Can you name the TV sitcoms with actors who share the first names of their characters?

created by BiggBogie

Enter a sitcom in the box below
Correctly named sitcoms will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
NOTE: First name shared only. Actors who played themselves don't count like Jerry Seinfeld or Larry David or Ozzie Nelson or Will Smith.
Also try: Sitcom Husbands & Wives

Popular trivia games today

Famous with Sunglasses

12442

Figure Out the Lyrics (One-Hit Wonder)

8071

World Capital Border Blitz

7040

Isn't It Ironic?

7013

Word Ladder: Gemstones

5132

One-word Movie Mix-and-Match

5001

Missing Word: Top Grossing Movies (1990)

4871

Clickable 1-100 Mines

4018

And more...

PLAY GAME

04:00

Show Missed Answers

Last Name of Actor and Character	TV Sitcom	First Name
Ball AS Ricardo		Lucille 'Lucy'
Allen AS Taylor		Tim
Newhart AS Hartley		Robert 'Bob'
Reed AS Stone		Donna
Sheen AS Harper		Charlie
Anderson AS Stone		Harry
Ross AS Cunningham		Marion
McEntire AS Hart		Reba
Griffith AS Taylor		Andy
DeGeneres AS Morgan		Ellen
Danza AS Banta		Tony
Carter AS Harper		Nell

Last Name of Actor and Character	TV Sitcom	First Name
Knight AS Baxter		Ted
Schroeder AS Stratton		Ricky
Thomas AS Williams		Danny
Jones AS Partridge		Shirley
Barr AS Conner		Roseanne
Reiser AS Buchman		Paul
Kaplan AS Kotter		Gabe
Harrelson AS Boyd		Woody
Harper AS Hogan		Valerie
Drescher AS Fine		Fran
Danza AS Micelli		Tony
Romano AS Barone		Raymond 'Ray'

Javascript is not currently enabled on your browser.
If you do have Javascript enabled:
This site uses javascript to make the magic happen.
Please turn on javascript and reload this page, or use a more current browser (like Firefox)

You might also like these games:
Name that Sitcom II	Sitcom Surnames	Multiple Whedon Shows

There are 54 comments for this game.
(Warning: comments may contain spoilers)

Name Is the Same: TV Sitcom Edition Quiz

by BiggBogie

Created Sep 14, 2010 in Television
Featured Jan 20, 2011
Game Plays 75,498

Embed Game

Report a Mistake

Friend Scores and Standings

Loading friend results....

Top Games Today in Television

Top Games with Similar Tags

Top User Games in Television

Archived comments: show them

	Jamessir:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 20:20 GMT		0 points
	awww I miss Rodney. I'd love someone give a nod to one of my favorite guilty pleasure shows... Ferguson AS Carter. :) Great job!

	erz02006:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 20:23 GMT		17 points
	It doesn't work when I type in a first names. Only TV shows.

	TheLuggage:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 20:26 GMT		6 points
	Thank you for accepting "These Friends of Mine" and "Valerie" but you should also accept "The Danny Thomas Show" since that was what it was known as for the most of its run. Also where is "Hudson Street" and "The Tony Danza Show"?

	joshmassey:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 20:34 GMT		25 points
	Allow me to be a super '80s nerd for a second, but Valerie Harper never appeared on "The Hogan Family." It was called "Valerie" when she was on it - after she left, it was briefly titled "Valerie's Family" until she objected, and finally "The Hogan Family."

	MrsSchiebel:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 20:43 GMT		19 points
	Not sure why erz02006 was voted down. The instructions state that we can enter either a show name or a first name. Entering the first names does not work.

	wattle:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 20:43 GMT		16 points
	Same problem as erz02006. First names not working even though instructions state they should work. Not a huge deal, but don't say they're accepted and then don't accept.

	dinkus21300:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 20:47 GMT		3 points
	gotta change the directions...i lost time typing in names...sup wiff dat

	poppysmom:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 21:04 GMT		7 points
	Directions should be correct. Period. These are not.

	nickb1603:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 21:11 GMT		16 points
	no Tracy Morgan playing Tracy Jordan from 30 rock??

	squiggsy:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 21:13 GMT		5 points
	Awful quiz for having the directions wrong. Zero excuse for it.

