Super Secret TV Formulas

All Episodes 2003 - 2004
TV-PG

  • Ended
  • #<Network:0x00007f40be9144d8>
  • 2003-10-24T04:00:00Z
  • 25m
  • 2h 30m (6 episodes)
  • United States
  • Comedy, Reality
SuperSecret TV Formulas is a series celebrating the TV clichés that have had us talking back to our sets for decades. It's about the cute little kid who magically appears when the other kids on a show have lost their cuteness. The "very special" episode. The curse of the evil twin. The characters who sure acted gay but couldn't be gay The revelation after a season of plot twists that, thank god, it was all just a dream. The show looks back at the formula and folly of TV, the kinds of shows, episodes, characters and devices that TV execs returned to over and over. It's a mixture of clips and commentary from comics, actors, critics and TV insiders. A full-blown analysis/celebration of the important questions raised by TV: Was Scrappy Doo a NARC? Can a car have an evil twin? And why doesn't television have more singing cops?

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2003-10-24T04:00:00Z

1x01 Evil Twins and More

Series Premiere

1x01 Evil Twins and More

  • 2003-10-24T04:00:00Z25m

TV cliches including the evil twin, the very special episode, characters who act gay but can't be, replacing hotties when an attractive character leaves a show, and "A Very Special" Family Ties.

1x02 The Very Special Episode and More

  • 2003-11-01T05:00:00Z25m

TV cliches including the darling new teenybopper that arrives when a show's kids are no longer cute, the sexy woman that no one ever hooks up with, two characters trapped in a confined space, duos that argue constantly but still stay together, and "A Very Special" Diff'rent Strokes.

1x03 Let's Start a Band and More

  • 2003-11-08T05:00:00Z25m

TV cliches including the annoying neighbor, dressing characters against type, unattractive men with hot wives or girlfriends, characters starting up a band, and "A Very Special" Facts of Life.

2003-11-22T05:00:00Z

1x04 The Horny Kid and More

1x04 The Horny Kid and More

  • 2003-11-22T05:00:00Z25m

TV cliches including the character that gets amnesia, fat characters that provide comic relief, the precocious kid who comes on to all the girls, the episode in which the family goes on vacation, and "A Very Special" Punky Brewster.

TV cliches including crime-fighting critters, one boy with two dates, horny old ladies, “it was all just a dream", and "A Very Special" Gimmie A Break

TV cliches including flashbacks, characters in drag, sexual tension, wisecracking aliens, and "A Super Secret Salute To" Dennis Franz.

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