Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "fictional-children's-tv-show"

1. UHF (1989)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

An unemployed visionary becomes the manager of a local television station. The station becomes a success, with all sorts of hilarious sight gags and wacky humor.

Director: Jay Levey | Stars: 'Weird Al' Yankovic, Victoria Jackson, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Richards

Votes: 31,632 | Gross: $6.16M

2. Kidding (2018–2020)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

Jeff, a famous children's television icon, struggles to retain his sanity as his family falls apart.

Stars: Jim Carrey, Frank Langella, Judy Greer, Cole Allen

Votes: 20,180

3. Brigsby Bear (2017)

PG-13 | 97 min | Comedy, Drama

After being freed from his life in an underground bunker, a man sets out to make a movie of the only TV show he has ever known.

Director: Dave McCary | Stars: Kyle Mooney, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Matt Walsh, Michaela Watkins

Votes: 17,852 | Gross: $0.53M

4. Accidentally in Love (2011 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Eddie Avedon's shot at a prestigious movie part, his ticket out of playing Mulligan the Bunny on a children's TV show, is ruined after a car accident with single mother Annie Benchley that ... See full summary »

Director: David Burton Morris | Stars: Jennie Garth, Ethan Erickson, Fred Willard, Marilu Henner

Votes: 1,060

5. Dog Park (1998)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Romance

Two dog lovers meet at a singles bar, recognizing each other from the dog park. Andy and Lorna are recent singles after their exes met.

Director: Bruce McCulloch | Stars: Natasha Henstridge, Luke Wilson, Kathleen Robertson, Janeane Garofalo

Votes: 2,340 | Gross: $0.24M

6. Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997 TV Movie)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama, Crime

Two media moguls get into a nasty power struggle for the ownership of a pro football team, which causes drastic effects on their personal and professional lives.

Director: Stephen Surjik | Stars: Gabriel Byrne, Ben Kingsley, Mimi Rogers, Jeffrey Tambor

Votes: 817

7. Happy Anniversary (1959)

Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy

A happily married father of two, who hates TV, brings a wedding anniversary gift for his wife, with the desire of a romantic interlude. Nonetheless, daily life chaos ensues, leading to TV screens being kicked in and everybody being angry.

Director: David Miller | Stars: David Niven, Mitzi Gaynor, Carl Reiner, Loring Smith

Votes: 319

8. Third Man Out (2005 TV Movie)

TV-MA | 99 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A gay detective is hired to find who has been been threatening a notorious member of the gay community noted for outing people.

Director: Ron Oliver | Stars: Chad Allen, Sebastian Spence, Jack Wetherall, Woody Jeffreys

Votes: 1,220

9. An Eye for an Eye (1973)

PG | 84 min | Horror, Thriller

A children's television show host stalks and murders abusive parents.

Director: Larry G. Brown | Stars: Tom Basham, Gene Carlson, Gretchen Kanne, David Carlile

Votes: 220

10. Happy (1983 TV Movie)

100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A former child show host misses the good old days. He and his sidekick from the show are doing a gig when the place gets robbed and the sidekick murdered. The host is the only one who saw the robber well so the robber goes after him.

Director: Lee Philips | Stars: Dom DeLuise, Dee Wallace, Henry Silva, Jack Gilford

Votes: 54

11. Tracy (2009)

75 min | Comedy

Tracy is a mockumentary about Tracy Knapp, host of the 1970's children's show, "The Imagination Train Station". Thirty years after the show's cancellation an ambitious filmmaker sets out to... See full summary »

Director: Dan Scanlon | Stars: Mark Andrews, Ethel Angel, Graham Annable, Allen Ausee

Votes: 31

12. Luurankoluola (2017)

64 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Young woman discovers a videotape of an old kids' show that used to scare her as a child. After watching the tape again, she starts to relive her old trauma and losing her sense of reality in nightmarish way.

Director: Elmo Rautio | Stars: Hanna Louhimo, Epe Niiranen, Aino-Maria Lehtosaari, Vilma Emmiina Kinnunen

Votes: 16

13. Krümelmonsters Foodie Truck mit Steffen Henssler (2023– )

Comedy, Family, Talk-Show

"Krümelmonsters Foodie Truck mit Steffen Henssler" is a cook show with Characters of Sesame Street, broadcasted by RTL Deutschland. It's a spin off from Sesame Street, Sesame Street (1969) and Sesamstraße (1973).

Stars: Steffen Henssler, Martin Reinl, Cookie Monster, Gonger

14. Storytime with Uncle Stories: Ricky the Kindly Gnome (2012 TV Short)

3 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

According to Stuart Ashen that was a bizarre and slightly unnerving locally-produced TV program he had found on an old VHS tape. In fact it was certainly filmed by him.

Director: Stuart Ashen | Star: Stuart Ashen

15. Alice in Chains: The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here (2013 Music Video)

6 min | Music

Official music video for Alice in Chains' 2013 single "The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here".

Director: Travis Hopkins | Stars: Alice in Chains, Jerry Cantrell, William DuVall, Robert Nolan

Votes: 14

16. The A-Team (1983–1987)
Episode: Uncle Buckle-Up (1985)

TV-PG | 47 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Playing a bear on a children's TV show is Hannibal's latest job. But it's not long before he realizes something's wrong with the show, not the least of which is someone trying to kill the show's host.

