List of fictional television shows

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Below is a list of television shows that have been made up in real television shows or other media. Characters who work in television are interesting to viewers. An early example of the show within a show format was The Jack Benny Program which had been popular on radio and took the same format to the new medium of television.[1]

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[edit] Fictional television programs

[edit] 30 Rock

  • The Girlie Show / TGS with Tracy Jordan - a live sketch show on which most of the main characters work
  • America's Kidz Got Singing - a reality competition show with singing children
  • America's Next Top Pirate
  • America's Next Top Black Guy
  • Are You Stronger Than a Dog?
  • Bitch Hunter - an action-drama starring Will Ferrell
  • Black Frasier - a parody of Frasier with an all-black cast.
  • Chums - a British show about Russ and Rebecca (not Ross and Rachel from Friends)
  • Gals on the Town - a failed NBC show starring Aisha Tyler, Terri Polo and Lindsay Price (a parody of Lipstick Jungle and Cashmere Mafia)
  • Gold Case - a game show similar to Deal or No Deal, with host John McEnroe
  • I'm a Celebrity Dog - Get Me Out ARF Here - a show with Simon Barron's canine clients
  • Let's Stay Together - a sitcom about a black family in the 1970s, featuring a talking dog
  • Los Amantes Clandestinos - a Spanish-language telenovela, in Season 3, episode "Generalissimo"
  • MILF Island - a reality show
  • Queen of Jordan - Angie Jordan’s reality show on Bravo
  • Right On - a talk show focusing on African-American issues
  • Super Computer - a fictional NBC drama which ran from 1975-1975. It is mentioned almost exclusively by the NBC Pages, and apparently spun off at least four other more successful NBC series.
  • Sports Shouting

[edit] Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog

  • Edgar Eagle
  • Lifestyles of the Very Good - parody of Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous that is taken over by Robotnik in one episode and, over the course of said episode, is retitled Lifestyles of the Sick and Twisted and later Lifestyles of Robotnik Only

[edit] The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3

  • The Adventures of Mighty Plumber - Mario and Luigi's favorite show

[edit] The Amanda Show

  • Judge Trudy - parody of Judge Judy
  • Moody's Point

[edit] American Dad!

  • Mind Quad - a quad amputee's limbs were not blown off but "blown in" to his mind. He has telekinetic powers that he uses to escape the VA hospital where he been in a coma since his accident.

[edit] Americathon

  • Americathon - A 30-day long telethon to prevent national bankruptcy.
  • Both Father and Mother - A situation comedy about a cross-dressing single father.
  • The Schlong Show - A briefly mentioned game show (a parody of The Gong Show) where contestants are judged by their reproductive organs.

[edit] Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain

  • Baloney and Kids - parody of Barney and Friends
  • Gyp-Parody - parody of Jeopardy! that Brain attempts to win at in one episode
  • The Meany and Treacle Show - parody of Beany and Cecil starring "Big Ears" and "Noodle Noggin", Pinky and the Brain in disguise
  • Nobody Likes Home Movies - briefly mentioned in the Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain episode "That's Edutainment!"

[edit] A.N.T. Farm

  • High Heels High
  • America Needs Talent
  • Yo, I'm from Jersey
  • Brainy Bunch

[edit] Arrested Development

  • Acceso Mexico - a Spanish-language entertainment show
  • El Amor Prohibido - a Spanish-language soap opera
  • Hindsight with John Beard - news show on FOX 6
  • Mock Trial with J. Reinhold - a courtroom show starring actor Judge Reinhold
  • Scandalmakers - show reenacting the latest scandals
  • Skating with Celebrities - tagline: "Train Wreck on Ice!" (later made into an actual show)
  • World's Worst Drivers - a Fox reality show
  • Wrench - starring Moses Taylor (Rob Corddry) as Detective Frank Wrench

[edit] At Last the 1948 Show

  • The Willetts of Littlehampton, from series 1, episode 3
  • Topic, from series 1, episode 3

[edit] Babylon 5

[edit] Batman: The Animated Series

  • The Gray Ghost - An old TV series about a superhero that was watched by a young Bruce Wayne and his father. (Has nothing to do with the real show of the same name.)

[edit] Big Time Rush

[edit] The Big Snit

  • Sawing for Teens

[edit] Bonkers

  • Scotland Yard 911 - an animated cop show starring Bonkers D. Bobcat

[edit] Brookside

  • Meadowcroft - soap opera watched by the cast (and made by students on work placements with Mersey Television). Meadowcroft was an original working title for the real Brookside.
  • The Magic Rabbits - cartoon watched by Ducksy, Gizmo, Barry and Terry.

[edit] Calefare

  • Road to Liberation - a miniseries about Singapore set during World War II that the show's main characters are take part on as extras.

