The Eponymous Show

A show title trope. Basically, it's a TV show about some character, or with some actor. And it's called "The INSERT NAME HERE show".

If this happens with characters, it's usually either Character Title or The Full Name Adventures. If a show takes this format with a descriptor, rather than a name, between "The" and "Show", it's The Talk Show with Host Name.

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Examples:

• The Adam and Joe Show
• Da Ali G Show
• The Alan Young Show
• The Al Franken Show, after a brief period where it was titled The O'Franken Factor.
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents was known as The Alfred Hitchcock Hour from 1962-65.
• The Alvin Show
• The Amanda Show
• The Andy Griffith Show
  • And, later, The New Andy Griffith Show.
• The Andy Williams Show
• Angel
  • And In-Universe, Cordelia Chase has a sitcom called Cordy! in the Skipverse. Also an In-Joke at Charisma Carpenter's resemblance to Mary Tyler Moore.
• The Ann Sothern Show
• The Archie Show
• The Aquabats! Super Show!
• The Atom Ant Show
• The Aunty Jack Show
• The Bagel and Becky Show, also counts as a Name and Name title.
• The Barbara Stanwyck Show
• The Benny Hill Show
• The Ben Stiller Show
• The Bernie Mac Show
• The Betty White Show
• The Big Show Show
• Bill Cosby is known for this:
  • The Bill Cosby Show
  • The Cosby Show
  • Cosby
  • The Cosby Mysteries
  • The New Bill Cosby Show
• The Bob Cummings Show
• The Bob Newhart Show
  • Twice, actually. One was a variety show on NBC that aired a decade before the better-known CBS sitcom.
  • Then later, Bob Newhart had a show called Newhart, then one called B.o.B.
    • Which Nick at Nite had a lot of fun with when they aired "Bob's Bob, Bob Newhart, Newhart Marathon".
    • Even Newhart's fourth sitcom, George & Leo, kind of fits. George is Newhart's actual given name.
  • After Bob was canceled, Newhart joked on The Tonight Show that now that he had done shows called The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart, and Bob, his next show was going to be called The.
• The Brak Show
  • Before that, there was another oneshot spinoff titled Brak Presents The Brak Show Starring Brak, which was more of a variety show.
• The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show
• The Bullwinkle Show
• The Carmichael Show
• The Carol Burnett Show
• The Catherine Tate Show
• The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show
• The Chevy Chase Show
• The Chica Show
• The Choo Choo Bob Show
• Class of 3000, where the title refers to creator and musician André 3000 voicing the music teacher, not the show taking place at the turn of the next millennium.
• The Cleveland Show
• Club Dorothée
• The Colbert Report
• Conan, the title of Conan O'Brien's show on TBS.
• The opening to Courage the Cowardly Dog had the Nowhere Newsman refer to the show as "Courage the Cowardly Dog Show".
• The Cuphead Show!
• The Dana Carvey Show
• The Danny Thomas Show
• The David Letterman Show, Letterman's short-lived morning show prior to his hosting Late Night.
• The Debbie Reynolds Show
• The Dick Cavett Show
• The Dick Van Dyke Show. And, later, The New Dick Van Dyke Show.
• The Dinah Shore Chevy Show / The Dinah Shore Show
• The Drew Carey Show
• The Doctor Oz Show
• The Dog & Pony Show is another show that combines this trope with Name and Name.
• The Donna Reed Show
• The Doris Day Show
• The Drinky Crow Show
• The Dylan Ratigan Show
• The Ed Show
• The Ed Sullivan Show
• The Eddy Arnold Show
• Eena Meena Deeka is sometimes called The Eena Meena Deeka Chase Comedy Show.
• The Ellen Burstyn Show
• The Flip Wilson Show
• The Frank Sinatra Show (two different ones, the first on CBS from 1950-52 and another on ABC from 1957-58)
• The Fred Waring Show
• The Frog Show
• The Frollo Show
• The Gale Storm Show
• The Garfield Show
• The Garry Moore Show
• It's Garry Shandling's Show
• The Gary Coleman Show (a rare animated example with an actor's name)
• The Gavin Crawford Show
• The George Burns And Gracie Allen Show
• The George Carlin Show
• The George Lopez Show (also known as simply George Lopez)
• The Glenn Beck Program
• The Glenn Cambell Goodtime Hour
