History AffectionateParody / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/{{Hunter|1984}}'': In case the title doesn't make it apparent, "Murder, He Wrote" is an homage to "Murder, She Wrote". In this episode, Hunter and [=McCall=] are investigating the murder of a billionaire and not only have to deal with the dead man's family, but also with a mystery writer friend of his named Jennifer Brasher (played by Marge Redmond), who offers unsolicited help to the two detectives, much like Jessica Fletcher. Marge Redmond does a spectacular job of mimicking Angela Lansbury.

* ''Series/{{Hunter}}'': In case the title doesn't make it apparent, "Murder, He Wrote" is an homage to "Murder, She Wrote". In this episode, Hunter and [=McCall=] are investigating the murder of a billionaire and not only have to deal with the dead man's family, but also with a mystery writer friend of his named Jennifer Brasher (played by Marge Redmond), who offers unsolicited help to the two detectives, much like Jessica Fletcher. Marge Redmond does a spectacular job of mimicking Angela Lansbury.

* ''Series/DrTerriblesHouseOfHorrible'' is a loving parody of the British horror film of the 1960s and 1970s made by the likes of [[Film/HammerHorror Hammer]], [[Creator/AmicusProductions Amicus]], and [[Creator/TigonBritishFilmProductions Tigon]], with {{cameo}}s, nods and references all over the place. And it was written by and stars Creator/SteveCoogan.

* ''Series/ModernFamily's'' season 3 finale features a beautiful parody of telenovelas in general.

* ''Series/StargateSG1'' episodes "Wormhole X-Treme" and "200" are affectionate parodies of sci-fi tropes in general. For God's sake, they have Willie Garson playing an alien soldier! To be fair, he was a nebbishy television executive in these two episodes.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''' "[[Recap/StarTrekS2E17APieceOfTheAction A Piece of the Action]]" was an AffectionateParody of gangster movies.
** And subsequent series had at least one of their own.
*** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS4E20Qpid Qpid]]", where Creator/PatrickStewart gleefully buckled his swash as an Creator/ErrolFlynn-esque Myth/RobinHood, and
*** "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS6E8AFistfulOfDatas A Fistfull of Datas]]", where the ever-befuddled Worf is trying hard to be like Creator/GaryCooper in a ''Film/HighNoon'' send-up;
*** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' had "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS04E10OurManBashir Our Man Bashir]]" and his DeadpanSnarker sidekick Garak trying to stop a completely over-the-top Avery Brooks as the usual [[Film/JamesBond megalomaniac out to conquer the world]]; and
*** ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' paid tribute to classic era of Republic film serials and ''[[Film/FlashGordonSerial Flash Gordon]]'' in the ShowWithinAShow ''Film/TheAdventuresOfCaptainProton''.

* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'' mocks the horror genre in "Hollywood Babylon", with some LampshadeHanging thrown in. They also had "Ghostfacers", mocking ''Ghost Hunters'', which was also ADayInTheLimelight for two characters from a previous episode. Dean, in the end, admitted of the pilot for the show, "That was half-awesome."
** Season 5: "Changing Channels" was an AffectionateParody of TV shows in general, including ''Series/TheOddCouple1970'' (with a bit of a GenderFlip ''Series/LaverneAndShirley'' thrown into the opening credits), Japanese games shows, ''Series/CSIMiami'', ''Series/KnightRider'', and a nice TakeThat to ''Series/GreysAnatomy''.
*** "The Real Ghostbusters" was one big parody of the fanbase and its conventions (not to mention its obsessive insanity), though they had to make a bunch of the fictional fans male so as not to piss off the female fans too much.
** "Monster Movie" is a parody of... well, guess.