[edit] Caprica

  • Backtalk with Baxter Sarno - political comedy show originating on the planet Caprica

[edit] The Cleveland Show

  • Dat's What I Was Tellin' You Before! - a sitcom for African-Americans written by Caucasians, based on what Caucasians think African-Americans watch on television
  • Rather Early - a public-access morning television show hosted by Dan Rather

[edit] Codename: Kids Next Door

  • Doctor Time-Space and the Continuums - a parody of Doctor Who

[edit] Cory in the House

  • That's So Pooshnik - Parody of That's So Raven. Seen in Meena's country Bahavia.

[edit] The Critic

[edit] C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America

  • Better Homes and Plantations
  • Leave it to Beulah - a variant of Beulah
  • Runaway - COPS-like show featuring runaway slaves
  • That's My Boy - racist TV show featuring Willie Coon as Cleophus
  • Uncle Tom and Friends - an award-winning children's series

[edit] CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  • Astro Quest - sci-fi TV program, parody of Star Trek
  • Hard Crime - reality/documentary series about criminal investigations

[edit] Daria

  • Sick, Sad World - a television newsmagazine featuring strange stories

[edit] The Day Today

  • The Bureau - soap opera set in a Bureau de Change
  • Attitudes Night - a themed night on programmes on changing attitudes which included:
    • Hanging From Studio B12 - the last televised hanging on British television
    • Frampton Road - the first drama to use swearing
    • Scrutineer - a documentary documenting the rise of fellatio
    • Them Next Door - parody of Love Thy Neighbour
    • Kiddystare - parody of Minipops
  • Question Time: Live from Wembley Stadium - Real programme but with an over the top venue.
  • Cam Fam - documentary of a family with cameras implanted into their heads
  • Rok TV News - a parody of MTV News
  • In The Dentists Chair - documentary where Richard Branson was interviewed on the dentist's chair
  • John Fashanu - documentary about the then Wimbledon FC footballer
  • Sorted - public information film on what to do when your dad dies

[edit] The Dick Van Dyke Show

  • The Alan Brady Show[2]
  • Pay As You Go, a game show on which Laura Petrie inadvertantly reveals that her husband's boss, Alan Brady, wears a toupee.[3]

[edit] Doctor Who

[edit] Drake and Josh

  • Susana Louisiana - Parody of Hannah Montana.
  • The Dr. Phyllis Show - Parody of The Dr. Phil Show.
  • Drew & Jerry - Parody of Drake & Josh.
  • Celebrities Underwater - show in which celebrities are timed how long they can stay underwater. There are also other challenges, seen when Justin Timberlake was attacked by a lobster. (Also seen on iCarly).
  • Happy Times - Parody of several sitcoms from the 1970s and 1980s. Title was a combination of both Happy Days and Good Times.
  • OR - Parody of ER.
  • Pump My Room - A possible reality show that Drake & Josh got scammed by. Parody of Pimp My Ride.
  • Dude I'm 16 - A show on MTV that one of Drake & Josh's friends has a party on. Parody of My Super Sweet 16.
  • Outrageous Cheerleading Accidents
  • Good Morning Today - Parody of Good Morning America & The Today Show.
  • Search For The Stars
  • FBI's Most Wanted - Parody of America's Most Wanted.
  • Extreme Housewives - Parody of Desperate Housewives.

[edit] Earthworm Jim

[edit] Entourage

[edit] Extras

  • When the Whistle Blows - Andy Millman's successful but critically panned sitcom (series 2).

[edit] Family Guy

  • Battlestar Galactica Forum - local access
  • Bobcat or Björk - game show in which contestants must figure out if a three-second sound bite is comedian Bobcat Goldthwait or singer Björk Guðmundsdóttir.
  • Cheeky Bastard - sitcom starring Brian and Stewie airing on PTV.
  • Class Holes - sitcom starring James Woods.
  • The Communists - sitcom that features a family with Eastern European accents making puns about Communism
  • Cutting in Line in Front of Italians
  • Daggermouth and Boom Boom - Nickelodeon cartoon (Nicktoon)
  • Damn Nature, You Scary! - BET nature show with running commentary by an excited but scared man.
  • Diane! - local daytime talk show
  • douchebags - Jackass parody airing on PTV.
  • Fast Animals, Slow Children - Fox
  • G.I. Jose: A Real Mexican Hero - Parody of "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero".
  • Gumbel 2 Gumbel: Beach Justice - cop drama starring Bryant Gumbel and Greg Gumbel.
  • Handi Quacks - Animated pilot Peter & Chris develop without much help from Meg
  • Hitler - Talk show starring Adolf Hitler
  • Homicide: Life on Sesame Street - Peter's hallucination of "Bert" from Sesame Street as a homicide detective
  • How I Met Your Father - parody of How I Met Your Mother
  • Japanese Girls Think Small Versions of Things are Really Cute
  • Jolly Farm Revue - BBC kids' show. Stewie travels to Europe to meet the show's supposedly jovial host, who is anything but in person.
  • KISS Forum - local access talk show, host is the same as the Battlestar show (This show actually did exist on RI Public access.)
  • KISS Saves Santa
  • Midnight Q - TV show hosted by Glen Quagmire airing on PTV.
  • Mhmmm
  • My Black Son - sitcom Peter made in his mind with Emanuel Lewis playing his son.
  • Quahog Creek - show starring Peter Griffin and Carter Pewterschmidt. (parody of Dawson's Creek)
  • That Black Guy Must Be Doing Well Because Everything He Owns Is White
  • The Real Live Griffins - reality show
  • Robert - Everybody Loves Raymond spin-off.
  • Rodney King of Queens
  • The Scooby-Doo Murder Files - parody of Scooby-Doo cartoons
  • Sherry and the Anus - inane sitcom
  • The Side Boob Hour - a PTV show hosted by Peter Griffin
  • Two and a HALF men - two men and the upper section of a man to form two and a half men, parody of Two and a Half Men
  • Who Wants to Marry Corky from Life Goes On?"
  • World's Sluttiest Dogs - FOX TV

