List of fictional media companies and events - Definition and Overview

This is a list of fictional media (films, magazines, television shows, etc) from various real media.

Internet

See List of fictional online services

Movies

See List of fictional films

Publications

Newspapers

• The Ankh-Morpork Inquirer - Discworld
• The Ankh-Morpork Times - Discworld
• The Borchester Echo - The Archers
• The Beast and The Daily Brute- Newspapers in Scoop (Novel by Evelyn Waugh)
• The Brentford Mercury - Robert Rankin novels
• Central City Picture News - The Flash comics, Iris West's employer
• The Daily Bugle - Marvel Comics, especially Spider-Man
• The Daily Comet- a British tabloid owned by Derek Leech in Kim Newman's fiction
• The Daily Fluxion - Cat Who... series by Lillian Jackson Braun
• The Daily Fourth Gradian - Springfield Elementary School newspaper, The Simpsons
• The Daily Glob - Monstropolis, Monsters, Inc., tabloid
• The Daily Globe - Rival paper to the Daily Bugle in the Marvel Universe
• The Daily Planet from Metropolis - Superman
• The Daily Prophet - Harry Potter series
• Daily Sentinel - Green Hornet
• Daily Supernova - Futurama
• DayFax - Spider Jerusalem's old employer in Transmetropolitan
• Gotham Gazette - Batman comics, Vikki Vale's employer
• Gotham Globe - Batman (movie) Vikki Vale's employer
• Hill Valley Telegraph - Back to the Future
• The Inquisitor - Zork Grand Inquisitor
• Lawndale Sun-Herald - Daria
• The Los Angeles Tribune - Lou Grant
• The New New York Post - Futurama
• New York Daily Inquirer - Citizen Kane
• The Pickax Picayune - Cat Who... series by Lillian Jackson Braun
• The Pseudopolis Herald - Discworld
• Quahog Informant - Family Guy
• The Red Dress Press - The Simpsons
• The Seattle Courier - The 4400
• St. Louis Daily Inquirer - Citizen Kane
• The Springfield Shopper - The Simpsons
• The Sto Plains Dealer - Discworld
• The Tally Ho - The Prisoner
• Tomorrow - owned by Elliot Carver, villain of Tomorrow Never Dies
• The Walford Gazette - EastEnders
• The Word - major journal of The City (Transmetropolitan comics)

Magazines

Pornographic

• American Breast Enthusiast - The Simpsons
• Bait - from the 1987 Dragnet movie
• Bender's Big Butt Fembots - indecent magazine, published by Bender Futurama
• Big 'Uns - a men's magazine from Married with Children (1980s and 90s)
• Butt Frenzy - Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• Cheek Week - The Simpsons
• Gigantic Asses - The Simpsons
• Granny Fanny - The Simpsons
• National Pornographic - parody of National Geographic, Futurama
• Pentiumhouse - pornography for robots, parody of Penthouse magazine, Futurama
• Playbeing - a journal of sports, technology and gynecology (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
• Playbot - pornography for robots, Futurama
• Playdude magazine - The Simpsons- a take-off on Playboy
• Playpen - Married with Children- a take-off on Penthouse (also in Family Guy)
• Sapphire - adult magazine, Monk
• Spank - Beavis and Butthead - a parody of Swank adult magazine
• Stagman magazine - The Muller-Fokker Effect - a take-off on Playboy
• Taint magazine - Mr. Show with Bob and David
• Victoria's Circuit - pornography for robots, parody of Victoria's Secret catalog, so may just be a catalog, Futurama
• Zero-G Juggs - Futurama

Other

• Battle Call - Discworld, Omnian magazine, parodies War Cry
• Blue Pants Weekly - Simpsons
• Bows and Ammo - Discworld, a take-off on Guns and Ammo
• Business Shriek - Monsters, Inc., spoof of Business Week
• Chewing - a "high-gloss, literate and sophisticated" magazine for gum chewers, Calvin and Hobbes
• Composure - women's magazine similar to Cosmopolitan, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
• Doggy Style - Fashion magazine for dogs, Family Guy
• Hush-Hush - gossipy tabloid magazine, L.A. Confidential
• Know Magazine - 1960s men's magazine, Down With Love
• Men's Fatness - Simpsons
• Metropolitan - news magazine Sarah Jane Smith works for in Doctor Who
• National Tatler - tabloid in Thomas Harris's novel Red Dragon and its sequels
• National Whisper - tabloid in Superman comics
• The New Frontiersman - right-wing news and opinion, Watchmen
• Newstime - news magazine in Superman comics owned by Colin Thornton
• Non-Threatening Threatening Boys magazine - The Simpsons
• Now Magazine - news magazine affiliated with the Bugle in Marvel Comics
• Nova Express - news tabloid, Watchmen
• Oceanographic Explorer - The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
• SugarApe - Urban lifestyle magazine, Nathan Barley
• Total Pins - and other magazines for pin collectors, Discworld
• Unadorned Facts - Discworld, Omnian magazine, parodies The Plain Truth
• Warrior of Fortune - Discworld, a take-off on Soldier of Fortune
• What Gallows? - Discworld

