# 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:** 460
**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:** [September 4, 2025, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9181 "2025-09-04T22:09:43Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > **Even more famous people who played themselves on TV, for good or bad** 1. Richard Nixon on _Laugh-In_ (good) 2. Kylie Minogue on _The Residence_ (good) 3. James Earl Jones and Carrie Fisher on _The Big Bang Theory_ (very good) 4. Kevin Hart on _Abbott Elementary_ (good) 5. Buzz Aldrin on _30 Rock_ (unbelievably awful) ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9182 "2025-09-05T00:47:26Z")
**Even more famous people who played themselves on TV, for good or bad** 1. Richard Nixon on _Laugh-In_ (good) 2. Kylie Minogue on _The Residence_ (good) 3. James Earl Jones and Carrie Fisher on _The Big Bang Theory_ (very good) 4. Kevin Hart on _Abbott Elementary_ (good) 5. Buzz Aldrin on _30 Rock_ (unbelievably awful) 6. Betty white on _Ugly Betty\*_ ([supurb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtyWSEDnie4)) \*no relation ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9183 "2025-09-05T00:54:12Z")
**Even more famous people who played themselves on TV, for good or bad** 1. Richard Nixon on _Laugh-In_ (good) 2. Kylie Minogue on _The Residence_ (good) 3. James Earl Jones and Carrie Fisher on _The Big Bang Theory_ (very good) 4. Kevin Hart on _Abbott Elementary_ (good) 5. Buzz Aldrin on _30 Rock_ (unbelievably awful) 6. Betty white on _Ugly Betty_\* ([supurb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtyWSEDnie4)) 7. Al Gore on _Futurama_ (OK, I guess) I don’t remember it that well 🤷‍♀️ ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9184 "2025-09-05T16:22:21Z")
**Even more famous people who played themselves on TV, for good or bad** 1. Richard Nixon on _Laugh-In_ (good) 2. Kylie Minogue on _The Residence_ (good) 3. James Earl Jones and Carrie Fisher on _The Big Bang Theory_ (very good) 4. Kevin Hart on _Abbott Elementary_ (good) 5. Buzz Aldrin on _30 Rock_ (unbelievably awful) 6. Betty white on _Ugly Betty_\* ([supurb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtyWSEDnie4)) 7. Al Gore on _Futurama_ (OK, I guess) 8. Jennifer Grey on It’s Like You Know… (good) She played a fictionalized version of herself and was pretty funny though the series only lasted 25 episodes. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9185 "2025-09-05T16:41:49Z")
**Even more famous people who played themselves on TV, for good or bad** 1. Richard Nixon on _Laugh-In_ (good) 2. Kylie Minogue on _The Residence_ (good) 3. James Earl Jones and Carrie Fisher on _The Big Bang Theory_ (very good) 4. Kevin Hart on _Abbott Elementary_ (good) 5. Buzz Aldrin on _30 Rock_ (unbelievably awful) 6. Betty white on _Ugly Betty_\* ([supurb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtyWSEDnie4)) 7. Al Gore on _Futurama_ (OK, I guess) 8. Jennifer Grey on It’s Like You Know… (good) 9. Linda Ellerbee on _Murphy Brown_ (very good) Murphy Brown was based on Linda Ellerbee. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9186 "2025-09-05T18:29:37Z")
**Even more famous people who played themselves on TV, for good or bad** 1. Richard Nixon on _Laugh-In_ (good) 2. Kylie Minogue on _The Residence_ (good) 3. James Earl Jones and Carrie Fisher on _The Big Bang Theory_ (very good) 4. Kevin Hart on _Abbott Elementary_ (good) 5. Buzz Aldrin on _30 Rock_ (unbelievably awful) 6. Betty White on _Ugly Betty_ ([superb](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtyWSEDnie4)) 7. Al Gore on _Futurama_ (OK, I guess) 8. Jennifer Grey on _It’s Like, You Know_… (good) 9. Linda Ellerbee on _Murphy Brown_ (very good) 10. Steve Martin on _SNL_ (very good) When he hosts and/or isn’t playing characters in sketches. Pass. ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9187 "2025-09-05T20:36:28Z")
**Prominent child stars and the shows they played in** 1. Angus T. Jones, _Two and a Half Men_ ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9188 "2025-09-05T21:44:45Z")
**Prominent child stars and the shows they played in** 1. Angus T. Jones, _Two and a Half Men_ 2. Danny Bonaduce, _The Partridge Family_ ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9189 "2025-09-05T21:46:25Z")
**Prominent child stars and the shows they played in** 1. Angus T. Jones, _Two and a Half Men_ 2. Danny Bonaduce, _The Partridge Family_ 3. Ronny Howard, _The Andy Griffith Show_ ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9190 "2025-09-05T21:51:15Z")
> [@](#): > > **Prominent child stars and the shows they played in** 1. Angus T. Jones, _Two and a Half Men_ 2. Danny Bonaduce, _The Partridge Family_ 3. Ronny Howard, _The Andy Griffith Show_ 4. Iain Armitage, _Young Sheldon_ ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9191 "2025-09-05T21:53:46Z")
