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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
- Androids - robot soap opera in Red Dwarf; a parody of Neighbours
- Anthrax Cat - children's cartoon in Transmetropolitan
- As the Stomach Turns - soap opera parody on The Carol Burnett Show
- Astro Force 5 (science fiction show) - That's So Raven
- Badge of Honor - 1950s cop drama show, L.A. Confidential
- The Binky the Clown Show - children's program starring a shrill clown, Garfield and Friends
- The Bionic Duck - What's Happening!!
- Bite the Big Apple - talent show in Bosom Buddies
- Buster Friendly and His Friendly Friends - talk show in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
- Capital Beat - The West Wing
- Clover and Daisy's Magic Train (children's show) -- Lizzie McGuire
- Cobbers - soap opera in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy; a parody of Neighbours
- The Edison Carter Show - investigative news program in Max Headroom
- El Oro de Montezuma (Spanish-language game show) -- Lizzie McGuire
- Eyewitness Action News - news programme in Calvin and Hobbes (parody of Eyewitness News and Action News formats)
- Father Ben - in Father Ted, a priest-based sitcom which bears a close resemblance to Father Ted itself.
- Firefight All Night Live! - civil insurrection-themed reality show in American Flagg!
- Galaxy Quest - parody of Star Trek
- Good Morning Miami - show within the eponymous sitcom on NBC network in US
- Grab That Dough - game show, The Golden Girls
- Hit the Buzzer, Win A Cookie - game show, Garfield and Friends
- The Howard Beale Show (aka The Network News Hour) - Network
- I Love Janet (sitcom) - a take-off on I Love Lucy, on a Janet Jackson music video from the 1990s
- Interspecies Romances - bestiality-themed soap opera in American Flagg!
- The Jason Taverner Show - NBC variety show, Philip K. Dick's Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said
- The Johnny Nevada Show - a late-night talk show in the Superman comics
- Jerry - Seinfeld
- Los Dias y Las Noches de Monseñor Martínez - Spanish language soap opera, King of the Hill
- Lieutenant Krieger - The Muller-Fokker Effect
- Manger Babies - public access Christian puppet show, King of the Hill
- The Mao Tse-Tung Hour - Network
- Mark Thrust, Sexus Ranger - popular cop show in American Flagg!, formerly starring Reuben Flagg
- Morning Chicago - Life with Bonnie
- The Muddy Mudskipper Show - afternoon kids' show from Ren and Stimpy
- Mysterious Mysteries of Strange Mystery - paranormal investigation show, Invader Zim
- Name That Fish - game show, Garfield and Friends
- NewsChannel 7 - news program, Lizzie McGuire (uses the WPVI's Action News music theme Move Closer to Your World for its openings)
- Not Without My Anus - made for TV movie starring Terrence and Phillip, used in lieu of an episode of South Park
- Peek-A-Boo Camera - parody of Candid Camera on The Flintstones
- Professor X - version of Doctor Who in the Doctor Who universe
- Psycho Dad - serial drama in Married... With Children
- Psycho Mom - serial drama in Married... With Children
- Real Mother****ing Talk with Dollar Bill Montgomery - a forum-style talk show known for its excessive use of (comically censored) foul language, MADtv
- The Record with Robert McX - news and interview show in Transmetropolitan
- The Rex Reilly Show - daytime talk show, Twitch City
- The Sex Puppets - futuristic version of Sesame Street in Transmetropolitan
- The Shady Bunch - parody of The Brady Bunch, on an Eminem music video from the late 1990s
- Sick Sad World - Daria
- Sneakin' in the Movies - movie review show, Hollywood Shuffle
- Sports Night - late night sports news show in Sports Night
- Storm Saxon - racist science fiction action show set in a "nightmarish future England" in V for Vendetta
- The Sun also Sets - soap opera from the movie Soapdish
- Super Terrific Happy Hour - Japanese comedy show, Seinfeld
- 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
- There's a Bat in My House! - sitcom from Hollywood Shuffle
- Terrence and Phillip - vulgar children's cartoon in South Park
- Tool Time - Tim Taylor's show in Home Improvement
- The Truman Show and its spin-off companion, Trutalk
- Video Whoopsy - parody of You've Been Framed in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy
- The Vigilantes - Network
- Wake Up Miami - local morning show on The Golden Girls
- Wake Up San Francisco - local morning show in Full House
- Whacketts - addictive game show in Max Headroom
- Wormhole X-Treme! - version of Stargate SG-1 in the Stargate universe
- You The Jury - judiciary game show in Max Headroom
- You Have to Laugh - inane britcom in V for Vendetta
- Your Money or Your Life - game show in Time Bandits (movie)
- Battlestar Galactica Forum - local access
- Diane! - local daytime talk show
- Fast Animals, Slow Children - FOX special
- Gumbel 2 Gumbel: Beach Justice - cop drama
- Jolly Farm Revue - BBC kids' show
- KISS Forum - local access talk show
- The Real Live Griffins - reality show
- Sherry and the Anus - inane sitcom
- World's Sluttiest Dogs - FOX special
- All My Circuits - soap opera; parody of All My Children
- Beverly Hills, 90210 A.D.
- Celebrity Ape Fight
- 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
- Everybody Loves Hypnotoad
- Good Morning Earth - morning news show hosted by Morbo and Linda
- Iron Cook - cooking show, parody of Iron Chef
- Late Night with Humorbot 5.0 - parody of Late Night with David Letterman
- 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
- As World Turn
- The Céline Dion Show
- Coffee Talk
- Hey, Remember the '80s?
- The Local News
- Morning Latte
- La Política Non Correcto - Univisión talk show hosted by Ramón Díaz Rojo, mocking US Spanish language TV; parody of Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher
- The Prince Show
- Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly
- Showbiz Grande Explosión
- Simon - BBC1 children's show
- Spade in America
- Wayne's World
- Weekend Update
- 1895 Challenge (reality show)
- Admiral Baby
- All in the Family 1999
- Afternoon Yak (women's talk show, parody of The View)
- America's Funniest Tornadoes
- America's Most Armed and Dangerous
- Cops in Springfield (parody of Cops)
- Do Shut Up (British sitcom)
- Don't Go There (sitcom)
- Ethnic Mismatch Comedy #644
- Eye on Springfield (local news magazine show)
- The Gabbo Show (afternoon kids' show)
- Grade School Challenge (quiz show)
- Happy Smile Super Challenge Family Wish Show (Japanese game show)
- It Never Ends - soap opera
- Itchy and Scratchy (violent children's cartoon)
- Knightboat: the Crime-Solving Boat
- The Krusty the Klown Show (afternoon kids' show)
- The Laughter Family (animated)
- McGarnigle (cop drama)
- Me Wantee (game show, spoof of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?)
- Municipal Roundtable (local access)
- Nookie in New York (parody of Sex and the City)
- Pardon My Zinger
- Police Cops
- President Clown
- Radioactive Man (campy 60s/70s superhero show, parody of Batman)
- Rock Bottom
- Search For The Sun - soap opera whose title is suggested by Search for Tomorrow
- Shut Your Gob (British sitcom)
- Smartline (local news show)
- Soul Mass Transit System
- Springfield Heights (parody of Beverly Hills, 90210)
- The Springfield Squares (game show, parody of Hollywood Squares)
- Sumo Babies
- Talk to the Hand (sitcom)
- Tuesday Night Live (parody of Saturday Night Live)
- When Buildings Collapse
- World Class Wrestling
- Ya Hoo! (parody of Hee Haw)
See also
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