• The Good Night Show
• The Goon Show
• The Greg Gutfeld Show
• The Gumby Show
• Hancock's Half Hour
• The Hank Azaria Show
• The Heckle & Jeckle Cartoon Show
• The Howard Stern Show
• The Howdy Doody Show
• The Imaginitively Titled Punt And Dennis Show
• The Jack Benny Program (slightly altered form)
• The Jackie Gleason Show
• Jamel Comedy Club
• The Jamie Foxx Show
• The Jay Leno Show
• The Jean Arthur Show
• The Jeff Foxworthy Show
• The Jenny Jones Show
• The Jeremy Kyle Show
• The Jerry Springer Show
• The Jimmy Dean Show
• Jimmy Durante Presents The Lennon Sisters
• The Jim Gaffigan Show
• The Jim Henson Hour
• The Jim Nabors Show
• The Jim Rome Show
• The Jimmy Stewart Show
• The Joe Namath Show
• The Joe Schmo Show
• The Joel Mc Hale Show
• The John Larroquette Show
• The Johnny Cash Show
• The Jon Dore Television Show (subverted)
• The Jon Stewart Show (an early '90s late night show, not to be confused with The Daily Show)
• The Judy Garland Show
• The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show
• The Kenny Everett Video Show / The Kenny Everett Video Cassette / (then, following a Channel Hop and format change) The Kenny Everett Television Show; also the earlier, less well-known, The Kenny Everett Explosion, and Ev.
• The Keith Barret Show
• The Krusty The Clown Show, another Show Within a Show
  • And home to Show Within a Show Within A Show The Itchy & Scratchy Show
• The Larry Sanders Show
• Larry Smith Puppets Or The Larry Smith Show
• The Leslie Uggams Show
• The Lets Go Show
• The Lucy Show
• The Lawrence Welk Show
• The Lenny Henry Show
• The Maakana Show, a Maldivian animated series.
• The Magic Hour
• The Marshmallow Show
• The Martin Short Show
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  • She also had two short-lived shows called Mary (one a variety show, one a sitcom), and one called The Mary Tyler Moore Hour.
• The Merv Griffin Show
• The Micallef Program
• The Michael J. Fox Show
• Parodied with The Michael Showalter Showalter
• The Mindy Project
• The Morton Downey Jr. Show
• The Moxy Show
• The Mr. Men Show
• The Mr. Potato Head Show
• The Muppet Show
• The Neal Boortz Show
• The Nekci Menij Show
• The Norm Show
• The Oprah Winfrey Show
• The Patrick Star Show
• The Patty Duke Show
• The Paul O'Grady Show
• The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show
• The Perry Como Show
• The Peter Serafinowicz Show
• The Phil Silvers Show
• The Pink Panther Show
• The Pizza Head Show
• The Rachel Maddow Show
• The Red Green Show
• The Red Skelton Show
• The Redd Foxx Show
• The Ren & Stimpy Show
• The Richard Boone Show
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• The Rush Limbaugh Show
• The Sarah Silverman Program
• The Scooby-Doo Show
• The Smothers Brothers Show (a sitcom) and The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (a variety show)
• The South Bank Show
• The Spike Jones Show
• The Sprout Sharing Show
• The Stephanie Miller Show
• The Steve Banks Show
• The Steve Harvey Show
• The Sunny Side Up Show
• The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!
• The Ted Knight Show (originally Too Close for Comfort)
  • Knight also had an earlier, short-lived sitcom called The Ted Knight Show.
• The Tony Randall Show
• The Tracey Ullman Show
• The Truman Show, an eponymous Show Within a Show.
• The Weird Al Show
• Most radio shows are simply titled after their hosts, such as The Rush Limbaugh Show and The Kevin and Bean Show.
• In Israel, 5 O'clock With Rafi Reshef was a news show that aired at 5 O'clock and hosted by Rafi Reshef. It was renamed several times, whenever the host was replaced (and when the show moved from 5 to 6 o'clock).
• Monty Python's Flying Circus was originally going to be called "The X Show" with "X" replaced by a random name picked out of a phone book for each episode; there actually is one episode called "The Attila the Hun Show".

Format aversions using Character Title that pull double duty due to The Danza:

• Seinfeld, as well as the show-within-a-show Jerry
• Roseanne
• Newhart
  • and B.o.B
• Ellen (and The Ellen Show)
• Cybill
• Miranda (2009)
• Mulaney
• Whitney

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