"At the Movies" Enemy Mine/The Color Purple/Out of Africa/Spies Like Us (TV Episode 1985)
Reviewed; clips are shown."At the Movies" The Best Films of 1985 (TV Episode 1985)
Roger's #1 pick; Gene's #3 pick."At the Movies" Brazil/Revolution/Murphy's Romance (TV Episode 1986)
Clips are shown in the X-Ray segment.- Oprah Winfrey introduces a clip from her movie
The 58th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special 1986)
- Gene Siskel predicts that the movie will win the Best Picture Oscar, and Roger Ebert notes that it would be his personal choice
"Hunter" Death Machine (TV Episode 1986)
title appears on Chinese Theatre marquee"Saturday Night Live" Oprah Winfrey/Joe Jackson (TV Episode 1986)
Referenced during cold opening, monologue and Actors on Film"Fame" Contacts (TV Episode 1986)
At an audition, Chris claims he was in The Color Purple, but "way at the back"."Moonlighting" Camille (TV Episode 1986)
Camille asks whether the film is on TV yet.
The Color Purple (2023)
Based on the film and its musical adaptation.
D.L. Hughley: Goin' Home (TV Special 1999)
D.L. does his impression of Sofia.The Queens of Comedy (Video 2001)
Sommore does her impression of Sofia."The Boondocks" The Color Ruckus (TV Episode 2010)
title reference; Mister is a spoof of Danny Glover's character from the film"Robot Chicken" Choked on Multi-Colored Scarves (TV Episode 2012)
parodied in the War Horse remake trailer"Saturday Night Live" Russell Crowe/Margo Price (TV Episode 2016)
spoofed during 'Oprah Winfrey A Life of Love'
The Color Purple: The Color of Success (TV Movie 2007)