TV Binge Watch (Part 2)

Spoofs

  1. Get Smart (spy genre)
  2. When Things were Rotten (Robin Hood)
  3. The Colbert Report (conservative talk shows)
  4. Quark (science fiction, especially Star Trek)
  5. Archer (spy thrillers to begin with, but later seasons spoofed noir detective tales, Indiana Jones-type adventures and Alien-type sf)
  6. Drawn Together (cartoons, reality shows)
  7. Wednesday (horror)

Spoofs

  1. Get Smart (spy genre)
  2. When Things were Rotten (Robin Hood)
  3. The Colbert Report (conservative talk shows)
  4. Quark (science fiction, especially Star Trek)
  5. Archer (spy thrillers to begin with, but later seasons spoofed noir detective tales, Indiana Jones-type adventures and Alien-type sf)
  6. Drawn Together (cartoons, reality shows)
  7. Wednesday (horror)
  8. Fernwood 2Night (talk shows)

Spoofs

  1. Get Smart (spy genre)
  2. When Things were Rotten (Robin Hood)
  3. The Colbert Report (conservative talk shows)
  4. Quark (science fiction, especially Star Trek)
  5. Archer (spy thrillers to begin with, but later seasons spoofed noir detective tales, Indiana Jones-type adventures and Alien-type sf)
  6. Drawn Together (cartoons, reality shows)
  7. Wednesday (horror)
  8. Fernwood 2Night (talk shows)
  9. Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (spy genre)

Spoofs

  1. Get Smart (spy genre)
  2. When Things were Rotten (Robin Hood)
  3. The Colbert Report (conservative talk shows)
  4. Quark (science fiction, especially Star Trek)
  5. Archer (spy thrillers to begin with, but later seasons spoofed noir detective tales, Indiana Jones-type adventures and Alien-type sf)
  6. Drawn Together (cartoons, reality shows)
  7. Wednesday (horror)
  8. Fernwood 2Night (talk shows)
  9. Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp (spy genre)
  10. Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (superhero cartoons and courtroom dramas)

Pass.

Actors who were part of a main cast but last to be listed in the opening credits

  1. Dawn Wells - Mary Anne (Gilligan’s Island)

Actors who were part of a main cast but last to be listed in the opening credits

  1. Dawn Wells - Mary Anne (Gilligan’s Island)
  2. Ron Glass - Shepherd Book (Firefly)

Actors who were part of a main cast but last to be listed in the opening credits

  1. Dawn Wells - Mary Anne (Gilligan’s Island)
  2. Ron Glass - Shepherd Book (Firefly)
  3. Mr. T - B.A. Baracus (The A-Team)

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Actors who were part of a main cast but last to be listed in the opening credits

  1. Dawn Wells - Mary Anne (Gilligan’s Island)
  2. Ron Glass - Shepherd Book (Firefly)
  3. Mr. T - B.A. Baracus (The A-Team)
  4. Jerry Mathers- The Beaver (leave it to Beaver)

Actors who were part of a main cast but last to be listed in the opening credits

  1. Dawn Wells - Mary Anne (Gilligan’s Island)
  2. Ron Glass - Shepherd Book (Firefly)
  3. Mr. T - B.A. Baracus (The A-Team)
  4. Jerry Mathers- The Beaver (leave it to Beaver)
  5. Howard Hesseman - Dr. Johnny Fever (WKRP in Cincinnati)

At least in later seasons. The original opening only credited Gary Sandy (Andy Travis) and Gordon Jump (Mr. Carlson).

Actors who were part of a main cast but last to be listed in the opening credits

  1. Dawn Wells - Mary Anne (Gilligan’s Island)
  2. Ron Glass - Shepherd Book (Firefly)
  3. Mr. T - B.A. Baracus (The A-Team)
  4. Jerry Mathers- The Beaver (leave it to Beaver)
  5. Howard Hesseman - Dr. Johnny Fever (WKRP in Cincinnati)
  6. Danny DeVito - Frank Reynolds (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia)

Actors who were part of a main cast but last to be listed in the opening credits

  1. Dawn Wells - Mary Anne (Gilligan’s Island)
  2. Ron Glass - Shepherd Book (Firefly)
  3. Mr. T - B.A. Baracus (The A-Team)
  4. Jerry Mathers- The Beaver (leave it to Beaver)
  5. Howard Hesseman - Dr. Johnny Fever (WKRP in Cincinnati)
  6. Danny DeVito - Frank Reynolds (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
  7. Phil Hartman - Bill McNeal (NewsRadio)

