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* ''Robbin' Hood'' in ''[[Curtains]]''.
* ''Robbin' Hood'' in ''[[Curtains]]''.
* ''[[SCTV]]'', a.k.a. ''Second City Television'', an early-1980s sketch-comedy series set in a low-budget TV station that mainly produced and showed rip-offs or spoofs of real TV shows and films -- such as ''High-Q, Chariots of Eggs, The Days of the Week, Mel's Rock Pile, Monster Chiller Horror Theatre'', etc.
* ''[[SCTV]]'', a.k.a. ''Second City Television'', an early-1980s sketch-comedy series set in a low-budget TV station that mainly produced and showed rip-offs or spoofs of real TV shows and films -- such as ''High-Q, Chariots of Eggs, The Days of the Week, Mel's Rock Pile, Monster Chiller Horror Theatre'', etc.
* ''[[ICarly]]'' -- Friends Carly, Sam and Freddie run their own webshow.
* ''[[iCarly]]'' -- Friends Carly, Sam and Freddie run their own webshow.
* A real show-within-a-show: ''[[Friends]]''' Joey Tribbiani was a cast member on the soap opera ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''.
* A real show-within-a-show: ''[[Friends]]''' Joey Tribbiani was a cast member on the soap opera ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''.
** Along with several less real examples (like ''Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.'' and ''Freud!'').
** Along with several less real examples (like ''Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E.'' and ''Freud!'').
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== Live-Action TV ==
== Live-Action TV ==
* ''Wormhole X-Treme!'' within ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''.
* ''Wormhole X-Treme!'' within ''[[Stargate SG-1]]''.
* ''[[Drake and Josh]]'' has Drew And Jerry, which was basically Drake and Josh's life being put into a tv show. As an aside, it also opens up the potential for a universe busting aversion of [[Celebrity Paradox]], by making [[Drake and Josh]], [[ICarly]], [[Victorious]] and [[Zoey 101]] all 'real' an existing in the same 'universe' as the actor's who play all the characters. For example, this means in that universe, there are four versions of [[Miranda Cosgrove]].
* ''[[Drake and Josh]]'' has Drew And Jerry, which was basically Drake and Josh's life being put into a tv show. As an aside, it also opens up the potential for a universe busting aversion of [[Celebrity Paradox]], by making [[Drake and Josh]], [[iCarly]], [[Victorious]] and [[Zoey 101]] all 'real' an existing in the same 'universe' as the actor's who play all the characters. For example, this means in that universe, there are four versions of [[Miranda Cosgrove]].
* Diane's play in ''[[Frasier]]''.
* Diane's play in ''[[Frasier]]''.
** Though in this case, it's eerily similar to ''[[Cheers]]'' rather than ''Frasier'' itself.
** Though in this case, it's eerily similar to ''[[Cheers]]'' rather than ''Frasier'' itself.