User:Erik/List of fictional television shows

Below is a list of television shows that have been made up in real television shows or other media.

Fictional TV shows

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, although it has been widely claimed that 'we're watching the magic rabbits' was also a euphemism for consumption of psychedelics.

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

C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America

• That's My Boy - racist TV show featuring Willie Coon as Cleophus
• Better Homes and Plantations
• Runaway - COPS-like show featuring runaway slaves
• Leave it to Beulah
• Uncle Tom and Friends

Dr. Who

• Bear With Me - reality show in which the contestants live with a bear, Doctor Who episode "Bad Wolf"
• Bones & Kay - kids show c. 2010 which coined the word "cruk" in the Doctor Who novel Happy Endings
• Ghostwatch - show reporting ghost appearances in the Doctor Who episode Army of Ghosts
• Nightshade - homage to Quatermass in the Doctor Who novel of the same name.
• The Passing Parade - Nationwide - like current affairs show in the Doctor Who serial "The Daemons"

Extras

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

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.
• The Communists - sitcom that features a family with Eastern European accents making puns about Communism
• Daggermouth and Boom Boom - Nickelodeon cartoon (Nicktoon)
• Diane! - local daytime talk show
• douchebags - Jackass parody airing on PTV.
• Fast Animals, Slow Children - FOX
• Gumbel 2 Gumbel: Beach Justice - cop drama starring Bryant Gumbel and Greg Gumbel.
• Hitler - Talk show staring Adolf Hitler
• Homicide: Life on Sesame Street - Peter's hallucination of "Bert" from Sesame Street as a homicide detective
• 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
• Midnight Q - TV show hosted by Glen Quagmire airing on PTV.
• Quahog Creek - show starring Peter Griffin and Carter Pewterschmidt. (parody of Dawsons Creek)
• The Real Live Griffins - reality show
• Robert - Everybody Loves Raymond spin-off.
• The Scooby-Doo Murder Files - parody of Scooby-Doo cartoons
• Sherry and the Anus - inane sitcom
• 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

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 "Look, if I want laughs, I'll call Yogi Bear!"

Futurama

• All My Circuits - soap opera; parody of All My Children
• Battle of the Network Space Krakens - parody of Battle of the Network Stars
• Beverly Hills, 90210 A.D.
• Celebrity Ape Fight
• Cop Department - parody of COPS
• Date Night - news show hosted by Morbo and Linda
• Down Home Country Kitchen with Helmut Spargel - cooking show
• Entertainment and Earth Invasion Tonite - news magazine show hosted by Morbo and Linda
• The Essence of Elzar - cooking show; parody of Essence of Emeril
• Everybody Loves Hypnotoad - title parody of Everybody Loves Raymond
• Good Morning Earth - morning news show hosted by Morbo and Linda, parody of Good Morning America
• Iron Cook - cooking show, parody of Iron Chef
• Late Night with Humorbot 5.0 - parody of Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• The Real World: The Sun - parody of The Real World
• The Scary Door - Twilight Zone parody
• Single Female Lawyer - 20th century show; parody of Ally McBeal
• The Zombie Osbournes
• This is Crazy

Home Improvement

• Tool Time
• Cooking with Irma
• Knitting with Norm

Kim Possible

• Agony County - a soap opera that Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable were watching in Bad Boy
• Evil Eye for the Bad Guy - a fashion advice show for 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 - cancelled after two seasons, two of its actors spent most of their lives afterwards believing they were truly their characters; featured in the episode The Fearless Ferret
• Pals - another TV show featured in Dimension Twist
• 60 - parody of 24, in which each episode is one second of a minute-long story
• 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
• 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

Married...with Children

• Psycho Dad
• Psycho Mom
• The New Adventures 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 Feminine
• 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 cancelled 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

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".

The Muppet Show and Muppets Tonight

• Bay of Pigs Watch - parody of Baywatch
• Bear on Patrol - cop show starring Fozzie Bear
• EIEIO-R - parody of ER
• Gonzo and Rizzo's Amazing Discoveries
• Muppet Match-Up, parody of The Dating Game. During her guest appearance on Muppets Tonight, it is revealed that Michelle Pfieffer "appeared as a contestant."
• NYPD Green - parody of NYPD Blue
• Pigs in Space - parody of the original Star Trek
• Pigs in Space: Deep Dish Nine, The Next Generation - parody of later Star Trek
• Veterinary Hospital - medical drama, title parodies General Hospital

Robot Chicken

• America's Most Tragic Home Videos parody of America's Funniest Home Videos
• A Day in the Life of the Olsen Twins
• Behind The Music: Electric Mayhem
• A Day in the Life of the Olsen Twins
• Dicks With Time-Machines (Also Heroes with Time-Machines)
• Golden Girls and the City Golden Girls/Sex and the City parody
• The Real World: Metropolis
• Sabrina the Teenage Bitch parody of Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
• Senior Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles parody
• The Six Million Peso Man The Six Million Dollar Man parody
• The Surrealer Life The Surreal Life parody
• Unsolved Case Files Unsolved Mysteries parody
• Two Kirks, a Khan and a Pizza Place parody of Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
• Whalias
• Who Poop Last? Japanese game show
• The World's Most One-Sided Fistfights Caught on Film
• You Can't Do That On Robot Chicken
• Zombie Idol

