History TakeThat / LiveActionTV

* A poster for the showings of ''Series/{{Lost}}'' season 4 on Sky said in big letters ANSWERS ARE COMING and underneath in much smaller letters [Unless you have Virgin Media or Freeview]! To clarify, {{Sky1}}, the channel that premiered seasons 3-6 of ''Lost'' in the UK, was pulled from Virgin Media between 2007 and 2008 after a dispute between Sky and Virgin.

** The episode itself had Kryten compare something thoroughly unsurprising to ''TalesOfTheUnexpected''.

* ''Series/TheOrville'' has a very clever moment in this trope during its second episode, "Command Performance". The episode focuses on a zoo which houses sentient beings. Captain Mercer and Commander Grayson are held captive there until the Orville bargains for their release. Alara Kitan trades an archive of Earth's 21st Century Reality Television in exchange for Mercer and Grayson. We see a huge battering outside the cell as it plays an episode of ''[[Series/TheRealHousewives Real Housewives of New Jersey]]'' to a vast number of aliens. The owners of the zoo describe it as their best exhibit yet.

* ''Series/TheOrville'' has a very clever moment in this trope during its second episode, "Command Performance". The episode focuses on a zoo which houses sentient beings. Captain Mercer and Commander Grayson are held captive there until the Orville bargains for their release. Alara Kitan trades an archive of Earth's 21st Century Reality Television in exchange for Mercer and Grayson. We see a huge battering outside the cell as it plays an episode of [[Series/TheRealHousewives ''Real Housewives of New Jersey'']] to a vast number of aliens. The owners of the zoo describe it as their best exhibit yet.

* ''Series/UnREAL2015'' is basically one big long TakeThat to ''Series/TheBachelor''. Chris Harrison did not appreciate it.

* ''Series/UnREAL'' is basically one big long TakeThat to ''Series/TheBachelor''. Chris Harrison did not appreciate it.

* ''Series/{{Frasier}}'' does one to it parents show ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. In the parent show Sam and Diane have a vicious argument only for Sam to ask "Are you as turned on as I am?", to which Diane responds "More!", and [[TheBigDamnKiss they kiss]]. When Frasier tries this when arguing with a coworker, it is met with a horrified "NO!"

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-->'''[[JustForFun/StatlerAndWaldorf Statler]]''': 'Ah, the beauty of live-action. Makes you feel like you're really there, doesn't it?\\
'''Waldorf''': Yeah, I can be bored to death from the comfort of my own home!\\
'''Both''': Doh-ho-ho-ho-ho!

* Speaking of [[SoapOpera soaps]], they'd often do this to themselves. There are too many examples to list, but an ''Series​/AllMyChildren'' character once muttered, "I feel like I'm in the middle of a daytime serial" while trying to referee an argument between his girlfriend and her parents.

* As much SelfDeprecation as a TakeThat: On a crossover episode with ''Series/PicketFences'', ''Series/ChicagoHope'' gave a bitter nod to then-ratings powerhouse ''Series/{{ER}}''. When Kathy Baker's guest-star character became frustrated at what Chicago Hope's doctors were telling her, she irately declared, "We could have gone to the ''other'' one!" The hospital director's reply? "We ''never'' mention the other one." Mentioned or not, ''ER'' eventually buried its onetime head-to-head Thursday night competitor, forcing [=CH's=] move to Monday nights, where it had a respectable multi-year run.
* ''Chicago Hope'' took several more swipes at ''ER'' over the years:
** Dr. Shutt was constantly told how much he resembled [=ER=] star George Clooney and always professed not to know who Clooney even was.
** At one point, a corporate executive made a promotional video for the hospital that was a straight ripoff of the ''ER'' opening credits, complete with ethereal music, a giant [=CH=] logo appearing on the screen repeatedly, and all of the cast members replicating the poses from the then-current [=ER=] opening credits. After the video was over, one member of the staff said ''"Hmmm. Looks familiar."''

--> '''Crowley:''' I only have one rule: make a deal, keep it. There's a reason we don't call our chits in early: consumer confidence. This isn't ''WallStreet'' this is Hell! ''We'' have a little something called integrity!

