Editing Story within a story (section)

=== Nested TV shows ===
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''[[Terrance & Phillip]]'' from ''[[South Park]]'' comments on the levels of violence and acceptable behaviour in the media and allow criticism of the outer cartoon to be addressed in the cartoon itself. Similarly, on the long running animated sitcom ''[[The Simpsons]]'', Bart's favorite cartoon, ''[[Itchy and Scratchy]]'' (a parody of ''[[Tom & Jerry]]''), often echoes the plotlines of the main show. ''The Simpsons'' also parodied this structure with numerous 'layers' of sub-stories in the Season 17 episode "[[The Seemingly Never-Ending Story]]".

The animated series ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' features numerous fictional shows, most notably, ''The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy,'' which stars the titular elderly superheroes [[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy|Mermaid Man]] ([[Ernest Borgnine]]) and [[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy|Barnacle Boy]] ([[Tim Conway]]).

On the show [[Dear White People (TV series)|''Dear White People'']], the [[Scandal (American TV series)|''Scandal'']] parody ''Defamation'' offers an ironic commentary on the main show's theme of interracial relationships. Similarly, each season of the [[HBO]] show [[Insecure (TV series)|''Insecure'']] has featured a different fictional show, including the slavery-era soap opera ''Due North'', the rebooted black 1990s sitcom ''Kev'yn,'' and the investigative documentary series ''Looking for LaToya''.

The [[Ireland|Irish]] television series ''[[Father Ted]]'' features a television show, ''Father Ben'', which has characters and storylines almost identical to that of ''Father Ted''.

The television shows ''[[30 Rock]]'', ''[[Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip]]'', ''[[Sonny with a Chance]]'', and ''[[Kappa Mikey]]'' feature a sketch show within the TV show.

An extended plotline on the semi-autobiographical sitcom ''[[Seinfeld]]'' dealt with the main characters developing a sitcom about their lives. The gag was reprised on ''[[Curb Your Enthusiasm]]'', another semi-autobiographical show by and about ''Seinfeld'' co-creator Larry David, when the long-anticipated ''Seinfeld'' reunion was staged entirely inside the new show.

The "[[USS Callister]]" episode of the ''[[Black Mirror]]'' anthology television series is about a man who is obsessed with a ''Star Trek''-like show and recreates it as part of a virtual reality game.

The concept of a film within a television series is employed in the [[Macross]] universe. ''[[The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?]]'' (1984) was originally intended as an alternative theatrical re-telling of the television series ''[[The Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'' (1982), but was later "[[Retroactive continuity|retconned]]" into the Macross [[Canon (fiction)|canon]] as a popular film within the television series ''[[Macross 7]]'' (1994).

The ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'' episode "[[Wormhole X-Treme!]]" features a fictional TV show with an almost identical premise to ''Stargate SG-1''. A later episode, "[[200 (Stargate SG-1)|200]]", depicts ideas for a possible reboot of ''Wormhole X-Treme!'', including using a "younger and edgier" cast, or even [[Supermarionation|Thunderbirds-style puppets]].

The [[Glee (TV series)|''Glee'']] episode "[[Extraordinary Merry Christmas]]" features the members of New Directions starring in a black-and-white Christmas television special that is presented within the episode itself. The special is a homage to both ''[[Star Wars Holiday Special]]'' and the "[[The Judy Garland Show|Judy Garland Christmas Special]]".

The British TV series [[Don't Hug Me I'm Scared (TV series)|''Don't Hug Me I'm Scared'']], based on the [[web series]] ''[[Don't Hug Me I'm Scared]]'', is notable for being a [[puppet show]] that includes  a fictional [[claymation]] TV series within the show: ''Grolton & Hovris'', a parody of ''[[Wallace and Gromit]]''.

==== Film within a TV show ====
''Seinfeld'' had a number of reoccurring fictional films, including a sci-fi film called ''The Flaming Globes of Sigmund'' and, most notably, ''Rochelle, Rochelle'', a parody of artsy but exploitative foreign films. The trippy, metaphysically loopy thriller ''Death Castle'' is a central element of the ''[[Master of None]]'' episode "New York, I Love You".

The [[Wow (Barry)|series finale]] of [[Barry (TV series)|''Barry'']] features a biopic of the titular character which was called ''The Mask Collector,'' and its production served as the catalyst for the last 4 episodes of Barry's final season.