Saturday Night Live

• ...and a Pizza Place spinoff of Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
• The Antonio Banderas, how do you say? Ah yes, Show
• Appalachian Emergency Room
• As World Turn
• Astronaut Jones
• The Barry Gibb Talk Show
• Besos y Lágrimas (Mexican telenovela)
• Bullshit Aim
• Brian Fellows: Safari Planet - a kids animal show spoof starring Tracy Morgan.
• Bronx Beat
• Channel 5 Late Night Movie - spoof of WNEW-TV/WNYW New York's Channel 5 (Metromedia) Late Movie, which isn't the same
• The Céline Dion Show
• Christmas Time for the Jews
• Church Chat with The Church Lady
• Coffee Talk
• Consumer Probe - Hosted by Candice Bergen.
• The Dark Side with Nat X
• Dry Eyes - parody of Jeopardy
• Fernando's Hideaway - talk show hosted by actor Fernando Lamas (portrayed by Billy Crystal)
• Fred Garvin: Male Prostitute
• Good Hitting Police
• The Gym Teacher
• Hey, Remember the '80s?
• Hip Hop Kids
• Jackie Rogers Jr's $100,000 Jackpot Wad - gameshow, parody of Pyramid
• The Joe Pesci Show
• The Local News
• Love Boat: The Next Generation - TV show that combined The Love Boat and Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Maraka - parody of Dora the Explorer
• Morning Latte
• Mister Robinson's Neighborhood - parody of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
• Night Passions - Cinemax show
• The Nude House of Wacky People
• La Política Non Correcto - Univisión talk show hosted by Ramón Díaz Rojo, mocking US Spanish language TV; parody of Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher
• "Let's Talk and Talk and Talk and Talk About the Movies"
• Looks At Books
• OJ Today
• Pretty Living
• The Prince Show
• Riley's Way- "the best show in the history of The CW"; featured a former backgroung character who appeared on Quantum Leap (played by Brian Williams).
• The Sarcastic Clapping Family of Southhampton
• Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly
• Showbiz Grande Explosión
• Simon - BBC1 children's show
• Suckerpunch
• Spade in America
• Sprockets
• The Tony Bennett Show
• Theater Stories
• Torboto
• Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
• Victims Of Sharkbite
• Wake Up Wakefield
• Wayne's World
• Weekend Update
• Who Can Figure Out Such Devices?
• Who Wants to Win a Roll of Pennies?

The Simpsons

• 1895 Challenge (reality show, parody of PBSs The 1900 House)
• A Connie Chung Christmas
• Admiral Baby
• Afternoon Yak (women's talk show, parody of ABC's The View)
• All in the Family 1999
• All-Star Boxing
• America's Funniest Tornadoes (Possibly a mashup of America's Funniest Home Videos and a Fox style shockumentary)
• America's Most Armed and Dangerous (parody of America's Most Wanted)
• The Adventures of Gravey and Jobriath (parody of The Adventures of Davey and Goliath)
• Animal Survivor
• Battling Seizure Robots (Japanese cartoon that causes seizures, referencing the Pokémon episode "Dennō Senshi Porygon")
• The Boring World of Niels Bohr
• The California Prunes (parody of The California Raisins)
• Carnival of the Stars (parody of Circus of the Stars)
• Chop Shop'd, a parody of Punk'd in which the celebrity's car is chop shopped
• COPS in Springfield
• Curling for Loonies - Canadian sports show, "The Bart Wants What It Wants" episode.
• Dangerdog - Parody of Underdog
• Don't Go There (parody of Friends)
• Do Shut Up (British sitcom "Not hard to see why it's England's longest running series, and today, we're showing all seven episodes!")
• ¿Dónde Está Justice?, a Spanish show about law and order and justice, possibly a parody of Divorce Court
• Edward the Penitent (parody of Edward the Confessor)
• Ethnic Mismatch Comedy #644!
• Eye on Springfield - local news magazine show
• Eye on Eye on Springfield - Shelbyville show highlighting the local news shows errors
• Fart Date
• Frame Up
• The Gabbo Show - afternoon kids' show
• Grade School Challenge - quiz show
• Happy Smile Super Challenge Family Wish Show - Japanese game show
• Has-Been Celebrity Poker (Parody of Celebrity Poker Showdown)
• Head Butts
• Hunks (parody of Studs)
• I Can't Believe They Invented It! - infomercial
• It Never Ends - soap opera (parody of Days of our Lives)
• The Itchy & Scratchy Show - violent children's cartoon (parody of Tom & Jerry)
• Japanese Friends
• Jock Center - sports program which once features Homer, always begins with three story titles that rhyme
• Kidz Newz
• Knightboat, the crime-solving boat (parody of Knight Rider)
• The Krusty the Klown Show (afternoon kids' show)
  • The Sideshow Bob Cavalcade of Whimsy (name of the show when Sideshow Bob takes over)
• The Laughter Family (animated)
• Law & Order: Elevator Inspectors Unit (parody of the various spin offs of Law & Order)
• The Mattel and Mars Bar Quick Energy Chocobot Hour
• McGarnigle (cop drama), parody of gritty 1970s crime dramas such as Columbo or McCloud. Title could also be seen as a parody of many '70s dramas using the character's surname as a title, such as the examples given.
• Me Wantee ("America's favorite game show!", spoof of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?)
• MTC: Monkey Trauma Center (parody of ER with monkeys)
• Municipal Roundtable (local access)
• No Pants Island
• Nookie in New York (parody of Sex and the City)
• Padz (parody of MTV Cribs)
• Pardon My Zinger (British comedy)
• Police Cops (parody of Miami Vice)
• President Clown
• Promiscuous Idiots Island (parody of Temptation Island "Welcome back to Promiscuous Idiots Island on Fox, the home of promiscuous idiots")
• Radioactive Man (campy 60s/70s superhero show, parody of Batman)
• Robot Rumble (parody of Robot Wars, title parodies Rumble Robots [1])
• Rock Bottom (parody of Hard Copy)
• Search For The Sun - soap opera whose title is suggested by Search for Tomorrow
• Secrets of National Security Revealed
• Shut Your Gob (British sitcom)
• Smartline (local news roundtable show, parody of ABC's Nightline)
• Soul Mass Transit System (parody of Soul Train)
• Springfield Heights 9-2-1 (parody of Beverly Hills 90210)
• The Springfield Squares (game show, parody of Hollywood Squares)
• Sumo Babies
• Talk to the Hand (sitcom starring David Faustino)
• Taxicab Conversations (parody of Taxicab Confessions)
• That 30s Show (parody of That 70s Show)
• Tied to a Bear (reality show)
• Toolin' Around (parody of Home Improvement)
• Touch the Stove (sadistic game show)
• Tuesday Night Live (parody of NBC's Saturday Night Live)
• When Animals Attack Magicians (parody of Fox's shockumentary, When Animals Attack)
• When Buildings Collapse (parody of Fox style shockumentary)
• When Dinosaurs Get Drunk (parody of Fox style shockumentary)
• When Surgery Goes Wrong (parody of Fox style shockumentary)
• Worker and Parasite (aired on The Krusty the Klown Show when Itchy and Scratchy had temporarily moved to the then more popular Gabbo Show) (Krusty Gets Kancelled)
• World Class Wrestling
• Ya Hoo! (parody of Hee Haw)