[edit] Fantasy Island

  • Jungle Man - action/adventure program which featured the exploits of a Tarzan-like character.

[edit] Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

  • The Brown Hornet - A superhero program often mirroring the plot of the "Fat Albert" episode.

[edit] Father Ted

  • Father Ben - A sitcom watched by Ted and Dougal, which is exactly like Father Ted.

[edit] FlashForward

[edit] The Flintstones

  • Beat the Sundial - game show, a prehistoric version of Beat the Clock
  • The Ed Sulleystone Show - variety show, a parody of The Ed Sullivan Show
  • The Happy Housewife - a short-lived cooking show that starred Wilma Flintstone
  • Hum Along With Herman - parody of Sing Along With Mitch
  • The Prize is Priced - game show, a parody of The Price is Right
  • Peek-A-Boo Camera - parody of Candid Camera
  • Shinrock - a teen dance show, a parody of Shindig!
  • Superstone - a superhero show
  • The Yogi Cave Bear Show - a parody of The Yogi Bear Show; in the episode Glue for Two, Fred Flintstone's irate reply to one character's attempt at wit is "If I want laughs, I'll call Yogi Bear!" Ironicially, Yogi and Boo-Boo made a cameo in one episode where they succeeded in stealing the Flintstones' picnic basket at a modern stone age version of Jellystone Park.

[edit] For Your Consideration

  • Hollywood Now - television entertainment news show

[edit] Forgetting Sarah Marshall

  • Crime Scene: Scene of the Crime - a CSI-like television show

[edit] Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends

  • The Loved and the Loveless - soap opera
  • Lauren is Explorin - Parody of Dora the Explorer.

[edit] Freakazoid!

[edit] Friends

  • Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E - extremely short-lived crime drama/sci-fi program. Joey Tribbiani was the star.
  • Bamboozel - a quiz starring Joey Tribbiani.

[edit] The Frost Report

  • Frost Over England

[edit] Full House

  • Wake Up, San Francisco
  • Ranger Joe (originally Ranger Roy)
  • Surf's Up (live-action pilot; animated series)
  • The Mr. Egghead Show

[edit] Futurama

[edit] The Golden Girls

  • Grab That Dough - A game show that the girls compete on to win some money.

[edit] Good Luck Charlie

  • The Buttercups - Charlie's new favorite show after she did not get to see The Gurgles in concert.
  • The Gurgles
  • Celebrity Petcastle - A show where celebrities showcase their pets.
  • Shake it up Chigago - Which is used in a Disney Channel Oringal Show Shake It Up (TV series)
  • Higgins and Zork - Bob's and Mrs. Dabney's favorite show.

[edit] Goodness Gracious Me

  • The Book Programme

[edit] Hannah Montana

  • Are You Dumber Than a Dog? - spoof(s) Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
  • Wake Up, It's Wendy - spoof(s) The Wendy Williams Show
  • Mac and Mickey - spoof(s) Regis & Kelly
  • The Real Deal with Colin Lasiter
  • Singing with the Stars - A show Amber competes on to sing with Hannah. Probably a parody of Dancing with the Stars.
  • The Teeny Awards
  • Zombie High
  • Top Rockers - A show that Miley goes on as Hannah Montana after messing up the National Anthem at a Laker game.
  • The Taylor Kingsford Show - A show that Miley & Lilly go on, as Hannah & Lola.
  • Teen Court - Probably a parody of People's Court. A show teens go on to have problems sorted out.

[edit] Histeria!

[edit] Home Improvement

[edit] Hope & Faith

  • Days of Our Love - a parody of Days of Our Lives, in which The Sacred and the Sinful was said to have done a crossover with
  • Good Morning Glen Falls - a morning news program in which Faith Fairfield (played by Kelly Ripa) substituted for an extremely inebriated weatherman who literally fell down drunk; she was for a short time employed as the show's weathergirl and dated the show's anchor (played by Dean Cain)
  • The Sacred and the Sinful - a soap opera in which Faith Fairfield won two Daytime Emmys for, was fired from and whose sets she accidentally burned down after burning her contract in a sign of disgust over being fired from the show; title is a parody of The Young and the Restless or The Bold and the Beautiful