** "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'" is an Affectionate Parody of the show and people who believe in aliens. Later ''Series/Millennium1996'' would do the same with "Jose Chung's 'The Doomsday Defense'".
** "Bad Blood" was also an affectionate parody of the show within the show itself, more specifically it focused on Mulder and Scully's dynamics and their investigating techniques, and it also parodied vampire myths and vampire tropes.
** The ''Series/Millennium1996'' episode "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me" shows a censor going berserk on the set of a TV show which is obviously a parody of ''Series/TheXFiles''.
* ''Series/{{Wandavision}}'': The sitcom segments mock many of the tropes, contrivances, limitations, and ValuesDissonance of classic shows like ''Series/TheDickVanDykeShow, Bewitched'', etc. However, it's clear the showrunners have a great deal of respect for those shows and their unique attributes, going through major efforts to recreate the programs' look and feel, down to actually staging Episode 1 for a live audience.

** "[[Recap/DoctorWho2016CSTheReturnOfDoctorMysterio The Return of Doctor Mysterio]]" is one towards the UsefulNotes/SilverAge ComicBook/{{Superman}}, showing the Twelfth Doctor meeting an actual SupermanSubstitute and being baffled by the many superhero tropes he encounters.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''' "A Piece of the Action" was an AffectionateParody of gangster movies.

*** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' had "Qpid", where Creator/PatrickStewart gleefully buckled his swash as an Creator/ErrolFlynn-esque Myth/RobinHood, and
*** "A Fist Full of Datas", where the ever-befuddled Worf is trying hard to be like Creator/GaryCooper in a ''Film/HighNoon'' send-up;
*** ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' had "Our Man Bashir" and his DeadpanSnarker sidekick Garak trying to stop a completely over-the-top Avery Brooks as the usual [[Film/JamesBond megalomaniac out to conquer the world]]; and

* ''Series/TheOrville'' is what happens when you have Creator/SethMcFarlane create a ''Franchise/StarTrek'' show. While the show does have a lot of the wacky humor he's known for, it still wears its affection for the original series openly and proudly.

** "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'" is an Affectionate Parody of the show and people who believe in aliens. Later ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' would do the same with "Jose Chung's 'The Doomsday Defense'".

** The ''Series/{{Millennium}}'' episode "Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me" shows a censor going berserk on the set of a TV show which is obviously a parody of ''Series/TheXFiles''.

* The ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' episode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS3E13TheZeppo "The Zeppo"]] is, like ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'', a parody of the show itself, using strictly Xander's point of view to show loads and loads of out-of-context InMediasRes snippets of ''Buffy'' cliches and tropes that any Buffy fan could tell would [[ItMakesSenseInContext make sense in context]] if the full story was ever told, but come across as hilariously random, nonsensical, and melodramatic as shown.
* ''Series/TheCarolBurnettShow'' did many parodies over the years that would qualify for the trope, but one of the most celebrated was the show's 1976 takeoff of ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', called "Went With the Wind" (with Burnett playing "Starlett", sporting the most infamous takeoff of CurtainClothing ever)., The costume was designed by Bob Mackie, and is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution.

* ''Series/{{Wandavision}}'': The sitcom segments mock many of the tropes, contrivances, limitations, and ValuesDissonance of classic shows like Series/TheDickVanDykeShow, Bewitched, etc. However, it's clear the showrunners have a great deal of respect for those shows and their unique attributes, going through major efforts to recreate the programs' look and feel, down to actually staging Episode 1 for a live audience.

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* ''Series/Wandavision'': The sitcom segments mock many of the tropes, contrivances, limitations, and ValuesDissonance of classic shows like Series/TheDickVanDykeShow, Bewitched, etc. However, it's clear the showrunners have a great deal of respect for those shows and their unique attributes, going through major efforts to recreate the programs' look and feel, down to actually staging Episode 1 for a live audience.

* ''Series/Wandavision'': The sitcom segments mock many of the tropes, contrivances, limitations, and ValuesDissonance of classic shows like Series/TheDickVanDykeShow, Series/Bewitched, etc. However, it's clear the showrunners have a great deal of respect for those shows and their unique attributes, going through major efforts to recreate the programs' look and feel, down to actually staging Episode 1 for a live audience.