List of channels

Season 1: 1987 - 1988

Image	Channel	Details
	All in the Family	Questions about the 1970's sitcom "All in the Family"
	Andy Griffith	Questions about the 1960's sitcom "The Andy Griffith Show"
	Beaver TV	Questions on the classic TV series "Leave It to Beaver"
	Cartoons	Questions about cartoons
	Celebrity Cat Scans	Contestants were shown a CAT scan of a well-known celebrity, which is usually an x-ray of the human brain, and a clue about that celebrity was read. The contestant then had to guess who that celebrity was.
	Channel of the Gods	Questions about TV game shows
	Colin's Corner	Colin re-enacts a scene from a movie. The players need to identify the movie.
	Cop Shows	Questions about TV crime programs
	Dead or Alive?	The name (and sometimes, a brief description) of a famous person or celebrity is read, and the contestant had to determine whether that person was living or deceased.
	Dead TV Channel	Questions on deceased TV actors & characters
	Flab TV	Questions about large and/or overweight celebrities and famous people.
	Flintstones	Questions about the 1960's animated sitcom "The Flintstones"
	Get Smart	Questions about the Mystery comedy series "Get Smart"
	Gilligan's Channel	Questions about the 1960's sitcom "Gilligan's Island"
	Goofy Hair Channel	Questions on characters with unusual hairdos
	Happy Days	Questions about the long-running sitcom "Happy Days"
	Home Shopping Zone	Where the unlucky contestant to choose that channel would see a video of a smarmily cheerful TV salesman (played by Craig Vandenburgh), "selling" some ridiculous product for a deduction of 10 points (20 points in the first season). List of Bogus Items in the Home Shopping Zone
	Honeymooners	Questions about the 1950's sitcom "The Honeymooners"
	I Dream of Jeannie	Questions about the NBC fantasy sitcom "I Dream of Jeannie"
	The Jeffersons	Questions about the long-running sitcom "The Jeffersons"
	Laughing Guy Channel	A segment in which John Ten Eyck played "Ken's cousin Flip", who was dressed in nerdy attire and laughed the theme songs to various TV series, which the contestants had to then guess.
	Laverne and Shirley	Questions about the Happy Days spin-off "Laverne & Shirley"
	Mork and Mindy	Questions about the Happy Days spin-off "Mork & Mindy"
	MTM	Questions about the 1970's sitcom "Mary Tyler Moore"
	MTV	Questions relating to music and music videos; this was always one of the available channels, and was often used in both Round 1 and 2.
	Munster TV	Questions about the 1960's sitcom "The Munsters"
	Odd Couple	Questions about the 1970's sitcom "The Odd Couple"
	Old Bob Newhart	Questions on the 1972-78 CBS sitcom "The Bob Newhart Show"
	Old Yeller	One of the neighbors, Mr. Iznicky aka "Old Yeller", comes over and does what he thinks are impersonations of TV characters while yelling at the top of his lungs. The players have to guess which character he's trying to impersonate.
	Personal Opinion Network	A yes-or-no question was asked about a timely topic, and the player who rang in had to answer yes or no and give a short reason why they responded as such.
	Prime Time	Questions pertaining to TV shows that aired on a particular day of the week on network television.
	Public Television	"Because only 3% of the population actually watches public television," this category consisted of questions that no average contestant would be able to answer. In "Peter/Denise/Doug", Doug did correctly answer a question about Coulomb's Law earning him 10 points and a full 20 seconds of wild cheering from the audience.
	Ranger Bob	A thick headed park ranger (played by John Ten Eyck) would offer a "camping safety tip" for 10 points.
	Really Bad TV	Usually critically panned TV series or short-lived programs.
	Remote Control Playhouse	Colin and the hostess would enact a scene inspired by a TV show of the past or present. Players had to identify the show.
	Reruns	Questions on shows that were regularly in syndicated reruns at the time.
	Sex	Same as Survey Says (see below)
	Short People Channel	About famous people or celebrities who have a short stature.
	Sing Along with Colin	In which sidekick Quinn would rasp the lyrics to a song and the contestant had to complete it. This was easily the most popular channel used on the show, to the point where in the fifth season and the second season in syndication, it was removed from the "channel" lineup and instead was done every show, as a request from "Ken's Mother" at the end of Round 1. (In earlier seasons, Colin sang up to 3 songs for the category; when it became the Round 1 ender, two songs for 10 and 15 points respectively were sung.) List of Songs Colin Sang
	Star Trek	Questions about the 1960's TV series "Star Trek"
	Surgically Altered Channel	Questions about famous people and celebrities who had reconstructive surgery
	Taxi	Questions about the sitcom "Taxi"
	The Addams Family	Questions about the 1960's TV series "The Addams Family"
	The Bat Channel	Questions about the 1960's TV series "Batman"
	The Brady Network	Questions on the long-running sitcom "The Brady Bunch"
	The Elvis Network	Questions about Elvis Presley
	The Genius Channel	Actually, quite simple questions that seemingly led off-track from their openings.
	The Gourmet Channel	Questions on food and famous chefs (long before the Food Network and the Cooking Channel were in existence)
	The Movie Network	Questions on classic and recent films
	The Partridge Channel	Questions about the 1970's musical sitcom "The Partridge Family"
	The Soap Network	Questions about TV soap operas.
	The Sports Network	General sports trivia
	The Weather Forecast	Ken would ask the audience about the weather (it was ALWAYS raining), and the player would get something dropped on their head. No points were earned or lost, apparently.
	TV Listings	A (fictional) risque TV guide-type listing to a TV show is read, and from various clues given it was up to the contestant to name the show.
	What's Their Line?	A pun on the long-running game show, the contestants were asked to identify the career of a tv character. A variation saw the host name the show and the career(s) of a particular character, with the contestant then having to identify the character.

