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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
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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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Did ‘Seinfeld’ Inspire the ‘BioShock’ Video Games?
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 Due to an Unforeseen Tragedy
After Katey Sagal suffered a stillbirth, the sitcom quickly scrapped its planned pregnancy story arc involving her character
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15 Years Ago, Louis C.K. and Dane Cook Settled Their Weird Feud in an Episode of ‘Louie’
Accusations of joke theft plagued Cook for years prior to his appearance on C.K.’s FX series in 2011