[edit] Horrid Henry

  • Mutant Max
  • Rapper Zapper
  • Rapper Zapper Marathon
  • Duppy Duckling
  • The Singing Cars
  • Fluffy Fairies
  • Terminator Gladiator
  • Gross-Out
  • Class 0
  • Gross Class 0
  • Happy Hippos
  • Gross Class 0 Meets Terminator Gladiator
  • Kid Swap (parody of Wife Swap)
  • World Chess Championships
  • World Lying Down Championships
  • Tiddly Winks Championships
  • The Star Factor
  • The Other Way Round
  • The Happy Nappy
  • The Duppy Duckling's Dancing Nappies
  • The Carbroom Mansion

[edit] How I Met Your Mother

  • Million Dollar Heads or Tails (Hosted by Alex Trebeck taped in New York City. The game is essentially coin flipping. The game allows contestants to poll the audience, which will presumably split 50/50. The show references two shows Philbin actually hosted; Million Dollar Password and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.)
  • Space Teens - Educational children's program from Canada that aired in the 1990s. Its purpose was to teach kids math, but it was filled with unintentional sexual innuendos. The show starred Robin Scherbatsky as Robin Sparkles.
  • Milky Way Mathletes - a rival children's program that Robin mentioned as trying to sue Space Teens for stealing their idea.

[edit] Howard the Duck

[edit] Humf

  • Super Tiger

[edit] iCarly

  • America Sings - a singing competition that is an obvious parody of American Idol, in which real-life former Idol runner-up David Archuleta was seen as a contestant and won the competition as a result of Carly and Sam urging viewers of their web show to vote for him in the competition
  • Celebrities Under Water - a "reality" game show where has-been celebrities see who can hold their breath underwater the longest.
  • iCarly - a television version of the real-life series' titular web show, which initially borrowed the format of Carly and Sam's web show (however with a house band, a la what is commonly used on a late night talk show) seen in the season one episode "iCarly Saves TV", but head of the network the series is sold to makes numerous changes such as the addition of a Barney the Dinasour-type character named Zeebo and the firing of Carly's co-host Sam (who is replaced by a prima donna child actress); Freddie and Carly both quit the show afterwards due to their dislike of the changes, and the show is retooled into a sitcom featuring Zeebo and the actress, with Carly, Sam and Freddie becoming legally able to do their show on the internet in its original form
  • Totally Terri - a sitcom that parodies iCarly airing on The Dingo Channel (likely a parody of Disney Channel, the rival of iCarly's parent network Nickelodeon), which caused Carly and Sam to go to the offices of Dingo Channel to get the writers of Totally Terri to stop stealing the material used on their web show; eventually using blackmail (threatening to disclose that the channel kept the frozen head of the company's founder in the building)
  • Girly Cow- Parody of SpongeBob SquarePants (Also on Zoey 101)
  • Food Fight with Ricky Flame - Cooking show that is a parody of Throwdown with Bobby Flay.

[edit] The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius

  • Ultra Lord
  • Llama Palooza

[edit] Johnny Bravo

  • Bikini Bungee Jumping
  • Clam-League 9000 - Parody of Pokémon and Dragon Ball Z.
  • Kung-Fu Guy
  • Thong Patrol

[edit] The Jeffersons

[edit] Joey

  • Deep Powder - TV drama that starred Joey Tribbiani. The show was described as Baywatch on skis. His character was killed off after he became too demanding on the set.

[edit] Kappa Mikey

  • LilyMu

[edit] Kim Possible

  • Agony County - a soap opera that Kim and Ron were watching in Bad Boy
  • Evil Eye for the Bad Guy - a parody of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy centering around villains featured as one of the many shows that the main characters take part in when they are sucked into the world of cable TV in the episode Dimension Twist
  • The Fearless Ferret - parody of the 1960s Batman series that was cancelled after two seasons as two of its actors spent most of their lives afterwards believing they were truly their characters
  • Pals - another TV show featured in Dimension Twist
  • Monkey Island - featured in Dimension Twist

[edit] The King of Comedy

[edit] King of the Hill

  • Los Dias y Las Noches de Monsignor Martinez - Random clips of these Spanish-language TV episodes feature a Mexican Catholic Monsignor behaving as a typical 1980s era gun-toting action hero. The monsignor always says "Vaya con Dios" before gunning down his adversaries.

[edit] Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • 60 - parody of 24, in which each episode is one second of a minute-long story
  • Blackberry Street Challenge
  • Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory - Vatican game show where three priests try to correctly state whether a celebrity will go to Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory.
  • Man-Babies in Shopping Carts
  • Out-Drink the Robot
  • Pop Up Surprise - A gameshow where the contestants are babies
  • Stackenblocken - German game show where contestants have to arrange items on a dresser in right angles
  • Stereotypes on Dirt Bikes
  • The Botchelor
  • Yay/Boo the Bear
  • Misplaced - Parody of Lost

[edit] Lost

  • Exposé - An American crime show shot in Australia. Similar to VIP and Charlie's Angels. The show follows the adventures of two crime fighting strippers named Crystal and Autumn. Nikki Fernandez, who was on Oceanic 815 guest starred as fellow crime fighting stripper Corvette. In Nikki's final episode it is revealed that the girls mentor Mr LaShade, played by Billy Dee Williams, is also the shows main villain The Cobra. Expose is also shown in South Korea.

