List of fictional television shows

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Below is a list of fictional television shows. 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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30 Rock

30 Rock revolves around the fictional The Girlie Show (later renamed TGS with Tracy Jordan) on which most of the characters work. The fictional show was on the real American television network NBC, and the plot frequently referenced other fictional NBC programs, such as MILF Island,Gold Case,Homonym, and Supercomputer. In later seasons, several episodes of 30 Rock were presented as though they were actually episodes of a fictional Bravo show, Queen of Jordan.

Loway and Mr.Hand

A.N.T. Farm

The "A.N.T. program" is a special school curriculum designed for young children with Advanced Natural Talents (called "ants"), allowing preschoolers and even Middleschoolers to participate in Highschool classes if they have an extraordinary talent.

Austin & Ally

American Dreamz

American Horror Story: Roanoke

Arthur

Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!

Ben 10

The Big Bang Theory

Bizaardvark

Bolt (2008 film)

Charlie's Angels

Daria

Death Race franchise

Delirious

Densha Otoko

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Dimension 404

Ducktales

Ed TV

Entourage

Episodes (TV series)

Extras

The Famous Jett Jackson

Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids

Father Ted

Friends

Joey Tribbiani stars in a number of films and TV shows

Full House

Futurama

Galaxy Quest

Galaxy Quest is a movie featuring actors from a fictitious sci-fi TV series of the same name. It is a parody of Star Trek and its fandom.

Genshiken

Generator Rex

Gravity Falls

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

The Grinder

Hannah Montana

Miley appears as Hannah on several fictional and real life talk shows and award shows, including starring in a TV show and a film series, nl:

Fictional versions of real shows:

Harry Hill's TV Burp

High School Musical

The students participate in several school musicals, nl:

Home Improvement

The Honeymooners

How I Met Your Mother

iCarly

Insecure

Jessie

Joey

Kim Possible

L.A. Confidential

Liv and Maddie

The Larry Sanders Show

Life with Bonnie

Looking for Rachel Wallace

Mad Buddies

Martian Successor Nadesico

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Milo Murphy's Law

The Muppet Show and Muppets Tonight

Monty Python's Flying Circus

The Muppets

Murphy Brown

Nancy Drew

Newhart

Nip/Tuck

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961 film)

Phil of the Future

Pleasantville

The Prize of Peril

Regular Show

Republiek van Zoid Afrika

Republiek van Zoid Afrika is a music-themed talk show, produced and hosted by South African Rock-legend Karen Zoid. The show features many skits, incl:

The Running Man

Saturday Night Live

Schitt's Creek

Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island

Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright

Seinfeld

Shake It Up

The Simpsons

Sonny With a Chance

South Park

SpongeBob SquarePants

Stardust

Stargate SG-1

Step Up: All In

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Stuck on You

Talking Tom and Friends

The Suite Life franchise

That Mitchell and Webb Look

The Truman Show

Twin Peaks

Tamagotchi!

UHF

Ugly Betty

V for Vendetta

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