Some Possible Favorite TV Shows of the DS Characters

[Bob_the_Bartender]

Hey gang,

During Dark Shadows' run, I believe that we only got to see one or two television sets in any of the DS characters' homes or apartments; I think that Buffie Harrington had a portable tv in her apartment room, for example.

I would have liked to have seen some of the characters, enjoying some "quality time," watching their favorite shows on the boob tube.  For instance, it would have been fun to have seen Mrs. Stoddard, Carolyn and Vicky, sitting down in the Collinwood study (or perhaps the recreation room/den) and tuning into "Peyton Place" two nights a week on the local Collinsport ABC channel.  Perhaps David enjoyed watching "The Monkees" or "The Invaders" with Amy Jennings?  (Amy probably preferred "That Girl" to "The Invaders," imo.)

Then again, just once on the show, I would have liked to have seen a large tv set, hanging over the bar at The Blue Whale.  Can you imagine Barnabas and Willie (on an extremely rare occasion when Barnabas accompanied Willie out for a night on the town) watching Monday Night Football on ABC?  Oh, to see Willie trying to explain the arcane rules of professional football to Barnabas, a man of the 18th century!  I suspect that Barnabas might have opined about sportscaster Howard Cosell to Willie: "That fellow, Cosell, is just the 'least' bit, aureate in his comments, I must say."

Anyway, here a some shows, I think that DS characters might have enjoyed tuning into:

Adam - The Munsters and Maury

Alexander, the Leviathan child - Dennis-the-Menace

Angelique - Bewitched

Barnabas Collins, and his servant, Willie Loomis - This Old House and The Odd Couple

Nicholas Blair - Tales from the Crypt and Playboy After Dark

Ezra Braithwaite -  The Lawrence Welk Show and Waiting For God

David Collins - The Wonder Years

Olivia Corey (a/k/a Amanda Harris) - How Do I Look?

Laura Collins - Divorce Court and Desperate Housewives

Roger Collins - To the Manor Born and Father Knows Best

Burke Devlin - Bonanza and Executive Suite

Roxanne Drew  - The Vampire Diaries

The Eagle Hill Cemetery Caretaker - Six Feet under and Keeping Up With the Kardashians

Maggie Evans - Alice and Our Miss Brooks

Sam Evans - Sister Wendy's History of Art and Dark Passages

Buzz Hackett - The Mod Squad and Then Came Bronson

Bruno Hess - Have Gun, Will Travel

Dr. Julia Hoffman - The Elevnth Hour and Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Ms. Julia Hoffman -  Downton Abbey

Chris Jennings - Being Human

Tom Jennings - Also, Being Human and Ask This Old House

Harry Johnson - It Takes A Thief

Mrs. Sarah Johnson - Hazel and Upstairs, Downstairs

Dr. Eric Lang - Nip-and-Tuck

Jason McGuire - Ballykissangel and Who Want's To Be A Millionaire?

Sheriff George Patterson - The Andy Griffith Show and Car 54: Where Are You?

Bob Rooney - Cheers and Ryan's Hope

Carolyn Stoddard - The Young and the Restless

Paul Stoddard - Run For Your Life and Make Room For Daddy

Hallie Stokes - Fear Factor

Prof. T. Elliott Stokes - The X-Files and Bachelor Father

Charles Delaware tate - Learn to Paint with Bob Ross and One Foot in the Grave

Phillip and Megan Todd - Antiques Roadshow and American Pickers

Mr. Wells - Fawlty Towers

Vicky Winters - Anne of Green Gables and Super Nanny

Dr. Dave Woodard - Marcus Welby, M.D. and Diagnosis Murder

John Yeager - What Not To Wear

Can you think of any other shows, which the DS characters might have enjoyed watching?

Bob

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Those are inspired choices, BtB!   

[Uncle Roger]

I would like to see Mrs. Johnson, Jenny Collins and the aged Cassandra compete for make-overs on RuPaul's Drag U.

[David]

 

I think PT Roger might have peeked in on Queer as Folk every now & then, while Mrs. Johnson was an avid viewer of The L Word.

[David]

PT Roger might also have watched the old game show Queen For a Day!
Dr. Julia Hoffman: What's My Line?

[Uncle Roger]

Maybe it's not a series but I'm sure that Nicholas Blair would have been watching Satan's School for Girls.

[Gerard]

Amy Jennings would watch The Electric Company, thinking "I wish I could be on that show."

Gerard

[Lydia]

Vicky would watch Family Affair all alone, because nobody would want to listen to her go on and on about how she wished she'd had an Uncle Bill to take her away from the foundling home.

[Bob_the_Bartender]

Hey, how about these tv show suggestions?:

Aristede - Queer Eye for the Straight Guy

Bathia Mapes and Grandmama Edith Collins - The Golden Girls

Quentin and Jenny Collins, Judith and the Rev. Gregory Trask, and Edward and Laura Collins and Sandor and Magda Rakosi -  The In-Laws

Carl "The Comedian" Collins (a/k/a "Shecky" Collins) - The Soupy Sales Show

Madame Janet Findley - One Step Beyond

Joe Haskell - The American Sportsman and Sarah Palin's Alaska

Buffie Harrington - It's a Living

Wyndcliff Hospital nurse, Miss Jackson - Nurse Jackie

Matthew Morgan - Home Improvement and I'm Dickens, He's Fenster

PT1970  Landlady Mrs. Purdy (I think?) -  Tales of the City

Aunt Hannah Stokes -  John Edward Predicts and The Virginia Graham Show

[DarkLady]

Joe Haskell would also appreciate The Deadliest Catch.

[Lydia]

I'm Dickens, He's Fenster

Good heavens, I don't think that show has crossed my mind in forty years.

[DarkLady]

Mine neither.

Barnabas might like I've Got a Secret.

Bathia Mapes might also like One Step Beyond.

[Joeytrom]

Abigail Collins would watch the 700 Club, Jimmy Swaggart, & Little House on the Prarie

[Gerard]

Mrs. Johnson would watch The Gallopping Gourmet and The Dinah Shore Show (on the little, portable black-and-white set in the kitchen with aluminum foil over the rabbit ears, while taking a break with a cup of coffee, a cigarette and a pad and pencil to write down recipes). 

Victoria would watch the original Jeopardy, scribbling notes to use as her lesson plans for David.

David would watch Lost In Space, being envious of Will Robinson.

Matthew Morgan had an affinity for Gunsmoke and Bonanza.

Gerard

[PennyDreadful]

Mr. Best would certainly also enjoy "Six Feet Under" plus "Pushing Daisies," "Dead Like Me," "Reaper," and he'd always make sure to catch "The Seventh Seal" whenever it was on.