[edit] Mad

[edit] Married... with Children

  • Psycho Dad, a western-type series that Al Bundy is a fan of and was referenced to in several episodes, which prompts him and his "NO MA'AM" group to go to Washington to plead the FCC's case against the show's violent content after finding out that it was cancelled.
  • The New Adventures of Psycho Dad
  • Psycho Mom, a spinoff of Psycho Dad
  • You Can't Miss, a Dating Game-style show on which Bud appears. On the fictional game, the choosing bachelorette can go on a second date with the winning bachelor (in this case, Bud), or the show's residential hunk.
  • The Masculine Feminist, a talk show hosted by Jerry Springer, which Al Bundy and his group "NO MA'AM" take over during the show and bound and gag Springer to a chair.
  • Peas in a Pod - satire of "Married... with Children" itself; Kelly auditions for a sitcom role, and the producers base the series on her reminiscences of her family life. "Peas In a Pod" is canceled after 'some woman in Michigan' initiates a boycott against its sponsors, parodying a real life (but unsuccessful) boycott against "Married... with Children."
  • Touchdown Trivia, a sports trivia game
  • Kelly becomes briefly famous and sees the following TV show posters along the wall:
    • Ellen and Her Dog
    • Spike La Bee, New York City School Teacher
    • Art Alente, P.I.
    • Black Cop, White Girl
    • Me and the Shiksha
    • The Homeless Detective
    • Amos and Andrew

[edit] Marvel Comics

  • It's Just So Sprite - sitcom on Tweenie Channel, starring "Colin" (really Sprite from the Eternals) as seen in Eternals vol. 3 (2006)

[edit] The Mary Tyler Moore Show

  • Chuckles the Clown - Locally produced children's show mentioned in several episodes. His death, when he is trampled by an elephant while wearing a "Peter Peanut" costume, was the basis for the episode Chuckles Bites the Dust.
  • WJM-TV Evening News – Minneapolis news show on which many of the main characters worked[4]
  • The Happy Homemaker – Cooking show on WJM starring Sue Ann Nivens

[edit] Mock the Week

[edit] Monk

  • The Cooper Clan - 1960s era sitcom, parody of The Brady Bunch
  • Treasure Chest - Trivia based game show produced by Monk's father-in-law who suspects its champion is cheating.

[edit] The Monkees

  • The Captain Crocodile Show - Children's program spoofing Captain Kangaroo. (From the episode "Captain Crocodile"; oddly, this parallels Charles Nelson Reilly's later show Uncle Croc's Block.)
  • The Dr. Sisters Show - Psychiatric advice program (Hosted by Dr. Lorraine Sisters). From the episode "The Monkees Get Out More Dirt."
  • Frogman - The Monkees perform a fantasy sequence spoofing the 1960s series Batman in the episode "Captain Crocodile".
  • Monkees Shopping Land - Actually, a fictional TV network, spoofing The Home Shopping Network in their 1997 ABC-TV special Hey, Hey, It's the Monkees.
  • Ted Hack's Original Amateur Hour - Parody of Ted Mack's Original Amateur Hour from the episode "Too Many Girls".
  • To Tell a Fib - The Monkees spoof the game show To Tell the Truth in the episode "Captain Crocodile".
  • What's My Scene? - The Monkees parody this spoof of game show What's My Line also in "Captain Crocodile".

[edit] Monty Python's Flying Circus

  • Blackmail!, from episode 18, "Live from the Grill-O-Mat"
  • Boxing Tonight, from episode 37, "Dennis Moore"
  • Dad's Doctor, from episode 38, "A Book at Bedtime"
  • Dad's Pooves, from episode 38, "A Book at Bedtime"
  • Farming Club, from episode 28, "Mr. and Mrs. Brian Norris' Ford Popular"
  • Historical Impersonations, from 13, "It's the Arts"
  • Is There?, from episode 36, "E. Henry Thripshaw's Disease"
  • It's a Living, from episode 19, "It's a Living"
  • It's the Arts, from episode 1, "Whither Canada?"
  • It's the Mind, from episode 16, "Déjà Vu"
  • It's Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, from episode 1, "Whither Canada?"
  • Limestone Dear Limestone, from episode 38, "A Book at Bedtime"
  • The Money Programme, from episode 29 "The Money Programme"
  • Nationwide, from episode 43, "Hamlet"
  • On the Dad's Liver Bachelors at Large, from episode 38, "A Book at Bedtime"
  • Prejudice, from episode 37, "Dennis Moore"
  • Probe Around, from episode 13, "It's the Arts"
  • The Ratings Game, from episode 38, "A Book at Bedtime"
  • Storage Jars, from episode 33, "Sam Peckinpah's 'Salad Days'"
  • Up the Palace, from episode 38, "A Book at Bedtime"