Season 2: 1988

Image	Channel	Details
	AL TV	A one-time channel when "Weird Al" Yankovic was a special guest star. Questions were asked about his parodies.
	Babes and Assassins	A short description of a beautiful famous woman and a notorious killer were given. Players had to identify BOTH people.
	Bald Guys	Questions about famous men who are bald.
	Beat the Bishop	This challenge forced contestants to complete a math problem within the time it took a man dressed as a Vatican bishop to race one lap around the studio. (Though depicted literally, the title of this channel is also a euphemism for masturbation.)
	Bewitched	Questions about the ABC fantasy sitcom "Bewitched"
	Black & White T.V.	About TV shows that aired in black and white
	Bon Jovi Network	General trivia questions framed to include Jon Bon Jovi in some fashion
	Boy Were They Stupid	Consisting of questions that were not answered correctly in an earlier episode.
	Brady Physics	Questions on physics framed as if they were happening to members of "The Brady Bunch"
	Celebrity Cell Block	Questions relating to celebrities and famous people who got in trouble with the law.
	Celebrity Flesh	Questions about celebrities who posed nude.
	Channel Channel	Colin channels the spirit of a dead celebrity. Players must identify the celebrity.
	Channel No. 5	Models (almost always female) who later made it famous, almost always in acting or music.
	Cops & Rogers
	Dr. Blister	Questions pertaining to celebrity gossip.
	Fashion Zone
	Finish Nipsey's Poem	A one-time category when comedian Nipsey Russell was a special guest. Nipsey would recite one of his famous poems, leaving out the last line. Players would have to correctly complete the poem.
	Friday Night	Trivia on TV shows that aired primarily on Friday nights
	How Dumb Can You Be?	Simple questions on topics including civics, history and science with blatantly obvious answers.
	I Love Lucy	Questions about the 1950's sitcom "I Love Lucy"
	Lust Connection
	Kiddie T.V.	Questions about children's TV series
	M.A.S.H.	Questions about the long-running comedy-drama series "M*A*S*H"
	Match 'em Up Real Good	A Match Game-type fill-in-the-blank statement was read, and if the contestant's answer matched that of Colin, Steve or the hostess, they scored 10 points.
	Mortify Your Mom
	Name That Cheese
	Name That Chicken
	No Witness News	Where the contestants were given the date and name of a supermarket tabloid, then shown three possible headlines. The contestants had to identify the one that actually appeared in the publication on that given date.
	PhD T.V.	Television-related questions determined to be harder.
	Private Dicks	Trivia about famous detectives
	Shakespeare T.V.	Quinn would perform a Shakespeare-style soliloquy about a certain TV show. Players had to identify the show.
	Six Feet Under	About deceased famous people and celebrities
	Star Guts	Similar to "Celebrity CAT Scans", a supposed X-Ray of a celebrity was shown and a fact about that celebrity was given. Players had to identify the celebrity.
	Sunday Night	Trivia on TV shows that aired primarily on Sunday nights
	Survey Says...	A Family Feud typed question with five correct answers to it was asked to the players. List of Survey Says Answers
	The Birthday Channel
	The Rhetorical Network
	Thursday Night	Trivia on TV shows that aired primarily on Thursday nights
	Trivia Delinquent	Stickpin Quinn, the Trivia Delinquent, another recurring Sandler Character who was supposed to be Colin Quinn's cousin.
	Tuesday Night	Trivia on TV shows that aired primarily on Tuesday nights
	Wednesday Night	Trivia on TV shows that aired primarily on Wednesday nights
	Whatever Happened To...	A statement is read about a celebrity (often a child star or a one-hit wonder) who had previously made it big but had since faded from the scene, and the contestant had to correctly guess the individual's name.
	Wheel of Jeopardy	Early version of the "Wheel of Torture" (see below)
	Wrestling Channel	Questions on professional wrestlers
	You Laugh, You Lose	Same in premise to the game show "Make Me Laugh," where a member of the cast performed a comedy routine for the contestant. If he/she did not smile or laugh (in the judge's judgment) for 20 seconds, they won points.

