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Lydia Leftcoast

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228. Some oldies for boomers or fans of old TV

Thu Feb 11, 2016, 08:42 PM

Feb 2016

1. Three young undercover cops (one white male, one white female, and one black male) work for an older lieutenant

2. Gritty slice-of-life stories held together by the involvement of the same police officers

3. Social workers deal with contemporary issues (of that day)

4. A father and son team of lawyers sometimes lose cases

5. A new teacher tackles problems at a California high school

6. Cowboy good guy has a Mexican sidekick

7. Blonde woman inexplicably lives in the African jungle, wears leopard skins, and travels with a chimpanzee on her back

8. A couple takes in three chimpanzee siblings

9. Daytime TV variety host ends each program by interviewing four schoolchildren

10. Anonymous donor gives random people a huge sum of money

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Post a one sentence description of a TV show and let us guess. [View all] Initech Feb 2016 OP

A lucky guy mainstreetonce Feb 2016 #1

Well... The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2016 #2

5. Parks and Recreation; 7. Boardwalk Empire pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #6

Boardwalk Empire isn't turn of the century. Besides, OP didn't specify which century Bucky Feb 2016 #194

#2 - Archer Initech Feb 2016 #12

This message was self-deleted by its author Major Nikon Feb 2016 #83

3. could be several TV shows: Paranormal, Warehouse 13, Legends Bucky Feb 2016 #195

5. Andy Griffith? NightWatcher Feb 2016 #3

6 Leftovers mainstreetonce Feb 2016 #5

No - The Walking Dead Initech Feb 2016 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author mainstreetonce Feb 2016 #40

No - Parks and Recreation Initech Feb 2016 #7

Still could be The Andy Griffith Show. NightWatcher Feb 2016 #9

A handful of young women deal with the trials of living together under the thumb of authority figure NightWatcher Feb 2016 #4

Girls? Initech Feb 2016 #14

The Apprentice? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #15

Facts of life Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #26

Yep. Good one. NightWatcher Feb 2016 #32

I Facebook with Cousin Geri KamaAina Feb 2016 #189

An outsider tries to adapt to a new life in suburbia, on a restricted diet. NightWatcher Feb 2016 #10

It's either Green Acres or True Blood nuxvomica Feb 2016 #38

The Addams Family! lastlib Feb 2016 #39

Of course! nuxvomica Feb 2016 #46

Oh sorry, the correct answer is Alf NightWatcher Feb 2016 #41

Good one! nuxvomica Feb 2016 #47

Hard one Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #59

Guys in a van complete DIY modifications while listening to ambitious theme music NightWatcher Feb 2016 #11

Pimp My Ride? Initech Feb 2016 #13

The A Team NightWatcher Feb 2016 #33

A near death experience forces a lottery winner to rethink his life choices. Initech Feb 2016 #16

Lost? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #22

My Name Is Earl Initech Feb 2016 #23

A detective and his partner investigate the murder of billionaire industrialists. Initech Feb 2016 #17

An also ran late night sketch comedy show is reinvented with an unhinged movie star. Initech Feb 2016 #18

30 Rock SwankyXomb Feb 2016 #27

A machine uses software to prevent violent crimes before they happen. Initech Feb 2016 #19

Person of Interest. nt pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #20

We are being watched. irisblue Feb 2016 #21

3. X files. 4. That kevin spacey show. 6. Walking dead Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #24

Woman makes female audience cry. Starts her umpteenth diet Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #25

Oprah blogslut Feb 2016 #35

Yes Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #58

Time stretches eternally for stranded tourists. SwankyXomb Feb 2016 #28

Gilligan's Island? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #29

Correct! SwankyXomb Feb 2016 #30

A secret drug gives a man super intelligence to investigate crimes. In_The_Wind Feb 2016 #31

Limitless SwankyXomb Feb 2016 #94

Ya got it right. In_The_Wind Feb 2016 #120

OK blogslut Feb 2016 #34

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #36

Shazam! blogslut Feb 2016 #37

In a very cold place,a leader who knows nothing,may or may not be dead. mainstreetonce Feb 2016 #42

Game of Thrones. "You know nothing, Jon Snow." Glorfindel Feb 2016 #43

Damn that Doctor is too good looking.He should be a movie star. mainstreetonce Feb 2016 #44

ER? Gotta be a George Clooney reference, lol. pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #49

