Can you name the TV shows from their taglines?

Tagline	Show
Be groovy. Be very groovy.
Escape is Just the Beginning.
The dead are talking and she is listening.
A comedy for anyone whose boss is an idiot.
The truth is out there.
Computer geek by day, Government operative by night.
In every generation there is one Chosen One. She is the Slayer.
Two adults. One kid. No grown-ups.
If one family doesn't kill him... the other one will.
Solving murders takes chemistry.
When news breaks, we fix it.

Tagline	Show
Freakin' sweet.
As addictive as vicodin.
Karma is a funny thing.
Secrets. Romance. Murder. All on one street.
They're not the survivors they think they are.
Every day above ground is a good one.
It's where all the beautiful people live
Life. Death. And life again.
Putting the herb in suburb.
America's favorite serial killer.
Obsession can change the world.

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TV Taglines Quiz

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Created by: mcfinke2121 -
Contributed: October 22nd, 2009
Published: November 17th, 2009
Category: Television
Plays: 104,060

Tags: Show Quizzes, tagline

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	JC3:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 17:05 GMT	-4 points
	Should accept numerical answers for two and a half men

	jmarshallg:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 17:07 GMT	2 points
	Should be groovy not goovy.

	JasonJP:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 17:20 GMT	0 points
	Watching lots of shows pays off. Nice quiz!

	HPZ:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 17:22 GMT	11 points
	Source? A quick Google search shows that House season 2 used the phrase "As addictive as Vicodin" in South Africa, which explains why I've never heard it. Is this just an arbitrary list of taglines chosen by the author?

	Platypus222:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 17:34 GMT	1 point
	@HPZ: It says his source is IMDb, but because IMDb accepts user-created modifications, it really isn't much more reliable than Wikipedia, which the Sporcle admins frown on using as a source. So yeah, it seems to be a mostly arbitrary list of taglines. I'm sure some of them are real, and a lot of them are obvious as to what they point to, but it doesn't seem very official to me.

	BrettCaudill:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 17:46 GMT	21 points
	man, pushing daisies was awesome. and it's whack that i have to say "was awesome" instead of "is awesome".

	HPZ:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 17:49 GMT	5 points
	@Platypus222: The SporcleAdmin is wise and swift, and added the IMDb source line (which I appreciate). What I love about Sporcle is that it's both fun and educational. On a quiz like this I'm not sure what I'm "learning," since it's not "current taglines used in the U.S." or anything like that. Beggars can't be choosers, of course, so I'm officially delighted to have a new quiz to enjoy.

	orbit:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 18:05 GMT	21 points
	Can you name the TV shows from their 2006 South African taglines?

	BamaRainbow:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 18:38 GMT	3 points
	What does it say when you guess 16 correct but, of those, you've only seen 6 of those shows more than once? Of the 6 I didn't get, I've only seen 1 of those shows even one time. Maybe it IS sad when you can identify a show (even one you've never seen) just from the tagline.

	terpfan417:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 18:57 GMT	4 points
	Can't believe I missed the Daily Show. I was thinking sitcoms/dramas.

	JoeyV:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 19:04 GMT	26 points
	"Secrets. Romance. Murder. All on one street." For some reason my first guess for this clue was "Sesame Street." God thats embarrassing.

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	Dudeman612:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 20:59 GMT	2 points
	@BamaRainbow: Same thing for me, I've only watched two of those shows on a regular basis, while the rest I've never ever watched, but got most right. I have seen the commercials for all these shows more times than I wish to recount! This tells me that we are constantly bombarded by advertising, and it sticks, so their marketing campaigns are working!

	chocotaco:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 21:02 GMT	0 points
	some great shows that I actually watch...I got 16/22 and 96th percentile. Great game!

	littlekeed:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 21:21 GMT	7 points
	Who else tried fox news for "When news breaks we fix it"?

	HoosierDaddy:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 22:10 GMT	2 points
	I also first thought Sesame Street for "Secrets. Romance. Murder..."

	gobroncs:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 23:19 GMT	1 point
	Of all those years of watching The O.C. I still had no idea that was the tagline. More like a parody of it.

	livfred:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 23:30 GMT	-3 points
	Is chemistry really the main tool used to solve murders on "Bones"? When I think forensic anthropology, I don't immediately picture Erlenmeyer flasks.

	ShveLaSoul:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 00:06 GMT	3 points
	weeds jumped the shark

	BSF5775:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 00:21 GMT	3 points
	this was a great quiz. whether they are official taglines or not they all made sense. if you watch house, as addictive as vicodin is perfect to describe it. i also got the bones, prison break, sopranos, weeds, chuck, ghost whisperer and pushing daisies taglines without even watching the shows ever so quit complaining! i did miss desperate housewives though even though it's one of my fave shows, lol.

	Dabears2334:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 01:06 GMT	0 points
	LOL... I thought the exact same thing JoeyV!

	pinkrubberduckie:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 01:21 GMT	1 point
	How could I not get Weeds?? It's one of my favorites!

	NightOwl:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 01:23 GMT	1 point
	@JoeyV and terpfan417: Me too on both counts.

	miss617:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 04:06 GMT	3 points
	This is a very good mix of shows. Weeds is so underrated, in my opinion, and I kind of wish I got to see more of "Pushing Daisies" before it got cancelled. I got lucky with "the O.C." - I put in 90210, Melrose Place, the Hills until it hit me.

	groovy:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 04:08 GMT	-2 points
	youre nobody until your talked about xoxo

	elcapitan:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 06:25 GMT	1 point
	@livfred: It's a play on words about the chemistry between the male and female lead characters on the show.

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	Vlad:	Nov 18th, 2009 at 12:28 GMT	2 points
	My first guess on the "When news breaks, we fix it" was actually Fox News but then I remembered that wasn't a show. D'oh!

	debbiedoesnothin:	Nov 19th, 2009 at 06:27 GMT	2 points
	I watch Daily Show every night - can't believe I missed it.

	llewdor:	Nov 19th, 2009 at 23:49 GMT	1 point
	@elcapitan: It's only a play on words if it applies to both the science and the relationship. Otherwise it's not a play on words, it's just a description.

	elcapitan:	Nov 22nd, 2009 at 04:15 GMT	1 point
	@llewdor: Chemistry is definitely used in the labwork done on the show, so the show's tagline is a play on words.

	JonHughes:	Nov 22nd, 2009 at 20:29 GMT	-4 points
	i never heard of the show the tudors before

	Esme:	Nov 29th, 2009 at 06:38 GMT	2 points
	I missed my favorite show. facepalm Jon Stewart, I still love you...even if only 19.4% of Sporclers do.

	NoSoupForYou8:	Dec 5th, 2009 at 19:45 GMT	2 points
	"seinfeld on crack" should be there for it's always sunny in phialdelphia. or "a circle of jerks"

	elasticpretzel:	Aug 8th, 2010 at 04:04 GMT	1 point
	I might have thought Fox News for the Daily Show one if Fox ever fixed anything. They're too busy getting things wrong and filling people's heads with bias and stupidity

	Bob91351:	Sep 9th, 2010 at 21:55 GMT	2 points
	I swear the Daily Show stole that tagline from some show in the 70s...

	Big_E:	Feb 9th, 2011 at 10:02 GMT	1 point
	I was thinking "Not Necessarily the News" for the daily show one..