Movie connections for
"Masterpiece Theatre" (1971)

Referenced in

"The Facts of Life: Teen Marriage: Part 2 (#2.8)" (1981)
 -  The show is mentioned by name.
Scrooged (1988)
"The Golden Girls: Blind Date (#4.12)" (1989)
 -  The show is mentioned by name.
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Castle of Fu-Manchu (#4.23)" (1992)
 -  "Masterpeice Theater now returns to the Jewel and the Crown"
Peter's Friends (1992)
 -  dialogue
"Law & Order: Coma (#5.2)" (1994)
 -  "It was like Masterpiece Theater, everyone was so polite."
"Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies (#9.12)" (1997)
 -  Crow: Let's go. Masterpiece Theater is on.
"The West Wing: The Short List (#1.9)" (1999)
 -  mentioned by Toby
The Big Tease (1999)
100 Girls (2000)
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Checkpoint (#5.12)" (2001)
 -  Buffy (to the Watchers): "Without a Slayer... you're pretty much just watching Masterpiece Theatre."
"Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: The Long Lead Story (#1.5)" (2006)
 -  Jordan ironically compares a pitch to Masterpiece Theatre.

Spoofed in

"SCTV Network 90: One on the Town (#1.1)" (1981)
 -  Joe Flahrety plays Alistair Cooke hosting Masterpiece Theatre, which is showing "All the Long Leggedy Beasties"
Heartburn (1986)
Sesame Street, Special (1988) (TV)
"Animaniacs: Distasterpiece Theatre/Hercule Yakko/Home on De-Nile/A Midsummer Night's Dream (#1.25)" (1993)
 -  Yakko presents a parody of this show called "Disaster-piece Theatre"
"South Park: Pip (#4.14)" (2000)
 -  The format much like Masterpiece Theater's
VeggieTales: Lyle, the Kindly Viking (2001) (V)
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Storyteller (#7.16)" (2003)
 -  Andrew's opening fantasy is in the style of the host segments from this show.

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