[edit] Morning Glory

[edit] The Muppet Show and Muppets Tonight

[edit] Murphy Brown

  • FYI - a news show Murphy works for[2]

[edit] My Name Is Earl

[edit] Nancy Drew

[edit] Network

  • The Howard Beale Show - a program where the near-mad former newscaster gives his rants to the public
  • The Mao Tse Tung Hour - a reality television program about revolutionary terrorists
  • UBS Evening News - Nightly newscast of the Union Broadcasting System

[edit] Newhart

  • Book Talk
  • Pearl's Kitchen
  • Pirate Pete's Cartoon Lagoon
  • Vermont Today

[edit] Night Court

  • Red Ranger

[edit] Nip/Tuck

  • Hearts and Scalpels
  • Plastic Fantastic

[edit] No More Heroes

  • Bizarre Jelly
  • Bizarre Jelly 5

[edit] The O.C.

  • Briefcase or No Briefcase - a parody of Deal or No Deal
  • Sexy Doctor Drama
  • High Powered Lawyers
  • Police Scientists: Las Vegas.
  • The Valley - A teenage high school drama set inside the teenage high school drama

[edit] One Day (novel) and One Day (film)

  • largin' it[6]
  • Late-Night Lock-In
  • Game On

[edit] Otaku no Video

[edit] Peppa Pig

  • Detective Potato
  • The Amazing Mr. Potato - a Parody of The Amazing Race
  • The Mr. Potato Show

[edit] Phineas and Ferb

  • Caveman - A documentary that inspires Phineas and Ferb to unfreeze a real caveman
  • Dr. Feelbetter - Parody of Dr. Phil aired on SSSN
  • The Pinhead Pierre Show - Ferb dad's favorite show.

[edit] Pokémon

  • Sinnoh Now
  • Pokémon Hustle

[edit] Pulp Fiction

  • Fox Force Five - a failed TV pilot

[edit] PBS Kids

[edit] Quantum Leap

  • Time Patrol - a 1950s children's show

[edit] Red Dwarf

  • Androids - a soap, watched by Kryten, starring Androids and other robots.

[edit] Remington Steele

  • Atomic Man - a 1960s superhero-themed TV show

[edit] The Ren and Stimpy Show

  • The Muddy Mudskipper Show
  • The Haggis McHaggis Show

[edit] RoboCop

  • Bixby Snyder's "It's Not My Problem!"[7]
  • Media Break
  • T.J. Lazer

[edit] Robot Chicken

[edit] The Running Man

  • The Running Man The novel and the film describe alternate versions of a game show in which convicted criminals are chased by "hunters" from the television network and can win their freedom if they evade the hunters.

[edit] Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

  • Guess the Family Secret - A game show hosted by Monty Hall that Sabrina conjures up with Mrs. Quick on the show so she can find out what the family secret is faster.
  • The True Love Game Show - A game show hosted by Peter Marshall that Sabrina goes on after Harvey gets turned into a frog.

[edit] Saturday Night Live

[edit] Seinfeld

  • Jerry, the infamous self-parody of the show itself. A major plot point in Season 4 of Seinfeld.[8] Features all the characters of Seinfeld but played by different actors. It lasted for 1 episode.
  • Super Terrific Happy Hour, a Japanese television show that featured Jerry in the opening credits.

[edit] Sex and the City

  • Jules and Mimi

[edit] The Shari Show

  • Captain Person (Parody of Captain Kangaroo, a children's show with a kangaroo host)

[edit] Shake It Up

  • Shake It Up Chicago
  • Really, You Call That Dancing?

[edit] Shrek 2

  • Knights - Parody of Cops. Broadcast on magic mirrors.

[edit] The Simpsons

See also: Media in The Simpsons

[edit] Sliders

  • The People's Court - is the highest court in the land in a Soviet-ruled America instead of a small claims court
  • Hanging with Mrs. Cooper
  • The Fresh Princess of Bel Air
  • Dragnet: The Next Generation
  • Skipper's Island (version of Gilligan's Island, possibly in current production, on an alternate Earth in one episode - the Skipper was as "goofy" as Gilligan in the normal Earth)
  • Mighty Morphin Texas Rangers (parody of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
  • Judgement Game - is a game show where people are put on trial for crimes, including murder. The studio audience votes on guilt or innocence, and if found guilty, the defendant must choose one of three doors to win a "prize" (sentence). (Reference: Dead Man Sliding)
  • Lipschitz Live! - is a Jerry Springer style talk show. A large number of people on this alternate Earth are constantly watching this show. (Reference: episode titled Lipschitz Live!)
  • Mindgame - is a televised sports game similar to the game go, where the player must answer questions while holding a ball and prevent from being tagged. (Reference: episode Eggheads (Sliders))

[edit] Sonny With a Chance

  • Tween Choice Awards-Parody of Teen Choice Awards
  • So Random! - a sketch comedy show that stars Sonny Munroe, Tawni Hart, Nico Harris, Grady Mitchell and Zora Lancaster (five of the six main characters), .
  • Mackenzie Falls - a teen drama that stars Chad Dylan Cooper (the sixth main character), and criticizes So Random!, saying they are not real actors (a parody of popular teen dramas, though its title is suggested by Dawson's Creek).
  • Teen Gladiators
  • Meal or No Meal - a parody of Deal or No Deal
  • Hoosier Girl
  • Millimonia
  • Tween Weekly TV - the entertainment show that Sonny and Chad were both interviewed by.
  • Gotcha with Gilroy Smith - an "evil talkshow (as Sonny called it)" hosted by Gilroy Smith that had Sonny, Tawni and Chad guest starring on it.