Big city shrink has nightmare about rural innkeeping nuxvomica Feb 2016 #45

Newhart :) pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #48

Guy brings family to restaurant and waitress gives him a sweet bun. mainstreetonce Feb 2016 #50

. Liberal_in_LA Feb 2016 #56

I obviously don't watch enough tv LWolf Feb 2016 #51

charlie brown? IcyPeas Feb 2016 #69

No. LWolf Feb 2016 #72

On Sabbath Eve, young men gather and pass non kosher product. mainstreetonce Feb 2016 #52

Friday Night Lights SwankyXomb Feb 2016 #60

Mountain top, backwoods moonshiners get eviction notice. In_The_Wind Feb 2016 #53

Beverly Hillbillies? WinkyDink Feb 2016 #129

Nope. Good guess but it's not an old show. In_The_Wind Feb 2016 #130

Outsiders? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #132

Yup! That be the one. In_The_Wind Feb 2016 #134

One guy lives in a California apartment with aaaaaa5a Feb 2016 #54

Three's Company? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #55

You got it! aaaaaa5a Feb 2016 #57

Veterinarian in the Bushveld Wolf Frankula Feb 2016 #61

Zoo? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #62

Nope Wolf Frankula Feb 2016 #70

Aha! Gotta be Daktari. pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #110

Righty right right Wolf Frankula Feb 2016 #114

A misogynist and his equally misogynistic friends start a men's only club Initech Feb 2016 #63

Married with Children? (Al Bundy's NO MA'AM club) pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #68

Aliens try to learn everything they can about human life before returning home Initech Feb 2016 #64

3rd Rock from the Sun? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #67

Mork and Mindy? jmowreader Feb 2016 #82

Nono nono. I'm voting for 3rd Rock, Orson. :) pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #112

3rd Rock is correct! Initech Feb 2016 #125

A down on his luck author and his stoner friends moonlight as private detectives Initech Feb 2016 #65

Bored to Death In_The_Wind Feb 2016 #74

3 very different but related and close knit groups try to function in society Initech Feb 2016 #66

Modern Family? blogslut Feb 2016 #71

Yes - correct! Initech Feb 2016 #73

A Wealthy TV Writer Manages To Piss Off Everyone He Comes Across Initech Feb 2016 #75

Curb Your Enthusiasm? nuxvomica Feb 2016 #80

A guy uses his hyper sensitive powers of observation and becomes a private detective Initech Feb 2016 #76

OMG I'm so sorry, I didn't read your post before I posted... Tikki Feb 2016 #79

Jinx!! Initech Feb 2016 #85

Monk, Psych and The Mentalist nuxvomica Feb 2016 #81

Father teaches son, as he grows up, to be hyper observant. Tikki Feb 2016 #77

A wealthy family has their assets seized after the patriarch is accused of embezzlement Initech Feb 2016 #78

Arrested Development TheMightyFavog Feb 2016 #116

Dichromatic handyman deals out poetry, song, life hacks, and relationship advice Major Nikon Feb 2016 #84

Home Improvement? Initech Feb 2016 #86

Close, but no Major Nikon Feb 2016 #87

The British Office? Initech Feb 2016 #91

No. Duct tape. Major Nikon Feb 2016 #93

The Red Green Show TheMightyFavog Feb 2016 #117

Bingo! Major Nikon Feb 2016 #118

A TV Salesmen hosts a successful show and lives with his wife and sons in suburban Michigan Initech Feb 2016 #88

Home Improvement? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #99

A suburban department store hires a boss's secretary who wears excessive makeup Initech Feb 2016 #89

The Drew Carey Show SwankyXomb Feb 2016 #95

Did you see my reply in a GD thread? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #98

Nice one! Initech Feb 2016 #104

4. C-Span? n/t noamnety Feb 2016 #90

Washington DC staffers work for a power hungry boss with presidential ambitions Initech Feb 2016 #92

A horribly run spy agency pays the price for nepotism and alcoholism! JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #96

Archer. Initech Feb 2016 #97

Surreal comedic look at a man's ashling Feb 2016 #100

My Mother the Car? :) pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #101

I made that too easy ashling Feb 2016 #105

My Mother the Car Wolf Frankula Feb 2016 #102

A few more variations on a theme ashling Feb 2016 #103

3. Your Show of Shows (Sid Caesar); 5. Maverick. nt pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #108

Only 2 out of 6? ashling Feb 2016 #109

Okay, one more: 2. Fred Gwynne in Car 54, Where Are You? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #119

