Below is a list of television shows that have been made up in real television shows or other media.

Fictional TV shows

• Androids - robot soap opera in Red Dwarf; a parody of Neighbours
• Anthrax Cat - children's cartoon in Transmetropolitan
• As the Stomach Turns - soap opera parody on The Carol Burnett Show
• Astro Force 5 (science fiction show) - That's So Raven
• Badge of Honor - 1950s cop drama show, L.A. Confidential
• The Binky the Clown Show - children's program starring a shrill clown, Garfield and Friends
• The Bionic Duck - What's Happening!!
• Bite the Big Apple - talent show in Bosom Buddies
• Buster Friendly and His Friendly Friends - talk show in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
• Capital Beat - The West Wing
• Clover and Daisy's Magic Train (children's show) -- Lizzie McGuire
• Cobbers - soap opera in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy; a parody of Neighbours
• The Edison Carter Show - investigative news program in Max Headroom
• El Oro de Montezuma (Spanish-language game show) -- Lizzie McGuire
• Eyewitness Action News - news programme in Calvin and Hobbes (parody of Eyewitness News and Action News formats)
• Father Ben - in Father Ted, a priest-based sitcom which bears a close resemblance to Father Ted itself.
• Firefight All Night Live! - civil insurrection-themed reality show in American Flagg!
• Galaxy Quest - parody of Star Trek
• Good Morning Miami - show within the eponymous sitcom on NBC network in US
• Grab That Dough - game show, The Golden Girls
• Hit the Buzzer, Win A Cookie - game show, Garfield and Friends
• The Howard Beale Show (aka The Network News Hour) - Network
• I Love Janet (sitcom) - a take-off on I Love Lucy, on a Janet Jackson music video from the 1990s
• Interspecies Romances - bestiality-themed soap opera in American Flagg!
• The Jason Taverner Show - NBC variety show, Philip K. Dick's Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said
• The Johnny Nevada Show - a late-night talk show in the Superman comics
• Jerry - Seinfeld
• Los Dias y Las Noches de Monseñor Martínez - Spanish language soap opera, King of the Hill
• Lieutenant Krieger - The Muller-Fokker Effect
• Manger Babies - public access Christian puppet show, King of the Hill
• The Mao Tse-Tung Hour - Network
• Mark Thrust, Sexus Ranger - popular cop show in American Flagg!, formerly starring Reuben Flagg
• Morning Chicago - Life with Bonnie
• The Muddy Mudskipper Show - afternoon kids' show from Ren and Stimpy
• Mysterious Mysteries of Strange Mystery - paranormal investigation show, Invader Zim
• Name That Fish - game show, Garfield and Friends
• NewsChannel 7 - news program, Lizzie McGuire (uses the WPVI's Action News music theme Move Closer to Your World for its openings)
• Not Without My Anus - made for TV movie starring Terrence and Phillip, used in lieu of an episode of South Park
• Peek-A-Boo Camera - parody of Candid Camera on The Flintstones
• Professor X - version of Doctor Who in the Doctor Who universe
• Psycho Dad - serial drama in Married... With Children
• Psycho Mom - serial drama in Married... With Children
• Real Mother****ing Talk with Dollar Bill Montgomery - a forum-style talk show known for its excessive use of (comically censored) foul language, MADtv
• The Record with Robert McX - news and interview show in Transmetropolitan
• The Rex Reilly Show - daytime talk show, Twitch City
• The Sex Puppets - futuristic version of Sesame Street in Transmetropolitan
• The Shady Bunch - parody of The Brady Bunch, on an Eminem music video from the late 1990s
• Sick Sad World - Daria
• Sneakin' in the Movies - movie review show, Hollywood Shuffle
• Sports Night - late night sports news show in Sports Night
• Storm Saxon - racist science fiction action show set in a "nightmarish future England" in V for Vendetta
• The Sun also Sets - soap opera from the movie Soapdish
• Super Terrific Happy Hour - Japanese comedy show, Seinfeld
• Supreme Folk - sitcom featuring the New Main Street Singers in A Mighty Wind
• Sweetknuckle Junction - children's show from Greg the Bunny
• Swingles - reality dating show from Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
• There's a Bat in My House! - sitcom from Hollywood Shuffle
• Terrence and Phillip - vulgar children's cartoon in South Park
• Tool Time - Tim Taylor's show in Home Improvement
• The Truman Show and its spin-off companion, Trutalk
• Video Whoopsy - parody of You've Been Framed in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy
• The Vigilantes - Network
• Wake Up Miami - local morning show on The Golden Girls
• Wake Up San Francisco - local morning show in Full House
• Whacketts - addictive game show in Max Headroom
• Wormhole X-Treme! - version of Stargate SG-1 in the Stargate universe
• You The Jury - judiciary game show in Max Headroom
• You Have to Laugh - inane britcom in V for Vendetta
• Your Money or Your Life - game show in Time Bandits (movie)

