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Why ‘Parks and Recreation’ Completely Reinvented One Character After Season 1
After a shaky six-episode first season, the NBC sitcom reworked Leslie Knope into a more sincere, capable character.
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Jon Stewart 18 Years Ago, Jon Stewart Yelled at Seth MacFarlane for an Hour Over a ‘Family Guy’ Joke
MacFarlane said Stewart called him after a Family Guy joke about the 2007-08 Writers Guild strike, then proceeded to win the debate anyway.
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MTV The MTV Cartoon That Captured Late-’90s New York and Then Vanished
‘Downtown’ only lasted 13 episodes, but its portrait of late-’90s New York has found new life with nostalgic viewers.
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40 Years Ago, Ernie Hudson Missed Out on Reprising His ‘Ghostbusters’ Role for a Bizarre Reason
Hudson’s audition for 1986’s ‘The Real Ghostbusters’ apparently wasn’t convincing enough for the showrunners
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How Bob Denver Nearly Got Mauled by a Lion While Filming ‘Gilligan’s Island’
Denver’s feline co-star decided to try his hand at some dangerous improv while filming an episode for the show’s second season
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The ‘Twilight Zone’ Tower of Terror Was Almost a Mel Brooks Ride
Attractions revolving around Stephen King, Vincent Price, and even Eddie Murphy were also considered early on
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Cartoon Network A Complete History of Bubbline’s Relationship Ahead of the New ‘Adventure Time’ Spinoff
Oh my Glob! It’s finally happening!
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The Strange ‘Seinfeld’ Connection Hidden Inside ‘BioShock’
The iconic sitcom has a couple of interesting connections to both ‘BioShock’ and its 2013 sequel ‘BioShock Infinite’
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35 Years Ago, ‘Married… With Children’ Had to Abandon a Major Storyline After a Family Tragedy
An entire pregnancy storyline had to be scrapped at the last minute due to an unforeseen tragedy
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15 Years Ago, Louis C.K. and Dane Cook Finally Settled Their Strange Joke Feud on ‘Louie’
Accusations of joke theft plagued Cook for years prior to his appearance on C.K.’s FX series in 2011
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36 Years Ago, ‘SNL’ Booked a Host So Controversial That Nora Dunn and Sinead O’Connor Refused to Appear
Nora Dunn refused to appear in the 1990 episode and musical guest Sinead O’Connor backed out at the last minute as well