Seinfeld

• Jerry, the infamous self-parody of the show itself. A major plot point in Season 4 of Seinfeld. 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.

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
• 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))

South Park

• Animals Close-Up with a Wide-Angle Lens - television show created by Craig.
• Animals Close-Up with a Wide-Angle Lens Wearing Hats - television show created by Craig.
• Chinpokomon - a parody of Pokémon
• Cop Drama - "It Hits the Fan" episode
• Fat Abbott - a parody of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids.
• Huntin' and Killin' - public-access show hosted by Jimbo and Ned
• Jesus and Pals - a public-access talk show hosted by Jesus
• Love Boat With Men - gay-themed show on HBC, "South Park Is Gay!" episode
• Not Without My Anus - made for TV movie starring Terrence and Phillip, used in lieu of an episode of the show
• Red Racer - kids' show
• Russell Crowe Fightin' Round the World
• The Terrence and Phillip Show - vulgar children's cartoon and live-action show

Super Mario

• The Adventures of Mighty Plumber - The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3
• All-Star Prehistoric Tag-Team Wrestling - From Super Mario World
• Koopz Sez' - Exercise program from Super Mario World
• Vanilla Ice-Age - From Super Mario World, parody of Vanilla Ice.
• World Dinosaur Wrestling Wrestling - Puppet show, from Super Mario World.

Transmetropolitan

• Anthrax Cat - violence-laden children's cartoon.
• Magical Truthsaying Bastard Spidey - Unwanted Anime version of Spider Jerusalem's newspaper column in Transmetropolitan
• The Sex Puppets - futuristic version of Sesame Street in Transmetropolitan

30 Rock

• The Girlie Show or TGS with Tracy Jordan

UHF

• ********** Today
• Beat the Loan Shark
• Bowling for Burgers
• Celebrity Mud Wrestling featuring Mikhail Gorbachev
• 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

Ugly Betty

• Vidas de Fuego (Lives of Fire) - A telenovela that is watched by the main character's family.
• Muchas Muchachas (Dancing Queens) - Same as above; also watched by Wilhelmina Slater's housekeeper, Evelyn.
• Rise & Shine America - Parody of Good Morning America; the show was used by Sofia Reyes to humiliate Daniel Meade after she tricked him into proposing marriage as part of an article she was doing in the episode "Sofia's Choice".

