Show-within-a-show
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A show-within-a-show is a fictional television show featured within the fictional universe of a real television show. It often features a frame story.
Historically, the idea of a play within a play is an ancient one, appearing in Ovid's Metamorphoses; William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, etc. Many films also feature this idea, Singin' in the Rain being one example.
List of TV shows within shows
- The Itchy & Scratchy Show (within the Krusty the Clown Show) within The Simpsons
- also Worker and Parasite replaced the Itchy and Scratch Show in one episode
- The Valley within The O.C.
- The Brown Hornet within Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids
- Jerry within Seinfeld
- Terrance & Phillip within South Park
- Alternativly, During the single Terence and Phillip only episode, They are seen watching South Park.
- Invitation to Love within Twin Peaks
- Tomorrow's Another Day within Generations
- Psycho Dad within Married With Children
- Elmo's World within Sesame Street
- Rainbow Monkeys within Codename: Kids Next Door
- Los Días y Las Noches de Monseñor Martínez within King of the Hill
- Sick Sad World within Daria
- Androids within Red Dwarf
- Country Matters To Bob Fleming within The Fast Show
- Hundreds of music videos within Beavis & Butthead
- Geikigangar III within Martian Successor Nadesico
- Kujibiki Unbalance within Genshiken
- All my Circuits within Futurama
- Big Shots within Cowboy Bebop
List of TV shows about TV shows
- Grosse Pointe within Grosse Pointe
- Tool Time within Home Improvement
- The Larry Sanders Show within The Larry Sanders Show
- The Alan Brady Show within The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Garth Marenghi's Darkplace within Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
- Sports Night within Sports Night
- FYI within Murphy Brown
- The Sword of Damocles and Beaver Creek within Made in Canada
- KYTV A spoof of an entire fictional network.
- The Red Green Show
- Silverstone within The Famous Jett Jackson