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.


 * "...And Karen Show"
 * 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.
 * The Alvin Show
 * The Amanda Show
 * The Andy Griffith Show
 * And, later, The New Andy Griffith Show.
 * The Andy Williams Show
 * The Ann Sothern Show
 * The Archie Show
 * The Aquabats Super Show
 * The Benny Hill Show
 * The Ben Stiller Show
 * The Bernie Mac Show
 * The Betty White Show
 * The Bob Cummings Show
 * The Bob Newhart Show
 * Twice, actually. Then later Bob Newhart had a show called Newhart, then one called Bob.
 * 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.
 * The Brak Show
 * Before that, there was another One Shot 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 Carol Burnett Show
 * The Catherine Tate Show
 * The Chevy Chase Show
 * The Cleveland Show
 * The Colbert Report
 * Conan, the title of Conan O'Brien's show on TBS.
 * Bill Cosby is known for this:
 * The Cosby Show
 * The Bill Cosby Show
 * Cosby
 * The Cosby Mysteries.
 * The New Bill Cosby Show.
 * Some people think The Daily Show is hosted by Jon Daily, even though the full title is The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
 * The Dana Carvey Show
 * The Danny Thomas Show
 * The Dick Van Dyke Show
 * And, later, The New Dick Van Dyke Show.
 * The Drew Carey Show
 * The Doctor Oz Show
 * The Donna Reed Show
 * The Dylan Ratigan Show
 * The Ed Show
 * The Ed Sullivan Show
 * The Ellen Burstyn 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 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 Gong Show
 * The Goon Show
 * The Gumby Show
 * Hancock's Half Hour
 * The Hank Azaria Show
 * The Howard Stern Show
 * The Howdy Doody Show
 * The Jack Benny Program (slightly altered form)
 * The Jeremy Kyle Show
 * The Jerry Springer Show
 * The Jimmy Stewart Show
 * The Jim Rome Show
 * The Jon Dore Television Show (subverted)
 * The Jon Stewart Show
 * The Joe Schmo Show
 * The John Larroquette 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 Krusty The Clown Show, another Show Within a Show
 * And home to Show Within a Show Within A Show The Itchy and Scratchy Show
 * The Larry Sanders Show
 * The League of Gentlemen
 * The Lucy Show
 * The Lawrence Welk Show
 * The Magic Hour
 * 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 Micallef Program
 * Parodied with The Michael Showalter Showalter
 * The Muppet Show
 * The Neal Boortz Show
 * The Norm Show
 * The Oprah Winfrey Show
 * The Patty Duke Show
 * The Paul O'Grady Show
 * The Peter Serafinowicz Show
 * The Phil Silvers Show
 * The Pink Panther Show
 * The Rachel Maddow Show
 * The Red Green Show
 * The Red Skelton Show
 * The Redd Foxx Show
 * The Ren and Stimpy Show
 * The Rocky Horror Picture Show
 * The Rush Limbaugh Show
 * The Sarah Silverman Program
 * The Scooby Doo Show
 * The South Bank Show
 * The Spike Jones Show
 * The Stephanie Miller Show
 * The Steve Banks 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 Tracy Ullman Show
 * The Truman Show, an eponymous Show Within a Show.
 * The Weird Al Show
 * The Imaginatively Titled Punt and Dennis 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
 * Ellen (and The Ellen Show)
 * Cybill
 * Miranda

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