Miscellaneous

• The $99,000 Answer - The Honeymooners
• 60 - parody of 24 in Late Night with Conan O’Brien
• 7am Condo Report - MADtv
• Acorn Antiques - soap opera in Victoria Wood As Seen On TV; a parody of Crossroads
• Action News - from The Streak, a song performed by Ray Stevens.
• Address Unknown - Television series within the Max Payne universe.
• The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy - An Aquaman/Batman-esque television program from Spongebob Squarepants.
• The Alan Brady Show - comedy/variety show from The Dick Van Dyke Show.
• Amazing Discoveries - Friends
• The Amazing Presidential Race (spoof of The Amazing Race) - MADtv
• The Amazing Racist (spoof of The Amazing Race - Mad Magazine)
• American Political Idol - American Idol parody, MADtv
• Amor obsoleto (Obsolete Love) - Airbag
• A.M. Pet Party - American Dad!
• Androids - robot soap opera in Red Dwarf; a parody of Neighbours
• The Aries Spears Show - MADtv possible parody of The Arsenio Hall Show
• The "Arr"-Ons - 1960s Saturday morning children's cartoon parody of The Flintstones and The Jetsons in The Little Wolf and the Bad Little Girl (Also, SpongeBob SquarePants made a brief cameo on the TV set in the comic episode Television Trouble.)
• As Oprah's World Turns - parody of As the World Turns on the Late Show with David Letterman
• As the Stomach Turns - soap opera parody of As the World Turns on The Carol Burnett Show
• Astro Force 5 (science fiction show) - That's So Raven
• Atomic Man (superhero TV show) - Remington Steele
• Average Asian - MADtv
• Babe Watch - TV show starring David HasselhoffDanny Dazzleduff and Belinda Bubblebutt in the Captain Planet cartoon, parody of Baywatch
• The Bad Dolphins - Son of the Mask
• Badge of Honor - 1950s cop drama show, L.A. Confidential
• The Barbie Show - based on the Barbie doll toy line, The Little Wolf and the Bad Little Girl
• Bastard Squad - Program mentioned on The Young Ones, but never seen.
• Bean Town Bums - MADtv
• Beat the Time - Parody of the game show Beat the Clock from Sesame Street. Hosted by Guy Smiley.
• Bebitched - Bewitched parody, MADtv
• Best Buddiez - a game show on American Dad!
• Bible Dude - Pax TV show, parody of BibleMan, MADtv
• The Binky the Clown Show - children's program starring a shrill clown, Garfield and Friends
• The Bionic Bunny Show - a superhero adventure program in Arthur
• The Bionic Duck - What's Happening!!
• Big Shot - a show in the anime Cowboy Bebop that showcases noteworthy bounties and features a cowboy motif.
• The Bigweld Show - Robots
• Bionic Land O'Lakes Butter Lady - Jimmy Kimmel Live! pardoy of Bionic Woman
• Bite the Big Apple - talent show in Bosom Buddies
• Blackmail! - Show in which random people are blackmailed in Monty Python's Flying Circus
• The Blair Witch Report - parody of The Blair Witch Project
• Blocky & Oxwinkle - parody of Rocky & Bullwinkle in Rugrats
• Book Talk - A show in Newhart, where authors were interviewed, aired as a filler after football games.
• Both Father and Mother - Situation comedy in the film Americathon. The main character is a cross-dressing single father.
• Boy Meets Goy - parody of Boy Meets Boy in MADtv
• Buds - parody of Friends in Murder She Wrote
• Buster Friendly and His Friendly Friends - talk show in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
• Butting Heads - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
• Buzzline - Rent (and film)
• Cabana Chat - MADtv
• Caleb Rentpayer - Homestar Runner
• Call Me W***er - Gameshow on which The Slobs appear in Harry Enfield and Chums
• Capital Beat - The West Wing
• Captain Freedom's Workout - The Running Man
• Captain Monty's Book Cavalcade, a children's book show on American Dad!
• Captain Pete and the Puppetman- Captain Kangaroo spoof from Power Rangers Zeo.
• Cat Yeller with Adam Carolla - Bravo show, parody of Dog Whisperer, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Celebrity quarters - MADtv
• Cherub - spin off from Wendy the Werewolf Stalker in Young Justice, parody of Angel
• CHiPs 2002 - MADtv
• Christmas With the Joker - the show nobody wants to watch, but everyone must see, from Batman: the Animated Series
• Chuckles the Clown - Children's show mentioned on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
• Climbing for Dollars - game show in the movie The Running Man
• CLOPS - parody of COPS in MADtv
• Clover and Daisy's Magic Train (children's show) -- Lizzie McGuire
• Cobbers - soap opera in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy; a parody of Neighbours
• Cooking with Kenny and James
• Confess - The Running Man
• The Corny Collins Show - TV program that was similar to American Bandstand - Hairspray
• The Creek - Dawson's semi-autobiographical (and self-referential) drama series in the finale of Dawson's Creek
• Crime Watch - (a name of a real-crime show), from the sixth season CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode "I Love To Watch"; it appears to be a parody of COPS.
• Crossing The Hell Over - BET program, MADtv
• CSI CSI - parody of CSI in Last Call with Carson Daly
• CSI: San Fransisco - CSI parody in Late Show with David Letterman
• Dad and Son - Bonus Stage
• Dancing Guy - It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
• The Darcy Pennell Show - public-access talk show from The Kids in the Hall.
