# 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:** 474
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**TV Actors who are (or were) also athletes** 1. Chuck Connors (played basketball for the Boston Celtics, and baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs; starred in _The Rifleman_) 2. Alex Karras, (football player for Detroit Lions who starred on the show _Webster_) 3. Fred Dryer (football player for NY Giants and starred in _Hunter_) 4. Terry Crews (bounced around the NFL from team to team; probably best known on TV for _Everybody Hates Chris_ and _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_.) 5. Chuck Norris (Martial arts star mostly known for _Walker, Texas Ranger_) ---
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**TV Actors who are (or were) also athletes** 1. Chuck Connors (played basketball for the Boston Celtics, and baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs; starred in _The Rifleman_) 2. Alex Karras, (football player for Detroit Lions who starred on the show _Webster_) 3. Fred Dryer (football player for NY Giants and starred in _Hunter_) 4. Terry Crews (bounced around the NFL from team to team; probably best known on TV for _Everybody Hates Chris_ and _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_.) 5. Chuck Norris (Martial arts star mostly known for _Walker, Texas Ranger_) 6. Carl Weathers (NFL linebacker, Greef Karga in _Mandalorian_ ---
**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:** [November 2, 2025, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9463 "2025-11-02T03:11:45Z")
**TV Actors who are (or were) also athletes** 1. Chuck Connors (played basketball for the Boston Celtics, and baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs; starred in _The Rifleman_) 2. Alex Karras, (football player for Detroit Lions who starred on the show _Webster_) 3. Fred Dryer (football player for NY Giants and starred in _Hunter_) 4. Terry Crews (bounced around the NFL from team to team; probably best known on TV for _Everybody Hates Chris_ and _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_.) 5. Chuck Norris (Martial arts star mostly known for _Walker, Texas Ranger_) 6. Carl Weathers (NFL linebacker, Greef Karga in _Mandalorian_) 7. Robert Urich (attended Florida State University on a football scholarship; starred in _Spenser: For Hire, Vega$_ and other shows) ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9464 "2025-11-02T03:48:52Z")
**TV Actors who are (or were) also athletes** 1. Chuck Connors (played basketball for the Boston Celtics, and baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs; starred in _The Rifleman_) 2. Alex Karras, (football player for Detroit Lions who starred on the show _Webster_) 3. Fred Dryer (football player for NY Giants and starred in _Hunter_) 4. Terry Crews (bounced around the NFL from team to team; probably best known on TV for _Everybody Hates Chris_ and _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_.) 5. Chuck Norris (Martial arts star mostly known for _Walker, Texas Ranger_) 6. Carl Weathers (NFL linebacker, Greef Karga in _Mandalorian_) 7. Robert Urich (attended Florida State University on a football scholarship; starred in _Spenser: For Hire, Vega$_ and other shows) 8. Merlin Olsen (NFL defensive tackle, part of the “Fearsome Foursome” of the Rams; appeared in _Little House on the Prairie_ and _Father Murphy_) ---
**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:** [November 3, 2025, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9465 "2025-11-03T04:51:29Z")
**TV Actors who are (or were) also athletes** 1. Chuck Connors (played basketball for the Boston Celtics, and baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs; starred in _The Rifleman_) 2. Alex Karras, (football player for Detroit Lions who starred on the show _Webster_) 3. Fred Dryer (football player for NY Giants and starred in _Hunter_) 4. Terry Crews (bounced around the NFL from team to team; probably best known on TV for _Everybody Hates Chris_ and _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_.) 5. Chuck Norris (Martial arts star mostly known for _Walker, Texas Ranger_) 6. Carl Weathers (NFL linebacker, Greef Karga in _Mandalorian_) 7. Robert Urich (attended Florida State University on a football scholarship; starred in _Spenser: For Hire, Vega$_ and other shows) 8. Merlin Olsen (NFL defensive tackle, part of the “Fearsome Foursome” of the Rams; appeared in _Little House on the Prairie_ and _Father Murphy_) 9. Burt Reynolds (played high school and Florida State football but quit due to injuries; later appeared in _Gunsmoke, Hawk, Dan August_ and _Evening Shade_) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9466 "2025-11-03T05:26:50Z")
**TV Actors who are (or were) also athletes** 1. Chuck Connors (played basketball for the Boston Celtics, and baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs; starred in _The Rifleman_) 2. Alex Karras, (football player for Detroit Lions who starred on the show _Webster_) 3. Fred Dryer (football player for NY Giants and starred in _Hunter_) 4. Terry Crews (bounced around the NFL from team to team; probably best known on TV for _Everybody Hates Chris_ and _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_.) 