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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
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 Bizarre Reason
Hudson’s audition for 1986’s ‘The Real Ghostbusters’ apparently wasn’t convincing enough for the showrunners
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Murray Close/Contributor/Getty Images 28 Years Ago, ‘Friends’ Almost Cast This Music Icon to Play Ross’s Father-in-Law
Scottish actor Tom Conti played the role in question in two episodes from the show’s fourth and fifth seasons
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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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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
