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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

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

Animaniacs and Pinky and the Brain

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.

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.

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

Doctor Who

Earthworm Jim

Extras

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

Family Guy

  • Asian Girls like Tiny Things
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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 (This show actually did exist on RI Public access.)
  • KISS Saves Santa
  • Midnight Q - TV show hosted by Glen Quagmire airing on PTV.
  • 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)
  • 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

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.

Freakazoid!

Futurama

Histeria!

  • Ask Me If I Care - talk show hosted by Toast
  • Barry Ding Live - parody of Larry King Live
  • The Confucious Group
  • Convert or Die!
  • Duets - parody of The Dating Game
  • It's All Greek to Me - parody of Jeopardy!
  • Matching Wits - parody of The Dating Game
  • Miss Information and Company
  • My Buddy Stalin
  • Pepper's Pep Rally - talk show hosted by Pepper Mills
  • Pop Quiz
  • Strange Coincidences
  • The Thomas Jefferson Program
  • What's My Job?

Home Improvement

  • Tool Time
  • Cooking with Irma
  • Knitting with Norm

The Jeffersons

Kim Possible

  • Agony County - a soap opera that Kim and Ron 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 - 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

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

Married...with Children

  • Psycho Dad
  • The New Adventures of Psycho Dad
  • Psycho Mom
  • 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 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

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

Murphy Brown

  • FYI

Nip/Tuck

  • Hearts and Scalpels

The Ren and Stimpy Show

  • The Muddy Mudskipper Show

Robot Chicken

Saturday Night Live

The Simpsons

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 (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))

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 - a parody of all cop dramas.
  • 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
  • The It-Cheek the Koala and Seek The Kangaroo Show - Black Comedy & Gore children's cartoon, A parody of Tom & Jerry (Not for Little Kids, Babies & Big Babies).
  • 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

Transmetropolitan

30 Rock

  • The Girlie Show or TGS with Tracy Jordan
  • MILF Island

Twin Peaks

  • Invitation to Love – a soap opera

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

First season Telenovelas:

Second Season Telenovelas:

Other:

References

See also

External links

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