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Poll Suggestion: TV Shows Named After Main Character (M — Z)

Which is your favorite TV Show named after the main character?

Note: first letter M — Z

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Poll Suggestion: TV Shows Named After Main Character (A - L)

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Moved from A-L  July 12
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Some titles are Actor's name ... Some titles are Character's name 


Mannix (1967-1975)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061277/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061277/reference

Considered one of the most violent television series of its era, 
this show followed the adventures of Los Angeles, California private investigator Joe Mannix,
who first worked for a detective agency known as Intertect,
Mike Connors ...   Joe Mannix (194 episodes, 1967-1975)
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Perry Mason (1957-1966)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050051/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050051/reference

Perry Mason is an attorney who specializes in defending seemingly indefensible cases.
Raymond Burr ...   Perry Mason . (271 episodes, 1957-1966)
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Bat Masterson (1958-1961)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052445/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052445/reference

Dressed-up dandy (derby and cane), gambler, and lawman roams the West,
Gene Barry ...   Bat Masterson (108 episodes, 1958-1961)
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Maverick (1957-1962)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050037/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050037/reference

Bret and Bart Maverick are well-dressed gamblers 
who migrate from town to town always looking for a good game.
Kelly Jack Kelly...   Bart Maverick (83 episodes, 1957-1962)
James Garner ...   Bret Maverick (61 episodes, 1957-1962)
Roger Moore ...   Beauregarde Maverick (16 episodes, 1959-1961)
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McCloud (1970-1977)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065317/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065317/reference

Sam McCloud is a marshal from Taos, New Mexico, 
who takes a temporary assignment in the New York City Police Department. 
Dennis Weaver ...   Sam McCloud (46 episodes, 1970-1977)
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Murdoch Mysteries (2008- )
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091909/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1091909/reference

In the 1890s, William Murdoch 
uses radical forensic techniques for the time,
including fingerprinting and trace evidence, 
to solve some of the city's most gruesome murders.
Yannick Bisson ...   Detective William Murdoch (218 episodes, 2008-2021)
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The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952-1966)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044230/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044230/reference

Ozzie and Harriet Nelson raise their two sons Ricky and David.
Ozzie Nelson ...   Ozzie Nelson / ... (435 episodes, 1952-1966)
Harriet Nelson ...   Harriet Nelson / ... (435 episodes, 1952-1966)
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I Love Lucy (1951-1957)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043208/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043208/reference

Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife.
Lucille Ball ...   Lucy Ricardo (181 episodes, 1951-1957)
Desi Arnaz ...   Ricky Ricardo (181 episodes, 1951-1957

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The Life of Riley (1953-1958)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045406/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045406/reference

Riley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home
William Bendix ...   Chester A. Riley (219 episodes, 1953-1958)
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Seinfeld (1989-1998)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098904/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098904/reference

The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld
and his equally neurotic New York City friends.
Jerry Seinfeld ...   Jerry Seinfeld (172 episodes, 1989-1998)
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The Wild Wild West (1965-1969)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058855/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058855/reference

James West and Artemus Gordon 
are two agents of President Grant 
who take their splendidly appointed private train 
through the west to fight evil.
Robert Conrad ...   Jim West (104 episodes, 1965-1969)
Ross Martin ...   Artemus Gordon (104 episodes, 1965-1969)
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A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001-2002)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283205/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0283205/reference

Genius detective Nero Wolfe and his right-hand man: Archie Goodwin, 
solve seemingly impossible crimes, in 1950's New York.
Timothy Hutton ...   Archie Goodwin (27 episodes, 2001-2002)
Maury Chaykin ...   Nero Wolfe (27 episodes, 2001-2002)
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Sort Your Lists by Title ??

The Real McCoys (1957-1963)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050053/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050053/reference

From the hills of West Virginia, Amos McCoy
moves his family to an inherited farm in California.
Walter Brennan ...   Grandpa Amos McCoy (225 episodes, 1957-1963)
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McMillan & Wife (1971-1977)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066685/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066685/reference

San Francisco Police Commissioner Stewart "Mac" McMillan 
and his amateur detective wife keep their marriage unpredictable 
while solving the city's most baffling crimes.
Rock Hudson  ...   Stewart McMillan (40 episodes, 1971-1977)
Susan Saint James ...   Sally McMillan (34 episodes, 1971-1976)
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Mr. & Mrs. North (1952-1954)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044277/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044277/reference

Jerry and Pamela North live in Greenwich Village in New York City.
Jerry is a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective. 
Richard Denning ...   Jerry North (57 episodes, 1952-1954)
Barbara Britton ...   Pamela North / ... (57 episodes, 1952-1954)
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Poirot (1989-2013)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094525/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094525/reference

The cases of eccentric, but sharp, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.
David Suchet ...   Hercule Poirot (70 episodes, 1989-2013)
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Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115167/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115167/reference

The comical everyday life of sports columnist Ray Barone and his dysfunctional family.
Ray Romano ...   Ray Barone (210 episodes, 1996-2005)
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Remington Steele (1982-1987)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083470/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083470/reference

Private eye Laura Holt grudgingly accepts a new partner
when a mystery man assumes the identity of her fictitious boss, 
Remington Steele. Together, the two battle crime
Stephanie Zimbalist ...   Laura Holt (94 episodes, 1982-1987)
Pierce Brosnan  ...   Remington Steele (94 episodes, 1982-1987)
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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984-1985)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086661/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086661/reference

Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson solve the mysteries 
Jeremy Brett ...   Sherlock Holmes (13 episodes, 1984-1985)
David Burke ...   Dr Watson  (13 episodes, 1984-1985)
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Simon & Simon (1981-1989)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081930/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081930/reference

A.J. Simon is a polished fellow with a taste for classic cars and tailored suits.
Rick Simon is his less refined older brother 
who has a taste for cowboy boots and four-wheel drive pickups. 
Jameson Parker ...   A.J. Simon / ... (156 episodes, 1981-1989)
Gerald McRaney ...   Rick Simon (156 episodes, 1981-1989)
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Aurora Teagarden Mysteries (2015- )
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13025202/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13025202/reference

Aurora/Roe, a librarian and amateur sleuth, 
investigates and solves murders with help from her friends in Real Murders Club.
Candace Cameron Bure ...   Aurora Teagarden (17 episodes, 2015-2021)
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Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969-1976)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063927/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063927/reference

The show is about doctors Marcus Welby, a general practitioner
Robert Young ...   Dr. Marcus Welby (170 episodes, 1969-1976)
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I liked Poirot, the problem is, I don't know which title to remove ...

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35 titles max ??

A - H
I - P
Q - Z

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ooooppppsssss 😜

Title is Actor name - Not Character

7. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Mary Tyler Moore ...   Mary Richards (168 episodes, 1970-1977)

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20. Newhart (1982–1990)
Bob Newhart ...   Dick Loudon  (184 episodes, 1982-1990)

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Change one to

Nash Bridges (1996-2001)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115285/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115285/reference

Nash  is a smart-alecky police inspector, 
who's seen fighting crime on the streets of San Francisco, California,
while driving around in his screaming yellow 1970ish Plymouth Hemi Barracuda.
Don Johnson ...   Insp. Nash Bridges (122 episodes, 1996-2001)
6,787 IMDb users have given a weighted average vote of 6.8 / 10

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now I could make space to include Poirot, I relocated the titles