Radio Shows

• The Bill and Marty Show - The Simpsons
• Chris in the Morning - Northern Exposure
• Gabbin' About God - The Simpsons
• Moleman in the Morning - The Simpsons

(See also List of fictional radio stations)

Television Shows

• Androids - robot soap opera in Red Dwarf; a parody of Neighbours
• Anthrax Cat - children's cartoon in Transmetropolitan
• As the Stomach Turns - soap opera parody on The Carol Burnett Show
• Astro Force 5 (science fiction show) - That's So Raven
• Badge of Honor - 1950s cop drama show, L.A. Confidential
• The Binky the Clown Show - children's program starring a shrill clown, Garfield and Friends
• The Bionic Duck - What's Happening!!
• Bite the Big Apple - talent show in Bosom Buddies
• Buster Friendly and His Friendly Friends - talk show in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
• Capital Beat - The West Wing
• Clover and Daisy's Magic Train (children's show) -- Lizzie McGuire
• Cobbers - soap opera in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy; a parody of Neighbours
• The Edison Carter Show - investigative news program in Max Headroom
• El Oro de Montezuma (Spanish-language game show) -- Lizzie McGuire
• Eyewitness Action News - news programme in Calvin and Hobbes
• Firefight All Night Live! - civil insurrection-themed reality show in American Flagg!
• Galaxy Quest - parody of Star Trek
• Good Morning Miami - show within the eponymous sitcom on NBC network in US
• Grab That Dough - game show, The Golden Girls
• Hit the Buzzer, Win A Cookie - game show, Garfield and Friends
• The Howard Beale Show (aka The Network News Hour) - Network
• Interspecies Romances - beastiality-themed soap opera in American Flagg!
• The Jason Taverner Show - NBC variety show, Philip K. Dick's Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said
• Jerry - Seinfeld
• Los Dias y Las Noches de Monsignor Martinez - Spanish language soap opera, King of the Hill
• Lieutenant Krieger - The Muller-Fokker Effect
• Manger Babies - public access Christian puppet show, King of the Hill
• The Mao Tse-Tung Hour - Network
• Mark Thrust, Sexus Ranger - popular cop show in American Flagg!, formerly starring Reuben Flagg
• Morning Chicago - Life with Bonnie
• The Muddy Mudskipper Show - afternoon kids' show from Ren and Stimpy
• Mysterious Mysteries of Strange Mystery - paranormal investigation show, Invader Zim
• Name That Fish - game show, Garfield and Friends
• Not Without My Anus - made for TV movie starring Terrence and Phillip, used in lieu of an episode of South Park
• Professor X - version of Doctor Who in the Doctor Who universe
• Psycho Dad - serial drama in Married... With Children
• Psycho Mom - serial drama in Married... With Children
• Real Mother****ing Talk with Dollar Bill Montgomery - a forum-style talk show known for its excessive use of (comically censored) foul language, MADtv
• The Record with Robert McX - news and interview show in Transmetropolitan
• The Rex Reilly Show - daytime talk show, Twitch City
• The Sex Puppets - futuristic version of Sesame Street in Transmetropolitan
• Sick Sad World - Daria
• Sneakin' in the Movies - movie review show, Hollywood Shuffle
• Sports Night - late night sports news show in Sports Night
• Storm Saxon - racist science fiction action show set in a "nightmarish future England" in V for Vendetta
• The Sun also Sets - soap opera from the movie Soapdish
• Super Terrific Happy Hour - Japanese comedy show, Seinfeld
• Supreme Folk - sitcom featuring the New Main Street Singers in A Mighty Wind
• Sweetknuckle Junction - children's show from Greg the Bunny
• Swingles - reality dating show from Leisure Suit Larry: Magna Cum Laude
• There's a Bat in My House! - sitcom from Hollywood Shuffle
• Terrence and Phillip - vulgar children's cartoon in South Park
• Tool Time - Tim Taylor's show in Home Improvement
• The Truman Show and its spin-off companion, Trutalk
• Video Whoopsy - parody of You've Been Framed in the Johnny Maxwell trilogy
• The Vigilantes - Network
• Wake Up Miami - local morning show on The Golden Girls
• Wake Up San Francisco - local morning show in Full House
• Whacketts - addictive game show in Max Headroom
• Wormhole X-Treme! - version of Stargate SG-1 in the Stargate universe
• You The Jury - judiciary game show in Max Headroom
• You Have to Laugh - inane britcom in V for Vendetta
• Your Money or Your Life - game show in Time Bandits (movie)

Family Guy

• Battlestar Galactica Forum - local access
• Diane! - local daytime talk show
• Fast Animals, Slow Children - FOX special
• Gumbel 2 Gumbel: Beach Justice - cop drama
• Jolly Farm Revue - BBC kids' show
• KISS Forum - local access talk show
• The Real Live Griffins - reality show
• Sherry and the Anus - inane sitcom
• World's Sluttiest Dogs - FOX special

