History BreakingTheFourthWall / LiveACtionTV

* ''Series/Batman1966'' episodes:
** In one episode, Batman and Robin are climbing up the Batrope, when Santa Claus sticks his head out of the window. Santa offers to bring them a present, if they'll tell him the location of the Batcave. Batman looks at the camera and says, "If you can't trust Santa Claus, who can you trust?"
** "King Tut's Coup". Commissioner Gordon calls Bruce Wayne and they realize that King Tut has returned. When Gordon calls Batman, Batman tells him that he knows that Tut has returned even before Gordon can tell him. Gordon looks into the camera and says "You'd think the man could read my mind!"
** "That Darn Catwoman". After Batman realizes that Robin is under Catwoman's control, he turns to the audience and says "What a dastardly development this is!"

* ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' did this in the final season when the alternate universe Lionel Luthor escapes to the main universe
-->'''Lionel:''' ''[looking directly into the camera]'' Guess I'm back in the nick of time. Wouldn't want to miss how it all turns out.

* ''Series/{{Crossroads}}''. Regionalisation of Creator/{{ITV}} in TheSeventies meant that [[OopNorth Northern]] regions such as Granada and Yorkshire were six months ahead of Southern English regions in screening the long-running soap opera. [=ITV=] management decided that national coverage should be harmonised. Rather than giving the south [[CruelAndUnusualDeath double doses of the show]] till the region caught up, a solution was bodged where InUniverse, main character Meg Richardson (Noele Gordon) featured in a special episode. This began with Meg in her office talking to her son Sandy - then she looked right into the camera and started to address the viewers. Sandy looked 'startled' and said something like "you're not allowed do that". The character then addressed the viewers directly, summing up what for many British viewers would be six months worth of missing, now never-to-be-seen, storylines, so as to bring viewers up to date. Viewers had been forewarned by the continuity announcer prior to the show that "Noele Gordon was to give a special announcement" It has been speculated that [[ScrewedByTheNetwork this was the beginning of the end]] for "Crossroads" and a blow the series never quite recovered from.

* Chyna on ''Series/ANTFarm'' does this in the episode "[=you're the one that I wANT=]. After Olive explains what theatrical asides are.

* ''Series/TheMightyBoosh'' breaks the fourth wall constantly, in fact the first series features an intro by Howard and Vince in character, in front of a velvet curtain, suggesting it's all a stage play. This would make sense, since in season 1 Howard and Vince work in a zoo, but but in season 2 they're sharing a flat with two other zoo residents, Naboo the shaman and Bollo the gorilla. In season three they run a shop together. Also, in the intro to 'Charlie', Howard introduces fictional actor Simon McFarnaby, who then goes on to play another character in the show

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukbDwRVzGdQ The 2011 Children in Need scene]] has Creator/MattSmith shattering the fourth wall into pieces.

** At the very end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink "Blink"]], the Doctor looks directly at the camera and tells the audience his video warning to Sally Sparrow: "Don't blink. Blink and you're ''dead.'' They are fast, ''faster'' than you can believe. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And ''don't blink''. Good luck." Just to add the icing to the cake, the very last shot is of the Doctor himself ''blinking''. The effect can cause the viewer to never go near a statue again.

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** At the very end of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E10Blink "Blink"]], the Doctor looks directly at the camera and tells the audience his video warning to Sally Sparrow: "Don't blink. Blink and you're ''dead''. Don't turn your back. Don't look away. And ''don't blink''. Good luck." Just to add the icing to the cake, the very last shot is of the Doctor himself ''blinking''. The effect can cause the viewer to never go near a statue again.

* ''Series/{{Crossroads}}''. Regionalisation of Creator/{{ITV}} in TheSeventies meant that [[OopNorth Northern]] regions such as Granada and Yorkshire were six months ahead of Southern English regions in screening the long-running soap opera. [=ITV=] management decided that national coverage should be harmonised. Rather than giving the south [[CruelAndUnusualDeath double doses of the show]] till the region caught up, a solution was bodged where InUniverse, main character Meg Richardson (Noele Gordon) featured in a special episode. This began with Meg in her office talking to her son Sandy - then she looked right into the camera and started to address the viewers. Sandy looked 'startled' and said something like "you're not allowed do that". The character then addressed the viewers directly, summing up what for many British viewers would be six months worth of missing, now never-to-be-seen, storylines, so as to bring viewers up to date. Viewers had been forewarned by the continuity announcer prior to the show that "Noel Gordon was to give a special announcement" It has been speculated that [[ScrewedByTheNetwork this was the beginning of the end]] for "Crossroads" and a blow the series never quite recovered from.

* ''Series/{{Emergency}}'', on a couple or so episodes they watch or mention the TV series ''Series/Adam12'' and they also do crossover episodes with the same show.

* ''Series/{{Emergency}}'', on a couple or so episodes they watch or mention the TV series ''Series/{{Adam-12}}'' and they also do crossover episodes with the same show.

* ''Series/{{Emergency}}'', on a couple or so episodes they watch or mention the TV series ''Series/Adam-12'' and they also do crossover episodes with the same show.

* ''Series/Emergency!'', on a couple or so episodes they watch or mention the TV series ''Series/Adam-12'' and they also do crossover episodes with the same show.

* ''Series/{{UFO}}'' ("Mindbender"). GreenRocks make Commander Straker start to hallucinate that he's an actor in a sci-fi television series. As he remembers being Straker, but can clearly see the cameras and backstage crew around him, he naturally starts to go insane.

* ''Series/SherlockHolmes'': in the episode "The Copper Beeches", the end of the story has Dr. Watson reading aloud from his account of the adventure that he and Sherlock Holmes had just concluded. Then he turns to Holmes, who had earlier expressed criticism of Watson's writing, and sarcastically asks, "You don't think I put too much color and life into it, do you?" Holmes replies, "I leave all questions of literary style to your expertise!" before turning and looking directly into the camera with a hint of a smile.