I’m looking for examples of cases where a performer has been a regular on two TV shows simultaneously. Some examples I’ve come up with are:
Drew Carey in The Drew Carey Show and Whose Line Is It Anyway
Not sure about this one, it was a long time ago – I seem to remember that Bruno Gerrussi was in The Beachcombers and had a cooking show at the same time. For folks who don’t recognize the names, I grew up near the border and watched a lot of Canadian TV shows.
Dennis Miller has his own HBO show and is a regular on Monday Night Football.
The champion was Arthur Godfrey. For a short time in 1950, he was on “The Arthur Godfrey Show,” “Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts,” and “Arthur Godfrey and His Ukelele” (which aired two nights a week, so you could see him four nights a week). The third show was dropped, but the other two ran through most of the 50s.
Jim Backus was on “Gilligan’s Island” and “Mr. Magoo” in the very same time slot.
Goldie Hawn appeared in both “Laugh-In” and “Good Morning, World.”
Richard Andrews played the same character on both “The Six Million Dollar Man” and “The Bionic Woman.” Frank Cady did the same as Mr. Drucker in “Petticoat Junction” and “Green Acres.”
Howard Cosell was on “Monday Night Football” and “Saturday Night Live with Howard Cosell” (Not to be confused with the NBC series).
Wayne Knight had reoccurring roles simultaneously on both Seinfeld where he played Newman; and Third Rock from the Sun where he appeared as Police Officer Don Leslie Orville.
Colin Mochrie from Whose line is it anyway also appeared in Blackfly for the past two years. This year he’ll be showing up on This Hour has 22 Minutes to replace Rick Mercer.
I didn’t because he wasn’t. Note my post, which mentioned Jim Backus and Goldie Hawn. I mentioned Backus had two shows in the same time slot, which should have made it obvious he was on two different networks. He may even have been the first, but I’d need to confirm that.
I don’t think reruns should count. Then any actor who appears in two shows qualifies.