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* ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'' was accused of this when it cast Mike Farrell as John Slattery's father. Though in fact the two are just barely far apart enough in age for this to be reasonable; it's just that Farrell looks very good for his age.

* In ''[[Good Times]]'', John Amos was only 34 when the show began, making him only 8 years older than his "son" Jimmie Walker(J.J.) and ''19 years younger'' than his "wife" Esther Rolle (Florida)

* Tony Goldwyn played Vincent D'Onofrio's older brother on ''[[Law and Order: Criminal Intent]]''. Goldwyn is a year younger than D'Onofrio.

* ''[[Kath and Kim]]'' has an interesting version of this. Kath is supposed to be in her 50s, though her actress is about a decade younger. Her daughter Kim is supposed to be in her mid-to-late 20s, but is played by an actress who is pushing 50.

* In ''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'', Josh Dallas (born 1981) as Prince Charming and Ginnifer Goodwin (born 1978) as Snow White play the parents of Jennifer Morrison (born 1979) as Emma. Justified in that a magic curse kept the parents frozen in time and not aging, while their daughter was not affected and thus aged normally.

* In ''[[Touched By an Angel]]'', there's an episode where Rafael plays a student teacher and a student gets a crush on him. The actress playing the student, Senta Moses, is 10 1/2 months ''older'' than Alexis Cruz, who plays Rafael.

 

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