• Dark Memories - Soap opera in One False Move.
• Dave Foley Psychic - reality show, Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
• Dawson's Crib - Dawson's Creek spoof, MADtv
• The Dealers - "gritty urban drama" spoof about a pair of Cheech & Chong-esque dope dealers, from The Groove Tube
• Deep Powder - "Baywatch on skis" TV-series in Joey
• Deitrich's Half Hour - V for Vendetta
• Desperate Houseboys - Desperate Housewives parody from The Late Show with David Letterman
• Desperate Poolboys - Desperate Housewives parody from The Late Show with David Letterman
• Detective Forster, escape artist Milch wanted this show taped while he was in jail - Monster (manga)
• Devon's Creek - An African American version of Dawson's Creek, MADtv
• Dick Justice - Max Payne 2
• Dharma & Egg - MADtv, parody of Dharma & Greg
• Dharma Gregory Hines - MADtv, parody of Dharma & Greg
• Diaper Time - It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
• Don't Forget The Lyrics To A Spice Girls Song While I Kick Balls In Your Face - Don't Forget The Lyrics parody, The Soup
• Double Bind - A drama series in Perfect Blue
• Dreams Can Come True - Dreams and wishes are granted on this program from Happy Days
• Dr. Mack the scientist parody of shows like Beakman's World, Bill Nye the Science Guy, MADtv
• The Duckling - Fox Kids version of The Swan, MADtv
• The Edison Carter Show - investigative news program in Max Headroom
• Eggsellent Marathon - Food Network, MADtv
• An Elizabeth Smart Christmas - MADtv
• El Oro de Montezuma (Spanish-language game show) -- Lizzie McGuire
• Everybody Loves Raymond . . . especially Steve - Everybody Loves Raymond parody, Late Show with David Letterman
• Exposé - sexploitation drama, Lost
• Explosions - The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
• Eyewitness Action News - news programme in Calvin and Hobbes (parody of Eyewitness News and Action News formats)
• Eyeball News, News Service from Australian sketch show Fast Forward.
• Family Food - a spoof of Family Feud, Sesame Street
• Father Ben - in Father Ted, a priest-based sitcom which bears a close resemblance to Father Ted itself.
• Fernwood 2Nite - talk show parody launched on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and later spun off as separate program
• Firefight All Night Live! - civil insurrection-themed reality show in American Flagg!
• Folklore Theatre - MADtv
• Friday Night Football - from The Last Boy Scout
• Fright Night - horror anthology series from Fright Night & Fright Night II
• FunDead - a competitive game show pitting zombie against zombie in a mad scramble for flesh, from Shaun of the Dead
• Funky Walker, Dirty Talker - MADtv
• FYI - news magazine show from Murphy Brown
• Garth Marenghi's Darkplace - supposedly a 1980s horror series, this is the show-within-a-show on the Channel 4 comedy of the same title.
• Gay As Blazes - a dramatic series on Queer as Folk
• Gays of our Lives - Days of our Lives parody, MADtv and Late Show with David Letterman
• Galaxy Quest - parody of Star Trek
• Galaxy Quest: The Journey Continues - revived version of the show, Galaxy Quest.
• Gary’s Anatomy - Grey's Anatomy parody, Late Show with David Letterman
• Gayle King of Queens - King of Queens parody, Late Show with David Letterman
• Gekiganger-3 and Gekiganger V - anime series within the anime Nadesico
• Good Morning, Miami - show within the eponymous sitcom on NBC network in US
• Gold Case from 30 Rock - guess which model is holding a suitcase full of gold bricks (based on Deal or No Deal), hosted by John McEnroe.
• ''Goldrush - gameshow within Only Fools & Horses (based on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire)
• Good Morning Moscow/In Moscow Tonight - Skit On Fast Forward telling people about Life in Post-Communist Russia
• The Good New Forum - MADtv
• Grab That Dough - game show, The Golden Girls
• The Gray Ghost - parody of Batman in Batman: The Animated Series
• Hackidu - parody of Pokémon in Everybody Loves Raymond (The show was never seen as it was a card game, but Raymond mentioned a show)
• Happy Chapman - Garfield: The Movie
• The Happy Homemaker Show - Sue Ann Nivens' cooking and household tips show from The Mary Tyler Moore Show
• The Harvey Garvey Show - Talk show hosted by Harvey Garvey on Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
• The Hate Boat - play on The Love Boat, The Running Man
• Hawaii Five-Oprah - parody of Hawaii Five-O, Late Show with David Letterman
• Hearts and Scalpels - Over-the-Top medical drama on the fifth season of Nip/Tuck
• Hee-Haw : The Next Generation - TV show that combined Star Trek: The Next Generation and Hee-Haw. From The Critic
• Here Is Your Life - Game show parodying This Is Your Life from Sesame Street. Hosted by Guy Smiley.
• Hero Boy - Freakazoid's favorite TV show
• Heroes - Reality TV program that The Tick and Arthur once starred in (no connection to the real-life TV series of the same name).
• His Deal or No Deal - Deal or No Deal parody, Late Show with David Letterman
• Hit the Buzzer, Win A Cookie - game show, Garfield and Friends
• HoHo the Clown - children's show whose advertising is handled by McMann and Tate, Bewitched
• Hollywood Tonight - TV Show hosted by Cat Grant in the Superman comics
• Honey and the Beaze - Stuck on You
• How I Met Your Brother - How I Met Your Mother parody, Late Show with David Letterman
