With "Torchwood" coming up, I've been wondering what TV series are, or have been written to happen concurrently with other series. What have we got?
-Doctor Who -Torchwood -Sarah Jane Investigates (just announced) -K9 Adventures
-Star Trek et. al.
-Babylon 5 et. al.
-CSI et. al.
-Law and Order et. al.
-Highlander: The Series -Highlander: The Raven
-JAG -Navy NCIS
Others? I'm talking about stuff that is DELIERATELY meant to be in the same universe as another series, and not some fan's attempt to squish unrelated shows into the same continuity.
And don't bother with sitcoms and soap operas. We already know it's all the same dreck.
Mark
Posted by HerbShrump (Member # 1230) on :
X-Files The Lone Gunmen Strange Luck (Short lived series starring D.B.Sweeney. At the end of one episode either he or another characher states something like "if I don't come back, I want you to get in touch with a friend of mine at the F.B.I. His name is Fox Mulder..." Law & Order SVU (Richard Belzer's characher, Det. Munch shows up on X-Files)
Law & Order SVU and Homicide: Life on the Streets (Det. Munch. L&O and Homicide had a crossover episode)
Crossing Jordan and Las Vega$
There was a TV Movie of the Week back in th elate 80s that picked up the story of a Western from the 50s/60s ( Ithink it was Gunsmoke) that crossed over characters from several other westerns.
Posted by Dukhat (Member # 341) on :
I believe "Homicide-Life on the Street" was also in the same "universe" as Law & Order.
There are actually people I work with at the recording studio who've been on that show, incidentally.
EDIT: Looks like Herb beat me to the punch. Posted by Veers (Member # 661) on :
According to this page, just about ever series that was ever on TV takes place within the mind of some kid from St. Elsewhere . But that's probably the very fanboyish speculation you didn't want to hear about.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
All the shows that spun off from Happy Days.
Or do shows that are intended to milk the last drops of sweet cash from shows that are over count? For instance: Joey.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
There were a couple of spinoffs from Cheers, too, weren't there? I never watched any of them; sitcoms aren't my cup of tea.
Posted by Peregrinus (Member # 504) on :
M*A*S*H AfterMASH Trapper John, M.D.
Battlestar Galactica (TOS) The A-Team (kidding on this -- but I prefer that theory to admitting that Galactica 1980 ever happened)
Happy Days Mork and Mindy
--Jonah
Posted by B.J. (Member # 858) on :
What, did nobody remember that Happy Days itself was a spinoff?
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Well, Homicide and X-Files were in the same universe, too. Am I the only one who remembers that episode of X-Files?!
Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :
quote:Originally posted by B.J.: What, did nobody remember that Happy Days itself was a spinoff?
From, Homicide: Life in the Crappy Days.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
That list on that Wikipage is totally useless without the context. I mean, how does Star Trek tie in to anything?
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
OK, apart from Team Knight Rider, which is such a stupid, imbecilic, contrived link to a stupid imbecilic show that it can be discounted.
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :
Sorry to be one of THOSE people who do this but: didn't we already have a thread discussing this and someone linked to a 'diagram' showing the links between a whole lot of shows and some of them were VERY long bows that were drawn - mentioning Yoyodyne propulsion or something to connect Trek to the 'modern day'.
I mentioned these - so I'll mention them again...
David E. Kelly's stuff seems to all connect - but at the same time it doesn't.
Ally McBeal and The Practice crossed over with some characters (I reckon John Cage should have gone over to Donnel, Young, Dole and Frutt after Ally folded but *shrug*)... except there is one episode of Ally with Renee watching TV and the show that is playing is the 'head in the bag' episode of The Practice, totally messing with the whole concept of them being in the 'same universe'.
Boston Legal crossed over from The Practice and I believe there was a cross over with Boston Public.
There was a cross over between The Practice and Gideon's Crossing too - although I don't know if that was a David E. Kelly show.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
I forget where I read it, but I also read this ridiculously crazy theory that "Knight Rider" and the original "Battlestar Galactica" (with its bastard child, "Galactica 1980") took place in the same universe. Someone (not here, of course) suggested that the robot car was powered by a crashed/salvaged Cylon brain, explaining the flashing red light that was similar to the Cylons' infamous red eye.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
I read that too. Damn, where was it?
Posted by WizArtist II (Member # 1425) on :
and of course in some small way everything is tied to Kevin Bacon.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Beyond both shows being powered by Glen Larson? I suppose we should throw in Buck Rogers then.
Posted by Lee (Member # 393) on :
KITT saying "Bidi bidi bidi" all the time was a dead giveaway.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Speaking of Doctor Who, Mark, what about the cross-over with EastEnders called Dimensions in Time.
The Simpsons have had Jay Sherman from The Critic on their show.
The X-Files had an episode which featured Mulder and Scully on Cops, but that's a weird crossover since Cops is a reality show.
Oh and let us not forget The Jetsons meet The Flinstones.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Dimensions in Time universally does not count, according to all real fans.
And the Jetsons Meet the Flinstones being part of the same continuity is arguable, as there is a TV episode where a friend of Elroy is watching (literally) the billionth rerun of The Flintstones on his wrist TV.
Besides, if you argue that, then ALL Hanna Barbera characters are in the same universe thanks to various crossover specials over the years. And Harvey Birdman.
Mark
Posted by Cartman (Member # 256) on :
The only reference I can find to MM's "theory" is this WP article, so whoever suggested that either got it from there or thought he had something really awesome to contribute lol am i rite guyz?!
[you'll have to manually replace those "<>" in the above link with "()" thanks to UBB's crap HTML parser]
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Your Wikipedia article is invalid.
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