TV series trivia | 100 did you know facts about famous shows (Part 5)

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.

Bewitched is an American television sitcom fantasy series
It was originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from September 17, 1964, to March 25, 1972
It is about a witch who marries an ordinary mortal man and vows to lead the life of a typical suburban housewife
The show was popular, finishing as the second-rated show in America during its debut season, staying in the top ten for its first three seasons, and ranking in eleventh place for both seasons four and five
The show continues to be seen throughout the world in syndication and on recorded media
Bewitched was created by Sol Saks under executive director Harry Ackerman
It starred: Elizabeth Montgomery as Samantha Stephens; Dick York (1964–1969) as Darrin Stephens, her husband; Agnes Moorehead as Endora, Samantha’s mother; David White as Larry Tate, Darrin’s boss; Irene Vernon (1964–1966) and later Kasey Rogers (1966–1972) as Louise Tate, Larry’s wife; Alice Pearce (1964–1966) as Gladys Kravitz; George Tobias (1964–1971) as her husband Abner Kravitz; and Erin Murphy (1966–1972) as Tabitha Stephens. Dick Sargent replaced an ailing York for the final three seasons (1969–1972)
In 1966, Sandra Gould took over the part of Gladys Kravitz (1966–1971) when Alice Pearce died
Annual semi-regulars included Maurice Evans as Maurice, Samantha’s father; Marion Lorne as Samantha’s Aunt Clara (1964–1968); Alice Ghostley as Esmeralda, Samantha’s babysitter (1969–1972); Paul Lynde as Samantha’s Uncle Arthur (1965–1971); Mabel Albertson as Darrin’s mother Phyllis Stephens (1964–1971); and Robert F. Simon and Roy Roberts alternating the role of Frank Stephens, Darrin’s father (1964–1971)
In 2002, Bewitched was ranked #50 on “TV Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time”
In 1997, the same magazine ranked the season 2 episode “Divided He Falls” #48 on their list of the “100 Greatest Episodes of All Time”
The Big Bang Theory is an American television sitcom
It was created by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady
Both of whom served as executive producers on the series, along with Steven Molaro
All three also served as head writers
The show premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007
It concluded on May 16, 2019
Having broadcast a total of 279 episodes over twelve seasons
The show originally centered on five characters living in Pasadena, California: Leonard Hofstadter and Sheldon Cooper, both physicists at Caltech, who share an apartment
Penny, a waitress and aspiring actress who lives across the hall
And Leonard and Sheldon’s similarly geeky and socially awkward friends and co-workers, aerospace engineer Howard Wolowitz and astrophysicist Raj Koothrappali
Over time, supporting characters were promoted to starring roles, including neuroscientist Amy Farrah Fowler, microbiologist Bernadette Rostenkowski, experimental physicist Leslie Winkle, and comic book store owner Stuart Bloom
The show was filmed in front of a live audience
It was produced by Warner Bros. Television and Chuck Lorre Productions
The Big Bang Theory received mixed reviews from critics throughout its first season
Reception was more favorable in the second and third seasons
Later seasons saw a return to a lukewarm reception, with the show being criticized for a decline in comedic quality
Despite the mixed reviews, seven seasons of the show have ranked within the top ten of the final television season ratings
Ultimately reaching the no. 1 spot in its eleventh season
The show was nominated for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series from 2011 to 2014
It won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series four times for Jim Parsons
In total, it won seven Emmy Awards from 46 nominations
Parsons also won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Comedy Series in 2011
In 2017, the series spawned a prequel series, Young Sheldon, based on Parsons’ character, Sheldon Cooper
The show also airs on CBS
Boardwalk Empire is an American period crime drama television series
It was created by Terence Winter
It was broadcast on the premium cable channel HBO
The series is set chiefly in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the Prohibition era of the 1920s
In the show stars Steve Buscemi as Nucky Thompson
Winter, a Primetime Emmy Award-winning screenwriter and producer, created the show, inspired by Nelson Johnson’s 2002 non-fiction book Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City, about the historical criminal kingpin Enoch L. Johnson
The pilot episode was directed by Martin Scorsese
It was produced at a cost of $18 million
On September 1, 2009, HBO picked up the series for an additional 11 episodes
The series premiered on September 19, 2010
It hs aired five-season and 56 episodes
It ended on October 26, 2014
Boardwalk Empire received widespread critical acclaim, particularly for its visual style and basis on historical figures, as well as for Buscemi’s lead performance
The series received 57 Primetime Emmy Award nominations winning 20, , including two for Outstanding Drama Series
