TV series trivia | 100 did you know facts about famous shows (Part 13)

TV is becoming a medium that rivals cinema. Each year we see more and more tv series and most of them are almost perfect.

So let’s find out some things about TV series that left their mark.

Modern Family is an American television mockumentary family sitcom
It was created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan for the American Broadcasting Company
It ran for eleven seasons, from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020
It follows the lives of three diverse family set-ups in suburban Los Angeles, linked by patriarch Jay Pritchett
Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan conceived the series while sharing stories of their own “modern families”
Modern Family employs an ensemble cast and is presented in mockumentary style
The characters frequently speaking directly to the camera in confessional interview segments
The series was renewed for a 10th season on May 10, 2017
Then for an eleventh and final season on February 5, 2019, which premiered on September 25, 2019
The series finale aired April 8, 2020
Modern Family was acclaimed by critics throughout its first few seasons
Its critical reception became more mixed as it progressed
It maintained a loyal fan base throughout its 11 seasons and was continuously popular with the public
The two final seasons received generally positive responses
The finale episode had 7.37 million viewers
The retrospective documentary that aired before the final episode had 6.72 million viewers
The show won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series in each of its first five years
The Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series four times, twice each for Eric Stonestreet and Ty Burrell
As well as the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series twice for Julie Bowen
It won a total of 22 Emmy awards from 75 nominations
It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy in 2011
Being on air for 11 years, it is currently ABC’s longest-running comedy series
The broadcast syndication rights to the series were sold to USA Network, the stations of Fox Television Stations, and various other local stations in other markets for a fall 2013 premiere
The success of the series led to it being the tenth-highest revenue-generating show for 2012, earning $2.13 million an episode
NCIS is an American action police procedural television series
The show revolves around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service
The concept and characters were initially introduced in two episodes of the CBS series JAG (season eight episodes 20 and 21: “Ice Queen” and “Meltdown”)
The show, a spin-off from JAG, premiered on September 23, 2003, on CBS
To date it has entered into the seventeenth full season and has gone into broadcast syndication on the USA Network
Donald P. Bellisario and Don McGill are co-creators and executive producers of the premiere member of the NCIS franchise
As of 2020, it is the second-longest-running scripted, non-animated U.S. primetime TV series currently airing
It is surpassed only by Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999–present)
It is the 7th-longest-running scripted U.S. primetime TV series overall
The series originally had the partly redundant title Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service
This was later shortened to NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service and then to NCIS
In season six, a two-part episode led to a spin-off series, NCIS: Los Angeles
A two-part episode during the eleventh season led to a second spin-off series, NCIS: New Orleans
Initially slow in the ratings, barely cracking the Top 30 in the first two seasons
The third season showed progress, consistently ranking in the top 20
By its sixth season, it became a top five hit, having remained there since
In 2011, NCIS was voted America’s favorite television show in an online Harris Poll
The series finished its tenth season as the most-watched television series in the U.S. during the 2012–13 network television season
NCIS was renewed for a seventeenth season on April 11, 2019
It premiered on September 24, 2019
On May 3, 2020, CBS renewed the series for an eighteenth season
It is scheduled to premiere on November 17, 2020
NCIS: Los Angeles is an American action television series combining elements of the military drama and police procedural genre
It premiered on CBS on September 22, 2009
The series follows the exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments
NCIS: Los Angeles is the first spin-off of the successful series NCIS
The series originally starred Chris O’Donnell, Daniela Ruah, LL Cool J, Peter Cambor, Adam Jamal Craig, Linda Hunt and Barrett Foa
Cambor’s character was demoted to a recurring character after season 1 and Craig’s character was killed off in season 1
Eric Christian Olsen, who played a recurring character in season 1, joined as a starring character from season 2 onward as did Renée Felice Smith
