This chapter examines the forms and functions of allusions to Franz Kafka and his work in selected television series, and explores the role of high-cultural references in popular culture. It shows that popular culture operates on iconicity and defines the characteristics of popular iconic signs. A historical perspective on the cultural rise of the television series elucidates television’s engagement with canonical literature and high-cultural practices of consecration. After some general remarks on Kafka’s work and its associations with the aesthetics of the popular, Husser explores the dual nature of the series’ references to Kafka—oscillating between sacralization/consecration and profanation/desecration—and demonstrates that iconicity plays a major role in intra- and intermedia negotiations. Ultimately, Husser sheds a light on the semiotic constitution of cultural icons.