History RunningGag / LiveActionTV

* ''Rebelde Way''. Second season. Francisco kissing Laura. Again and again, on improbable circumstances. Notable on that it has actual running and actual gag.

*** In "Victory of the Daleks", the Doctor, Amy and WinstonChurchill save London from the Daleks (Churchill was not primarily known as a writer but in his later years he did write a comprehensive history of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII).

** [[CatchPhrase "Everything's made up and the points don't matter.]] That's right, the points are like notability on TvTropes."

* ''TheOffice'' has a running gag about Gareth's title. Gareth: "As I'm Assistant Regional Manager" David (interrupting): "Assistant '''to''' the Regional Manager." The gag ran so far that they've been continuing it with Dwight in the American version.
* ''WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' had a RunningGag that actually was a running gag: in practically every game of Sound Effects, Ryan (providing the sounds) would make whatever animal Colin (who acted in response to the sounds) was riding run away, forcing him to catch up; he even managed to do this in the ''StarWars''-themed game with Jedi Colin's spaceship. Similarly, Ryan would often play someone providing music (a Roman coliseum trumpeter, an Old West pianist, etc) whom Colin would grow annoyed with and eventually kill.

** Jimmy [=McNulty=] being called out on some crazy/stupid thing that he's pulling by one of his partners.

** Bunk asking Jimmy "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv063nzZIEk You happy now, bitch?]]" after Jimmy does something and it winds up blowing up in their faces.

-->'''Jimmy:''' Here, Bubs, tie this to that thing, will ya?\\

* When Johnny Carson hosted ''TheTonightShow'', one of his recurring skits was the all-knowing "Carnac the Magnificent", who would "predict" the answers to questions in sealed envelopes. There were several running gags:

* ''Studio60OnTheSunsetStrip'': Writer/creator Creator/AaronSorkin loves to incorporate throw-away running gags, often with each instance rephrasing the joke from a different angle. In "The Option Period", off-camera guest-host (and real-life {{Malaproper}}) Music/JessicaSimpson supposedly had to fill in extra airtime at the end of the fictional show's live broadcast, as described by Cal:

** No one knowing what NCIS is.

* The Range Game on ''ThePriceIsRight'' as per Bob Barker's instructions: "Don't hit the button until you want to stop it because we can't start it again for 37 hours."

** In the very earliest era, the First Doctor coming up with different mispronunciations of "Chesterton". This was broadened in some stories to aliens and non-English-speaking human characters having difficulty pronouncing "Ian".

* ''Series/TheLateLateShow with Creator/CraigFerguson'': Whenever Craig mentions PaulMcCartney, a photo of Creator/AngelaLansbury is displayed, and vice versa. Also, Ohhh.

** [[Dirty Harry "It was Callahan. The big one. He did this to me!"]]

* ''Mail Call'': Gunny Ermey's ongoing vendetta against watermelons, and extensive use of MoreDakka to destroy them...

** They watch Red Dawn on a regular basis, too. ''"Wolverines!"'' *lifts cups*

* ''Pop-Up Video'': Popping up "But" as a single word on somebody's butt.

* When Johnny Carson hosted ''TheTonightShow'', one of his recurring skits was the all-knowing "Carnak the Magnificent", who would "predict" the answers to questions in sealed envelopes. There were several running gags:
** Carnak tripping over the edge of the stage when entering.

** Carnak getting annoyed with Ed [=McMahon=] and throwing out a topical insult, such as "May Kareem Abdul-Jabbar slam-dunk your sister."

* ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''

* ''Series/GameOfThrones''

* Season 4 of ''Series/GameOfThrones''has Davos Seaworth repeatedly explain the difference between a pirate and a smuggler to a rather unconvinced audience.

* In ''WizardsOfWaverlyPlace''

** The Charlie Brown sad walk, complete with [[ACharlieBrownChristmas "Christmas is Here"]] playing

* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' is famous for this, with jokes running over not just multiple episodes but multiple seasons. In the first episode Gob claims that magicians perform [[InsistentTerminology illusions.]] Tricks are something a whore does for money... also cocaine. This is referenced in the final season with Gob claiming he was pimping "Turns illusions for money".

** "MISTER F!"

** "It's the final countdown..."

** Season 4 has "Hello darkness, my old friend..."

*** Family love Marry

** Cops attacking George Sr. or Oscar and one of them hitting him with a baton

** "There are dozens of us. DOZENS!"

** "Well, this is the last time you'll see these!"

** Hello!