Miguel Ferrer joined the cast for seasons 5 to 8 after playing a recurring character
Nia Long joined the cast as Shay Mosley for the ninth season after Miguel Ferrer’s death, and then left partway through the tenth
Medalion Rahimi joined the cast halfway in season 11 after recurring since the previous season
Caleb Castille joined the cast in season 12 after recurring in season 11
The show has received generally mixed reviews from critics, citing the generally by-the-procedural-book feel of the series that delivers a serviceable show based on the NCIS formula
NCIS: Los Angeles, like the other shows of the franchise, has been a solid rating hit for CBS
In May 2020, CBS renewed the series for a twelfth season
Season 12 premiered on November 8, 2020
NCIS: New Orleans is an American action crime drama and police procedural television series
It premiered on September 23, 2014, following the twelfth season of NCIS
The pilot was written by Gary Glasberg
The series stars Scott Bakula and CCH Pounder
The series is set and filmed in New Orleans
It is the third series of the NCIS franchise
NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for a sixth season on April 22, 2019, which premiered on September 24, 2019
On May 6, 2020, NCIS: New Orleans was renewed for the seventh season, which premiered on November 8, 2020
Nip/Tuck is an American serial medical drama television series
It was created by Ryan Murphy
It aired on FX in the United States from July 22, 2003, to March 3, 2010
The series incorporates elements of crime drama, black comedy, family drama, satire, and psychological thriller,
It focuses on “McNamara/Troy”, a cutting-edge, controversial plastic surgery center, and follows the personal and professional lives of its founders Dr. Sean McNamara and Dr. Christian Troy (portrayed by Dylan Walsh and Julian McMahon, respectively)
Each episode features graphic, partial depictions of the plastic surgeries on one or more patients, as well as developments in the doctors’ personal lives
Focus is also given to McNamara/Troy’s anesthesiologist Dr. Liz Cruz, Christian’s many sexual partners, and Sean’s family
With the exception of the pilot, each episode of the series is named after the patient(s) scheduled to receive plastic surgery
Unlike most medical dramas, Nip/Tuck used serial storytelling and often had story arcs spanning multiple seasons
For example, seasons two and three focused on a serial rapist known as The Carver, who often mutilates his victims’ faces, leading McNamara/Troy to provide pro bono surgery to the victims
The show premiered on July 22, 2003, and concluded on March 3, 2010, with the 100th episode
While the show was initially set in Miami, at the end of the fourth season, it was relocated to Los Angeles, and many of the characters followed along
The show earned 45 award nominations
Winning one Golden Globe and one Emmy Award
Series creator Ryan Murphy said that the medical cases on the show are “100 percent based on fact”
The Office is an American mockumentary sitcom television series
It depicts the everyday work lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company
It aired on NBC from March 24, 2005, to May 16, 2013, lasting a total of nine seasons
It is an adaptation of the 2001–2003 BBC series of the same name
It was adapted for American television by Greg Daniels, a veteran writer for Saturday Night Live, King of the Hill, and The Simpsons
It was co-produced by Daniels’s Deedle-Dee Productions, and Reveille Productions (later Shine America), in association with Universal Television
The original executive producers were Daniels, Howard Klein, Ben Silverman, Ricky Gervais, and Stephen Merchant, with numerous others being promoted in later seasons
Like its British counterpart, the series was filmed in a single-camera setup without a studio audience or a laugh track in order to simulate the look of an actual documentary
The series debuted on NBC as a mid-season replacement
It aired 201 episodes over the course of its run
The Office originally featured Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, and B. J. Novak as the main cast
However, the series experienced numerous changes to its ensemble cast during its run
Notable stars outside the original main cast include Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, Craig Robinson, James Spader, Ellie Kemper, and Catherine Tat
The Office was met with mixed reviews during its short first season, but the following seasons, particularly those featuring Carell, received significant acclaim from television critics as the show’s characters, content, structure, and tone diverged considerably from the British version
These seasons were included on several critics’ year-end top TV series lists, winning several awards such as a Peabody Award in 2006, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe Award for Carell’s performance, and four Primetime Emmy Awards, including one for Outstanding Comedy Series in 2006
The series finale was viewed by an estimated 5.69 million viewers, after an hour-long series retrospective