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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* A ''[[Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps]]'' episode, "Dead", had ''North West Tonight'''s Gordon Burns as himself.
* The BBC ''revels'' in this, presumably because the national news is filmed down the hall from a lot of the TV shows, so it's a matter of popping your head round the door.
** Andrew Marr and Louise Minchin have played themselves on ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[Torchwood]]'' respectively. Another BBC newsreader, Huw Edwards, played the Olympic opening commentator in ''Fear Her'', although he was credited for playing the role of the 'Commentator'.
** Reporter Alex MacIntosh appears as himself in the ''Doctor Who'' serial "Day of the Daleks", reporting on the peace conference. And even earlier, Kenneth Kendal in ''The War Machines''.
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* Several Chicago local newspeople cameoed as themselves during the run of ''[[Early Edition]]''. Most of the time they then ran an "exclusive" story on the behind-the-scenes making-of during that evening's late news.
* On ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', real life Los Angeles anchor John Beard plays himself often, reporting on the Bluth family's problems.
* Howard K. Smith was a well known news reporter from World War II to the 1970s. He appeared as himself as a newscaster on ''[[V (TV series)|V]]''.
* Australian news reader Edwin Maher appeared on an Australian sketch comedy show (I think it was ''[[The Big Gig]]'' but can't remember for certain) announcing that the ABC had been bought by Rupert Murdoch and showing the new ABC logo: three breasts.
* On ''[[Friends]]'', Joey and Chandler adopting the chick and the duck is precipitated by Joey seeing a report by Sue Simmons of WNBC-NY discussing why ''not'' to get a baby chick at Easter.
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* Bree Walker appeared in this capacity on ''[[Fresh Prince of Bel Air]]''.
* Averted in ''[[From the Earth to the Moon]]''. Rather than using stock footage of Walter Cronkite or Jules Bergman, [[No Celebrities Were Harmed|Emmett Seaborn]] (working for the fictional "NTC" network) was created. This also meant that the same newscaster could be used for every single Apollo mission.
* ''[[Angel]]:'' In the season 4 episode "Awakening" the late Larry McCormick, real-life Los Angeles news anchor, appeared "on-air" as himself.
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