Here ya go ashling Feb 2016 #144

1. NCIS SwankyXomb Feb 2016 #142

Bingo ! ashling Feb 2016 #143

5 sounds like Mr. Lucky jmowreader Feb 2016 #155

Except that the key is ashling Feb 2016 #160

Now I feel really dumb despite being old enough to get the right answer pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #161

Four narcissistic friends navigate life and romantic conquest in modern New York Initech Feb 2016 #106

A pill popping doctor and his crack team of assistants solve complex medical cases Initech Feb 2016 #107

unhappy shoe salesmen discovers too late that marrying your high school sweetheart isn't a good plan JPnoodleman Feb 2016 #111

Too easy... pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #113

I have a few TheMightyFavog Feb 2016 #115

I may know some of these. AngryOldDem Feb 2016 #121

You got all but one... TheMightyFavog Feb 2016 #126

8. Barney Miller? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #127

Nailed it. TheMightyFavog Feb 2016 #128

Barney Miller crossed my mind, but the realism hint led me to Hill Street Blues. n/t AngryOldDem Feb 2016 #196

You're about ten years off with your guess on number 4... TheMightyFavog Feb 2016 #136

4. Is Space 1999 Wolf Frankula Feb 2016 #135

Wrong on number 2 TheMightyFavog Feb 2016 #137

I thought "Adventures in Paradise" was about Gardner McKay Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2016 #226

This message was self-deleted by its author Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2016 #227

Extremely attractive federal agents take on rigorous training and dangerous cases Initech Feb 2016 #122

Post-apocalypse, a man and his sidekick battle demons both literally and figuratively Initech Feb 2016 #123

Let's try this one one.......... mrmpa Feb 2016 #124

She can turn the world on with her smile and get the news done. mackerel Feb 2016 #131

I HATE spunk! pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #133

Ha ha ha ha mackerel Feb 2016 #138

The Mary Tyler Moore Show pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #139

Didn't Lou say that about hating spunk? LOL mackerel Feb 2016 #140

It was just after he told her "You've got spunk" and she was taking it as a compliment. lol pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #141

Accident prone TV star and dumbass, receives sage advice by a man with no face. Islandurp Feb 2016 #145

Home Improvement mackerel Feb 2016 #149

A group of accident prone males perform dangerous stunts in the name of comedy Initech Feb 2016 #146

Jackass? mackerel Feb 2016 #150

Two guys sit on their couch and criticize music videos Initech Feb 2016 #147

Beevis & Butthead mackerel Feb 2016 #148

Two wacky brothers and their cute sister cause trouble throughout a movie studio. Islandurp Feb 2016 #151

Animaniacs? Initech Feb 2016 #152

nice! Islandurp Feb 2016 #154

A hot headed Hollywood agent frequently yells at his gay Asian assistant Initech Feb 2016 #153

Entourage? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #162

Lloyd!!!!!! Initech Feb 2016 #166

Hotheaded civil servant who isn't a cop solves crimes jmowreader Feb 2016 #156

Quincy, M.E.? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #157

Yup. jmowreader Feb 2016 #158

That was a lucky guess pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #178

Private eye agency solves cases with help of hip parking attendant pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #159

77 Sunset Strip? Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2016 #222

Yes pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #236

Sweet-toed cowboy foils foes with his roping pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #163

Sugarfoot? Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2016 #225

Yes pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #237

Almost every line spoken gets a 'laugh' from a laugh track. Kingofalldems Feb 2016 #164

That's a straw in a haystack pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #165

Big Bang Theory Kingofalldems Feb 2016 #179

A promising young attorney quits the corporate life and starts his own practice in a nail salon Initech Feb 2016 #167

Too easy: Better Call Saul pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #168

5 beautiful high school girls find their lives upside down when a friend is murdered Initech Feb 2016 #169

Pretty Little Liars? mackerel Feb 2016 #180

Narcissistic bar owners play pranks on each other and tackle hot button issues Initech Feb 2016 #170

Cheers? ... pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #172

It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia Initech Feb 2016 #181

I shoulda known pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #182

In the 40s, an ass kicking operative helps form an independent intelligence agency Initech Feb 2016 #171

Forensics technician uses day job to cover his tracks from his extra curricular activities Initech Feb 2016 #173

Dexter pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #174

A southern patriarch finds his old fashioned values aren't working on his dim witted son Initech Feb 2016 #175

"A sleazebag Congressman works his way through Washington DC"? JustABozoOnThisBus Feb 2016 #176

