Can you name the American TV shows from these brutally basic premises? by Tempest

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The lives of people who hang out in the same place with the same people everyday.
Internet bullying on an epic scale.
Guy doesn't understand anything and then understands everything.
How many 'longest days of your life' can one man have?
High School Musical meets Political Correctness.
More Vampires? Really?
I don't care how funny or intelligent they are, there's no way the girl from 8 simple rules would hang out with them.
Everyone's a lesbian.
This is how women talk to each other.
People all over the world start getting superpowers but the only ones of any consequence are American.

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We're only Forensic scientists but let's do the detective's job too
Sometimes serial killing can be a good thing.
Apparently there's not enough to do in a hospital.
Sixth sense
Girl with braces and bad dress sense does better in love than one would expect.
A man who is totally unsuitable for his job doing his job
No matter how many times it happens, everyone is still surprised when it turns out their new neighbour has a dark secret.
Look how quirky we all are!
The more you watch, the less we're going to explain.
Man puts himself in obscenely difficult situation in order to get out of it.

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Created Feb 8, 2010 in Television
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	Tempest:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 17:50 GMT		2 points
	For the record: I love all of these shows! No offense meant. It was done with love.

	Kicking222:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 18:37 GMT		12 points
	Love the idea, and I love some of the clues, but a bunch of these could be for so many different shows. "The lives of people who hang out in the same place with the same people everyday." Why can't that be, oh, "Cheers", or "Seinfeld"? Why can't "More Vampires? Really?" be, y'know, any of the other shows with vampires? "A man who is totally unsuitable for his job doing his job" could so easily be Homer Simpson, it's not even funny. Heck, I figured "Look how quirky we all are!" was "Glee" until I saw another clue that could fit "Glee". It's cool that the synopses are simplified, but they can't be so simple that it's impossible to separate the "correct" show from other shows.

	Tempest:	Feb 8th, 2010 at 22:27 GMT		0 points
	Ok, I see your point but to be fair, the simpsons isnt about homer doing his job, true blood is the big vampire show right now and the friends one...the point of the show is that they are six really close friends who hang out all the time. This is meant to be a quiz so I guess you have to be cool if you don't get 100%. Glad you like the idea though :)

	mufcsean:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 01:52 GMT		1 point
	I thought "Man puts himself in obscenely difficult situation in order to get out of it." was Curb Your Enthusiasm, i wer trying it for ages

	dummo:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 01:55 GMT		1 point
	Agree with kicking222. It's a good idea for a quiz but too vague that it just becomes a random guessing game. I thought of Medium for sixth sense, Scrubs for people in a hospital, The UK Office for an unsuitable man for the job... etc.

	malonetd:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 07:00 GMT		2 points
	I agree with the above. Some of these are just way too vague.

	Tempest:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 10:29 GMT		1 point
	If they were all really obvious then it wouldn't be a quiz. I don't think you quite get the concept :P He doesn't deliberately put himself in hard situations in Curb your enthusiasm, the word hospital in the clue doesnt make it an accurate deecription of scrubs and the Uk office is a UK show. I will give you medium. I'd never heard of it but it does sound like it fits pretty well.

	Orhan94:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 12:26 GMT		2 points
	At first I thought that the Friends' clue was "Lost" LoL...

	Schwagirl:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 13:12 GMT		1 point
	I laughed a lot during this quiz. I got all the shows I watch, plus a few that I know some things about, so I'd say you succeeded.

	Tempest:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 16:21 GMT		1 point
	Yay! Thank you for the nice comments :)

	XYlophonetreeZ:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 19:06 GMT		2 points
	"Every sitcom ever" should work for "Look at how quirky we all are."

	Kyonkichi93:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 19:45 GMT		1 point
	Lost. SO TRUE.

	tedthefed:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 20:39 GMT		4 points
	I seriously suggest changing "look how quirky we all are." It does fit Scrubs, but it also fits 30 Rock, How I Met Your Mother, and Arrested Development, to mention three of a kabillion. Also, The Office works for the guy unsuitable doing his job one. Better than House, if you ask me.

	yupyupyup:	Feb 10th, 2010 at 00:05 GMT		3 points
	"Man vs. Wild" for "putting himself in obscenely difficult situations"? You literally can't sum it up any better than that, it describes that show better than it does Prison Break.

	beckala63:	Feb 10th, 2010 at 00:14 GMT		3 points
	I think it is a cute quiz, but how is House unsuitable for his job? He is brilliant and saves tons of lives. I just didn't get that one.

	cocky:	Feb 10th, 2010 at 02:28 GMT		1 point
	He's also a complete pain in the ass. A good doctor but he's basically a cranky version of Hawkeye Pierce.

	JiggaTrigga:	Feb 10th, 2010 at 04:30 GMT		1 point
	This quiz rocked

	Tempest:	Feb 10th, 2010 at 10:24 GMT		1 point
	I agree that it does desribe ManvsWild really well but that's a british show. I'm trying to come up with a better one for scrubs but struggling. Any ideas?

	bondfool:	Feb 11th, 2010 at 01:55 GMT		1 point
	Glee's pretty politically incorrect, and I think you're thinking about the Japanese heroes, Hiro and Ando. Doesn't mean Heroes doesn't suck, though.

	SlowHandEC88:	Feb 11th, 2010 at 03:42 GMT		1 point
	Chuck would work for guy doesn't understand anything then understands everything. And The 4400 could work for the one about superpowers.

	Tempest:	Feb 11th, 2010 at 10:10 GMT		1 point
	bondfool, i don't understand what you mean? Why would I be thinking about Hiro and Ando if my point was that they're all American? And i actually kinda like heroes. Not heard of Chuck or The 4400. I'll check 'em out and maybe add them.

	starry_eyed615:	Mar 30th, 2010 at 03:28 GMT		1 point
	"everyone's a lesbian" hahaha so true gotta love the L word though

	onlyamemory1:	Jul 17th, 2010 at 04:55 GMT		1 point
	While the clues are a bit vague (I also guessed Chuck for the guy that understands everything), it was overall a fun quiz and made me giggle a few times. Liked the descriptions of 24 and Desperate Housewives especially.

	thevelocirapper:	Feb 9th, 2011 at 19:32 GMT		2 points
	Man vs Wild is made by discovery, the only think that makes it british is bear grylls, so i think that works fine for "Man puts himself in obscenely difficult situation in order to get out of it." For "A man who is totally unsuitable for his job doing his job" I think the American Office works just fine, there is no way Steve Carrell would still have that job in real life. Lastly How I Met Your Mother works for "The more you watch, the less we're going to explain."

	esthermagrath97:	Jun 21st, 2011 at 18:12 GMT		1 point
	LOL AT THE DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES ONE but i love greys anatomy