Interesting Facts about The Odd Couple

Interesting Facts about The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple is one of the most beloved sitcoms in American television history. It originally aired from September 24, 1970, to March 7, 1975 on ABC, starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman. Based on Neil Simon’s hit 1965 Broadway play, the show follows a pair of divorced men named Felix Unger … Read more

Interesting Facts About Cheers

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Get to know the fun facts about Cheers (1982-1993) one of the most beloved sitcoms in American television history. Like many other successful TV series, Cheers was off to a not-so-good start. It premiered on September 30, 1982 and suffered rock-bottom ratings. Thankfully, NBC exec Brandon Tartikoff saved it from being axed … Read more

Johnny Carson Fun Facts

Johnny Carson Fun Facts

“Heeeeeeeeeere’s Johnny!” For 30 years Johnny Carson made himself as the undisputed king of late night through his influential talk show The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, which was broadcast on NBC. Here are some of the interesting facts about him that you probably didn’t know.   An amateur astronomer, Johnny Carson … Read more

Interesting Facts About The Mary Tyler Show

The Mary Tyler Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show is a 1970s sitcom starring Mary Tyler Moore (b. December 29, 1936 – d. January 25, 2017), one of America’s most beloved actresses. Despite the show’s title that was based on Moore’s real name, she played the lead character otherwise named as Mary Richards — a 30-ish … Read more

Interesting Facts About Roseanne

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Here are some of the interesting and fun facts about Roseanne, the 80s and 90s sitcom which starred comedienne Roseanne Barr. It became a hit (it ran on nine seasons) for its realistic take on the average American family. Several writers who had their early start in Roseanne later made a big … Read more

Interesting Facts about The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Dick Van Dyke Show

On October 3, 1961, a brand-new CBS comedy debuted on television. The Dick Van Dyke Show was about a comedy writer named Rob Petrie, who was played by Van Dyke. His beautiful wife, Laura, was played by a young actress named Mary Tyler Moore. Rob’s two comedy co-writers, Sally Rogers (Rose Marie) … Read more

Interesting Facts About The Golden Girls

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The Golden Girls, a sitcom about four elderly women still having the prime of their lives, made its debut on September 14, 1985. But thanks to its witty writing, the sitcom’s humor has remained fresh even after over 30 years. Here are the interesting facts about The Golden Girls that you did … Read more

70s Television Shows

70s Television Shows

Television wormed its way into homes and families, becoming a focal point by the 1970s. While the primary genre in the 1960s and 1970s seemed to be sitcoms, dramas increased their reach in the 1970s, edging out westerns and anthologies. They became very popular, with six of them showing on the top … Read more

Top 60s Television Shows

Top 60s Television Shows

Ever since television first became something owned by nearly every household, there have been TV shows that became immensely popular and TV shows that flopped completely, and the whole range in between. In some cases, TV shows that flopped initially were re-aired or remade and became popular later. In some cases, people … Read more

Introduction to M*A*S*H

MASH M*A*S*H TV Series

The origins of MASH Mash (stylized as M*A*S*H on posters and media) is undoubtedly one of the classic American television series, and it has owed its success and popularity to the 1970 movie. The MASH movie was based on the novel by Richard Hooker, MASH: Novel About Three Army Doctors. In the … Read more

Introduction to Three’s Company

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The setting for “Three’s Company” People can be challenged when they have to build interpersonal relationship and when the are put into a situation that isn’t necessarily a comfortable one. This “situational” comedy became one of the inspirations for the developers of an American sitcom classic Three’s Company. The name game of … Read more

The Original “Doctor Who”

The Original "Doctor Who"

What is Doctor Who? The original Doctor Who series is a British science-fiction television show that aired from 1963 to 1989. Doctor Who is about the many adventures of a Time Lord, called the Doctor, as he travels through time and space in his space ship, named the Tardis. The Doctor is … Read more