Reality shows are no fair! pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #177

Sex cops. Islandurp Feb 2016 #183

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #186

That Show Would be Wolf Frankula Feb 2016 #220

Quantico? Initech Feb 2016 #187

Small town sheriff's department finds their biggest enemy is their own incompetence. Initech Feb 2016 #184

A TV show in which frogmarch Feb 2016 #185

"Make Room for Gacy"? Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2016 #221

The Greatest American Hero : ) frogmarch Feb 2016 #233

A show about nothing. KamaAina Feb 2016 #188

Fox News? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #190

ROFLMAO! KamaAina Feb 2016 #191

A murder mystery unfolds on an otherwise quiet street in a suburban neighborhood Initech Feb 2016 #192

Extremely attractive young ER doctors in Seattle battle raging hormones and difficult cases Initech Feb 2016 #193

Grey's Anatomy? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #197

Delivery company employees in New York City travel to the far ends of the galaxy Initech Feb 2016 #198

Futurama Islandurp Feb 2016 #210

The employees of a telemarketing company create new ways to slack off on the job Initech Feb 2016 #199

Workaholics Islandurp Feb 2016 #211

A law school graduate becomes obsessed with a scandal erupting at her alma matter Initech Feb 2016 #200

East coast high school student moves across the country to live with wealthy relatives Initech Feb 2016 #201

Fresh Prince of Bel-Air? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #204

Cause you're living with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air! Initech Feb 2016 #205

Backwards, racist homophobes sell hunting products Initech Feb 2016 #202

Duck Dynasty? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #203

A disfunctional family must cope with radical changes after the patriarch becomes a woman Initech Feb 2016 #206

Transparent? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #216

A look at the current and past lives of members of a women's correctional facility Initech Feb 2016 #207

Orange Is The New Black Islandurp Feb 2016 #212

Smarmy comedian relentlessly mocks the biggest internet fails of the week Initech Feb 2016 #208

Tosh.0 ? Islandurp Feb 2016 #209

A woman moves to Los Angeles and bonds with a tight knit group of same gender couples Initech Feb 2016 #213

A womanizer teaches his best friend how to navigate through romantic conquest in modern New York Initech Feb 2016 #214

A lawyer who never lost a case and montana_hazeleyes Feb 2016 #215

Perry Mason? Wolf Frankula Feb 2016 #219

Yes! montana_hazeleyes Feb 2016 #229

Two highly successful plastic surgeons face mid life career crises Initech Feb 2016 #217

Paper company employees play pranks on each other and deal with their slow-witted boss Initech Feb 2016 #218

The Office (US version)? KamaAina Feb 2016 #223

Three out of four nerdy physicists score fabulous babes. KamaAina Feb 2016 #224

Some oldies for boomers or fans of old TV Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2016 #228

#1. 'The Mod Squad"? montana_hazeleyes Feb 2016 #231

Yes! Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2016 #234

5. is the Cisco Kid Wolf Frankula Feb 2016 #232

Yes! Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2016 #235

2. Dragnet? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #238

No, "Dragnet" is not on the list Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2016 #240

Naked City pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #242

Yes! Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2016 #243

4: Room 222 and 5: The Defenders ? Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2016 #239

As befits a poster named "Gidney N Cloyd" Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2016 #241

Nobody has gotten #3 yet. It WAS a short-lived series, but Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2016 #244

East Side/West Side pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #245

Yes! Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2016 #246

NYPD detectives initially arrest the wrong suspect in a murder at Hudson U. Recursion Feb 2016 #230

Here's Some. Should be Easy Wolf Frankula Feb 2016 #247

#4 - Hawaii Five-O? Initech Feb 2016 #248

Nope Wolf Frankula Feb 2016 #249

Dragnet? Initech Feb 2016 #251

Righty right right Wolf Frankula Feb 2016 #252

3. Combat!; 5. The Ed Sullivan Show pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #254

Right on 3 and 5 Wolf Frankula Feb 2016 #257

1. The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #258

Righty right right Wolf Frankula Feb 2016 #260

Got several more (especially for Nick At Nite fans): Initech Feb 2016 #250

1. Get Smart; 2. The Beverly Hillbillies; 6. Flipper pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #255

Visually impaired lawyer goes up against the King of New York. Islandurp Feb 2016 #253

Hmmmm Homer Wells Feb 2016 #256

nope Islandurp Feb 2016 #259

Marvel�s Daredevil? pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #261

you got it Islandurp Feb 2016 #262