Family Guy

• Battlestar Galactica Forum - local access
• Diane! - local daytime talk show
• Fast Animals, Slow Children - FOX special
• Gumbel 2 Gumbel: Beach Justice - cop drama
• Jolly Farm Revue - BBC kids' show
• KISS Forum - local access talk show
• The Real Live Griffins - reality show
• Sherry and the Anus - inane sitcom
• World's Sluttiest Dogs - FOX special

Futurama

• All My Circuits - soap opera; parody of All My Children
• Beverly Hills, 90210 A.D.
• Celebrity Ape Fight
• Date Night - news show hosted by Morbo and Linda
• Down Home Country Kitchen with Helmut Spargel - cooking show
• Entertainment and Earth Invasion Tonite - news magazine show hosted by Morbo and Linda
• The Essence of Elzar - cooking show
• Everybody Loves Hypnotoad
• Good Morning Earth - morning news show hosted by Morbo and Linda
• Iron Cook - cooking show, parody of Iron Chef
• Late Night with Humorbot 5.0 - parody of Late Night with David Letterman
• The Real World: The Sun - parody of The Real World
• The Scary Door - Twilight Zone parody
• Single Female Lawyer - 20th century show; parody of Ally McBeal
• The Zombie Osbournes

Saturday Night Live

• As World Turn
• The Céline Dion Show
• Coffee Talk
• Hey, Remember the '80s?
• The Local News
• Morning Latte
• La Política Non Correcto - Univisión talk show hosted by Ramón Díaz Rojo, mocking US Spanish language TV; parody of Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher
• The Prince Show
• Scottish Soccer Hooligan Weekly
• Showbiz Grande Explosión
• Simon - BBC1 children's show
• Spade in America
• Wayne's World
• Weekend Update

The Simpsons

• 1895 Challenge (reality show)
• Admiral Baby
• All in the Family 1999
• Afternoon Yak (women's talk show, parody of The View)
• America's Funniest Tornadoes
• America's Most Armed and Dangerous
• Cops in Springfield (parody of Cops)
• Do Shut Up (British sitcom)
• Don't Go There (sitcom)
• Ethnic Mismatch Comedy #644
• Eye on Springfield (local news magazine show)
• The Gabbo Show (afternoon kids' show)
• Grade School Challenge (quiz show)
• Happy Smile Super Challenge Family Wish Show (Japanese game show)
• It Never Ends - soap opera
• Itchy and Scratchy (violent children's cartoon)
• Knightboat: the Crime-Solving Boat
• The Krusty the Klown Show (afternoon kids' show)
• The Laughter Family (animated)
• McGarnigle (cop drama)
• Me Wantee (game show, spoof of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?)
• Municipal Roundtable (local access)
• Nookie in New York (parody of Sex and the City)
• Pardon My Zinger
• Police Cops
• President Clown
• Radioactive Man (campy 60s/70s superhero show, parody of Batman)
• Rock Bottom
• Search For The Sun - soap opera whose title is suggested by Search for Tomorrow
• Shut Your Gob (British sitcom)
• Smartline (local news show)
• Soul Mass Transit System
• Springfield Heights (parody of Beverly Hills, 90210)
• The Springfield Squares (game show, parody of Hollywood Squares)
• Sumo Babies
• Talk to the Hand (sitcom)
• Tuesday Night Live (parody of Saturday Night Live)
• When Buildings Collapse
• World Class Wrestling
• Ya Hoo! (parody of Hee Haw)

See also

• List of fictional media
• List of fictional television stations
• List of fictional radio stations