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Here are some television programs that reference the game of Go.

TV Shows about Go

TV Advertisement References to Go

  • [ext] Domino's 2-to-1 Ad
    • A man with 200 IQ is playing 19x19 Go against a boy with 100 IQ. The boy resigns angrily.

TV Show References to Go

  • 2008 November 24th: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Season 2, episode 10 "Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point"
  • Arrested Development, Season one, episode 22
    • At the very end of the episode, during the "on the next episode" section, Maebe (the girl) and An Yung (the adoptee) are playing a game in the living room of the model home.
  • September 23, 2005: [ext] Criminal Minds. This is the pilot. They find a go board in the suspect's attic. They figure since it rotates he is playing himself. They describe the suspect's style as aggressive. (See also the discussion page and note the error of the marked stone.)
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  • 2005 September 21st: Code Lyoko - Episode #29 Exploration Yumi and her father are playing a game of go, apx time index 12mins 26 secs into the episode. Yumi wins by .5 (komi 5.5) The game was nowhere near over when they passed. I am still trying to find a good shot of the goban.
  • 2004: Andromeda - Episode #84 (production code 418) - There is a dialog-only reference to Go while Dylan and Indra are on their way to the maze on the planet:
    • Dylan: I am excellent at Go.
    • Indra: [...] I can beat anyone at Go.
  • 2004: Arrested Development: episode #122 (1st season's finale?). I was just flipping channels, but it looked like a couple of kids might have been playing Go at the end of the episode. Anyone familiar with the show know if it was Go or not?
  • 2004: 24 season 3, 3:00 AM - 4:00 AM: Some bad guys are hiding out in a club, and when the authorities raid it, we notice some people in other rooms of the club playing Go. In a following scene, they are interrogating a suspect in one of those rooms and the interrogator throws a bowl (+stones) off the table. More information can be found at 24 - The Television Show.
  • 2003: Enterprise: Season 2 Ep 22 'Cogenitor' A traditional four legged goban with a nearly completed game between Trip and a visiting alien is shown from above and then in some extreme closeups as each player captures a single stone. The alien asks if this means she/he/it (third gender) has won, and Trip exclaims that he has not lost a game in two years. More information can be found at Enterprise - The Television Show.
  • 2001: Andromeda - Captain Dylan Hunt and the Nietzschian, Tyr Anasazi, play a variant of Go, possibly 3D, in several episodes in the first season. In at least one, Dylan starts with White.
  • Deadly Games episode of Diagnosis Murder, starring Dick van Dyke. A Goban, bowls, and stones appear and are referred to as "weichi" (probable pronunciation).
  • 2000 - 2001? TakeNGive saw a music video by the pop-rock band "Creed", which may have had three or four scenes featuring two people playing Go -- but wasn't paying attention until too late; can anyone confirm this sighting?
  • 1997 - "JAG" Season 2 Episode 10 Game of Go [ext] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0613375/
  • 1995 - "Sliders" Season 1 Episode 7 'eggheads. Quinn is explaining the game 'Mindgame' to Rembrant and Mrs Mallory, and says, "It's like the game Go or Othello. Depending on the...". This is located about 14mins 30 seconds into the episode on the DVD release of Season 1.
  • 1954: "Victory at Sea" : Volume 7 around the 5 minute mark. The documentary shows the inside of a Japanese ship and there is a shot of people playing shogi and right next to them two guys playing go.
  • Brief view in an episode of Ally McBeal (Pyramids of the Nile) a game is played between Richard and Ling, but she talks dirty and makes him drop his stone.
  • Diamond, UK TV serial. An actor is seen playing Go and a Goban is in the background in more than one episode. (That wouldn't be Jon Diamond, would it :) ?)
  • Dutch Jeugd Journaal (news for kids) reported some news about the game of Go and filmed at the ING tournament in March. Also Guo Juan and another Go player explained some parts of the game.
  • Kamen Rider 555 episode 1. Yuji's uncle is reading a book and playing Go while talking about Yuji's father's business.
  • Tomorrow's World Harold Lee (maybe???) was walking around on a floor sized set dropping stones on the floor against a computer opponent in a bewildering fashion
  • Tomorrow's World (UK) 29 October 1993 Harold Lee was sitting at a Go ban playing a computer opponent (Mick Reiss's program).

See also:


  • "Die Sendung mit der Maus" (pedagocical program for children), in Germany, The Netherlands, around 2003/2004?, 15(?) minute presentation of Go

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