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* ''Series/ATouchOfFrost'': Detective Sergeant Bailey from "True Confessions" is played by Creator/GwynethStrong, who had previously starred with Creator/DavidJason in the later series of ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses''.
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** Season 5 had Creator/EmmaKenney reunite with two of her ''Series/{{Shameless}}'' co-stars. Ethan Cutkosky appears in the episode "Parent Traps and Heart Attacks", while Creator/WilliamHMacy guest stars in "Two More Years And A Stolen Rose". The Macy episode [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it]] when Macy's and Kenney's characters meet, as the latter immediately asks him if [[HaveWeMet she knows him from somewhere]].

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** Season 5 had Creator/EmmaKenney reunite with two of her ''Series/{{Shameless}}'' ''Series/{{Shameless|US}}'' co-stars. Ethan Cutkosky appears in the episode "Parent Traps and Heart Attacks", while Creator/WilliamHMacy guest stars in "Two More Years And A Stolen Rose". The Macy episode [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it]] when Macy's and Kenney's characters meet, as the latter immediately asks him if [[HaveWeMet she knows him from somewhere]].
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* Two of Creator/AngusDeayton's former ''Radio Active'' and ''Series/{{KYTV}}'' co-stars, Geoffrey Perkins and Michael Fenton Stevens, made guest appearances in ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'' as Patrick's brother and brother-in-law respectively.
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* ''Series/GoodnightSweetheart'': In "Something Fishie", Gary (Creator/NicholasLyndhurst) runs into trouble with two "insurance salesmen" gangsters. One of them (Mr. Jones) is played by Creator/KennethMacDonald, who had a recurring role in ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' with Lyndhurst as Mike Fisher, the barman at the Nag's Head.
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** Richard Karn (Al) as Bill MacKensie in "Attractive Architect," who mistakenly remembers Mike having three sons.

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** Richard Karn (Al) as Bill MacKensie [=MacKenzie=] in "Attractive Architect," who mistakenly remembers Mike having three sons.

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** Creator/TimDaly [[AppearingAsHimself appeared as himself]] in the Season One finale, "[[Recap/MonkS1E13MrMonkandtheAirplane]]"; he and star Creator/TonyShalhoub previously appeared together in the series ''Series/{{Wings}}''.

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** Creator/TimDaly [[AppearingAsHimself appeared as himself]] AsHimself in the Season One finale, "[[Recap/MonkS1E13MrMonkandtheAirplane]]"; "[[Recap/MonkS1E12MrMonkandtheAirplane Mr. Monk and the Airplane]]"; he and star Creator/TonyShalhoub previously appeared together in the series ''Series/{{Wings}}''.

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* Creator/TimDaly appeared as himself in an Episode of ''Series/{{Monk}}''. He and ''Monk'' star Creator/TonyShalhoub previously appeared together in the series ''Series/{{Wings}}''.
** Lampshaded by the fact that Monk doesn't know who Tim Daly is. His assistant tells him that Daly was on ''Wings'' and was the only good actor on the show.
** In another episode, Creator/StevenWeber, also from ''Series/{{Wings}}'' appeared. He was not playing himself, however, and no mention of the show was made.
** In "Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan," Captain Stottlemeyer (Creator/TedLevine) has some friction with New York Police Department Captain Walter Cage, who is played by Creator/MykeltiWilliamson. Williamson and Levine played two fellow LAPD homicide detectives in ''Film/{{Heat}}''.

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Creator/TimDaly [[AppearingAsHimself appeared as himself himself]] in an Episode of ''Series/{{Monk}}''. He the Season One finale, "[[Recap/MonkS1E13MrMonkandtheAirplane]]"; he and ''Monk'' star Creator/TonyShalhoub previously appeared together in the series ''Series/{{Wings}}''.
** *** Lampshaded by the fact that Monk doesn't know who Tim Daly is. His assistant Sharona tells him that Daly was on ''Wings'' and was the only good actor on the show.
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In another episode, "[[Recap/MonkS5E13MrMonkIsOnTheAir Mr. Monk Is On The Air]]" Creator/StevenWeber, also from ''Series/{{Wings}}'' ''Wings'', appeared. He was not playing himself, however, and no mention of the show was made.
** In "Mr. "[[Recap/MonkS3E1MrMonkTakesManhattan Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan," Manhattan]]," Captain Stottlemeyer (Creator/TedLevine) has some friction with New York Police Department Captain Walter Cage, who is played by Creator/MykeltiWilliamson. Cage (Creator/MykeltiWilliamson). Williamson and Levine played two fellow LAPD homicide detectives in ''Film/{{Heat}}''.''Film/{{Heat}}''.
** Creator/StanleyTucci appeared in the Season Five premiere "[[Recap/MonkS5E1MrMonkAndTheActor Mr. Monk and the Actor]]", after he and Shalhoub previously played brothers in ''Film/BigNight''.
** Creator/AlfredMolina appeared in the Season Six episode "[[Recap/MonkS6E3MrMonkAndTheNakedMan Mr. Monk and the Naked Man]]", after he and Creator/TraylorHoward (Monk's assistant, Natalie), previously played father and daughter on the short-lived sitcom ''Bram and Alice''.
*** Tucci and Molina's appearances also doubled as a CastingGag, since they and Shalhoub were the three finalists for the role of Adrian Monk, which ultimately went to Shalhoub.
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* ''{{Series/Castle}}'' has an episode where Creator/NathanFillion's ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' co-star Creator/AdamBaldwin appears. Given the number of ''Firefly'' references elsewhere on ''Castle'', the absence of references in that episodes was quite conspicuous.

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* ''{{Series/Castle}}'' ''{{Series/Castle|2009}}'' has an episode where Creator/NathanFillion's ''{{Series/Firefly}}'' co-star Creator/AdamBaldwin appears. Given the number of ''Firefly'' references elsewhere on ''Castle'', the absence of references in that episodes was quite conspicuous.
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* In ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'' Creator/JuddHirsch plays [[TheAgeless Henry]]'s son in modern day; when they needed someone to play a younger version in the flashbacks of "Punk Is Dead", they got Creator/DavidKrumholtz, who had played Hirsch's son in ''Series/Numb3rs''.

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* In ''Series/{{Forever|2014}}'' Creator/JuddHirsch plays [[TheAgeless Henry]]'s son [[CoolOldGuy Abe]] in modern day; when they needed someone to play a younger version of Abe in the flashbacks of "Punk Is Dead", they got Creator/DavidKrumholtz, who had played Hirsch's son in ''Series/Numb3rs''.

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