The series also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series – Drama in 2011 and two Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2011 and 2012
BoJack Horseman is an American adult animated web television series
It was created by Raphael Bob-Waksberg
It stars the voices of Will Arnett, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie, Paul F. Tompkins, and Aaron Paul
Set primarily in Los Angeles, the series tells the story of an anthropomorphic horse named BoJack Horseman (Arnett), the washed-up star of a 1990s sitcom who plans his return to celebrity relevance with an autobiography to be written by ghostwriter Diane Nguyen (Brie)
He also has to contend with his agent Princess Carolyn (Sedaris), roommate Todd Chavez (Paul), and former rival Mr. Peanutbutter (Tompkins), as well as his struggles with depression and addiction
The show is designed by cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt, who has been friends with Bob-Waksberg since high school and had previously worked with him on the webcomic Tip Me Over, Pour Me Out
The series premiered on Netflix on August 22, 2014
It ended on January 31, 2020
It has a total of 77 episodes over six seasons
The first five seasons consist of 12 episodes each
While the sixth and final season consists of 16 episodes divided into two parts of eight episodes each
A one-off Christmas special was also released on December 19, 2014
Despite mixed reviews upon its debut, critics were significantly more positive towards the second half of the first season
Subsequent seasons received widespread critical acclaim
Rolling Stone has called Bojack Horseman “phenomenal,” while GQ Magazine hailed the show as one of the best of the decade, declaring it to be “the benchmark by which all comedies of the decade can be judged”
IndieWire ranked BoJack Horseman as the greatest animated TV show of all time
The show has been lauded for its realistic take on dealing with depression, trauma, addiction, self-destructive behavior, racism, sexism, sexuality, and the human condition
The series received numerous accolades, including four Critics’ Choice Television Awards for Best Animated Series, three Annie Awards and two Writers Guild of America Awards
It was also nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, including two for Outstanding Animated Program
The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera
It is often referred to as B&B
It was created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS
It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells’ other soap opera The Young and the Restless
Several characters from each of the two shows have crossed over to the other since the early 1990s
Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers upon the Forrester family and their fashion house business Forrester Creations
The program features an ensemble cast, headed by its longest-serving actors John McCook as Eric Forrester and Katherine Kelly Lang as Brooke Logan
Since its premiere, the show has become the most-watched soap in the world
With an audience of an estimated 26.2 million viewers
As of 2010, it continues to hold on to the second-placed position in weekly Nielsen Ratings for daytime dramas
The Bold and the Beautiful has also won 31 Daytime Emmy Awards
Including three for Outstanding Drama Series, in 2009, 2010, as well as 2011
On September 7, 2011, the series switched to high definition, making it the second-to-last American soap to make the switch, at the time
B&B was the last American soap opera to make the transition due to the cancellation of ABC’s One Life to Live before it returned along with All My Children on April 29, 2013
It is the youngest airing daytime soap opera in the United States, celebrating its thirtieth anniversary on March 23, 2017
The serial aired its 8,000th episode on January 4, 2019
Bones is an American crime procedural comedy-drama television series
It was created by Hart Hanson for Fox
It premiered on September 13, 2005
It concluded on March 28, 2017
The show aired for 246 episodes over twelve seasons
The show is based on forensic anthropology and forensic archaeology, with each episode focusing on an FBI case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) to forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan (Emily Deschanel)
It also explores the personal lives of the characters
The rest of the main cast includes Michaela Conlin, T. J. Thyne, Eric Millegan, Jonathan Adams, Tamara Taylor, John Francis Daley, and John Boyd
The series is very loosely based on the life and novels of Kathy Reichs, a forensic anthropologist
Kathy Reichs also produced the show
Its title character, Temperance Brennan, is named after the protagonist of Reichs’ crime novel series
In the Bones universe, Dr. Brennan writes successful mystery novels featuring a fictional forensic anthropologist named Kathy Reichs
Bones is a joint production by Josephson Entertainment and Far Field Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television
It is syndicated by 20th Television
The series is the longest-running one-hour drama series produced by 20th Century Fox Television