Actors who were part of a main cast but last to be listed in the opening credits

  1. Dawn Wells - Mary Anne (Gilligan’s Island)
  2. Ron Glass - Shepherd Book (Firefly)
  3. Mr. T - B.A. Baracus (The A-Team)
  4. Jerry Mathers- The Beaver (leave it to Beaver)
  5. Howard Hesseman - Dr. Johnny Fever (WKRP in Cincinnati)
  6. Danny DeVito - Frank Reynolds (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
  7. Phil Hartman - Bill McNeal (NewsRadio)
  8. Wil Wheaton - Wesley Crusher (ST:TNG)
  1. Dawn Wells - Mary Anne (Gilligan’s Island)
  2. Ron Glass - Shepherd Book (Firefly)
  3. Mr. T - B.A. Baracus (The A-Team)
  4. Jerry Mathers- The Beaver (leave it to Beaver)
  5. Howard Hesseman - Dr. Johnny Fever (WKRP in Cincinnati)
  6. Danny DeVito - Frank Reynolds (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
  7. Phil Hartman - Bill McNeal (NewsRadio)
  8. Wil Wheaton - Wesley Crusher (ST:TNG)
  9. Renee O’Connor - Gabrielle (Xena: Warrior Princess)
    Only she and Lucy Lawless were even listed in the opening credits :grinning_face:

Actors who were part of a main cast but last to be listed in the opening credits

  1. Dawn Wells - Mary Anne (Gilligan’s Island)
  2. Ron Glass - Shepherd Book (Firefly)
  3. Mr. T - B.A. Baracus (The A-Team)
  4. Jerry Mathers- The Beaver (leave it to Beaver)
  5. Howard Hesseman - Dr. Johnny Fever (WKRP in Cincinnati)
  6. Danny DeVito - Frank Reynolds (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia)
  7. Phil Hartman - Bill McNeal (NewsRadio)
  8. Wil Wheaton - Wesley Crusher (ST:TNG)
  9. Renee O’Connor - Gabrielle (Xena: Warrior Princess)
  10. Nancy Marchand - Mrs. Pynchon (Lou Grant)

Pass.

TV episodes that were a riff on, homage to, or parody of a movie (only two versions of It’s a Wonderful Life– one sitcom, one drama, ditto for A Christmas Carol)

  1. Xena, Warrior Princess: s4.e17 “The Play’s the Thing”: parody of The Producers (1967) [year for clarity as there are two-- not a requirement]

TV episodes that were a riff on, homage to, or parody of a movie (only two versions of It’s a Wonderful Life– one sitcom, one drama, ditto for A Christmas Carol)

  1. Xena, Warrior Princess: s4.e17 “The Play’s the Thing”: parody of The Producers (1967) [year for clarity as there are two-- not a requirement]
  2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine S7E15 “Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang”: Parody of Ocean’s Eleven

TV episodes that were a riff on, homage to, or parody of a movie (only two versions of It’s a Wonderful Life– one sitcom, one drama, ditto for A Christmas Carol)

  1. Xena, Warrior Princess: s4.e17 “The Play’s the Thing”: parody of The Producers (1967) [year for clarity as there are two-- not a requirement]
  2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine S7E15 “Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang”: Parody of Ocean’s Eleven
  3. The Goldbergs S4E1 “The Breakfast Club”: Parodies The Breakfast Club

TV episodes that were a riff on, homage to, or parody of a movie (only two versions of It’s a Wonderful Life– one sitcom, one drama, ditto for A Christmas Carol)

  1. Xena, Warrior Princess: s4.e17 “The Play’s the Thing”: parody of The Producers (1967) [year for clarity as there are two-- not a requirement]
  2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine S7E15 “Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang”: Parody of Ocean’s Eleven
  3. The Goldbergs S4E1 “The Breakfast Club”: Parodies The Breakfast Club
  4. Family Guy S8 E20 “Something, Something, Something, Dark Side”: parody of The Empire Strikes Back

TV episodes that were a riff on, homage to, or parody of a movie (only two versions of It’s a Wonderful Life– one sitcom, one drama, ditto for A Christmas Carol)

  1. Xena, Warrior Princess: s4.e17 “The Play’s the Thing”: parody of The Producers (1967) [year for clarity as there are two-- not a requirement]
  2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine S7E15 “Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang”: Parody of Ocean’s Eleven
  3. The Goldbergs S4E1 “The Breakfast Club”: Parodies The Breakfast Club
  4. Family Guy S8 E20 “Something, Something, Something, Dark Side”: parody of The Empire Strikes Back
  5. South Park S4E16 “The Wacky Molestation Adventure”: parody of Children of the Corn

TV episodes that were a riff on, homage to, or parody of a movie (only two versions of It’s a Wonderful Life– one sitcom, one drama, ditto for A Christmas Carol)

  1. Xena, Warrior Princess: s4.e17 “The Play’s the Thing”: parody of The Producers (1967) [year for clarity as there are two-- not a requirement]
  2. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine S7E15 “Badda-Bing, Badda-Bang”: Parody of Ocean’s Eleven
  3. The Goldbergs S4E1 “The Breakfast Club”: Parodies The Breakfast Club
  4. Family Guy S8 E20 “Something, Something, Something, Dark Side”: parody of The Empire Strikes Back
  5. South Park S4E16 “The Wacky Molestation Adventure”: parody of Children of the Corn
  6. The Simpsons “A Streetcar Named Marge” (S4E2): parody of A Street Car Named Desire and includes a side plot where Maggie pulls off a parody of The Great Escape, with bonus incidental music by Elmer Bernstein. (Part 2)