TV Binge Watch (Part 2)

Thread Games
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Shows later made into a movie

  1. Starsky & Hutch
  2. The Addams Family
  3. Get Smart
  4. The Brady Bunch
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There was an episode in season 2 or maybe 3 where the story centered around a murder committed by a popular tv show star. One of the jokes/references they threw in was when the star was lamenting how angry fans got when they changed his show’s theme song to a different one.

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Shows later made into a movie

  1. Starsky & Hutch
  2. The Addams Family
  3. Get Smart
  4. The Brady Bunch
  5. Sex and the City
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Shows later made into a movie

  1. Starsky & Hutch
  2. The Addams Family
  3. Get Smart
  4. The Brady Bunch
  5. Sex and the City
  6. The Beverly Hillbillies
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Shows later made into a movie

  1. Starsky & Hutch
  2. The Addams Family
  3. Get Smart
  4. The Brady Bunch
  5. Sex and the City
  6. The Beverly Hillbillies
  7. Firefly

made into the movie “Serenity”

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Shows later made into a movie

  1. Starsky & Hutch
  2. The Addams Family
  3. Get Smart
  4. The Brady Bunch
  5. Sex and the City
  6. The Beverly Hillbillies
  7. Firefly
  8. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
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Shows later made into a movie

  1. Starsky & Hutch
  2. The Addams Family
  3. Get Smart
  4. The Brady Bunch
  5. Sex and the City
  6. The Beverly Hillbillies
  7. Firefly
  8. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
  9. Star Trek
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Shows later made into a movie

  1. Starsky & Hutch
  2. The Addams Family
  3. Get Smart
  4. The Brady Bunch
  5. Sex and the City
  6. The Beverly Hillbillies
  7. Firefly
  8. Aqua Teen Hunger Force
  9. Star Trek
  10. G.I. Joe

TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count)

  1. Deep Space 9.
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TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count)

  1. Deep Space 9.
  2. Jackie Chan Adventures
210

TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count)

  1. Deep Space 9.
  2. Jackie Chan Adventures
  3. Scandal
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TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count)

  1. Deep Space 9.
  2. Jackie Chan Adventures
  3. Scandal
  4. Star Trek: The Next Generation

LeVar Burton as Geordie LaForge

-“BB”-

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TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count)

  1. Deep Space 9.
  2. Jackie Chan Adventures
  3. Scandal
  4. Star Trek: The Next Generation
  5. Quantum Leap (2022)
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TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count)

  1. Deep Space 9.
  2. Jackie Chan Adventures
  3. Scandal
  4. Star Trek: The Next Generation
  5. Quantum Leap (2022)
  6. Mike Tyson Mysteries
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TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count)

  1. Deep Space 9.
  2. Jackie Chan Adventures
  3. Scandal
  4. Star Trek: The Next Generation
  5. Quantum Leap (2022)
  6. Mike Tyson Mysteries
  7. Superstore
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I don’t think Cmdr. LaForge is “in the lead” of ST:TNG; certainly an important supporting character, though.

TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count)

  1. Star Trek: Deep Space 9
  2. Jackie Chan Adventures
  3. Scandal
  4. Julia
  5. Quantum Leap (2022)
  6. Mike Tyson Mysteries
  7. Superstore
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  1. Elementary
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I’ll let it go this time. But when you are dealing with a show that has an ensemble cast like was on ST: TNG or the original ST (or shows like Friends, Barney Miller, MASH, or WKRP in Cincinnati, for that matter), how do you determine who is a ‘lead character’?

-“BB”-

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I think Picard was clearly the lead character, but it was certainly an ensemble cast.

TV shows with a minority cast member in the lead, but for which their minority status is not an important part of the show. (e.g. Ms Marvel doesn’t count)

  1. Star Trek: Deep Space 9
  2. Jackie Chan Adventures
  3. Scandal
  4. Julia
  5. Quantum Leap (2022)
  6. Mike Tyson Mysteries
  7. Superstore
  8. Elementary
  9. Psych
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  1. Star Trek: Deep Space 9
  2. Jackie Chan Adventures
  3. Scandal
  4. Julia
  5. Quantum Leap (2022)
  6. Mike Tyson Mysteries
  7. Superstore
  8. Elementary
  9. Psych
  10. Friends

Ross and Monica are Jewish, but while their parents have a mezzuzah on their front door, and Ross and Monica give each other Chanukah gifts, their Jewishness is the punchline of, IIRC, exactly 1 joke. Also, Rachel is apparently the product of a mixed marriage-- Jewish father and gentile mother (therefore, not Jewish), it never gets mentioned at all, other than the fact that she calls one of her grandmothers “bobbe.”

David Schwimmer is actually Jewish, but neither of the other Friend actors are.

NEXT: Disabled characters played by non-disabled actors

  1. Ironside-- Raymond Burr
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Disabled characters played by non-disabled actors

  1. Ironside-- Raymond Burr
  2. Glee’s Artie Abrams - Kevin McHale