Common Threads #10

What do these TV series have in common?

• "2ge+her" (2000, MTV)
  
• "California Dreams" (1992, NBC)
  
• "The Heights" (1992, Fox)
  
• "Righteous Apples" (1980, PBS)
  
• "Shasta McNasty" (1999, UPN)
  

(+/-)answer

It's not often you'll see such a short list with shows from PBS, MTV, UPN, Fox and NBC Saturday morning.

Every series shares the same name as the musical act featured on the show. Here's a longer list of such non-variety, non-reality shows:

• "2ge+her" (2000, MTV)
  
• "The Beatles" (1965, ABC)
  
• "California Dreams" (1992, NBC)
  
• "Hannah Montana" (2006, Disney)
  
• "The Heights" (1992, Fox)
  
• "Hi Hi Puffy Amiyumi" (2004, Cartoon Net)
  
• "Josie & the Pussycats" (1970, CBS)
  
• "The Naked Brothers Band" (2007, Nick)
  
• "The Partridge Family" (1970, ABC)
  
• "The Monkees" (1966, NBC) & "The New Monkees" (1987, Syn)
  
• "Righteous Apples" (1980, PBS)
  
• "S Club 7" (1999)
  
• "Shasta McNasty" (1999, UPN)

There are probably other scripted series, but these are the series I came across when I was researching last week's trivia question. For this list I ignored all of the variety shows from the '70s and a bunch of other similar shows in other eras.