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American TV by Antonyms

Guess the names of these TV shows, where most of the words have been replaced by antonyms.
Not all antonyms are exact
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Last updated: December 16, 2019
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First submittedMay 14, 2013
Times taken43,643
Average score75.0%
Rating4.24
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Antonyms
TV Show
Sad Nights
Happy Days
Fixing Good
Breaking Bad
The Running Living
The Walking Dead
Single Without Parents
Married With Children
Chastity and the Country
Sex and the City
Nun
Monk
Old Boy
New Girl
Shrinking Comforts
Growing Pains
Villains
Heroes
Demon
Angel
Antonyms
TV Show
Found
Lost
Lowering Despair
Raising Hope
Anarchy & Chaos
Law & Order
Small Hate
Big Love
Southern Concealment
Northern Exposure
Queen of the Valley
King of the Hill
The Basses
The Sopranos
Sane About Me
Mad About You
Enemies
Friends
Minor Mom
Major Dad
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Level 32
Oct 1, 2013
Anarchy & Chaos would be such a good show, someone should do it
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Level 49
Apr 14, 2016
Anarchy & Chaos, tonight at six; or maybe seven; you will never know....
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Level 27
Oct 1, 2013
The basses... lol. That was fun.
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Level 72
Apr 14, 2016
that made me smile
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Level 54
Apr 14, 2016
See at first I thought it mean like Sea Bass..... ha yeah that threw me through a loop. Then I realized they meant like bass as in beat but for some stupid reason I tried "the trebles" instead of the sopranos. Just not my question to get right.
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Level 66
Sep 14, 2019
I tried the tenors first, guess I was thinking about the 3 tenors.
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Level 67
Jun 19, 2018
When Jamie-Lynn Sigler auditioned for her role as Meadow, she thought that the show was going to be about women singers.
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Level 67
Nov 11, 2021
I'm gonna guess that you're a huge fan of The Wire since you're a Baltimorean
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Level 67
Nov 11, 2021
Just finished Sopranos recently so now I'm gonna watch Basses
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Level 39
Dec 26, 2013
Ha, Oldboy. Great movie if you haven't seen it.
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Level 82
Apr 14, 2016
I thought it was terrible.
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Level 63
Apr 14, 2016
Did you watch the American remake or the original Korean version? As with most American remakes of foreign films they completely botched it, the Korean version is fantastic.
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Level 82
Mar 16, 2017
I only saw the Korean version. Thought it was horrible. From what I read about the American remake, it sounded a lot better. But I never saw it.
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Level 89
Oct 28, 2021
I actually kind of enjoyed Oldboy (the original, I never saw the Spike Lee version), even though it is very disturbing to watch and I can see why someone may not like it. The hallway fight scene is easily the best part of the movie.
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Level 57
Apr 14, 2016
The original is great; I haven't seen the remake, and I'm not sure I want to.
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Level 84
Aug 24, 2016
Seen the original, severely depressing and disturbing.
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Level 82
Nov 3, 2019
I like films that are depressing and disturbing. This one was just dumb.
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Level 44
Jan 5, 2014
Missed "Growing Pains". Fun quiz!
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Level 27
Jan 14, 2014
i agree very very very clever quuiz, fantastic
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Level 32
Apr 3, 2014
For the Mad about me clue, I would go with "Happy about Me" instead of "Sane about me." I kept getting stuck on Crazy for the antonym of sane.
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Level 44
Apr 4, 2014
Same, quiz maker must be from the UK.
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Level 88
Apr 14, 2016
Mad, as used in the show title, doesn't mean angry (the opposite of happy). It means crazy, so sane is the best antonym
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Level 89
Apr 14, 2016
@FractalDoom, It's "quizmaster", and he's American.
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Level 57
Apr 14, 2016
I thought it was Crazy For You. Only on for about three months.
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Level 89
Jul 22, 2018
He's not angry about her, that's not what the idiom means.
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Level 72
Apr 14, 2016
I typed "young girl" and "young lady" and a few other variations before I figured that one out. Fun quiz!
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Level 82
Apr 14, 2016
Never heard of that show and couldn't figure it out.
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Level 82
Mar 16, 2017
got it this time, though.
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Level 86
Jun 1, 2018
Yeah I got stuck on "young" for a while there, too.
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Level 77
Apr 14, 2016
Chastity and the Country sounds pretty boring
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Level 60
Apr 14, 2016
It's really just a series of Farmer's Daughter jokes.
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Level 65
Apr 14, 2016
19/20 on antonym skills, don't know many of the shows. Good quiz though! Southern concealment was the one I didn't get.
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Level 78
Jun 22, 2023
That was the only I got that I wouldn't have got from the antonym, because for some reason my mum loves it (despite being British and I'm pretty sure no one else that I know having heard of it)
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Level 47
Apr 15, 2016
this is very clever
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Level 47
Apr 15, 2016
i didn't know most of these shows but i still got most of them correct due to opposites
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Level 77
Apr 17, 2016
Fun quiz, would not COPS be an antonym for villains?
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Level 77
May 8, 2016
I also tried COPS
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Level 82
Mar 16, 2017
No because this is American TV and American cops are themselves villains.
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Level 60
Mar 16, 2017
Cops everywhere are villains, with good ones interspersed.
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Level 62
Jun 20, 2018
I was stopped at 3:00 in the morning on the way to work a couple of weeks ago by a tough guy cop who had no reason to pull me over. He repeatedly demanded an explanation as to why I was out at that time of the night and would not accept the answer I gave him. Even though it was none of his damn business, I poIitely explained that I do not have a set work schedule and wanted to travel downtown before morning traffic started and then leave work before afternoon traffic started. After passing three different field sobriety tests, he let me go but followed me for over ten miles and watched me get out of my car, unlock the door to my building, and go inside. He then spent the next two hours illegally parked in front of the building staring through the glass.

