fellow jurors by overthinking and overexplaining everything 3. _Leverage_: Parker winds up on the jury for a wrongful-death lawsuit against a nutritional supplement company; the rest of the Leverage team works to thwart the defense’s attempts to buy a verdict in their favor. 4. Malcolm in the Middle: Lois serves on a jury and make the other jurors lives miserable, changing her vote to prevent unanimity in order to make the other jurors take it seriously only to realize she is using the defendant as a metaphor for her son and so has to excuse herself for bias. 5. _Happy Days_: In the episode _‘Fonzie for the Defense’_ (a reference to the TV series _‘Judd for the Defense’_), Howard and Fonzie are on jury duty for a motorcyclist accused ot theft; Fonzie uses his knowledge of the design of a specific brand of motorcycle to prove the innocence of the accused. 6. _Modern Family_: Now a naturalized US citizen, Gloria is impaneled to serve on a jury but her enthusiasm gets her removed, much to her disappointment. 7. _Designing Women_: Julia has jury duty, and gets sequestered when Charlene first reads out loud a story about the case, then reports Julia for having outside discussions about the case. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8269 "2025-05-19T10:49:13Z")
> [@](#): > > **Shows with “Jury Duty” episodes that DID NOT reference _12 Angry Men_** 1. _Yes, Dear_: Christine keeps changing her vote while serving on a sequestered jury, because she is enjoying the break from her husband and kids. 2. _Modern Family_: Mitchell irritates his fellow jurors by overthinking and overexplaining everything 3. _Leverage_: Parker winds up on the jury for a wrongful-death lawsuit against a nutritional supplement company; the rest of the Leverage team works to thwart the defense’s attempts to buy a verdict in their favor. 4. Malcolm in the Middle: Lois serves on a jury and make the other jurors lives miserable, changing her vote to prevent unanimity in order to make the other jurors take it seriously only to realize she is using the defendant as a metaphor for her son and so has to excuse herself for bias. 5. _Happy Days_: In the episode _‘Fonzie for the Defense’_ (a reference to the TV series _‘Judd for the Defense’_), Howard and Fonzie are on jury duty for a motorcyclist accused ot theft; Fonzie uses his knowledge of the design of a specific brand of motorcycle to prove the innocence of the accused. 6. _Modern Family_: Now a naturalized US citizen, Gloria is impaneled to serve on a jury but her enthusiasm gets her removed, much to her disappointment. 7. _Designing Women_: Julia has jury duty, and gets sequestered when Charlene first reads out loud a story about the case, then reports Julia for having outside discussions about the case. 8. _The Dick Van Dyke Show_: The defendant flirts with Rob and he falls for it, albeit she appears very guilty-- in a twist, she turns out to be innocent after all. Just trying to move things along-- didn’t realize how hard it would be to think of episodes that **didn’t** reference _12 Angry Men_! ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8270 "2025-05-19T13:18:24Z")
> [@](#): > > **Shows with “Jury Duty” episodes that DID NOT reference _12 Angry Men_** 1. _Yes, Dear_: Christine keeps changing her vote while serving on a sequestered jury, because she is enjoying the break from her husband and kids. 2. _Modern Family_: Mitchell irritates his fellow jurors by overthinking and overexplaining everything 3. _Leverage_: Parker winds up on the jury for a wrongful-death lawsuit against a nutritional supplement company; the rest of the Leverage team works to thwart the defense’s attempts to buy a verdict in their favor. 4. Malcolm in the Middle: Lois serves on a jury and make the other jurors lives miserable, changing her vote to prevent unanimity in order to make the other jurors take it seriously only to realize she is using the defendant as a metaphor for her son and so has to excuse herself for bias. 5. _Happy Days_: In the episode _‘Fonzie for the Defense’_ (a reference to the TV series _‘Judd for the Defense’_), Howard and Fonzie are on jury duty for a motorcyclist accused ot theft; Fonzie uses his knowledge of the design of a specific brand of motorcycle to prove the innocence of the accused. 6. _Modern Family_: Now a naturalized US citizen, Gloria is impaneled to serve on a jury but her enthusiasm gets her removed, much to her disappointment. 7. _Designing Women_: Julia has jury duty, and gets sequestered when Charlene first reads out loud a story about the case, then reports Julia for having outside discussions about the case. 8. _The Dick Van Dyke Show_: The defendant flirts with Rob and he falls for it, albeit she appears very guilty-- in a twist, she turns out to be innocent after all. 9. _New Girl_ - Jess is sequestered for several episodes to accommodate actor Zooey Deschanel’s preganancy. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8271 "2025-05-19T13:43:38Z")
