# TV Binge Watch (Part 2)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711>\
**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\
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**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:** [July 24, 2025, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8841 "2025-07-24T21:27:33Z")

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**4-letter TV shows**

1. Cops
2. Taxi
3. MASH

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**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:** [July 24, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8842 "2025-07-24T21:31:51Z")

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**4-letter TV shows**

1. Cops
2. Taxi
3. MASH
4. Glee

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8843 "2025-07-24T22:00:01Z")

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**4-letter TV shows**

1. Cops
2. Taxi
3. MASH
4. Glee
5. Rake

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**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:** [July 24, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8844 "2025-07-24T22:03:39Z")

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**4-letter TV shows**

1. Cops
2. Taxi
3. MASH
4. Glee
5. Rake
6. Roar (1997)

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**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8845 "2025-07-25T00:07:48Z")

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**4-letter TV shows**

1. Cops
2. Taxi
3. MASH
4. Glee
5. Rake
6. Roar (1997)
7. Fame

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**Author:** ![Skunkdog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@Skunkdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skunkdog)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8846 "2025-07-25T00:55:54Z")

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**4-letter TV shows**

1. Cops
2. Taxi
3. MASH
4. Glee
5. Rake
6. Roar (1997)
7. Fame
8. Reba

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**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:** [July 25, 2025, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8847 "2025-07-25T01:13:53Z")

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**4-letter TV shows**

1. Cops
2. Taxi
3. MASH
4. Glee
5. Rake
6. Roar (1997)
7. Fame
8. Reba
9. GLOW

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8848 "2025-07-25T02:12:15Z")

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**4-letter TV shows**

1. Cops
2. Taxi
3. MASH
4. Glee
5. Rake
6. Roar (1997)
7. Fame
8. Reba
9. GLOW
10. Joey

Pass

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**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:** [July 25, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8849 "2025-07-25T02:56:24Z")

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**Fictional Cities and Towns in Television Series**

1. Hooterville (_Petticoat Junction_ and _Green Acres_; was also mentioned in _The Beverly Hillbillies_)

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**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:** [July 25, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8850 "2025-07-25T03:03:08Z")

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**Fictional Cities and Towns in Television Series**

1. Hooterville (_Petticoat Junction_ and _Green Acres_; was also mentioned in _The Beverly Hillbillies_)
2. Schitt’s Creek

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**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:** [July 25, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8851 "2025-07-25T03:03:55Z")

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**Fictional Cities and Towns in Television Series**

1. Hooterville (_Petticoat Junction_ and _Green Acres_; was also mentioned in _The Beverly Hillbillies_)
2. Schitt’s Creek
3. Unnamed Midwestern city, _Hill Street Blues_

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**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:** [July 25, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8852 "2025-07-25T03:06:27Z")

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**Fictional Cities and Towns in Television Series**

1. Hooterville (_Petticoat Junction_ and _Green Acres_; was also mentioned in _The Beverly Hillbillies_)
2. Schitt’s Creek
3. Unnamed Midwestern city, _Hill Street Blues_
4. “The Village” (_The Prisoner_)

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**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:** [July 25, 2025, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8853 "2025-07-25T04:00:13Z")

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**Fictional Cities and Towns in Television Series**

1. Hooterville (_Petticoat Junction_ and _Green Acres_; was also mentioned in _The Beverly Hillbillies_)
2. Schitt’s Creek
3. Unnamed Midwestern city, _Hill Street Blues_
4. “The Village” (_The Prisoner_)
5. Mayberry (_The Andy Griffith Show_)

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**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8854 "2025-07-25T04:10:29Z")

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**Fictional Cities and Towns in Television Series**

1. Hooterville (_Petticoat Junction_ and _Green Acres_; was also mentioned in _The Beverly Hillbillies_)
2. Schitt’s Creek
3. Unnamed Midwestern city, _Hill Street Blues_
4. “The Village” (_The Prisoner_)
5. Mayberry (_The Andy Griffith Show_)
6. Bedrock (_The Flintstones_)

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**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8855 "2025-07-25T04:53:16Z")

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**Fictional Cities and Towns in Television Series**

1. Hooterville (_Petticoat Junction_ and _Green Acres_; was also mentioned in _The Beverly Hillbillies_)
2. Schitt’s Creek
3. Unnamed Midwestern city, _Hill Street Blues_
4. “The Village” (_The Prisoner_)
5. Mayberry (_The Andy Griffith Show_)
6. Bedrock (_The Flintstones_)
7. _Twin Peaks_

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**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:** [July 25, 2025, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8856 "2025-07-25T05:27:46Z")

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> **Fictional Cities and Towns in Television Series**

1. Hooterville (_Petticoat Junction_ and _Green Acres_; was also mentioned in _The Beverly Hillbillies_)
2. Schitt’s Creek
3. Unnamed Midwestern city, _Hill Street Blues_
4. “The Village” (_The Prisoner_)
5. Mayberry (_The Andy Griffith Show_)
6. Bedrock (_The Flintstones_)
7. _Twin Peaks_
8. Eerie, Indiana  
There are a couple of towns here called Erie, but no Eerie.

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**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:** [July 25, 2025, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8857 "2025-07-25T11:09:49Z")

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**Fictional Cities and Towns in Television Series**

1. Hooterville (_Petticoat Junction_ and _Green Acres_; was also mentioned in _The Beverly Hillbillies_)
2. Schitt’s Creek
3. Unnamed Midwestern city, _Hill Street Blues_
4. “The Village” (_The Prisoner_)
5. Mayberry (_The Andy Griffith Show_)
6. Bedrock (_The Flintstones_)
7. _Twin Peaks_
8. Eerie, Indiana
9. Calverton (_Lassie_)

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**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:** [July 25, 2025, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8858 "2025-07-25T11:43:32Z")

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**Fictional Cities and Towns in Television Series**

1. Hooterville (_Petticoat Junction_ and _Green Acres_; was also mentioned in _The Beverly Hillbillies_2. 2. )
2. Schitt’s Creek
3. Unnamed Midwestern city, _Hill Street Blues_
4. “The Village” (_The Prisoner_)
5. Mayberry (_The Andy Griffith Show_)
6. Bedrock (_The Flintstones_)
7. _Twin Peaks_
8. Eerie, Indiana
9. Calverton (_Lassie_)
10. Avonlea (_Road to Avonlea_)

**Fictional Countries in Television Series**

1. Thembria (_TaleSpin_)

A stand-in for the Soviet Union where all the people are wild pigs. One of many fictional locations in the series.

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**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:** [July 25, 2025, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8859 "2025-07-25T14:19:56Z")

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**Fictional Countries in Television Series**

1. Thembria (_TaleSpin_)
2. Qumar (_The West Wing_)

A Middle Eastern nation, often depicted as a mix of Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Iraq, characterized by oil wealth, religious influence, and internal political struggles (including the funding of terrorism).

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**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:** [July 25, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/8860 "2025-07-25T14:20:15Z")

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**Fictional Countries in Television Series**

1. Thembria (_TaleSpin_)
2. Socialist Democratic Federated Republic of Carbombya (_Transformers_)

A thinly veiled dig at Libya, Carbombya is a Saharan kingdom where its citizens often swear on the lives of their mother’s camels and other offensively stereotypical behaviors. Radio host and voice actor Casey Kasem quit the show due to the offense he took at the naming of the country.

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