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These facts have a lot to talk about

37 Random Bits of TV Trivia That Are All Starting a Reunion Podcast and There’s Nothing You Can Do to Stop Them

April 24, 2025

These random TV facts have been putting off this reunion list because they didn’t want to seem like trend-hoppers, but they just have so many great behind-the-scenes stories to tell. They started reminiscing about the good ol’ days at brunch one day, and the nostalgia just started flowing.

So what if this is one of a million TV tidbit lists out there? If you give it a chance, it’s sure to become a big part of your day.

37

Roswell

Roswellfans saved the show by mailing Tabasco sauce to the network. When the WB drama Roswell was about to be canceled after one season, the fans organized a mass mailing of Tabasco sauce bottles to the network. And they were successful(ish), as UPN picked up the show for another season. CRACKED — UPN
The New York Times

36

Will Ferrell

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM WILL FERRELL HAD A RANDOM CAMEO ON THE CBS DRAMA THE GUARDIAN. My manager Jim, who was also a producer on it at the time, and we basically forced CBS to write a guest role for me which looks like I'm going to be a series regular, he said. — Source

35

Colbert and Dinello

COMEDY NERD BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Stephen Colbert and Paul Dinello are still together. en and - ME ... - Stuffer CRACKED.COM The Strangers co-stars have continued to work together over the years. Dinello was a producer/writer for The Colbert Report, where he would often appear as building manager Tad. He's now supervising producer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. — The Second City

34

30 Rock

Alec Baldwin bought all of Jack's suits after the show ended. The costume designer said, He wrote a big check to NBC. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM — Mental Floss

33

South Park

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS FOX TURNED DOWN THE SHOW. SOUTH PARK Before landing on Comedy Central, Trey Parker and Matt Stone pitched the show to Fox. Executives at Fox turned them down because they didn't think a show about kids could work and wanted it to be more ly-centric. CRACKED.COM — YouTube

32

Kristen Schaal

Kristen Schaal & Rich Blomquist B E Schaal, a former Daily Show correspondent, and Blomquist, a former Daily Show writer, didn't meet at the late night show. They met one day while working on a pilot for Adult Swim- when Schaal had the stomach flu. GRACKED.COM — source: AV Club

31

The Dana Carvey Show

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Mainstream met 'nerd pirates' on the DANA CARVEY SHOW CRACKED.COM ABC wanted Carvey to play his famous characters, while his writers wanted to bring bleeding-edge comedy to prime time. The tension shows up in the first sketch where Carvey plays Bill Clinton (good!), opening his shirt to breast-feed baby animals (cue ABC execs passing out). — The New Yorker

30

Wayne Brady

The Wayne Brady Show CRACKED.COM Wayne Brady was absolutely crushing it on Whose Line Is It Anyway? and ABC thought they had a superstar on their hands. They gave him his own show, first as a prime time variety show, later moving it to daytime. Despite winning a bunch of Daytime Emmy Awards, it only lasted 3 seasons.

29

Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives The show was meant to be a 30-minute comedy. Marc Cherry noticed the pilot script he was writing kept getting longer and a bit more dramatic. Instead of fighting this, he decided it would be a different kind of show. CRACKED.COM

28

Jay Leno

COMEDY NERD In 1992, when Jay Leno got The Tonight Show, Arsenio Hall was out for blood. Не told Entertainment Weekly that he was going to kick Jay's ass - because Leno only got the show because he was anointed, apparently. CRACKED.COM

27

The Original Not Ready for Prime Time Players

CRACKED SEVEN AMATEURS AND A CANADIAN PRODUCER CREATED A COMEDY EMPIRE. The first season of Saturday Night Live was made up of seven inexperienced improvisers and a nervous Canadian producer, Lorne Michaels. Even though the show had a rough start, the cast eventually made SNL a cultural phenomenon. — Source

26

Mickey Rooney

Forgotten sitcoms 1964-1965 MICKEY Mickey Rooney had a sitcom just a few years after playing the infamous Japanese neighbor in Breakfast at Tiffany's. But the show couldn't compete with The Dick Van Dyke Show (or survive the suicide of one of its main cast members, actor Sammee Tong). CRACKED.COM — Source

25

Another World (Again)

Anne Heche Movies Another World This was Anne Heche's first role (first two roles, actually). Heche played twin sisters Vicky Carson and Marley Love in this soap opera. Not only was it her first TV job, but also her first Emmy. CRACKED.COM — Entertainment Weekly

24

Seinfeld

COMEDY NERD Seinfeld originally didn't have Elaine - she's not in the pilot at all. Which means the show came this close to being about Jerry, George, and Kramer, which would have made it totally different (and probably much less successful). CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Sitcoms Whose Pilots Were Different From Later Episodes

23

The Spirit of Christmas

PILOTS THAT WERE WILDLY DIFFERENT SOUTH PARK THE SPIRITURES OF CHRISTMAS OM'S RHIN South Park's pilot: Way more musical, and designed to be the world's weirdest Christmas Card. CRACKED.COM — Source: 15 Pilots That Were Wildly Different from the Rest of the Show