Meanwhile, I am sure that actual crime was being radioed in and he he was "too busy" to respond. This isnt the only incident I have had, only the most recent. There are too many stories like this and several that are vastly worse.

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Level 62
Jun 20, 2018
I have also come across some very good cops. Unfortunately, there aren't enough of those guys to make up for the rotten bastards that are out there. If you want evidence of this, look at the quiz on numbers of people imprisoned by country that was featured a day or two ago. We have too many people incarcerated to call ourselves the land of the free. This is a product of overzealous policing and over aggressive sentencing. In training, the emphasis needs to be on "protect and serve". Procedures need to be set in motion to mete out punishment when instances of "threaten and harass" occur.
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Level 89
Jul 22, 2018
Just as every cop is a criminal

and all the sinners saints.

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Level 72
Jun 19, 2018
The antonym for COPS would be CRIMINALS or BURGLARS or something.
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Level 82
Jun 19, 2018
cops and criminals also synonymous.
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Level 62
Jun 20, 2018
Although all individual cops do not fit the definition, I think that conceptually "Cops" should work as an antonym for villains.
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Level 15
Aug 20, 2016
Clever. Enjoyed this one
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Level 63
Nov 12, 2017
Monk isn't the opposite to a nun. I would say that the word "whore" is actually the opposite of "nun."

Perhaps try "Gregarious?"

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Level 86
Jun 1, 2018
For these kinds of quizzes, the opposite-gender version of something is usually considered an "antonym" (see: boy/girl). And if you're trying to say that a monk isn't exactly a male nun . . . well, shoot, I'd say it's close enough for government work.
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Level 39
May 6, 2020
I agree, "monk" is not an antonym for "nun." The only thing that is opposite about the terms is gender. Maybe not the best choice of a show to use in this quiz...not like there aren't enough other shows to choose from.
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Level 62
Oct 28, 2021
Agreed on this one, I don't think Monk is a good show for this quiz, there is not really an antonym for Monk...and Nun certainly isn't it.
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Level 77
Oct 28, 2021
I was thinking that Preacher my be an acceptable answer.
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Level 72
Jun 19, 2018
Oh, how I dream of the day when Quizmaster is going to accept SATC for Sex and the City...
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Level 58
Jun 19, 2018
Nun can't be Preacher?
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Level 88
Jun 26, 2018
That's what I tried at first, too.
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Level 56
Jun 21, 2018
It took me forever to get New Girl. I tried Young Man, Young Girl. Finally clicked.
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Level 65
Jun 21, 2018
Nun/Monk was very funny :D You got me there!
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Level 84
Nov 21, 2019
I drew a total blank on "Nun". Ended up trying "Hooker".
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Level 67
Jan 14, 2020
16.
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Level 67
Apr 8, 2020
17
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Level 69
Jun 9, 2021
Can't believe I missed Friends... :/
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Level 62
Oct 28, 2021
As we say in Blighty good show old bean, a thoroughly enjoyable pop-culture quiz.
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Level 77
Oct 28, 2021
Ah, Raising Hope. I like all those stupid little shows that guy made. My Name is Earl, Yes Dear, Raising Hope... such enjoyable trash.
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Level 83
Apr 23, 2022
Raising Hope was a great show . a comedy that was actually funny with good characters and top acting.
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Level 62
Oct 28, 2021
Chastity and the Country, that's a beauty; that could easily be a Bronte sisters story or something.
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Level 63
Oct 28, 2021
Adding another vote for Preacher as the opposite of Nun. It works just as well.
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Level 67
Mar 24, 2023
Great quiz. I even got loads of shows I'd never heard of.

You should make a quiz like this but inverted, so we see the real tv show and then guess what tv show it is. Much easier.

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Level 78
Jul 30, 2023
This was fun. However, it is sad that every quiz I see the same few names fighting in the comments to try and prove who is smarter, who is better travelled, and so on. Why? So annoying to keep seeing the smug attitudes of some on here. It's just a quiz site, we do this for pleasure not to battle egos! If you want to impress people try being nice and not condescending. Don't be so serious and rude, your opinions on what is good/bad are not facts. Lighten up and stop inflicting the worst aspects of your personality on everyone.