**Shows with “Jury Duty” episodes that DID NOT reference _12 Angry Men_** 1. _Yes, Dear_: Christine keeps changing her vote while serving on a sequestered jury, because she is enjoying the break from her husband and kids. 2. _Modern Family_: Mitchell irritates his fellow jurors by overthinking and overexplaining everything 3. _Leverage_: Parker winds up on the jury for a wrongful-death lawsuit against a nutritional supplement company; the rest of the Leverage team works to thwart the defense’s attempts to buy a verdict in their favor. 4. Malcolm in the Middle: Lois serves on a jury and make the other jurors lives miserable, changing her vote to prevent unanimity in order to make the other jurors take it seriously only to realize she is using the defendant as a metaphor for her son and so has to excuse herself for bias. 5. _Happy Days_: In the episode _‘Fonzie for the Defense’_ (a reference to the TV series _‘Judd for the Defense’_), Howard and Fonzie are on jury duty for a motorcyclist accused ot theft; Fonzie uses his knowledge of the design of a specific brand of motorcycle to prove the innocence of the accused. 6. _Modern Family_: Now a naturalized US citizen, Gloria is impaneled to serve on a jury but her enthusiasm gets her removed, much to her disappointment. 7. _Designing Women_: Julia has jury duty, and gets sequestered when Charlene first reads out loud a story about the case, then reports Julia for having outside discussions about the case. 8. _The Dick Van Dyke Show_: The defendant flirts with Rob and he falls for it, albeit she appears very guilty-- in a twist, she turns out to be innocent after all. 9. _New Girl_ - Jess is sequestered for several episodes to accommodate actor Zooey Deschanel’s preganancy. 10. _Jury Duty_ - any and all episodes. _“The inner workings of an American jury trial through the eyes of one particular juror, Ronald Gladden. Gladden is unaware the entire case is fake, everyone except him is an actor and everything that happens — inside the courtroom and out — is carefully planned.”_ **Shows you wish they’d reboot** 1. Candid camera Sure the Alan Funt days were classic but audience sophistication has increased over the years. However, shows like ‘The Carbonaro Effect’ prove folks can still be fooled. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8272 "2025-05-19T19:22:41Z")
**Shows you wish they’d reboot** 1. Candid camera Sure the Alan Funt days were classic but audience sophistication has increased over the years. However, shows like ‘The Carbonaro Effect’ prove folks can still be fooled. 2. Concentration A board was divided into 30 or so tiles. Each contestant called two tiles and saw them flip around with the name of a prize. If the flip sides matched, the contestant won the prize and the tiles were removed, revealing part of a rebus. The contestant got the opportunity to guess what quote the rebus represented. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8273 "2025-05-19T19:34:43Z")
**Shows you wish they’d reboot** 1. Candid Camera 2. Concentration 3. My Name is Earl A very funny show which ended too soon, and on a cliffhanger, no less! ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8274 "2025-05-19T19:45:21Z")
**Shows you wish they’d reboot** 1. Candid Camera 2. Concentration 3. My Name is Earl 4. Batman But only if it were done in the colorful, campy 1960s style. I’d love to see who’d they’d cast as the villains today! ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8275 "2025-05-19T22:40:02Z")
**Shows you wish they’d reboot** 1. Candid Camera 2. Concentration 3. My Name is Earl 4. Batman 5. Battle of the Network Stars Expand the field to include basic cable and streaming. Maybe leave out the jiggling. ---
**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:** [May 19, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8276 "2025-05-19T23:17:35Z")
> [@knoodler](#): > > Maybe leave out the jiggling. Blasphemy! ---
**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2025, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8277 "2025-05-20T02:37:34Z")
**Shows you wish they’d reboot** 1. Candid Camera 2. Concentration 3. My Name is Earl 4. Batman 5. Battle of the Network Stars 6. The Greatest American Hero Still a fun concept and the special effects would be cheaper and look better. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8278 "2025-05-20T03:41:20Z")
**Shows you wish they’d reboot** 1. Candid Camera 2. Concentration 3. My Name is Earl 4. Batman 5. Battle of the Network Stars 6. The Greatest American Hero 7. Superstars – who can forget Joe Frazier almost drowning in the swimming pool? _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
**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:** [May 20, 2025, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8279 "2025-05-20T04:34:40Z")
**Shows you wish they’d reboot** 1. Candid Camera 2. Concentration 3. My Name is Earl 4. Batman 5. Battle of the Network Stars 6. The Greatest American Hero 7. Superstars – who can forget Joe Frazier almost drowning in the swimming pool? 8. The Avengers (Steed/Peel) I don’t think anyone could re-create the chemistry between the leads, but assuming they could, a 2025 update might be fun. ---
**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:** [May 20, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8280 "2025-05-20T16:06:51Z")
**Shows you wish they’d reboot** 1. Candid Camera 2. Concentration 3. My Name is Earl 4. Batman 5. Battle of the Network Stars 6. The Greatest American Hero 7. Superstars – who can forget Joe Frazier almost drowning in the swimming pool? 8. The Avengers (Steed/Peel) 9. Robotech [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=413) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=415)