Season 3: 1988 - 1989

Image	Channel	Details
	Amazing Questions
	Brady Brunch	Questions about the sitcom "The Brady Bunch"
	Celebrity Square	A cut rate version of the long-running Hollywood Squares game show. MTV could only afford one square (Rose Marryme, a parody of longtime HS guest Rose Marie) instead or nine, but otherwise the rules were unchanged: contestants still had to get the a X across, down or diagonally.
	Dead or Canadian	Same as Dead or Alive. (see above)
	Fairy Pixie Corner	Sheldon, the beleaguered Fairy Pixie, would read forlorn nursery rhymes about television shows. The contestants were then asked to ring in name the show to which the nursery rhyme referred to in order to score.
	Flip's Dance Party	From the "1975 Lost Episode"; Flip performs a dance, and the players must give the name of the dance.
	Geek TV	About famous nerds.
	Inside Mackenzie Phillips	From the "1975 Lost Episode"; Basically, INSIDE TINA YOTHERS using "One Day at a Time" star Mackenzie Phillips instead (see below).
	Inside Tina Yothers	Questions on anatomy using "Family Ties" star Tina Yothers as the main bodily subject.
	Just Say No	About celebrities who had abused drugs.
	Kari's Kondensed Klassics
	Ken Goofed	Presumably, Ken misread information on a famous celebrity. Players have to guess the correct fact about the given celebrity.
	Leave Out the Beaver	A list of characters from a TV show is given with the Beaver mixed into it. Players have to identify the TV show.
	Leave Out the Fonz	From the "1975 Lost Episode"; same as LEAVE OUT THE BEAVER except removing the Fonz from the TV cast list given (see above).
	Mary Tyler Moore	Questions about the 1970's sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
	Mom's Favorites	Ken's mom loves Erik Estrada, and wishes he was in EVERY show on TV. She describes a TV show she feels would be improved by adding Estrada to the cast. Players have to identify the show.
	Mr. Baggy Pants	This character asked juvenile riddles that are common in joke books such as "Why did the guy throw his clock out the window?" The contestants had to ring in and provide the punchline, in this case "because he wanted to see time fly".
	Narc Narc	Trivia on celebrities with substance abuse problems.
	Playing Doctor	Questions on TV Medical shows
	Poor Sports	Questions on athletes behaving badly
	Stud Boy	A character who claimed to have had affairs with any number of famous women, and played by Adam Sandler. Contestants had to guess the woman that he was describing.
	Talk is Cheap	About TV talk shows
	Today Show Time Machine	History trivia with the TODAY SHOW cast mixed in.
	TV M.I.A.'s
	Video High	Questions on TV's high schooler characters