[edit] South Park

[edit] Space Ghost Coast to Coast

  • Blood Dumpster - a horredy, not a comedy

[edit] Spitting Image

  • Anderton and God - cop show starring James Anderton and God as two crimefighting policemen
  • Rubinovski and Franks - American cop show about the fictional New York Petty Crime Division
  • You Must Be the Cheque - sitcom about a television screenwriter

[edit] SpongeBob SquarePants

  • The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
  • As the Tide Turns
  • Bikini Bottom News
  • Crustacean Crime Theater
  • Mermaid Man - Parody of Aqua-Man
  • The New Adventures of Mermaidman and Barnacleboy
  • House Fancy - A show Squidward likes.
  • Bikini Bottom Carwash
  • Fab & Fancy - A show Squidward likes that gets canceled.
  • Bikini Bottom Public Access - A TV show & station that gives people TV shows, which is how Squidward got his own show when he found out that they give TV shows to anyone.
  • Squidward Chat - Squidward's own TV show that he gets after asking for it.
  • Squidward's House Party - Squidward's show that gets renamed after it's turned into a party show and Squidward is kicked off of it.

[edit] Spy Kids

[edit] Stargate SG-1

  • Wormhole X-Treme! - sci-fi TV program based on leaked information from the Stargate program
  • Teal'c P.I. - a spoof detective show created by and featuring Teal'c

[edit] The Suite Life of Zack & Cody

  • Risk it All - A game show that Zack & Cody compete on where you win prizes and you can go home with what you have or you can risk it all, there's a question round and then a physical challenge. Possibly a parody of The Price is Right & Press Your Luck.
  • Get Out of Bed Boston - A show Maddie appears on after saving a Morroccan Ambassador's life.
  • Go Dance USA - A dance show that Max & Zack compete on. Probably a parody of Dancing with the Stars.
  • Chunky Mcwilliams - A show Cody watches on his special shoes that have mini TV screens in them.
  • World's Funniest Truck Collisions

[edit] Super Mario World

  • All-Star Prehistoric Tag-Team Wrestling
  • Mr. Koopa's Neighborhood - A children's show advertised by Bowser
  • Koopa Sez' - An exercise program used by Bowser to brainwash people into capturing the Mario Bros.

[edit] That Mitchell and Webb Look

[edit] That's So Raven

  • Hook up my Space - A show where a person can send in a letter about you and why your space needs to be hooked up with a lot of new stuff and cool stuff. Cory sends a letter to these people to try and get back at Raven by destroying her room with stupid & tacky stuff.
  • Captain Cook-Off's Kitchen Challenge - A cooking show hosted by Victor's former cooking school classmate Leonard Stevenson where Leonard challenges cooks to see who can cook a dish better.
  • Oh, That Raven - A TV show that Raven watches when she is hallucinating after eating some of Victor's Grandma's secret recipe soup. It shows her and her friends, along with her principal acting in the show. Parody of I Love Lucy.
  • Oh, That Victor - Even though the title of the show is not shown. Victor watches this show while he's hallucinating similar to the show Raven watched when she hallucinated from eating Grandma's soup but instead of showing Raven in a polka dot dress. Victor was shown in the polka dot dress instead. After seeing this, Victor puts the soup on the coffee table and pushes it away. Parody of I Love Lucy.
  • Undercover Superstar - A TV show hosted by Paula Abdul that has talent scouts go to different schools to search for undiscovered talented people.
  • America's Most Embarrassing Parents - Parody of America's Funniest Home Videos.
  • Kung-Fu Cats
  • The Yolanda Jenkins Show
  • Termidate
  • Revenge of the Babysitter - A show Victor comes up with but gets canceled very fast.
  • Hello, San Francisco
  • Young, Rich & Fabulous
  • Soul Search
  • Better Days - Probably a parody of Happy Days.
  • Psychic Sidekicks - A show and hotline that Raven, Chelsea & Eddie get jobs at so they can get some extra money as the job paid $15 an hour and they will hire anyone as Raven said. This appeared on TV with the phone number on the TV screen as well.
  • Astro Force 5 - A show that Raven's boyfriend Devon really likes and Raven lies about liking it but later confesses to Devon that she does not like it.

[edit] Tiny Toon Adventures

[edit] Transmetropolitan

[edit] The Truman Show

  • The Truman Show a reality show made by filming every moment of the main characters life without his knowledge.

