Television
| Television show | Fictional professor | Portrayer | Study |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd Rock from the Sun | Dr. Mary Margaret Albright, Ph.D Dr. Richard "Dick" Solomon |
Jane Curtin John Lithgow |
anthropology physics |
| The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron | Professor Finbarr Calamitous | Tim Curry (voice) | science |
| BBC Television (various) | Professor Bernard Quatermass | Various | space exploration |
| Boy Meets World | Mr. George Hamilton Feeny | William Daniels | archaeology/physics |
| Bagpuss | Professor Yaffle (Augustus Barclay Yaffle) | Oliver Postgate (voice) | unknown |
| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Professor Maggie Walsh | Lindsay Crouse | psychology |
| Cory in the House | Professor Suzane Bushwick Professor Uriah Dobbs Dr. Vanderslyce |
Mary Chris Wall Paul Rogan Amy Tolsky |
psychology science unknown |
| Doctor Who | Professor Urban Chronotis Professor Yana Professor River Song |
Denis Carey Derek Jacobi Alex Kingston |
chronology endtime gravity mechanics archaeology |
| The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Professor Vivian Banks | Janet Hubert-Whitten/Daphne Maxwell Reid | black history |
| Friends | Ross Eustace Geller, Ph.D | David Schwimmer | paleontology |
| Futurama | Professor Hubert J. Farnsworth | Billy West (voice) | science |
| Gilmore Girls | Professor Asher Fleming Mr. Richard Gilmore |
Michael York Edward Herrmann |
unknown economics |
| Gilligan's Island | Professor Roy Hinkley, Ph.D. | Russell Johnson | science |
| Heroes | Professor Mohinder Suresh | Sendhil Ramamurthy | genetics |
| Kim Possible | Professor Dementor Dr. Drakken |
Patton Oswalt (voice) John DiMaggio |
science |
| Law & Order | Nora Lewin | Dianne Wiest | law |
| Nanny and the Professor | Professor Harold Everett | Richard Long | mathematics |
| Neighbours | Professor Alexandr Isiovich "Alex" Kinski | Andrew Clarke | unknown |
| Numb3rs | Dr. Charles Edward "Charlie" Eppes Dr. Lawrence "Larry" Fleinhardt Dr. Amita Ramanujan |
David Krumholtz Peter MacNicol Navi Rawat |
mathematics physics mathematics |
| One Life to Live | Dr. Stephen Haver | unknown | unknown |
| The Paper Chase | Professor Charles Kingsfield | John Houseman | law |
| Pokémon | Professor Birch Professor Elm Professor Felina Ivy Professor Samuel Oak Professor Rowan Professor Juniper |
Dan Green unknown Kayzie Rogers Stan Hart and Billy Beach Jimmy Zoppi |
Pokémon habitats Pokémon breeding Pokémon Pokémon behavior Pokémon evolution |
| Phineas and Ferb | Dr. Gevaarlijk | Jennifer Grey (voice) | Evil Science |
| The Powerpuff Girls | Professor Utonium | Tom Kane (voice) | science |
| Primeval | Professor Nick Cutter | Douglas Henshall | unknown |
| Sabrina, the Teenage Witch | Professor Zelda Spellman | Beth Broderick | quantum physics |
| Sliders | Professor Maximillian P. Arturo | John Rhys-Davies | unknown |
| Veronica Mars | Professor Hank Landry | Patrick Fabian | criminology |
| WordGirl | Professor Steven Boxleitner,Ph.D,MOMA,M&A,LMNOP Dr. Two-Brains Professor James Doohickey |
unknown Tom Kenny (voice) unknown |
science science technology |
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Famous quotes containing the word television:
“In full view of his television audience, he preached a new religion—or a new form of Christianity—based on faith in financial miracles and in a Heaven here on earth with a water slide and luxury hotels. It was a religion of celebrity and showmanship and fun, which made a mockery of all puritanical standards and all canons of good taste. Its standard was excess, and its doctrines were tolerance and freedom from accountability.”
—New Yorker (April 23, 1990)
“Television ... helps blur the distinction between framed and unframed reality. Whereas going to the movies necessarily entails leaving one’s ordinary surroundings, soap operas are in fact spatially inseparable from the rest of one’s life. In homes where television is on most of the time, they are also temporally integrated into one’s “real” life and, unlike the experience of going out in the evening to see a show, may not even interrupt its regular flow.”
—Eviatar Zerubavel, U.S. sociologist, educator. The Fine Line: Making Distinctions in Everyday Life, ch. 5, University of Chicago Press (1991)