Season 4: 1989

Image	Channel	Details
	After These Messages	Contestants had to identify products and slogans relating to classic and current TV commercials.
	Andy's Diary	In which a gurgling Denis Leary portrayed the Pop artist Andy Warhol.
	Beat...	Same as BEAT THE BISHOP (see above), but using various different characters.
	Beat the Bologna	Same as BEAT THE BISHOP (see above), but the player races against The Bologna instead.
	Beverly Hillbillies	Trivia on the classic sitcom "The Beverly Hillbillies"
	Boss Stories	Questions on TV bosses
	Bossy Boy	Played by Quinn, the Bossy Boy-who played an assistant manager-turned-manager at a local fast food restaurant-shouted out degrading orders as the lead-in to questions about main characters' bosses and employers of TV shows.
	Brady Metaphysics	Questions on philosophy and metaphysics using the Brady family as subjects.
	Casey's Big Poll	Same as Survey Says (see above); after Kari Wührer left the show, the premise of "Survey Says" was changed to make it a survey hosted by Ten Eyck imitating radio personality Casey Kasem, accompanied by a burly man in drag as "my lovely wife Jeannie". Otherwise, the rules remained the same.
	Cheers	Questions about the long-running sitcom "Cheers"
	Cosby	Questions on the long running sitcom "The Cosby Show"
	Cousin Flip
	Dead, Alive or Indian Food	Same as Dead or Alive (see above)
	Gunther's Animal Kingdom	Denis Leary imitates famed animal trainer Gunther Gebel-Williams and tries to make an animal perform while asking questions about animals.
	Inside Ed McMahon	Same as INSIDE TINA YOTHERS (see above), but using Ed McMahon as the bodily subject.
	Inside Tina	Same as INSIDE TINA YOTHERS (see above), just without using her last name.
	Jerry Physics
	Leave Out Michael Caine	Same as LEAVE OUT THE BEAVER, but using movie casts and including actor Michael Caine in each cast listing.
	Let's Do Lunch
	Lifestyles of the Dead and Famous
	Mod T.V.	Questions on 1960's TV shows
	Pet Sounds
	Playhouse International	Similar to REMOTE CONTROL PLAYHOUSE (see above), but done in badly-imitated foreign languages.
	Political Pinheads
	Quinn's Bruddah	Played by Denis Leary, he and Quinn mistakenly described a subject, then corrected each other, which degenerated into an excuse for the two to pummel each other on-air.
	Saturday Night Live	Questions on the long-running NBC late-night parody series
	Storytime with Uncle Quinn	Quinn would tell a "kiddie story" to a bunch of kids about a TV series. Players needed to identify the series.
	Talkin' Trash	Trivia on the trashier talk shows of the day
	The Anti Flip	This channel worked the exact opposite as The Laughing Guy. John Ten Eyck now played "Ken's evil cousin Skip" who was the exact opposite  of Flip, dressed in drag and was a complete dullard; he would give the name of a TV show, and the contestant then had to laugh the theme song.
	The Bob Channel	About famous people and celebrities named Bob or Robert
	The Really Late Show	Questions about shows that aired in the late-night hours
	Thirty Something	Questions on the ABC mid-life-crisis-related drama series
	Tone Def
	Toupee or Not Toupee	Does the given celebrity wear a toupee or not?
	Wheel of Torture	The contestant could choose to lose 10 points, or submit to "Colin's torturous whims" and gain 10 points. If the contestant took the torture, the hostess would spin the Wheel of Torture (with sections including "Noogie," "Wet Willie," and "Purple Nurple"), and Quinn would administer the torture to the contestant.

Season 5: 1990

Image	Channel	Details
	Beat Benny	Same as BEAT THE BISHOP (see above), but the player races against Benny Hill instead.
	Big Name Bad Accident
	Celebrity Roast	Colin Quinn "roasts" a celebrity by describing them. The players must identify the celebrity.
	Dead or Ancient Rock Stars	Same as Dead or Alive (see above)
	D.J. Jazzy Flip
	Family Ties	Questions about the 1980's sitcom "Family Ties"
	Inside Joe	Same as INSIDE TINA YOTHERS (see above), but using former SNL actor Joe Piscopo instead.
	Ken's Kid's Klassics
	L.A. Law	Questions on the NBC series.
	Mighty Joe Franklin	A giant Joe Franklin describes a "guest" on his upcoming show. The players must identify the guest.
	Nepotism Network
	New Kids' Network
	Public Enemy Playhouse	Colin and comedian Mario Joyner (host of MTV's "Half-Hour Comedy Hour") imitate Flavor Flav and Chuck D, repectively, rapping about a TV show. Players have to identify the show.
	Race the Rabbi	Same as BEAT THE BISHOP (see above), but the player races against a rabbi instead.
	Raging Hormones
	Rolling Stoned	In which Leary would portray a strung out, drugged out Keith Richards.
	Shear Tips
	Split Decisions
	Starski and Hunch	Dennis Leary and John Ten Eyck impersonate knock-off versions of STARSKY AND HUTCH asking general trivia questions.
	Stinkin' Detective
	Stud Girl
	Surgically Altered
	The X Channel
	Think Real Fast
	This, That or the Other Thing
	What a Drag