Name The Show

[yeswedo]

@Dougal - maybe you can give a hint? I am stumped.

[MarkHB]

I partially threw in the towel at "French-Israeli show".

[halgia]

Hint: "U.S. adaptation of a French-Israeli show" was supposed to mean that it's a mix of two shows, one a U.S. adaptation of a French show, one a U.S. adaptation of an Israeli show.

[The Crazed Spruce]

I've got half of it, but I'm completely stuck on the

French supernatural

show.

[yeswedo]

Same here @The Crazed Spruce. Maybe @Tara Ariano will stop by and help us out!

[halgia]

Oh, I'm stupid, sorry: it's not actually based on a French show, it just really seems like it is, but it's totally based on something completely different you guys.

[halgia]

Since this has been a blocker for a few days and my initial version was wrong, here's a new (hopefully much easier) description for the same show. Spoilered if you want to try to solve the initial version.

 

A look at the therapy needed by a set of people who mysteriously return from the dead years later.

[MarkHB]

ResurrectIn Treatment

?

[halgia]

Yep!

[MarkHB]

(I used the "easy" clue :) ).

 

Sitcom set in a fancy restaurant where one of the waitresses is an android.

[Actionmage]

It's A Living Doll?

[MarkHB]

Or

It's My Living Doll

, I would've taken either one.  @Actionmage, you're up!

[Actionmage]

A) An expert in micro-expressions is  aided by a  small primate

B) Two police detectives "trip the light fantastic" with B- & C-list celebs.

C)An orchid-breeding private detective aids a police detective in tracing where the second detective's girlfriend was taken.

[MarkHB]

B)

Dancing with the Starsky and Hutch

[Actionmage]

Yessir! Go forth and attempt to stump!

[MarkHB]

An alien, his garbageman and a pretty girl walk into a music store. Hilarity ensues.

Edited June 7, 2014 by MarkHB

[Actionmage]

Quark, Mork & Mindy?

 

 

Edited June 9, 2014 by Actionmage

[MarkHB]

Bingo, @Actionmage!  You're up, although you still have two outstanding (where is everyone?????)

[The Crazed Spruce]

Well, yours stumped me, and I'm still working on the second half of Actionmage's other two.  Can't speak for anyone else....

[Actionmage]

Refreshing for those who may have missed them earlier:

A) An expert in micro-expressions is aided by a small primate
C)An orchid-breeding private detective aids a police detective in tracing where the second detective's girlfriend was taken.

 

If hints should be given, just let me know.

[egavasc]

Is C) 

Nero Wolfe Lake

?

 

I know the first show for A) but could use a hint for the second part. 

[Actionmage]

Yes, egavasc, you got C correct!

A) An expert in micro-expressions is aided by a small primate...who lives with a dentist and his family. Hijinks ensue, as they will.

[egavasc]

Okay then

Lie to Me and the Chimp

So much googling.

[MarkHB]

I had forgotten all about "Lie to Me" and was focusing on "The Mentalist"... and "The Mentalist and the Bear" didn't seem to fit :) .

[egavasc]

I'm sure this is entirely too easy but here goes:

A group of dead but not dead folks take souls in South Dakota.

[The Crazed Spruce]

The Walking Dead Like Me

[egavasc]

Nope! But close!

[Actionmage]

The Walking Deadwood?

[The Crazed Spruce]

Deadwood Like Me

?

[egavasc]

The Crazed Spruce has it! In fairness, it probably could be any of those or a combination. Probably should have worded it better. 

I couldn't think of a better way to describe reapers. Also describes zombies. Could be The Walking Deadwood Like Me.

I will do better next time! 

 

[Actionmage]

To be fair, it was my hubby that came up with the reply I stated. I don't know why he won't sign up.  He was really excited when he thought he had the answer though, so thanks for that! *g*

[Actionmage]

::taps mic::  ...Bueller?

[The Crazed Spruce]

Sorry, I've been a bit... sidetracked lately.

 

A clone of a snarky British nobleman plots for the throne in hilarious ways.

[MarkHB]

Orphan Blackadder

?

[The Crazed Spruce]

Yep!  All yours, Mark!

[MarkHB]

I am going to be hated for this one: Large anthropomorphic animal characters do wacky sketch comedy.

 

The following is a bonus just-for-fun question, as one of the components isn't an actual show: a retired judge, his sidekick and a baseball pitcher catch criminals and sell spices.

[yeswedo]

I may be way off base but this is the first show I thought of - 

New Zoo Review

?

[MarkHB]

@yeswedo, one show doth not an answer make. :) The answer is two shows put together.

[formerlyfreedom]

Hardcastle and McCormick Spices

?

[MarkHB]

, close but not quite.

[Actionmage]

 Mark, is it  

The New Zoo Week in Review?

      

 

  Also, is the bonus

Hardcastle & McCormick and (Kurt) Shilling Spices?

[MarkHB]

@Actionmage : Wrong on the real one, close enough on the bonus question: I was specifically thinking

Hardcastle & McCormick-Schilling

, because that's how they billed themselves back in the day.

Edited June 16, 2014 by MarkHB

[MarkHB]

Close enough to 24 hours, here's a hint:

Blame Canada

.

[formerlyfreedom]

Oooh, ooh, what was that called!

Due South Park

?

[The Crazed Spruce]

I've got the second part, stuck on the first one.

[SVNBob]

30 Fraggle Rock

?  I don't think that's really right though.

[MarkHB]

Neither of the two guesses since I gave the hint is correct.

[The Crazed Spruce]

I'm pretty sure the second part is

Kids In The Hall

, if anyone is hung up on that part.

[MarkHB]

Second hint:

At least one of the shows in the answer has been mentioned in the thread.

[MarkHB]

Are you guys holding off, hoping for another hint?  (Have any of you ever played Buzztime Trivia in a bar, where the points drop as more hints are revealed?  Yeah, it's kind of like that.)

 

Here you go:

The successful will harken beyond the written word.