History SmallReferencePools / LiveACtionTV

*** Consequently the only puppet TV shows that exist are ''Series/SesameStreet'' and ''Series/TheMuppetShow''. In the UK ''Series/SpittingImage'', but only to those who was young in the 1980s and 1990s.

** Consequently the only puppet TV shows that exist are ''Series/SesameStreet'' and ''Series/TheMuppetShow''. In the UK ''Series/SpittingImage'', but only to those who was young in the 1980s and 1990s.

* If a children's show is referenced it'll be either ''Series/SesameStreet'', ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'', or ''Series/{{Teletubbies}}''.
** The only Sesame Street characters are Big Bird, Elmo, Bert & Ernie, Cookie Monster, Grover, and Oscar. And sometimes the Count. There are no human (non-muppet) characters, except maybe Gordon.
** Consequently the only puppet TV shows that exist are ''Series/SesameStreet'' and ''Series/TheMuppetShow''. In the UK ''Series/SpittingImage'', but only to who was young in the 1980s and 1990s.
** Other children's shows tend to be more decade oriented. Some do get repeated in syndication, though.

* This trope is the point of the British GameShow ''Series/{{Pointless}}''. The show's researchers give 100 people a short length of time to name as many things in a certain group as they can (e.g. types of shark, JohnGrisham novels, Clint Eastwood films), and on the show itself, the contestants have to try to score as few points as possible by giving the answers they think none of the research group has said, with answers no-one said landing you an ideal 0 points. Therefore, the larger the reference pools of the contestants, the better they'll do.

* If a children's show is referenced it'll be ''Series/SesameStreet''. The only Sesame Street characters are Big Bird, Elmo, Bert & Ernie, Cookie Monster, Grover, and Oscar. And sometimes the Count. There are no human (non-muppet) characters, except maybe Gordon.

*** However some see Kermit the Frog as a character in the former series only. ''Series/TheMuppetShow'' never existed.

* Hari Seldon (of the {{Foundation}} series) was referenced in ''Series/TheDailyShow'' by Bruce Bueno De Mesquita (2009-09-28).

* Not only is ''InspectorMorse'' more than knowledgeable of classical music and opera, so are the writers on the show, leading to the use of works far outside the limits of this trope in the mysteries, and obscure jokes that only viewers with an interest in music will ever get.

** Netflix has given us all of four shows: ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'', ''Series/JessicaJones2015'', ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' and ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack''.

** Consequently the only puppet TV shows that exist are ''Series/SesameStreet'' and ''Series/TheMuppets''. In the UK ''Series/SpittingImage'', but only to who was young in the 1980s and 1990s.

* In the 2014 SciFiChannel miniseries ''[[Series/AscensionMiniseries Ascension]]'', the library of the titular GenerationShip naturally doesn't include any works created after 1963 (the year it was launched). And when [[NumberTwo Executive Officer Gault]] tries to check out a book on police procedures to help investigate a murder, his sister the librarian tells him they didn't think to bring one along. He ends up watching crime movies; the classic film ''Film/{{M}}'' gives him an idea of [[SplashOfColor how to follow one of the suspects]].

** Japanese TV? Mostly anime, ''Series/IronChef'' and sadistic quiz shows.

* The only science fiction shows were the various ''Franchise/StarTrek'' series. Or perhaps ''Series/DoctorWho''. 95% of the time, it's ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' that gets referenced. ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' accounts for the other 5%. In the 1990s ''Series/TheXFiles'' would be another point of reference.

* The first show ever aired on television was ''Series/ILoveLucy''. This is consequently the only show of the very old ones that is still remembered. No one seems to remember ''Texaco Star Theater'', the show that made Milton Berle a legend. Or ''Your Show of Shows'', which did much the same for Creator/SidCaesar and company. Or ''Life of Riley''. Or ''The Goldbergs''. Or, for that matter, ''Series/MeetThePress'' - launching in 1947 and still going strong today, it's the [[LongRunners longest-running TV show]] of ''any'' kind.

* Science shows? ''Series/Mythbusters''.

** Netflix has given us all of four shows: ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'', ''Series/JessicaJones'', ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' and ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack''.

** Netflix has given us all of three shows: ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'', ''Series/{{House of Cards|US}}'' and ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack''.

** "The Impossible Astronaut"/"Day of the Moon", featuring RichardNixon, only hints at Watergate toward the end, being set near the beginning of Tricky Dick's term.

** Netflix has given us all of three shows: ''{{Daredevil}}'', ''[[Series/HouseOfCardsUS House Of Cards]]'' and ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack''.

** Belgian TV? ''Series/TheMole''. ''De Ideale Wereld'' may also get a mention, but only from the most savvy internet users.

** Netflix has given us all of three shows: ''[[SERIES/DAREDEVIL]]'', ''[[Series/HouseOfCardsUS House Of Cards]]'' and ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack''.

** Netflix has given us all of two shows: ''[[Series/HouseOfCardsUS House Of Cards]]'' and ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack''.

** The old series featured appearances by Robespierre, Catherine de' Medici, Pancho Villa, John Aubrey, George Stephenson, and a UsefulNotes/WorldWarII episode ''without Nazis''. The First Doctor story with Catherine de Medici featured [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Bartholomew%27s_Day_massacre The 1572 St. Bartholomew's Eve massacre of Protestants in Paris]].

** Belgian TV? ''Series/TheMole''

** Belgian TV? ''De Ideale Wereld''