Why do so many US sitmcoms name the show after the lead star - Freddie (2005) Discussion

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[–] vanesserz 18 years ago

i can only think of one "freddie"

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[–] danny_goss 18 years ago

Bette
Whoopi

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[–] vanesserz 18 years ago

well technically "joey" isnt named after the lead star its the lead character

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[–] vortice_x 18 years ago

the drew carey show
the michael richard show

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[–] Lil_em1986 18 years ago

CYBILL woo one that no one got yay! did whoopi have her own series was it good?

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[–] MotherMayI 18 years ago

The Cosby Show (which is weird cause everybody in the show was named Huxtable)
The Bernie Mac Show
George Lopez

"They told you you were stupid, ugly and doomed to fail............and you believed them"

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[–] Tien87 18 years ago

Martin

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[–] brunogmanuel 16 years ago

Roseanne, which lasted 9 years..
Reba is another one that lasted 6 years...

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[–] fairlyodd_58 16 years ago

Everybody Loves Raymond
Everybody Hates Chris

Jimmy Kimmel Live Bourne Ultimatum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T23oNcCFriE

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[–] HelBelle 17 years ago

'Fraiser' was named after the lead and that happens to be the most succesful spin-off from a sitcom ever...

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[–] winerz 16 years ago

My name is earl

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[–] FridayNightSpecial 16 years ago

You guys forgot "Rodney"

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[–] dude63636363 15 years ago

Well every talk show ("Oprah", "Dr. Phil", "The Bonnie Hunt Show", "The Wendy Williams Show" "Ricki Lake", "Donohue", "The Phil Donohue Show", "Maury", "The Maury Povich Show", "The Megan Mullally Show").

To the post two above me, the lead actor's name in "My Name is Earl" is Jason Lee so that doesn't count.

I'm racking my brain for more instances and I know there are some, I am just having a hard time thinking of non-talk show ones. It's popular in the news "Larry King Live", "Hannity & Colmes", "Hannity", "Nancy Grace"...

"The Mary Tyler Moore Show" was VERY successful.

It mainly happens because the actor's character name is the actor's name, as in "Ellen", "Mary Tyler Moore" and so on. For instance, Faith on "Hope and Faith"'s real name is Faith, but Kelly Ripa's character is named Hope.

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[–] blissfullycat 15 years ago

Bad omen? hmmm
ROSANNE
COSBY Show
FRASIER
Everybody loves RAYMOND
CHARLIE'S Angels
DEXTER
iCARLY
HANNAH MONTANA
Thats so RAVEN
SABRINA
DREW CARREY
SIMPSONS (kinda)
HOUSE
BUFFY
Ugly BETTY
I love LUCY
My name is EARL
VERONICA MARS
GREY'S Anatomy
MONK
ANGEL
MCGYVER
GEORGE LOPEZ
COLUMBO
GILLIGAN'S Island
SCOOBY DOO
Judging AMY
ALF
BECKER
ALICE
Terminator: SARAH CONNOR chronicles
ANDY GRIFFITH
ELLEN
SYBIL
REBA

(I know they are named after the characters mostly, but the ones named after the actors are because the character in the show has the same name as the actor so its really named after the character)

and there are quite a few more, all having been or still are big successes, yes there are some failures, like Freddie, Joey, Chuck (unfortunatly), and a few more, but it really isnt a bad omen, it just depends on how the show goes over. Freddie failed because at the time, Drama's were getting big (Supernatural, Criminal Minds, Ghost Whisperer, Medium, Numb3rs, Grey's, Bones, Weeds,THS invesigates), Chuck failed because alot of things were being cancelled recently and alot of reality TV was taking over, Joey failed... well because it kinda sucked =/

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[–] TheMilkeyBarKid 13 years ago

You could also add Felicity, and Dawson's Creek to your list, but i don't think those kind of show are what the op was talking about!

Also there's Ellen. Was that a sitcom? I've never seen it?

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