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Below is a list of fictional television shows. An early example of the show within a show format was The Jack Benny Program which had been popular on radio and took the same format to the new medium of television.[1]
30 Rock revolves around the fictional The Girlie Show (later renamed TGS with Tracy Jordan) on which most of the characters work. The fictional show was on the real American television network NBC, and the plot frequently referenced other fictional NBC programs, such as MILF Island, Gold Case, Homonym, and Supercomputer. In later seasons, several episodes of 30 Rock were presented as though they were actually episodes of a fictional Bravo show, Queen of Jordan.
The "A.N.T. program" is a special school curriculum designed for young children with Advanced Natural Talents (called "ants"), allowing preschoolers and even Middleschoolers to participate in Highschool classes if they have an extraordinary talent.
- America Needs Talent – a parody of America's Got Talent, Chyna, Lexi and Gibson are contestants on the show
- High-heels High – a teen drama Chyna watched on her tablet
Joey Tribbiani stars in a number of films and TV shows
Galaxy Quest is a movie featuring actors from a fictitious sci-fi TV series of the same name. It is a parody of Star Trek and its fandom.
Miley appears as Hannah on several fictional and real life talk shows and award shows, including starring in a TV show and a film series, nl:
- MTB - a parody of MTV. The pilot episode (Lilly, Do You Want to Know a Secret?) opens with a clip from the show about a Hannah-concert.
- Zombie High – a teen sci-fi/fantasy television series starring Jake Ryan and later Hannah (You're more than a Zombie to me)
- Singing With The Stars – a talent show where the contestant can sing with their respective Pop Idol, Hannah was the featured artist
- The Real Deal with Colin Lasseter – a call-in talk show
- Wake-up With Wendy! – talk show
- The Mack and Mickey Show – talk show
- The United People's Relief Telethon – is a telethon for a charity drive called "The United People's Relief". Colin Lasseter was the host, while Hannah and Mikayla volunteered as phone-operators.
- Indiana Joannie and the Curse of the Golden Cobra – a parody of the Indiana Jones film franchise, starring Hannah in the title role and Chace Crawford. Real life director Rob Reiner cameos as himself as the director of the film.
- Barney Bitman – a televised music critic (played by Gilbert Gottfried) who gave a scathing review of pop star Mikayla, and later a glowing review of a Hannah Montana concert.
- The Silver Boot Awards – a parody of the Country Music Association Awards, Hannah's song "True Friend" won for "Best Country Ballad".
- The International Music Awards – a parody of the Grammys and the MTV Video Music Award, Hannah is presented the award for "Female Artist of The Year"
- America's Top Talent – a parody of America's Got Talent and American Idol, Oliver is a contestant while Hannah is the guest judge. Real-life American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi cameos as herself alongside the other judges, who are parodies of Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson.
- Tasty Treats – Hannah is a guest on the cooking show
- Teen Scene Awards – a parody of the Teen Choice Awards, Hannah and Jake were co-presenters, both also attended the awards several times
- Gotcha'd – a parody of Punk'd, Jake and Traci set up a TV prank for Hannah by posing as a betrothed couple that's going to elope, knowing that Hannah would try to stop it.
- Roger Buck: Intergalactic Bounty Hunter – a parody of Buck Rogers, starring Jake and Mikayla, though Miley sabotages Mikayla's job by pretending to be her in disguise.
- Teen Court – a televised teen court reality show that dumps food on the defendants, Miley and Lily accused Matt of cheating on Lily.
- Are You Dumber Than A Dog? – a parody of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? The show is watched, but never seen onscreen by the viewers. Jackson was busy Channel surfing.
- Hannah Montana – The show's real-life opening theme song The Best of Both Worlds is heard while Jackson was channel surfing, but it is not specified whether this was a pun on the real TV show itself, or if it was just a televised Hannah-concert.
Fictional versions of real shows:
The students participate in several school musicals, nl:
Republiek van Zoid Afrika is a music-themed talk show, produced and hosted by South African Rock-legend Karen Zoid. The show features many skits, incl:
- Keeping Up With Marinda – a parody of Keeping Up with the Kardashians, is a mock-reality series centered around Pan flute "sensation" Marinda Senekal (Zoid) and her weird family
- Boererate with Annemarie Ferreira – Annemarie (Zoid) gives humorous advice on a number of topics.
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