10 TV Shows That MOCKED Their Rivals
1. Murder She Wrote Mocked Friends
Okay, that’s assuming you haven’t watched YouTuber PushingUpRoses’ deep dive into this Murder She Wrote instalment—shout out to the creator for drawing our attention to this surreal crossover.
This mild-mannered Agatha Fletcher seems like the last protagonist on television to start firing off disses at her competitors, and yet the final season of this beloved series featured an episode unsubtly titled “Murder Amongst Friends” which took some uncompromising shots at the still-popular sitcom staple.
It’s worth noting that this episode coincided with CBS, the network screening Murder She Wrote, moving the show’s timeslot to directly compete with Friends.
Star Angela Lansbury was understandably heartbroken by a move which cost her a huge chunk of viewership at the height of Friends’ popularity, prompting this instalment wherein our gal shakes her head at the unsubtle comedy and corny sex jokes of “Buds”, a sitcom following some single twentysomethings as they navigated life and love in the city—definitely not based on anything in particular, then