# TV Shows that "Join up" for an episode **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 12, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-join-up-for-an-episode/676159 "2013-12-12T15:30:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![theR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@theR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theR)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-join-up-for-an-episode/676159/41 "2013-12-12T21:01:23Z")
Some people in this thread already started using the wording that helps find these sorts of things. Crossovers are what they’re typically called, and when you Google variations of the term for TV you should get a bunch of lists including Wikipedia pages. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_fictional\_crossovers](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_crossovers) If you specifically mean instances where episodes from two or more series continue the story rather than just characters crossing over, that narrows the list somewhat. The _Law and Order_ franchise plus _Homicide: Life on the Street_ were the ones I immediately thought of. Richard Belzer has apparently played the same character, Munch, on 10 different series as a result. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-join-up-for-an-episode/676159/42 "2013-12-12T21:04:46Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _CSI_ showed up on _Two and a Half Men_ to investigate Teddy’s death. That happened when writers switched shows. Never saw what _TaaHM_ did with (to?) CSI. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-join-up-for-an-episode/676159/43 "2013-12-12T21:45:43Z")
Regarding _Mad About You_/_Seinfeld_. In the episode where Paul goes to get his remaining stuff from his old apartment from Kramer, he asks about the neighbor across the hall and gives a look to indicate that he didn’t think much of Jerry. (Don’t know how Paul would know Jerry since Kramer/Kessler was already living there when Jerry moved in.) In one of the last episodes of _MAY_, Paul (on Viagra no less) runs into the “real” Jerry Seinfeld on the street and clearly idolizes him. So apparently there existed two different Jerry Seinfelds in the _MAY_ universe. Both comedians. One Paul liked and one he didn’t. One in a crossover (but not seen). One in a guest appearance. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-join-up-for-an-episode/676159/44 "2013-12-12T22:40:54Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Back in the early 90s there was the same tornado that blew threw 3-4 sitcoms that were in a row (on the same channel). I don’t remember all the shows that were involved, but one of them was Roseanne. It was dubbed something like “Tornado Night!” There was also [Hurricane Saturday](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Saturday) with “The Golden Girls” and a couple other shows. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-join-up-for-an-episode/676159/45 "2013-12-12T22:57:29Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > _CSI_ showed up on _Two and a Half Men_ to investigate Teddy’s death. Dharma and Greg Montgomery showed up as prospective buys of the late Charlie Harper’s house in season 9 premiere. Either their marriage really went down hill in 9 years, or they’re still into bizarre public role play. Jenna Elfman previously played a different (though very Dharmaesque character). Joel Murray was in the same episode, but not as Pete Cavanaugh. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-join-up-for-an-episode/676159/46 "2013-12-12T23:41:54Z")
There was [“The Springfield Files”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Springfield_Files), the episode of the Simpsons on which Scully and Mulder of the X-Files appeared. A crossover that never happened but would’ve been nice to see: Donald Bellisario, producer of Quantum Leap, wanted to do an episode in which Sam Beckett leaped into Tom Magnum, from Magnum, PI, which Bellisario had also produced. It would have established Quantum Leap and Magnum, PI as being in the same universe, and presumably Tom Selleck and John Hillerman, at least, would have made appearances in the episode. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-join-up-for-an-episode/676159/47 "2013-12-13T01:32:49Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Regarding _Mad About You_/_Seinfeld_. > > In the episode where Paul goes to get his remaining stuff from his old apartment from Kramer, he asks about the neighbor across the hall and gives a look to indicate that he didn’t think much of Jerry. Not so much Jerry himself, but what Kramer said he was up to: shooting a pilot for a tv show. Paul snorts derisively like “Yeah, _that’ll_ happen.” ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-join-up-for-an-episode/676159/48 "2013-12-13T15:35:12Z")
Just last month there was a crossover with the Disney Channel shows **Jessie** and **Good Luck Charlie**. They called it **Good Luck Jessie**. **Jessie** also crossed over with **Austin & Ally** ( **Austin & Jessie & Ally** ). ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-join-up-for-an-episode/676159/49 "2013-12-13T16:16:51Z")
**Everybody Love Raymond & King of Queens.** They did a few of these actually. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-join-up-for-an-episode/676159/50 "2013-12-15T06:00:50Z")
There were a few episodes of “The Golden Girls” that touched on “Empty Nest,” mostly having to do with the dog “Dreyfus.” One episode of “The Middle” included Ray Romano meeting Patricia Heaton, both playing different characters, including a “Don’t I know you from somewhere?” line. There was a MeTV promo with Mary Tyler Moore (from the MTM show) watching the younger Mary Tyler Moore (from DvD) on a TV. They also have similar promos featuring Betty White and Ed Asner. ---
**Author:** ![Alan\_Smithee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/2acd7d/32.png) [@Alan\_Smithee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alan_Smithee)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2013, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-join-up-for-an-episode/676159/51 "2013-12-15T08:11:56Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Regarding _Mad About You_/_Seinfeld_. > > In the episode where Paul goes to get his remaining stuff from his old apartment from Kramer, he asks about the neighbor across the hall and gives a look to indicate that he didn’t think much of Jerry. (Don’t know how Paul would know Jerry since Kramer/Kessler was already living there when Jerry moved in.) > > In one of the last episodes of _MAY_, Paul (on Viagra no less) runs into the “real” Jerry Seinfeld on the street and clearly idolizes him. So apparently there existed two different Jerry Seinfelds in the _MAY_ universe. Both comedians. One Paul liked and one he didn’t. One in a crossover (but not seen). One in a guest appearance. But there’s also an episode of Seinfeld where George watches Mad About You with his fiancee. So apparently there are two different Paul Buchmans in the Seinverse, one of whom used to live across from Jerry and one of whom is a fictional character in a TV show. And the real Paul and the actor who plays the fictional Paul look _exactly alike_. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2013, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-join-up-for-an-episode/676159/52 "2013-12-16T07:00:22Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > There was a night where a blackout started on _Mad About You_ was supposed to crossover to all the “Must See TV” shows but _Seinfeld_ refused to go along with it. I can’t recall what the fourth comedy was, though. Friends had a blackout in an early episode, could it have been that one? Chandler was trapped in a vestibule with some person named Jill Goodager whoever that is, while everyone else was looking for a lost cat or some such. Speaking of Friends, a few years later NBC had “crossover night” where Jamie Buchman and her friend (Fran? I haven’t seen MAY in ages) showed up in Central Perk, and mistook Phoebe for Ursula. Meanwhile Ross showed up on The Single Guy that same night. I don’t remember the rest of that night’s crossovers, though. ABC did a similar thing one night, with characters showing up in other show, all with Vegas involved. In particular, I remember Coach’s Luther character interacting with someone from the Drew Carey Show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-that-join-up-for-an-episode/676159.md?page=2)