# What TV shows exist in the universes of other TV shows? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 18, 2006, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464 "2006-01-18T03:08:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/21 "2006-01-18T04:30:39Z")
The TV show _Stargate SG-1_ has mentioned The Simpsons many times, it is Richard Dean Anderson’s faviorate show, which also makes it Jack Oneill’s faviorate show. There was even an episode that stared the guy who does Homer’s voice. There was also an episode where they were talking about that alien invation movie where the aliens can’t stand water (signs or somesuch?). ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/22 "2006-01-18T04:42:58Z")
Speaking of Murphy Brown, all of CBS’s real programming at the time existed within the MB universe (along with a number of non-existent programs). Speaking of The Simpsons, McGyver exists in the Simpsons-verse. The Simpsons as a TV show apparently exists within the world of King of the Hill since Bobby Hill has a Bart Simpson doll, but the Hills actually appear in an episode of The Simpsons. This (and the Simpsons memorabilia that shows up on Futurama) has been fanwanked as being from Bart’s stint as the “I Didn’t Do It Boy” on Krusty’s show, which would of course mean that the Krusty the Clown Show exists in HOTH-verse and Futurama-verse. Speaking of Jeopardy!, Dorothy from The Golden Girls tried out for the show. Douglas Brachman from L.A. Law appeared on Wheel of Fortune and dated Vanna White, until she got married in real life during a summer hiatus and was written out. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/23 "2006-01-18T04:45:49Z")
Oh, and speaking of Davy Jones, The Monkees exists within the world of The Brady Bunch. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/24 "2006-01-18T04:48:16Z")
> [@ISiddiqui](#): > > In **Seinfeld** , the **Merv Griffin Show** was real, though Kramer’s fake Merv Griffin Show was not ;). Susan was also making George watch “Mad About You.” This despite the fact that Paul was renting his apartment to Kramer. ---
**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:** [January 18, 2006, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/25 "2006-01-18T04:58:34Z")
Tho aware of the major influence of TV in the past, **Star Trek** has none. Implied in TOS tho arguments for the opposite could be made based on several different episodes, but stated as fact in TNG. **Firefly** has some sort of broadcasting system(s). Not much info to go by other the very existance of Mr Universe and little snippits thru out the series and movie. **X-Files** showed Mulder watching TV, but I can’t remember what his fix was. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/26 "2006-01-18T04:59:03Z")
Happy Days and The Love Boat were both mentioned on Married With Children when they went to a TV based amusement park (Ted McGinley was in all three shows) Also, they once went to a play based on the Jeffersons. on Green Acres, they once did a play based on an episode of The Beverly Hillbillies and on The Beverly Hillbillies, Mr. Drysdale mentioned the TV character Arnold the Pig. This becomes more interesting when you know that Beverly Hillbillies crossed over with Petticoat Junction which also crossed over with Green Acres. ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/27 "2006-01-18T06:12:28Z")
On **EMERGENCY** Gage and Desoto once spent an episode trying to watch ADAM-12, forgetting the earlier episode where they met Mallory and Reed. ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/28 "2006-01-18T06:18:19Z")
Aunt Bee went on The Price is Right in The Andy Griffith Show. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/29 "2006-01-18T06:34:19Z")
> [@Hirka T'Bawa](#): > > The TV show _Stargate SG-1_ has mentioned The Simpsons many times, it is Richard Dean Anderson’s faviorate show, which also makes it Jack Oneill’s faviorate show. There was even an episode that stared the guy who does Homer’s voice. There was also an episode where they were talking about that alien invation movie where the aliens can’t stand water (signs or somesuch?). I’ve always admired RDA for loving the Simpsons even though constantly make fun of him. “He’s not a genius Selma, he’s an actor. And he’s not a very good actor.” ---
**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:** [January 18, 2006, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/30 "2006-01-18T06:49:30Z")
> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#): > > …and people still argue that the first 500 years is better than the second 500 years. When Futurama first came out there was a website that had episode recaps from the Simpsons 2999/3000 season. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/31 "2006-01-18T06:55:06Z")