Futurama

• All My Circuits - soap opera; parody of All My Children
• Celebrity Ape Fight
• Date Night - news show hosted by Morbo and Linda
• Down Home Country Kitchen with Helmut Spargel - cooking show
• Entertainment and Earth Invasion Tonite - news magazine show hosted by Morbo and Linda
• The Essence of Elzar - cooking show
• Everybody Loves Hypnotoad
• Good Morning Earth - morning news show hosted by Morbo and Linda
• Iron Cook - cooking show, parody of Iron Chef
• Late Night with Humorbot 5.0 - parody of Late Night with David Letterman
• The Real World: The Sun - parody of The Real World
• The Scary Door - Twilight Zone parody
• Single Female Lawyer - 20th century show; parody of Ally McBeal
• The Zombie Osbournes

The Simpsons

• 1895 Challenge (reality show)
• Admiral Baby
• All in the Family 1999
• Afternoon Yak (women's talk show, parody of The View)
• America's Funniest Tornadoes
• America's Most Armed and Dangerous
• Bad Cops (parody of Cops)
• Do Shut Up (British sitcom)
• Don't Go There (sitcom)
• Ethnic Mismatch Comedy #644
• Eye on Springfield (local news magazine show)
• The Gabbo Show (afternoon kids' show)
• Grade School Challenge (quiz show)
• Happy Smile Super Challenge Family Wish Show (Japanese game show)
• It Never Ends - soap opera
• Itchy and Scratchy (violent children's cartoon)
• Knightboat: the Crime-Solving Boat
• The Krusty the Klown Show (afternoon kids' show)
• The Laughter Family (animated)
• McGarnigle (cop drama)
• Me Wantee (game show, spoof of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?)
• Municipal Roundtable (local access)
• Nookie in New York (parody of Sex and the City)
• Pardon My Zinger
• Police Cops
• President Clown
• Radioactive Man (campy 60s/70s superhero show, parody of Batman)
• Rock Bottom
• Search For The Sun - soap opera whose title is suggested by Search for Tomorrow
• Shut Your Gob (British sitcom)
• Smartline (local news show)
• Soul Mass Transit System
• Springfield Heights 90210 (parody of Beverly Hills 90210)
• The Springfield Squares (game show, parody of Hollywood Squares)
• Sumo Babies
• Talk to the Hand (sitcom)
• Tuesday Night Live (parody of Saturday Night Live)
• When Buildings Collapse
• World Class Wrestling
• Ya Hoo! (parody of Hee Haw)

(See also Troy McClure) (See also List of fictional television stations)

Theatre

• The Courier's Tragedy - Richard Wharfinger's Jacobean revenge play (The Crying of Lot 49)
• Deathtrap - fictional play in the play and movie Deathtrap
• Don Juan Triumphant - The Phantom of the Opera
• The Enchanted Hunters - Clare Quilty's play in Lolita
• Greasier - Lizzie McGuire
• Kickin' It! - celebrity drug rehab musical, The Simpsons
• The King in Yellow - play within the book The King in Yellow
• The King of Ankh - play by Hwel in Wyrd Sisters
• Lease: The Musical - Team America: World Police (parody of Rent)
• Leela: Orphan of the Stars - opera, "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" episode of Futurama
• Manhattan Melodies - The Muppets Take Manhattan
• The Murder of Gonzago or The Mousetrap - the play in Hamlet which the Prince uses to "catch the conscience of the King".
• A Night of Kings, aka The Lancre Play - the propaganda play by Hwel in Wyrd Sisters which hews closer to Macbeth than the actual events, but inadvertently captures the conscience of the Duke.
• Nobody Said It'd Be Easy - Three-hour, one-man show by Mark Hentemann, Family Guy
• Nothing On - the play-within-a-play in Noises Off
• Nutrition and the Four Food Groups - an elementary school production in Calvin and Hobbes
• Prisoners of Love - the play in The Producers that the producers are creating at the end of the movie in prison.
• Pyramus and Thisbe - a "merry and tragical", "tedious and brief" work by Peter Quince, starring Bottom the Weaver - A Midsummer Night's Dream
• Red, White and Blaine - the musical revue in Waiting for Guffman
• Springtime for Hitler - the play in The Producers that the producers are hoping will flop in their fraud scheme.
• Stop the Planet of the Apes: I Want To Get Off! - stage musical version of Planet of the Apes, starring Troy McClure from The Simpsons
• A Wizard of Sorts, or Please Yourself - play by Hwel in Wyrd Sisters
• The Wrinkled Old Family Retainer - Kilgore Trout's only drama (Timequake)

(see also Play within a play)

See also

• Archive of fictional things
• List of fictional brands
• List of fictional companies
• List of fictional electronic games

External links

• Invisible Library (http://www.invisiblelibrary.com/) - fictional books mentioned in real books
• Rocklopedia Fakebandica (http://www.fakebands.com) - fictional musical acts from literature, screen, and other media