[edit] Twin Peaks

  • Invitation to Love – a soap opera

[edit] Two and a Half Men

  • Stiffs – CSI-type show
  • Oshikuru: Demon Samurai – theme song was written by Charlie. The anime also features in The Big Bang Theory (Episode 3.03)

[edit] The Two Ronnies

[edit] UHF

  • ********** Today
  • Beat the Loan Shark
  • Bowling for Burgers
  • Celebrity Mud Wrestling featuring Mikhail Gorbachev
  • Conan the Librarian
  • Dog Racing from Rio de Janeiro
  • Druids on Parade
  • Eye On Toxic Waste
  • Fun With Dirt
  • Leave it to Bigfoot
  • My Three Mutants
  • Name That Stain
  • Practical Jokes and Bloopers
  • Raoul's Wild Kingdom - sadistic animal show
  • Secrets of the Universe - educational television hosted by the titular station's tech guy.
  • Stanley Spadowski's Clubhouse - bizarre kid's show hosted by man-child janitor Stanley Spadowski
  • Stay Fit! with Spike and Mike
  • Strip Solitaire - game show
  • That's Disgusting!
  • The Flying Pope
  • The Lice is Right
  • The Young and the Dyslexic
  • Those Darn Homos (Deleted Scene)
  • Town Talk - parody of daytime talk a la Geraldo Rivera and Jerry Springer
  • Uncle Nutzi's Clubhouse - failing kids' show
  • Underwater Bingo for Teens
  • Volcano Worshipper's Hour
  • Wheel Of Fish - parody of Wheel of Fortune and Let's Make a Deal
  • Wide World of Tractor Pulls
  • Wonderful World of Phlegm
  • You Bet Your Pink Slip

[edit] Ugly Betty

First season Telenovelas:

Second Season Telenovelas:

Other:

[edit] V

  • Prime Focus

[edit] V for Vendetta

  • A Change of Pace - police drama
  • Interface - news program
  • Storm Saxon - an openly racist action hero show
  • You Have to Laugh - situation comedy

[edit] Victorious

  • The Wood - A new reality show that Tori & some of her friends go on where the producers find students to put on the show and do various things.
  • Up Late with Mack Murphy - A talk show that film director Dale Squires goes on after a short film Tori & her friends work on gets lots of hits and gets very popular.

[edit] Waiting for the Electrician or Someone Like Him

  • Beat the Reaper - A game show where contestants are injected with viruses and must identify the disease within 30 seconds.

[edit] A Week in December

  • It's Madness is which a group of people suffering from mental illness are sent to a 'Big Brother' style house to compete for a course of private treatment.[9]

[edit] The Young Ones

  • Bastard Squad - A cop show

[edit] Zoey 101

  • Girly Cow - Parody of SpongeBob SquarePants. (Also seen on iCarly).
  • Gender Defenders - A new reality game show that Logan's dad comes up with. Zoey and her friends are invited to compete on the first episode of the show and when all the challenges are finished and the girls win. The show is aired on TV and the kids at PCA get to see them on the show. Probably a parody of Battle of the Sexes.
  • Point of View - A show that talks about how bad it is to let a teenager get away with talking to a little boy in an angry tone referring to the angry voicemail Logan left for Dustin because Logan was being impatient for Dustin to bring him what he asked for. Probably a parody of The View.
  • Friday Night Live - A show where Michael & Chase get sued by after doing a bowling pin sketch on their own internet show which Friday Night Live did before on their show but later the lawsuit gets dropped. Parody of Saturday Night Live.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mary Ann Watson (2008), "TV on TV", Defining visions: television and the American experience in the 20th century, Blackwell, p. 140, ISBN 9781405170536 
  2. ^ a b Moore, Frazier (July 7, 1992). "Show-within-a-show: A product of the Make-Believe Network", Associated Press. Reprinted in Spartanburg Herald-Journal, p. C4. Convenience link.
  3. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=s8ARc_7-NtUC&pg=PA231&lpg=PA231&dq=dick+van+dyke+coast+to+coast+big+mouth+pay+as+you+go&source=bl&ots=A_gM7hHrFY&sig=0Rw_YKSlY5vJL-dDSf61vbqffqE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UW4pT5yRCOrw0gGttenFAg&ved=0CG4Q6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=dick%20van%20dyke%20coast%20to%20coast%20big%20mouth%20pay%20as%20you%20go&f=false
  4. ^ a b c Semel, Paul (2006). "Shows Within Shows", MSN.com. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
  5. ^ Punch Teacher at the Muppet Wiki
  6. ^ "The title of the TV show was always spelt in lower case, lower being the more fashionable of the two cases at this time.", One Day by David Nicholls
  7. ^ It's Not My Problem! at the RoboCop Wiki
  8. ^ a b c d (February 1, 1999). "TV eating itself: small screen navel-gazing from The Simpsons to Seinfield", The Observer, p. 2.
  9. ^ http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/inside-a-city-of-dreams-sebastian-faulks-on-money-morality-and-modern-london-1777978.html

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