> [@](#): > > **Prominent child stars and the shows they played in** 1. Angus T. Jones, _Two and a Half Men_ 2. Danny Bonaduce, _The Partridge Family_ 3. Ronny Howard, _The Andy Griffith Show_ 4. Iain Armitage, _Young Sheldon_ 5. Emmanuel Lewis, Webster ---
**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:** [September 5, 2025, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9192 "2025-09-05T21:57:53Z")
**Prominent child stars and the shows they played in** 1. Angus T. Jones, _Two and a Half Men_ 2. Danny Bonaduce, _The Partridge Family_ 3. Ronny Howard, _The Andy Griffith Show_ 4. Iain Armitage, _Young Sheldon_ 5. Emmanuel Lewis, _Webster_ 6. Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, _Full House_ ---
**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:** [September 6, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9193 "2025-09-06T00:47:29Z")
**Prominent child stars and the shows they played in** 1. Angus T. Jones, _Two and a Half Men_ 2. Danny Bonaduce, _The Partridge Family_ 3. Ronny Howard, _The Andy Griffith Show_ 4. Iain Armitage, _Young Sheldon_ 5. Emmanuel Lewis, _Webster_ 6. Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, _Full House_ 7. Jerry Matthers, _Leave It To Beaver_ ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9194 "2025-09-06T00:55:34Z")
**Prominent child stars and the shows they played in** 1. Angus T. Jones, _Two and a Half Men_ 2. Danny Bonaduce, _The Partridge Family_ 3. Ronny Howard, _The Andy Griffith Show_ 4. Iain Armitage, _Young Sheldon_ 5. Emmanuel Lewis, _Webster_ 6. Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, _Full House_ 7. Jerry Matthers, _Leave It To Beaver_ 8. Gary Coleman, _Diff’rent Strokes_ ---
**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:** [September 6, 2025, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9195 "2025-09-06T00:58:10Z")
**Prominent child stars and the shows they played in** 1. Angus T. Jones, _Two and a Half Men_ 2. Danny Bonaduce, _The Partridge Family_ 3. Ronny Howard, _The Andy Griffith Show_ 4. Iain Armitage, _Young Sheldon_ 5. Emmanuel Lewis, _Webster_ 6. Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, _Full House_ 7. Jerry Matthers, _Leave It To Beaver_ 8. Gary Coleman, _Diff’rent Strokes_ 9. Cirroc Lofton, _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ ---
**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:** [September 6, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9196 "2025-09-06T02:38:11Z")
**Prominent child stars and the shows they played in** 1. Angus T. Jones, _Two and a Half Men_ 2. Danny Bonaduce, _The Partridge Family_ 3. Ronny Howard, _The Andy Griffith Show_ 4. Iain Armitage, _Young Sheldon_ 5. Emmanuel Lewis, _Webster_ 6. Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, _Full House_ 7. Jerry Matthers, _Leave It To Beaver_ 8. Gary Coleman, _Diff’rent Strokes_ 9. Cirroc Lofton, _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine_ 10. Melissa Gilbert, _Little House on the Prairie_ Next: **Science Fiction TV Shows** 1. Fringe ---
**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:** [September 6, 2025, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9197 "2025-09-06T02:58:30Z")
**Science Fiction TV Shows** 1. Fringe 2. Blake’s 7 ---
**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:** [September 6, 2025, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9198 "2025-09-06T03:06:38Z")
**Science Fiction TV Shows** 1. Fringe 2. Blake’s 7 3. Star Trek ---
**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:** [September 6, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9199 "2025-09-06T03:17:51Z")
**Science Fiction TV Shows** 1. Fringe 2. Blake’s 7 3. Star Trek 4. Firefly ---
**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:** [September 6, 2025, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9200 "2025-09-06T04:53:53Z")
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