• The Howard Beale Show (aka The Network News Hour) - Network
• Hunch, Parody of Hinch Fast Forward
• Hugo the Boy Zombie - Lio
• I Dream of Gene - I Dream of Jeannie parody, Late Show with David Letterman
• I Love Janet (sitcom) - a take-off on I Love Lucy, on a Janet Jackson music video from the 1990s
• Inside the actor's studio apartment in the West Village - Inside the Actors Studio parody, Late Show with David Letterman
• I Wouldn't Eat That if I Were You - game show in Pokémon Chronicles
• Impossible---But True - a show similar to Ripley's Believe It or Not hosted by Roy Raymond in DC Comics
• In My 5 with Charles Barkley - Frank TV
• Inside Looking Out - MADtv
• Invitation to Love - soap opera in Twin Peaks
• It's The Arts - Surreal talk show on Monty Python's Flying Circus
• The J.K. Rowling Show - The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
• Janice and The Giant Squares MADtv
• The Jason Taverner Show - NBC variety show, Philip K. Dick's Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said
• The Jennabelle Jones Show - MADTV
• The Johnny Nevada Show (also called The Midnight Show Starring Johnny Nevada) - a late-night talk show in the Superman comics; Johnny Nevada was the Superman comics' counterpart of Johnny Carson
• Jules and Mimi - British romantic sitcom in Sex and the City
• Just the Five of Us - a family sitcom in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
• The Kenny Kingston Show - MADtv
• The Kim Jong-Il Show - MADtv
• Kenny Rogers Jackass - MADtv
• Kenny Rogers Punk'd - MADtv
• Kira's Kingdom - a propaganda program run by followers of Kira in the anime Death Note.
• Kramp TV Kitchen - fictional cooking show from The Groove Tube
• Thee Lady Jenneth Jones Show - MADtv
• The Lance Bass Show - MADtv
• The Last Word - The Last Word: Dewey Cox
• Late Night with the guy who got choked by Darth Vader - Late Night with Conan O’Brien parody Jimmy Kimmel Live
• Laverne and Shirley 2000 - MADtv
• Law and Oprah - parody of Law & Order, Late Show with David Letterman
• Law and Order: Special Antiquing Unit - Law & Order parody, Late Show with David Letterman
• The Lesbionic Woman - Attack of the Show! and MADtv, Bionic Woman parody
• The Lenny Little Show - a version of Nowhere Man, Nowhere Man (tv series)
• Let’s Hunt and Kill Billy Ray Cyrus - game show that Bill Hicks would say he had been commissioned to produce during his stand up routines
• Liberty City Survivor - a parody of The Running Man found in Grand Theft Auto III
• Lieutenant Krieger - The Muller-Fokker Effect
• The Life Aquatic - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• The Lillian Verner Game Show - Lillian Vernon parody, MADtv
• Lords and Ladies - Soap opera,Max Payne
• Los Dias y las Noches de Monsigñor Martínez - Mexican action series, King of the Hill
• Love is Never a Stranger - melodramatic soap opera watched by Arnold Ziffel, Green Acres
• I Love the 00s - MADtv
• Lucky Numbers - gameshow from the film Lucky Numbers
• Lumpy's Proletariat - from the TV series Max Headroom, a play on the Marxist term "Lumpenproletariat"
• Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E. - extremely short-lived crime drama/sci-fi series, starring Joey Tribbiani - Friends
• Malcolm X in the Middle - Malcolm in the Middle parody on MADtv
• The Mad Real World - a parody of The Real World on Chappelle's Show
• Manger Babies - public access Christian puppet show, King of the Hill
• Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show - Bamboozled
• The Mao Tse-Tung Hour - Network
• Mark Thrust, Sexus Ranger - popular cop show in American Flagg!, formerly starring Reuben Flagg
• Maury Povich and Connie Chung Christmas Spectaculare, MADtv
• Mathnet - a parody of Dragnet, Square One
• Men on Films - Film critics on In Living Color
• Million $ Sticky - game show in the (book and?) movie Matilda
• Mistake of Your Life - MADtv
• Monkeybone - Monkeybone
• Monster Man - TV show starring Simon Williams/Wonder Man in Marvel comics.
• Monsignor Martinez - a Spanish-language action show about a crime fighting Roman Catholic priest, and a favorite of the Hill family on King of the Hill
• Morning Chicago - Life with Bonnie
• Movie Review Show - local access show MADtv
• Mr. Koopa's Neighborhood - From Super Mario World, parody of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood.
• The Moon Beam Jones Show - MADTV
• More Bullsh** from Dr. Phil - Late Show with David Letterman
• The Muddy Mudskipper Show - afternoon kids' show from Ren and Stimpy
• Munchtime Sportscene - Parody of Sportscene Lunchtime in Only an Excuse?
• My Name is Earl and I Like Construction Workers - My Name is Earl parody in The Late Show with David Letterman
• My Five Uncles - parody of My Three Sons, replaces Just the Five of Us, in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
• My wife and kids....have no idea - Late Show with David Letterman
• Mysterious Mysteries of Strange Mystery - paranormal investigation show, Invader Zim
• Name That Fish - game show, Garfield and Friends, parody of Name That Tune
• The Ned Cook Show - current affairs and chat show hosted by reckless journalist Ned Cook in Thunderbirds
• America's Next Top Oprah - parody of America's Next Top Model, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• NewsChannel 7 - news program, Lizzie McGuire (uses WPVI Philadelphia's Action News music theme Move Closer to Your World for its openings)
