View Full Version : Fictional TV Shows on real TV Shows


opus
01-28-2026, 11:57 PM
(this was a Jeopardy category tonight)

Basically, name fictional TV shows that appeared or got mentioned on real TV shows.

For instance:

30 Rock had The Girlie Show

The Flintstones had The Happy Housewife

Merry24
01-29-2026, 12:48 AM
I remember 8 Simple Rules was on Three’s Company.

Newhart was on The Bob Newhart Show (Get the joke)! lol

I remember Ben from Growing Pains was on an episode where he was having surgery and he had to name his favorite shows he mentioned Who’s The Boss? & Moonlighting but couldn’t name the show in between that being Growing Pains.The Professor from Gilligans Island was on Growing Pains.


Just The Ten Of Us was on Growing Pains. Growing Pains was on Just The Ten Of Us as Mike gave Coach Lubbock a call. Also Coach & Elizabeth we’re watching TV talking about they just got done watching Perfect Strangers & Full House & Mr.Belvedere and that funny show after Mr.Belvedere that being Just The Ten Of Us.

Password of the 80’s didn’t stars come out in Character

Mamas Family was on Family Feud

227 was on Family Feud & Wheel Of Fortune

Empty Nest was on The Golden Girls and Vise Versa.

Happy Days was on Laverne & Shirley and Vise Versa.

The Cosby Show was on A Different World.

The Andy Griffith Show was on Gomer Pyle.

Hi Honey I’m Home was on the black and white shows on NICK at NITE.

The Brady Bunch was on Day By Day. Or Day By Day was on The Brady Bunch.

Davey Jones from The Monkees started Sinning Here We Come Walking Down the Street we get the funniest looks from everyone we meet on My Two Dads.Than they forgot the rest of the words lol.

The Monkees were on Laugh-In.

Dennis Mitchell & Mr.George Wilson from Dennis the Menace we’re on The Donna Reed Show.

Alan Brady's Hair
01-29-2026, 10:44 AM
The Flintstones had The Happy Housewife

Cancelled when another network threatened to star Fred as The Neglected Husband.

Mary Tyler Moore Show had The Happy Homemaker.

opus
01-29-2026, 01:22 PM
The Dick Van Dyke Show had The Alan Brady Show

merlinjones
01-29-2026, 04:19 PM
Buffy and Jody always watched Captain Hippopotamus.

stevea
01-29-2026, 04:41 PM
Mamas Family was on Family Feud

Mama was on Jeopardy.

For a fictional show within a real show, Home Improvement had the fictional show Tooltime.

opus
01-29-2026, 05:30 PM
The Simpsons has The Krusty The Clown Show which in turn has The Itchy And Scratchy Show

stevea
01-29-2026, 06:24 PM
On Diff'rent Strokes Sam went on a fictional kid show in season 7 or 8, but I don't remember the name of it.

DJM77
01-29-2026, 11:31 PM
On Diff'rent Strokes Sam went on a fictional kid show in season 7 or 8, but I don't remember the name of it.

Sandy Squirrel

Merry24
01-30-2026, 10:32 PM
The Brady Bunch
Mystery Show (Rerun)
Soap Opera on Lance & Sandra Quality of a Home
Travel Show
Ball Scores
Wrestling Match
Story on Cinderella
The Lucy Show
The Bold Ones
Perry Mason (Reruns)
The Early News
Movie (Babysitters episode)
News
Cartoon King Show
Revenge Of The Potato People
Humphrey Bogart Movies
Football games
Talent a Dog has
Jesse James Movie
The Amature Hour (Silver Platters)
Question The Kids Show

opus
02-01-2026, 12:24 AM
Wake Up San Francisco on Full House.

And Uncle Joey did a kids show but I don’t remember the name. I think he was a park ranger or something like that.

Zoneboy
02-01-2026, 04:02 AM
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids - The Brown Hornet

JamesG
02-01-2026, 09:41 AM
A few were the titles of the actual show:

The Larry Sanders Show on The Larry Sanders Show
Sports Night on Sports Night

brianjohnson1984
02-01-2026, 01:05 PM
Wake Up San Francisco on Full House.

And Uncle Joey did a kids show but I don’t remember the name. I think he was a park ranger or something like that.

Ranger Joe

opus
02-01-2026, 05:21 PM
Another Full House one is Joey did a sitcom pilot with Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon called Surf’s Up. It wasn’t picked up but got retooled into a same named animated series with Annette, Frankie, and Joey doing the voices.

And then after this one episode we never heard about it again.

24/7 reruns
02-01-2026, 07:30 PM
Young Sheldon had Professor Proton.
The Jetsons had Nimbus the Great and Spaceboy Zoom, and his dog Astro
The Munsters had Zombo
Newhart had Vermont Today

24/7 reruns
02-01-2026, 07:35 PM
I remember 8 Simple Rules was on Three’s Company.

Newhart was on The Bob Newhart Show (Get the joke)! lol

I remember Ben from Growing Pains was on an episode where he was having surgery and he had to name his favorite shows he mentioned Who’s The Boss? & Moonlighting but couldn’t name the show in between that being Growing Pains.The Professor from Gilligans Island was on Growing Pains.


Just The Ten Of Us was on Growing Pains. Growing Pains was on Just The Ten Of Us as Mike gave Coach Lubbock a call. Also Coach & Elizabeth we’re watching TV talking about they just got done watching Perfect Strangers & Full House & Mr.Belvedere and that funny show after Mr.Belvedere that being Just The Ten Of Us.

Password of the 80’s didn’t stars come out in Character

Mamas Family was on Family Feud

227 was on Family Feud & Wheel Of Fortune

Empty Nest was on The Golden Girls and Vise Versa.

Happy Days was on Laverne & Shirley and Vise Versa.

The Cosby Show was on A Different World.

The Andy Griffith Show was on Gomer Pyle.

Hi Honey I’m Home was on the black and white shows on NICK at NITE.

The Brady Bunch was on Day By Day. Or Day By Day was on The Brady Bunch.

Davey Jones from The Monkees started Sinning Here We Come Walking Down the Street we get the funniest looks from everyone we meet on My Two Dads.Than they forgot the rest of the words lol.

The Monkees were on Laugh-In.

Dennis Mitchell & Mr.George Wilson from Dennis the Menace we’re on The Donna Reed Show.

Not sure if you got the idea of this. I think the idea is list a tv show that had another one with in it. Example. Home Improvement had Tool Time.

24/7 reruns
02-01-2026, 07:37 PM
The Brady Bunch
Mystery Show (Rerun)
Soap Opera on Lance & Sandra Quality of a Home
Travel Show
Ball Scores
Wrestling Match
Story on Cinderella
The Lucy Show
The Bold Ones
Perry Mason (Reruns)
The Early News
Movie (Babysitters episode)
News
Cartoon King Show
Revenge Of The Potato People
Humphrey Bogart Movies
Football games
Talent a Dog has
Jesse James Movie
The Amature Hour (Silver Platters)
Question The Kids Show
How does this list fit into this?

scotchnh2o
02-01-2026, 11:05 PM
Let it ride. He's on a roll...

JamesG
02-07-2026, 12:53 PM
The Morning Show on The Morning Show

opus
02-08-2026, 12:11 AM
Updated the title to clarify the concept

biffbronson
02-10-2026, 10:47 AM
Family Affair: The twins watch "Captain Hippopotamus"

The Beverly Hillbillies: Granny watches "Marshal Quirt Manly: Two-Gun Tamer of the Wild West"