What are the titles of some TV shows where the star or one of the regular cast members, had the same name or surname as their character?

In 30 Rock Tracy Morgan is Tracy Jordan.

Bob Newhart show.
Lucille Ball Show
I Love Lucy
Smothers Brothers
Sonny and Cher

Ellen DeGeneres, Ellen & The Ellen Show

Roseanne Barr, Roseanne

I read something that I can’t find now of course about Ellen being written with a different character name but everybody on set kept calling her Ellen, so it was easier to change the character.

Mary Tyler Moore > Mary Richards on The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Nick Swardson’s pretend time.

Will Smith on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air came to mind.

Everybody loves Raymond – Raymond Romano

Billy Mummy on Lost In Space was Will. I think that counts.

Spin City – Both Charlie Crawford (Charlie Sheen) and Mike Flaherty (Michael J. Fox).

A lot of the actors on The Office (American version) use their real first name.

James/Jim Belushi as James/Jim Orenthal on According to Jim.

Tony Danza:
Anthony/Tony Micelli on Who’s the Boss?
Tony Banta on Taxi

Two and a Half Men – Charlie Harper/Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper on Two and Half Men
Tim Allen as Tim Taylor on Home Improvement
Chris Rock (as the voice over) on Everybody Hates Chris
Dick Van Dyke as Dick Preston on the New Dick Van Dyke Show
Ozzie and Harriet, David and Ricky Nelson on the Ozzie and Harriet Show
George Burns and Gracie Allen on the Burns and Allen Show
Davy Jones, Micky Dolenz, Peter Tork and Mike Nesmith on The Monkees
James Garner as Jim Rockford on The Rockford Files
Drew Carey on the Drew Carey Show
Jeff Foxworthy on the Jeff Foxworthy Show
Bob Cummings on Love That Bob
Patty Duke as Patty Lane in The Patty Duke Show

Bill Engvall as Bill Pearson on The Bill Engvall Show (I think the downfall was that it was named the Bill Engvall Show, but the character’s name was then changed…)

@papayalily I adore Bill Engvall in his stand up comedy routines. The network show just wasn’t funny enough and wasn’t really enough like “him.” I’ve watched and re-watched all of his Blue Collar Comedy shows. He’s just so funny, without being mean or disgusting. Now, here’s your sign!

@Kardamom I agree, it wasn’t funny. Which was sad, because both he and the woman who played his wife (whose name I’m forgetting) are both so funny and were given really crap material. But she’s funnier when she’s allowed to go insane and get wound up instead of playing the maternal straight man.

Shirley Jones IS Shirley Partridge in The Partridge Family.

@filmfann You are so right about Shirley! I loved her in the Music Man too, although I can’t recall what her character’s name was in that. Ha ha.

@filmfann Marian, the librarian :)