# What TV show is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 23, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281 "2002-11-23T01:07:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281/1 "2002-11-23T01:07:55Z")
One of the actors has a Master of Fine Arts degree from Yale, and another character is played by a Juilliard-trained Shakespearian actor. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281/2 "2002-11-23T01:14:01Z")
Relic Hunter? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281/3 "2002-11-23T01:55:16Z")
We know it’s _not_ the Anna Nicole show! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281/4 "2002-11-23T02:40:31Z")
Is this a riddle or are you trying to ID it? Can you give us an idea of the plot? If it’s a riddle I’m going to guess **Frasier** ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281/5 "2002-11-23T02:43:32Z")
It could be _Sex and the City_. I know Chris Noth (aka “Mr. Big”) is a Yale Drama School grad, and I do believe that Kim “Samantha Jones” Cattrall is classically trained, though I don’t know if she went to Julliard. ---
**Author:** ![Tretiak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Tretiak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tretiak)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281/6 "2002-11-23T02:49:02Z")
Mork and Mindy? ---
**Author:** ![stuyguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281/7 "2002-11-23T05:50:35Z")
X-Files? ---
**Author:** ![aramis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@aramis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aramis)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281/8 "2002-11-23T06:04:33Z")
Frasier? According to IMDB, David Hyde-Peirce has a degree from Yale (it appears to be a BA in theater, rather than an MFA) and Kelsey Grammar studied at Juilliard before performing some Shakespeare on Broadway. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281/9 "2002-11-23T08:11:44Z")
Some interesting guesses…the show I’m thinking of…is similar to Frasier in that it was a very popular network show. However, the subject matter and setting of the show was vastly different from that of Frasier. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281/10 "2002-11-23T08:18:24Z")
Star Trek. (TOS) Duh. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281/11 "2002-11-23T08:21:23Z")
Seriously, “I got nothing.” ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2002, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281/12 "2002-11-23T09:15:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Larry Mudd \* > \*\*Star Trek. (TOS) Duh. 😃 \*\* Well _Voyager_ almost fits. **Robert Picardo** has a B.A. in drama from Yale, and **Robert Duncan McNeill** studied at Juilliard. I was going to guess _Perfect Strangers_, because **Bronson Pinchot** went to Yale and **Mark Linn-Baker** is a Shakespearian actor, but unfortunately Mark has an M.F.A. from Yale, not Julliard. There are just far too many Yale M.F.A.'s out there to narrow this down. ---
**Author:** ![Philosophocles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Philosophocles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philosophocles)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281/13 "2002-11-25T05:34:15Z")
The Dukes of Hazzard Sorrell Booke: Boss Hogg (aka Jefferson Davis Hogg), Yale, Master of Fine Arts James Best: Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, Juilliard trained Shakespearian actor ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2002, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-show-is-this/138281/14 "2002-11-25T16:59:19Z")
Shoot! I had guessed The Dukes of Hazzard, but I only looked up the educational backgrounds of Tom Wopat and John Schneider. I guess I should have looked further.