* As much SelfDeprecation as a TakeThat: On a crossover episode with ''Series/PicketFences'', ''Series/ChicagoHope'' gave a bitter nod to then-ratings powerhouse ''Series/{{ER}}''. When Kathy Baker's guest-star character became frustrated at what Chicago Hope's doctors were telling her, she irately declared, "We could have gone to the ''other'' one!" The hospital director's reply? "We ''never'' mention the other one." Mentioned or not, ''ER'' eventually buried its onetime head-to-head Thursday night competitor.

** ''ER'' even took a swipe at ITSELF. An episode that had a doctor who worked with a news crew hovering outside the hospital and giving incorrect information to the public had a character commenting, "Ugh. TV doctors."

** In the episode "My Own Worst Enemy," J.D. wins a "Who-Cares-y" award from Doctor Cox, and thinks "Suck on that, Tony Shalhoub". Zach Braff has been nominated for a Best Actor Emmy twice, and lost to Shalhoub both times.

* ''Series/TheApprentice'': After Creator/DonaldTrump called Sir Alan Sugar (who hosts the UK version) a smalltimer, Sugar had the mention of his worth (over a billion pounds) reinstated to the show's opening. This was juxt weeks before Trump became US President(-Elect), unfortunately for Sir Alan's ego.

* ''Series/TheApprentice'': After Creator/DonaldTrump called Sir Alan Sugar (who hosts the UK version) dubbed him a smalltimer, Sugar had the mention of his worth (over a billion pounds) reinstated to the show's opening. This was before Trump became US President(-Elect), unfortunately for Sir Alan's ego.

-->'''Guard'''"Is that like CSI?"
--> '''Gibbs''':"Only if you're dyslexic."

* ''{{Buffyverse}}'':

esponds* ''Series/{{Misfits}}'' has had a couple of pretty overt jabs at ''Series/{{Heroes}}''. Very early on there's a scene where all of the characters break down laughing at the idea that they should all start fighting crime and saving the world (although that could just be superhero stories in general). But S2 has a wimpy SoapboxSadie champagne socialist rich-boy who jumps to the conclusion that he might become the most important of the characters... and instantly gets killed off. And the villain of the S2 Christmas episode is a handsome dark-haired guy who wants to be the most powerful person in the world, collects other people's powers but mostly uses telekenesis... and is an utterly pathetic douchenozzle who dies ludicrously well before the end of the ep through stupidly misusing one of his own powers. Anyone get the idea that the writers don't like a certain trustafarian male nurse or a certain guy named after a watch brand?

** In the episode "Family Ties," Jacek expresses his disappointment at the SGC facility to Samantha Carter. What follows sounds like meaningless banter, unless you know that the SG-1 series was in its last season, and had been replaced with the show ''Series/{{Eureka}}'' by [[Creator/SciFiChannel the SyFy network]].

* During the 1990s, the late Jeremy Beadle hosted several popular game shows and comedy programmes on British TV. He was the original presenter of ''You've Been Framed'', a TransatlanticEquivalent to ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos''. Later, he moved onto a short-lived show called ''Beadle's Hotshots'', where the public would film their own parodies of popular television and send them to him to broadcast. One of the best remembered of these was "You've Fallen Over", a TakeThat which implied that ''You've Been Framed'' consisted mostly of stupid clips of people falling over, and that the "home videos" sent in were all staged.
* ''Series/{{Misfits}}'' has had a couple of pretty overt jabs at ''Series/{{Heroes}}''. Very early on there's a scene where all of the characters break down laughing at the idea that they should all start fighting crime and saving the world (although that could just be superhero stories in general). But S2 has a wimpy SoapboxSadie champagne socialist rich-boy who jumps to the conclusion that he might become the most important of the characters... and instantly gets killed off. And the villain of the S2 Christmas episode is a handsome dark-haired guy who wants to be the most powerful person in the world, collects other people's powers but mostly uses telekenesis... and is an utterly pathetic douchenozzle who dies ludicrously well before the end of the ep through stupidly misusing one of his own powers. Anyone get the idea that the writers don't like a certain trustafarian male nurse or a certain guy named after a watch brand?

* In the ''Series/IZombie'' episode "Grumpy Old Liv", Liv ends up temporarily saddled with the personality of a rude, cantankerous old man. At one point, she refers to a lab rat (which BollywoodNerd Ravi has nicknamed [[Film/ANewHope "New Hope"]]) as "Final Hope": Ravi responds that if he'd wanted the rat to have a depressing name, he'd have gone with [[Film/ThePhantomMenace "Phantom Menace"]].