	Stiltner:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 21:29 GMT		1 point
	This must have been written by a fellow Troper.

	drn211:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 21:30 GMT		1 point
	@TheLuggage If the quiz maker did that there would be too much Danza. Also Will Smith, Jerry Seinfeld, etc.. aren't playing themselves. They are playing fictional characters based on themsevles but technically not themselves.

Comment below threshold: show it

	SporcleAdmin:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 21:41 GMT		6 points
	We apologize for the error in the directions. They've been corrected.

	cyranyx:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 21:51 GMT		11 points
	@JMelz: He played Dick Loudon on Newhart. The Bob Newhart Show was in the 70's.

	Data37:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 21:52 GMT		4 points
	Sheen's character in Spin City was also named Charlie...

	bingobongo:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 22:03 GMT		8 points
	Interesting idea but I would suggest using less clues where the last name given is also part of the name of the show

	Dirtybird:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 22:15 GMT		1 point
	How about Martin Lawrence as Martin Payne?

	twarner50:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 22:29 GMT		15 points
	If "actors who play[ed] themselves don't count", why is Charlie Sheen on this list? :)

	Meltha:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 23:37 GMT		1 point
	I missed the MTM one. How? How did I mess that up?! ::goes off to throw a miserably horrible party in penance::

	Westley:	Jan 20th, 2011 at 23:44 GMT		6 points
	I agree with TheLuggage -- Make Room for Daddy was later retitled The Danny Thomas Show (ran for 8 seasons under that title).

	ChristinaD:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 00:27 GMT		-2 points
	Mayberry RFD should work for the Andy Griffith Show even though AG wasn't a regular.

	giffer44:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 01:03 GMT		1 point
	No love for "Hanging with Mr. Cooper" ?

Comment below threshold: show it

	quent1979:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 02:46 GMT		0 points
	Got all of them except Nell Carter. How could anyone possibly miss "The Andy Griffith Show" when Griffith is a clue?

	Lyn_Marie:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 03:34 GMT		1 point
	@twarner50: Must be because Charlie Harper doesn't hit women.

	mattv1:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 03:40 GMT		4 points
	The first two I thought of to try were both Tony Danza shows. I think he just gets confused if he's called by another name.

	notsobaldbull:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 04:24 GMT		9 points
	Night Court was a great show.

	NightOwl:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 05:46 GMT		3 points
	@mapboy15: Though everyone called it "Mary Tyler Moore," the word "show" was in the title, and it does appear on all the DVDs of the series with the full title "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"-- and what a great series it was!

	CaptHayfever:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 06:53 GMT		-1 points
	Hmm, never heard of the Thomas/Williams show. Ah well.

	nwaldrip:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 14:32 GMT		3 points
	How the hell is Fresh Prince not on there!?! It'd be perfect to say Smith AS Smith

Comment below threshold: show it

	Mearn:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 17:20 GMT		1 point
	They haven't stopped. Two and a Half Men does it with Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper.

Comment below threshold: show it

	JIsh7:	Jan 21st, 2011 at 21:55 GMT		1 point
	what about 30 rock with tracy morgan as tracy jordan

	omnipotent1:	Jan 22nd, 2011 at 14:48 GMT		3 points
	I've never understood why some actors like Charlie Sheen and Tony Danza use their first name in EVERY show they play in. Does it confuse them too much to go by another name as a character?

	drunksana15:	Jan 22nd, 2011 at 16:51 GMT		3 points
	Why the hell is Cybill not on this quiz. Its Cybill Shepard for God's sake!!!!

	daHOOK:	Jan 22nd, 2011 at 19:09 GMT		-1 points
	Harrelson's character was named before the actor for the role was chosen. The character just happened to be from the actor's home state.

	daHOOK:	Jan 22nd, 2011 at 19:10 GMT		1 point
	The original title for the show featuring the actor named Thomas is not listed.