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The Office Why Nobody Told Steve Carell About This Major Moment in ‘The Office’ Until Cameras Were Rolling
Steve Carell shed 9,986,000 tears during his farewell in The Office.
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MTV 17 Years Ago, One Shocking ‘Jersey Shore’ Scene Turned Snooki Into a Reality TV Star Overnight
Snooki says MTV asked how much of the bar assault she wanted shown, and the episode made her realize her life had changed overnight.
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The David Spade Joke That Kept Eddie Murphy Away From ‘SNL’ for Almost Two Decades
After a heated phone confrontation, the pair didn’t speak again for close to 20 years
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MTV Before Tinder, MTV’s ‘Next’ Turned Dating Into a Brutal Swipe-Left Game Show
The chaotic MTV dating show turned rejection into entertainment years before dating apps made swiping past people feel normal.
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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. Jon Stewart Once Yelled at Seth MacFarlane for an Hour Over a ‘Family Guy’ Joke
A ‘Family Guy’ gag about Stewart reportedly led to an angry phone battle between him and MacFarlane nearly 20 years ago
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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 Ridiculous Reason
Hudson’s audition for 1986’s ‘The Real Ghostbusters’ apparently wasn’t convincing enough for the showrunners
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60 Years Ago, Bob Denver Was Nearly Mauled by a Lion While Filming ‘Gilligan’s Island’
Denver’s feline co-star decided to try his hand at some dangerous improv as they were shooting an episode for the show’s second season
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The ‘Twilight Zone’ Tower of Terror Was Almost a ‘Young Frankenstein’ Ride Narrated by Mel Brooks
Attractions revolving around Stephen King, Vincent Price, and even Eddie Murphy were also considered early on