22

Friends

COMEDY NERD The original pilot script for Friends features pretty different characters. CHOUTE GI CLOSED Phoebe was into busking, Monica was cynical, and Joey was actually sort of mean. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Sitcoms Whose Pilots Were Different From Later Episodes

21

Fawlty Towers

COMEDY NERD Fawlty Towers originally had a totally different theme song than the one you know. You can hear the original version only in the pilot-it got changed in the very next episode. CRACKED.COM — Source: 13 Sitcoms Whose Pilots Were Different From Later Episodes

20

Quincy Jones

Record mogul Quincy Jones created and produced MADtv CRACKED.COM Following Gaines' death in 1992, the music monolith and father to Rashida purchased the television rights through his production company QDE which, at the time, was enjoying the success of Jones' first venture into comedy programming, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. — Source: 12 Angry Facts About MADtv, SNL's Wilder, Louder, Messier Little Brother

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19

Euphoria

Behind-the-scenes Drama Euphoria Barbie Ferreira had a fight with sam Levinson. Anonymous reports and rampant internet speculation have blamed Kat's reduced role on fight between the actress and the show's creator. CRACKED.COM — Source: Elle Australia

18

Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM TURNS OUT, THERE WAS A BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURES LIVE-ACTION TV SHOW. It ran for eight episodes, and although it apparently wasn't terrible, it wasn't great either - the franchise was getting kind of milked dry by then (there was already a sequel and a Saturday morning cartoon). — Source

17

Jaleel White

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM JALEEL WHITE NEARLY GOT A PART ON THE COSBY SHOW, IT TURNS OUT. ST S Не lost the role of Rudy --My agent had been told that they've pretty much settled on , so I went to the audition thinking I was just going on a last audition. And then, all of a sudden, this little girl walks in. — Source

16

The Office

CRACKED.COM THE OFFICE was heavily influenced by THE SOPRANOS. The Sopranos was actually the biggest influence on The Office, actor and producer B. J. Novak has said. The way Michael Scott will say something very serious but mispronounce a word I feel is a direct descendant of the Tony Soprano sense of humor. — Yahoo

15

Scrubs

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM SCRUBS' BLACKFACE EPISODES ACTUALLY GOT PULLED FROM STREAMING SERVICE HULU. There were three episodes in total, and show creator Bill Lawrence and ABC Studios requested that they all be pulled. — Source

14

Freaks and Geeks

FREAKS AND GEEKS WAS PASSED ON BY FOX, CBS, AND ABC CRACKED.COM A development exec at NBC said, If we don't make this show, I'm quitting the television business. — Vanity Fair

13

January Jones

JANUARY JONES NOVEMBER 14, 2009 CRACKED.COM In the awkward first sketch, on live television, Jones looked around and asked Which camera? The night didn't get much better from there. — Mediaite

12

Loki

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS MISS MINUTES ALMOST HAD A FIGHT SCENE. LOKI 0.0 According to director Kate Herron, a cut scene from the show involved Miss Minutes having an actual fight scene with Loki and Sylvie at the Citadel. Hopefully, we'll get to see what the TVA mascot is made of next season. CRACKED.COM — Marvel

11

The Muppet Show

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Gonzo was often stuntless on the MUPPET SHOW CRACKED.COM Gonzo was famous for risking his life in a series of bizarre, ill-advised stunts. But he did fewer than you remember. Over the course of 120 episodes, Gonzo only performed 20 stunts. The rest of the time, he was romancing chickens. — Disney.com

10

Mr. Show

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS Goofballz minus dead comic MR. SHOW MR. Show CRACKED.COM David Cross and Bob Odenkirk first worked together on stage as The Three Goofballz. Who was Goofball number 3? The joke was that the mystery comic was either out getting high or dead. — Mental Floss

9

The Handmaid’s Tale

BEHIND-THE-SCENESP FACTS THE SHOW MADE STREAMING HISTORY. THE EHANOMAIOS TALE In 2017, the Hulu original became the first streaming show to win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama. CRACKED.COM — Bloomberg

8

Greg Berlanti

BEHIND THE SCENES Greg Berlantil is responsible for many of the LGBTQ+ characters we've seen on television. As a major television producer, he created and oversaw many of these characters, including Jack on Dawson's Creek, Carmelita on Dirty Sexy Money, and Alex Danvers in Supergirl. Now he's brought the first — Buzzfeed News

7

Rob McElhenney

Rob McElhenney had a nightmare that inspired the show. Glenn Howerton describes, The show started as a night terror, basically. A late-night sweating station. BEHIND THE SCENES CRACKED COM — Source: EW

6

David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff CRACKEDCON After Baywatch, he struggled to reach the same level of success in the soap opera scene. He struggled even harder when he

5

You Can’t Do That on Television

WTF Behind-The-Scenes Stories From Major Movie Sets - There were guns on the set of Nickelodeon's — Source: 6 NSFW Moments From The Making of Family-Friendly Shows

4

Another World

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3

Farway Hill

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2

Commando Nanny

Commando Nanny A Survivor producer tried to make a sitcom, and it was doomed from the start. An actor broke his foot, another needed lung surgery. Aft — Source: IMDB

1

SCTV

A Canadian comedy show that ran from 1976-1981 called Second City Television better known as SCTV) turned second rate actors into first rate actors in

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