Another show that existed in the _Seinfeld_ universe was the CBS soap opera _The Bold and the Beautiful_, which Kramer mentioned a time or two and apparently watched. Meanwhile, on a mid-'80’s episode of _The Young and the Restless_ (created by the same team that later launched _Bold & Beautiful_, the character Lauren (who was married at the time to Paul, a private detective) made a reference to feeling as if she were living with Sonny Crockett of _Miami Vice_. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/32 "2006-01-18T09:17:13Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > In **The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show** , George would occasionally turn on the TV to watch **The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show** to see what Gracie was up to behind his back. Darn you, **Chuck** , that’s what I came in here to mention. How may self-referential sitcoms have there been? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/33 "2006-01-18T10:05:54Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > **Firefly** has some sort of broadcasting system(s). Not much info to go by other the very existance of Mr Universe and little snippits thru out the series and movie. They had commercials, which probably means they also had programs. ---
**Author:** ![Ponster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponster/32/17081_2.png) [@Ponster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponster)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/34 "2006-01-18T10:34:36Z")
Jack O’Neill from **Stargate SG-1** is very disappointed when the US Military refuses to name the first ever Earth-owned spaceship _‘Enterprise’._ ---
**Author:** ![Gerome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Gerome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gerome)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/35 "2006-01-18T12:05:06Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > They had commercials, which probably means they also had programs. Unless, in the future, network TV has descended into commercialisation to the point where it was determined that the programs were getting in the way of the advertisements, and were phased out, leaving a broadcast system consisting of nothing but commercials. I think people would still watch. For what it’s worth, NBC News exists within the Simpsons universe - Homer and Bart, after obtaining a satellite dish, watch the unedited feed and see the newscaster (whose name escapes me, he’s not on over here) purging during the commercials. ---
**Author:** ![Fortean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/96bed5/32.png) [@Fortean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fortean)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/36 "2006-01-18T12:32:02Z")
> [@](#): > > In the Dr. Who episode, Rememberence of the Daleks, Sylvester McCoy’s doctor leaves the room just as the premiere episode of Dr. Who is about to be broadcast. Heh, that’s ace. Dr Who is also apparently in the same universe as dour cockney soap opera, Eastenders, because (or was it a Children In Need thing?) he turned up in Albert Square – and in the same universe as Transformers, because apparently the Transformers met a bounty hunter by the name of Death’s Head, who also met the Doctor in the Doctor Who comics. This means that Transformers is in the same universe as Eastenders. Beat that! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/37 "2006-01-18T12:57:03Z")
In one episode of **Taxi** , Latka set up some of the other drivers with dates, including one with Marcia Wallace, who was stated to be the same one who’d played the receptionist Carol on “The Bob Newhart Show” (which, of course, she did.) ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/38 "2006-01-18T13:02:23Z")
_Third Watch_ and _ER_ had a weird thing several years ago. On an episode of _Third Watch_, they introduced a new firefighter character. As they came up on the scene of an injured subject, the new firefighter (who was previously a medic) spouted off in medical terminology what he needed, as the medics arrived. One of the medics snidely remarked, “Sounds like someone’s been watching too much _ER_.” There was another episode that showed them watching _ER_, so it’s obviously a TV show in their world. A few years later, they did a crossover episode where Susan Lewis, a character from _ER_, and came to New York and enlisted the help of several cops on _Third Watch_ to help find her missing sister and niece. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/39 "2006-01-18T13:37:41Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > The three people in my kitchen reminded me that _Jeopardy!_ and the _Tonight Show with Johnny Carson_ both existed in the _Cheers_ world as well. > > I don’t remember, but I assume \*This Old House \* existed in the _Home Improvement_ world, given Tim’s rivalry with Bob Vila. **This Old House** existed on **Cheers** – one episode involved the people at the bar watching one of their friends on TV, while keeping it secret from Carla (? I think). So they kept switching to **This Old House** when she came into the room. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2006, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464/40 "2006-01-18T13:42:16Z")
The non-existent cartoon, _The Brown Hornet_, existed in the fictional universe of _Fat Albert_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-tv-shows-exist-in-the-universes-of-other-tv-shows/340464.md?page=3)