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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
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The One ‘SNL’ Host Whose Appearance Caused a Cast Member to Boycott the Show
Nora Dunn refused to be a part of the 1990 episode and musical guest Sinead O’Connor backed out at the last minute as well
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This Tiny Background Gag From ‘The Simpsons’ Actually Saved Two People’s Lives
The 1992 episode ‘Homer at the Bat’ featured a blink-and-you-miss-it Heimlich maneuver joke that proved to be life-saving on two separate occasions
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The cast of 'Glee.' Two Rock Legends Refused to Let ‘Glee’ Cover Their Songs, and They Weren’t Quiet About It
Slash said he ‘drew the line’ at ‘Glee,’ while Dave Grohl defended everyone’s right to reject the show if they wanted to