Director: Michael O'Herlihy | Stars: George Peppard, Dirk Benedict, Dwight Schultz, Mr. T

Votes: 264

17. Danger Theatre (1993)
Episode: Move My Lips/Dead Stranger in Paradise (1993)

Comedy

In "The Searcher" segment titled 'Move My Lips', the leather-clad hero rides to the aid of a popular children's television program ventriloquist who insists his dummy is trying to kill him.... See full summary »

Director: Penelope Spheeris | Stars: Diedrich Bader, Adam West, Billy Morrissette, Peter Navy Tuiasosopo

Votes: 5

18. Hard Time on Planet Earth (1989)
Episode: Wally's Gang (1989)

Action, Adventure, Comedy

Jesse joins the cast of a local kiddie television show and learns that the father of one of his fellow actors is in serious trouble.

Director: Ric Rondell | Stars: Martin Kove, Gordon Jump, Brandon Bluhm, Brad Koepenick

Votes: 14

19. The Lone Gunmen (2001)
Episode: The 'Cap'n Toby' Show (2001)

45 min | Comedy, Drama, Mystery

Cap'n Toby, the host of a long-running children's show and Langly's childhood hero, is accused of spying for the Chinese. The gang investigates the so-called Rose-Colored Glasses Lady, a dangerous operative who may know more.

Director: Carol Banker | Stars: Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, Stephen Snedden

Votes: 280

20. Mod Squad (1968–1973)
Episode: And a Little Child Shall Bleed Them (1971)

TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama

The trio must protect a TV clown from an assassination attempt.

Director: John Llewellyn Moxey | Stars: Michael Cole, Clarence Williams III, Peggy Lipton, Tige Andrews

Votes: 41

21. Monsters (1988–1990)
Episode: Holly's House (1988)

TV-14 | 21 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

Holly, the lead in a children's TV series, isn't the nice puppet she pretends to be.

Director: Theodore Gershuny | Stars: Marilyn Jones, Perry Lang, Pamela Dean Kelly, Neil Smith

Votes: 238

22. My Little Margie (1952–1955)
Episode: Margie's Millionth Member (1953)

30 min | Comedy

Margie forces Vern to eat "Boomies" cereal so the next-door-neighbor boy can win a prize. Vern is concerned because his company represents a rival product. The situation comes to a head ... See full summary »

Director: Hal Yates | Stars: Gale Storm, Charles Farrell, Don Hayden, Clarence Kolb

Votes: 15

23. Power Rangers DinoThunder (2004)
Episode: It's a Mad Mad Mackerel (2004)

TV-Y7-FV | 22 min | Action, Adventure, Family

Kira is ecstatic to be an intern at the television station. However, things are not what they seem and not as fun as she thought. Elsa is inspired by the star of one of the television shows... See full summary »

Directors: Paul Grinder, Eamon O'Sullivan | Stars: James Napier Robertson, Kevin Duhaney, Emma Lahana, Jason David Frank

Votes: 73

24. Special Unit 2 (2001–2002)
Episode: The Piper (2002)

Action, Comedy, Crime

A popular children's TV character is suspected of being a Piper link whose been using his mind control power on children to make them commit crimes on his behalf. The Captain assigns Carl, ... See full summary »

Director: John T. Kretchmer | Stars: Michael Landes, Alexondra Lee, Richard Gant, Danny Woodburn

Votes: 34

25. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Blasters (2006)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Logan and Wheeler discover that the recent murder of a former child star has links to an Albanian mob.

Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Chris Noth, Julianne Nicholson, Eric Bogosian, Matt Keeslar

Votes: 313

26. DC's Legends of Tomorrow (2016–2022)
Episode: Mr. Parker's Cul-De-Sac (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Ray plans a date night for him and Nora, but all goes awry when an Encore shows up making the team think on their feet and create a lie to keep the Encore at bay. While trying to fool the ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Hernandez Bray | Stars: Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Tala Ashe

Votes: 1,502

27. Corporate (2018–2020)
Episode: Pickles 4 Breakfast (2020)

TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy

Hampton DeVille attempts to rewrite the finale of a fan-favorite series, and Jake learns a disturbing truth about a beloved children's show.

Director: Pat Bishop | Stars: Matt Ingebretson, Jake Weisman, Anne Dudek, Adam Lustick

Votes: 98

28. Family Guy (1999– )
Episode: You Can't Do That on Television, Peter (2012)

TV-14 | 21 min | Animation, Comedy

Peter creates his own children's TV show, portraying Lois as an annoying nag; Meg shadows Dr. Hartman.

Directors: Bob Bowen, Dominic Bianchi | Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis

Votes: 1,428

29. Toon in with Me (2021– )
Episode: Good-Bye, Cap'n Bill (2022)

TV-PG | Animation, Comedy

Bill presents the special 1985 broadcast of the final episode of long-running daytime kiddie show "Cap'n Bill and His Sea Pals", featuring People Are Bunny (1959), A Tale of Two Kitties (1942), Pitchin' Woo at the Zoo (1944), Symphony in Slang (1951), and To Duck... or Not to Duck (1943).

Director: Mike Schmiedeler | Stars: Bill Leff, Kevin Fleming, Leila Gorstein

30. Celebrity Big Brother (2001– )
Episode: Day 20 (2012)

Reality-TV

A group of celebrity housemates living together in a special custom-built house are filmed 24 hours per day. All housemates must remain in the house at all times, and avoid being evicted by... See full summary »

Stars: Marcus Bentley, Prince Lorenzo Borghese, Julian Clary, Julie Goodyear

31. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Familiar (2018)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mulder and Scully suspect that darker forces are at play as they investigate a brutal animal attack on a little boy in Connecticut.

Director: Holly Dale | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Alex Carter, Jason Gray-Stanford

Votes: 2,968