• The Niggar Family - a 1950s-era Leave it to Beaver-esque sitcom about a white family with the last name Niggar on Chappelle's Show
• Noches De Pasion Con Senor O'Brien - telenovela on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Not-So-Smallville - Smallville parody Late Show with David Letterman
• Numberwang - spoof game show in That Mitchell and Webb Look
• Object of My Infection - The Soup
• Oh, Crikey! - classic British farce sitcom on The Young Ones
• The O'Malley Factor - The Political Machine parody of The O'Reilly Factor
• One For The Rod - MADtv (was a name of a real tv series)
• One Hit Wonders - hosted by Luke Perry, MADtv
• On The Streets With Jewel - MADtv
• On Your Own - one-time popular drama in Angel
• Open-Aries and Nicole - MADtv
• Oprahstar Galactica - parody of Battlestar Galactica, Late Show with David Letterman
• The Oprentice parody of The Apprentice (TV series)The Apprentice, Late Show with David Letterman
• Ow, My Balls! - Idiocracy
• Paul Timberman's Workshop - MADtv
• Passion Avenue - a soap opera in Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror
• The Patty Winters Show - talk show in American Psycho and Glamorama.
• Peagram's Past - a show about the life of Nigel Peagram in Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars
• Peebles Court - parody of The People's Court, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• Peeping Toms - a Candid Camera-influenced game show, in the Brian DePalma thriller Sisters.
• Pelican's Island - parody of Gilligan's Island on Darkwing Duck
• People on the Toilet - a reality TV show on Monkey Dust
• Peripheral Vision Man - a serial sketch super hero sketch from Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip spun off from the fictional Studio 60 into its own series by a fictional Fox Network, rival to Studio 60's NBS Network.
• Pig In A Poke - game show from National Lampoon's European Vacation - it was similar to Family Feud, except the contestants wore pig costumes
• Pimp My Bride - parody of Pimp My Ride, Madtv
• Pleasantville - Pleasantville a cross between Leave It To Beaver and Father Knows Best.
• Pokémon Master Chef - cooking show hosted by DJ Mary from Pokémon Chronicles
• Pointed Love - porcupine soap opera from Animal Crossing
• The Powerslut Girls - parody of The Powerpuff Girls with Paris Hilton, Tara Reid and Brittany Murphy, MADtv
• Pretty White Kids with Problems - MADtv
• Prehistoric Glamazon Huntress: AD - Possible parody of Cleopatra 2525, MADtv
• Press the meat - Late Show with David Letterman
• The Probe - Gameshow involving people getting probed, MADtv
• Probing the Membrane of Science - Science program hosted by Professor Membrane, mentioned in Invader Zim
• Professor X - version of Doctor Who in the Doctor Who universe
• Quackers the S*?#" Eating Duck - Late Night with Conan O’Brien
• The Queen of Queens - parody of The King of Queens in MADtv
• Raging Rudolph - combines Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with Goodfellas and The Godfather, MADtv
• The Rather Late Program With Prince Charles - Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
• The Reading Caboose - Children's show hosted by conspiracy theorists MADtv
• The Rear View To The World-Wide Websters Dictionary - Talk Show hosted by Barbara Walters, MADtv
• The Real Deal - show about black woman, MADtv
• Real Stories of U.S. Customs - MADtv
• Real M*********ing News - MADtv
• Real **********ing Talk (originally Real Mother****ing Talk) with Dollar Bill Montgomery - a forum-style talk show known for its use of (censored) foul language, MADtv
• The Real West Wing parody of The West Wing, MADtv
• The Record with Robert McX - news and interview show in Transmetropolitan
• Reality Check - BET talk show, MADtv
• Reptar - Rugrats
• The Rex Reilly Show - daytime talk show, Twitch City
• Roy Raymond Jr: Manstalker - DC Comics
• The Running Man - game show in the novel and movie of the same name; hosted by Damon Killian, portrayed by Richard Dawson
• SBS Viewing Highlights - With SBS Lady (Marg Downey) On Fast Forward.
• Sailor V - an anime based on the "real-life" Sailor V, Sailor Moon
• Sabotage - 1970s police series, from the Beastie Boys music video of the same name.
• Sandy Pyms Movie Minute - an E! network show, MADtv
• The Saturday Show - Feat Elanor Lagor (Gina Riley) On Fast Forward.
• Scandalmakers - Poorly narrated dramatised documentary on Arrested Development
• Secret Hearts - soap opera starring Linda Danvers in DC Comics
• The Shady Bunch - parody of The Brady Bunch, on an Eminem music video from the late 1990s
• Shaq and the Super Lakers late ''Shaq and the Former Lakers - parody of Harlem Globetrotters (TV series), in MADtv
• Sibling Rivalry - Son of the Mask
• Sick, Sad World - Daria
• A Simple Life - CourtTV version of The Simple Life with Michael Jackson and Scott Peterson, MADtv
• The Sliver Fox - MADtv
• Sneakin' in the Movies - movie review show, Hollywood Shuffle
• Sofa Repair With Tom Cruise - Late Show with David Letterman
• Sonny's Widow And Cher Show - parody of the The Sonny & Cher Show in MADtv
• Space Trek 2022 - sci-fi show featuring Gar Logan, DC Comics
• Spears on Sports - MADtv
• Spell That Name - a game-show on Monkey Dust