5. Chuck Norris (Martial arts star mostly known for _Walker, Texas Ranger_) 6. Carl Weathers (NFL linebacker, Greef Karga in _Mandalorian_) 7. Robert Urich (attended Florida State University on a football scholarship; starred in _Spenser: For Hire, Vega$_ and other shows) 8. Merlin Olsen (NFL defensive tackle, part of the “Fearsome Foursome” of the Rams; appeared in _Little House on the Prairie_ and _Father Murphy_) 9. Burt Reynolds (played high school and Florida State football but quit due to injuries; later appeared in _Gunsmoke, Hawk, Dan August_ and _Evening Shade_) 10. Ellie Kemper (played field hockey at Princeton; later starred in _The Office_ and _Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt_) This was my category, so I’ll pass. ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2025, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9467 "2025-11-03T19:22:55Z")
**Daytime soaps** 1. As the World Turns ---
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**Daytime soaps** 1. As the World Turns 2. The Young and the Restless ---
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**Daytime soaps** 1. As the World Turns 2. The Young and the Restless 3. General Hospital ---
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**Daytime soaps** 1. As the World Turns 2. The Young and the Restless 3. General Hospital 4. Guiding Light ---
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**Daytime soaps** 1. As the World Turns 2. The Young and the Restless 3. General Hospital 4. Guiding Light 5. Days of Our Lives ---
**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:** [November 3, 2025, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9472 "2025-11-03T21:17:43Z")
**Daytime soaps** 1. As the World Turns 2. The Young and the Restless 3. General Hospital 4. Guiding Light 5. Days of Our Lives 6. All My Children ---
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**Daytime soaps** 1. As the World Turns 2. The Young and the Restless 3. General Hospital 4. Guiding Light 5. Days of Our Lives 6. All My Children 7. Search for Tomorrow Ran on CBS, then NBC, up through 1986; it was one of my grandmother’s daily “stories.” ---
**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:** [November 3, 2025, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711/9474 "2025-11-03T21:35:16Z")
**Daytime soaps** 1. As the World Turns 2. The Young and the Restless 3. General Hospital 4. Guiding Light 5. Days of Our Lives 6. All My Children 7. Search for Tomorrow 8. These Are My Children From 1949; usually credited as the first daytime soap to air on TV: [These Are My Children - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/These_Are_My_Children) ---
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[quote=“Elendil\_s\_Heir, post:9474, topic:972711”] **Daytime soaps** 1. As the World Turns 2. The Young and the Restless 3. General Hospital 4. Guiding Light 5. Days of Our Lives 6. All My Children 7. Search for Tomorrow 8. These Are My Children 9. Dark Shadows ---
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**Daytime soaps** 1. As the World Turns 2. The Young and the Restless 3. General Hospital 4. Guiding Light 5. Days of Our Lives 6. All My Children 7. Search for Tomorrow 8. These Are My Children 9. Dark Shadows 10. The Secret Storm Next: **Daytime Talk Show Hosts** 1. Phil Donahue ---
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**Daytime Talk Show Hosts** 1. Phil Donahue 2. Drew Barrymore ---
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**Daytime Talk Show Hosts** 1. Phil Donahue 2. Drew Barrymore 3. Camilla Scott ---
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**Daytime Talk Show Hosts** 1. Phil Donahue 2. Drew Barrymore 3. Camilla Scott 4. Oprah Winfrey ---
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**Daytime Talk Show Hosts** 1. Phil Donahue 2. Drew Barrymore 3. Camilla Scott 4. Oprah Winfrey 5. Tony Danza Yes, he had a talk show for a couple of years. 🎵 Hold me closer… 🎶 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=473) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-2/972711.md?page=475)