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Old 01-28-2026, 11:57 PM   #1
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Default Fictional TV Shows on real TV Shows

(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

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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.
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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.
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The Dick Van Dyke Show had The Alan Brady Show
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Buffy and Jody always watched Captain Hippopotamus.
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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.
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The Simpsons has The Krusty The Clown Show which in turn has The Itchy And Scratchy Show
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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.
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The Brady Bunch
Mystery Show (Rerun)
Soap Opera on Lance & Sandra Quality of a Home
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Ball Scores
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Story on Cinderella
The Lucy Show
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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.
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A few were the titles of the actual show:

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