• Sports Night - late night sports news show in Sports Night
• Sportscene Extra Whine - parody of Sportscene Extra Time in Only an Excuse?
• Stedman or Gayle who Drowns First? - Jimmy Kimmel Live!
• Steven Segal's America - MADtv
• Stiffs - a CSI-style crime drama starring ditzi Kandi Harper as a forensic investigator, in Two and a Half Men
• Stone Phillips-Unleashed, Late Show with David Letterman
• Storm Saxon - racist science fiction action show set in a "nightmarish future England" in V for Vendetta
• Story time with Mr. Sasso - public-access show, MADtv
• Studio 6A on the 6th Floor of Rockefeller Plaza - parody of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, on Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - Friday night sketch comedy show, similar to Saturday Night Live, on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
• The Sun Also Sets - soap opera from the movie Soapdish
• Sunday Morning with Graham Clark - a shows run by atheists, MADtv
• Sunrise Yoga with Sage Hagen - MADtv
• Supreme Folk - sitcom featuring the New Main Street Singers in A Mighty Wind
• Sweetknuckle Junction - children's show from Greg the Bunny
• Swingles - reality dating show from Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
• Take it and Stick It! - game show from C. M. Kornbluth's story The Marching Morons
• Tactical Intelligent Team" (T.I.T) - Action show staringPamela Anderson, MADtv
• TGS with Tracy Jordan (formerly The Girlie Show) - comedy variety show produced by the characters on 30 Rock
• Teen Talk - Beavis and Butt-head
• That's Amazing! - pop-science program from The Fast Show
• That's My White Mama - WB show, MADtv
• That's Our Baby - sit-com from Batman: The Animated Series
• There's a Bat in My House! - sitcom from Hollywood Shuffle
• Thirteensomething - a teen-oriented drama on Tiny Toon Adventures; a parody of Thirtysomething
• The Three Honorable Families - Oh! My Goddess
• This 'N' That with Rusty - public-access show, MADtv
• Tinsel Town Talk - MADtv
• Tiny House - a reality television show about two people who must live in a half size house for a year; featured in a Geico commercial
• Time Patrol - sci-fi children's show from Quantum Leap. The episode was entitled Future Boy - October 6, 1957.
• The Tom Snide-Hare Show - a talk show in the comic Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew
• Tool Time - Tim Taylor's show in Home Improvement
• Touched by an Atheist - parody of Touched by an Angel, MADtv
• Tornado Turtle - Son of the Mask
• Trading Spouses - a parody of Trading Spaces on Chappelle's Show (FOX eventually created a real show named Trading Spouses)
• Trick or Treat - Halloween-themed game show from Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers
• The Truman Show and its spin-off companion, Trutalk
• Turbo Man - parody of Iron Man and Power Rangers in the movie Jingle All the Way.
• Twenty Questions - news show hosted by Hector Ramirez in both GI Joe and The Transformers cartoons (Hasbro).
• Two and a Half Stedmans - parody of Two and a Half Men, Late Show with David Letterman
• The Valley - soap opera in The O.C.
• UltraLord - superhero in Jimmy Neutron
• Video Whoopsy - parody of You've Been Framed in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy
• Viking Quest - sci-fi series from Entourage.
• Venezuelan Prairie - You Can't Do That On Television
• Vermont Today - Dick Loudon's talk show on Newhart
• The Vigilantes - Network
• The Voice of London - V for Vendetta
• Wake Up Miami - local morning show on The Golden Girls
• Wake Up San Francisco - local morning show in Full House
• Wayne's World - TV Show in the movie of the same name
• Wendy the Werewolf Stalker - parody of Buffy the Vampire Slayer in Young Justice
• Wessex Tonight - local news programme in ShakespeaRe-Told: Much Ado About Nothing
• Whacketts - addictive game show in Max Headroom
• What's My Part? - Game show parodying What's My Line? from Sesame Street. Hosted by Guy Smiley.
• When Animals Go Postal - parody of When Animals Attack!, Get Fuzzy
• "When Farm Animals Go B-a-a-a-d" - parody of When Animals Attack!, Get Fuzzy
• The Whitty Banter Show - talk show in 1990s Superman comics
• The Winged Avenger - (superhero tv show) Silverblade, a twelve issue maxi-series - DC Comics, 1987
• Who Wants To Be A Super Duper Millionaire - MADtv
• Who Wants To Marry My Dead Dad? - Madtv, parody of Who Wants to Marry My Dad?
• The Whole Truth - political talk show on The West Wing
• Win, Lose or Kerplowie! - game show in Tiny Toon Adventures, a parody of Win, Lose or Draw
• Winter Storm - Oh! My Goddess
• World of the psychics - Ghostbusters
• World Wrap - News Service Feat Kerri-Anne Kennel (Gina Riely) on Fast Forward.
• Wormhole X-Treme! - version of Stargate SG-1 in the Stargate universe
• WURG-TV, News 9 - a news program on Back to You
• X-News - MADtv
• You The Jury - judiciary game show in Max Headroom
• You Have to Laugh - inane britcom in V for Vendetta
• Your Continuous Drumbeat of Misinformation with Nick Cavuto - Gag on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Your Money or Your Life - game show in Time Bandits (movie)

See also

• List of fictional actors
• List of fictional media
• List of fictional television stations
• List of fictional radio stations

External links

• The Fictional World of Archives, Art Galleries and Museums