TV series trivia | 100 did you know facts about famous shows (Part 8)

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.

Community is an American television sitcom
It was created by Dan Harmon
The series ran for 110 episodes over six seasons
Its first five seasons airing on NBC from September 17, 2009, to April 17, 2014
Its final season airing on Yahoo! Screen from March 17 to June 2, 2015
Set at a community college in the fictional Colorado town of Greendale
The series stars an ensemble cast consisting of Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong, Chevy Chase, and Jim Rash
It makes heavy use of meta-humor and pop culture references, often parodying film and television clichés and tropes
Harmon based the program on his own experiences attending a community college
Each episode was written in accordance with Harmon’s “story circle” template, a method designed to create effective and structured storytelling
Harmon served as showrunner for the show’s first three seasons but was fired prior to the fourth season
He was replaced by David Guarascio and Moses Port
After a lukewarm response to the fourth season from fans and critics, Harmon was re-hired for the show’s fifth season, after which the series was canceled by NBC
Yahoo! Screen revived the show for its sixth and final season
Despite struggling in the ratings during its run, Community developed a cult following and received critical acclaim for its acting, direction, and writing, as well as its meta-humor
The series won one Primetime Emmy Award from four nominations and received the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Comedy Series in 2012, among other accolades
Since the show’s finale, many cast and crew members have expressed interest in a potential film
Criminal Minds is an American police procedural crime drama television series
It was created and produced by Jeff Davis
It premiered on CBS on September 22, 2005
It concluded with its fifteenth season on February 19, 2020
It follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), using behavioral analysis and profiling to investigate crimes and find perpetrators
The show tells the story of the team as they work various cases, and tackle their personal struggles
The show’s original main cast consisted of seven characters: Jason Gideon (Mandy Patinkin), Aaron Hotchner (Thomas Gibson), Elle Greenaway (Lola Glaudini), Derek Morgan (Shemar Moore), Spencer Reid (Matthew Gray Gubler), Jennifer Jareau (A. J. Cook), and Penelope Garcia (Kirsten Vangsness)
The cast underwent major changes throughout the series’ run
Several of the show’s original members being replaced by nine additional starring characters: Emily Prentiss (Paget Brewster), David Rossi (Joe Mantegna), Ashley Seaver (Rachel Nichols), Alex Blake (Jeanne Tripplehorn), Kate Callahan (Jennifer Love Hewitt), Tara Lewis (Aisha Tyler), Luke Alvez (Adam Rodriguez), Stephen Walker (Damon Gupton), and Matt Simmons (Daniel Henney)
Criminal Minds gained critical acclaim for its characterization, pacing, atmosphere, acting, directing, and writing
It became a rating hit for CBS, regularly featuring as one of the network’s most-watched cable shows throughout its 15-year-long run
Its success has spawned a media franchise, with several spinoffs
Including a South Korean adaptation and a video game
The show was renewed for its fifteenth and final season of ten episodes
The final season aired from January 8, 2020 to February 19, 2020
It was the final series in the franchise to end, following its two spin-off series, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders
These series had been cancelled previously due to low ratings
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American procedural forensics crime drama television series
It is also referred to as CSI and CSI: Las Vegas
The series ran on CBS from October 6, 2000, to September 27, 2015
Spanning 15 seasons
The series starred William Petersen, Marg Helgenberger, George Eads, Ted Danson, Laurence Fishburne, Elisabeth Shue, and Jorja Fox
It was the first in the CSI franchise
The series concluded with a feature-length finale titled “Immortality”
CSI: Cyber (Crime Scene Investigation: Cyber) is an American police procedural drama television series
It premiered on March 4, 2015, on CBS
The series, starring Patricia Arquette and Ted Danson, is the second spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The series is the fourth and final series in the CSI franchise
On May 12, 2016, CBS canceled the series after two seasons to conclude the CSI franchise
CSI: Miami (Crime Scene Investigation: Miami) is an American police procedural drama television series
It premiered on September 23, 2002, on CBS
Starring David Caruso as Lieutenant Horatio Caine, Emily Procter as Detective Calleigh Duquesne and Kim Delaney as Lieutenant Megan Donner
The series is the first direct spin-off of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Transplanting the same template and trickery, gory crimes, procedural plot and dazzling graphics, into a new city while retaining the essence of the original idea
CSI: Miami was executive produced by Carol Mendelsohn, Anthony E. Zuiker, and Ann Donahue
With the latter acting as show-runner
The series ended on April 8, 2012, after 10 seasons and 232 episodes
Following the series finale, Nina Tassler credited CSI: Miami as a “key player in CBS’s rise to the top”
Stating that the series “leaves an amazing television legacy—a signature look and style [and] global popularity”
In 2006, BBC News published an article stating that CSI: Miami was the world’s most popular television series
It was featured in more countries’ top ten rankings for 2005 than any other series
CSI: NY (Crime Scene Investigation: New York) is an American police procedural television series
It ran on CBS from September 22, 2004, to February 22, 2013
For a total of nine seasons and 197 original episodes
The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as “Crime Scene Investigators” as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths, as well as other crimes
The series is an indirect spin-off from the veteran series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
It is a direct spin-off from CSI: Miami
During an episode of CSI: Miami several of the CSI: NY characters made their first appearances
It is the third series in the CSI franchise
Originally in 2004, CSI: NY was produced in partnership with the Canadian media company Alliance Atlantis
The company dissolved after season three in 2007
All production after that was done under the purview of CBS Paramount Television
The series was filmed at the CBS Studio Center, with many of the outside scenes shot in and around Los Angeles
Occasionally, scenes were filmed on location in New York City
The series ended its ninth and final season on February 22, 2013
It was canceled by CBS on May 10, 2013
Desperate Housewives is an American soap opera mystery comedy-drama television series
It was created by Marc Cherry
It was produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions
It originally aired for eight seasons on ABC from October 3, 2004 until May 13, 2012 for a total of 180 episodes
Executive producer Cherry served as showrunner
Other executive producers since the fourth season included Bob Daily, George W. Perkins, John Pardee, Joey Murphy, David Grossman, and Larry Shaw
Set on Wisteria Lane, a street in the fictional town of Fairview in the fictional Eagle State, Desperate Housewives follows the lives of a group of women as seen through the eyes of their friend and neighbor who took her life by suicide in the pilot episode
The storyline covers fifteen years of the women’s lives over eight seasons, set between the years 2004–2008 and later 2013–2019
The storyline includes a five-year jump in time, as well as flashbacks and flashforwards ranging from the 1980s to the 2020s
They work through domestic struggles and family life, while facing the secrets, crimes, and mysteries hidden behind the doors of their—on the surface—beautiful and seemingly perfect suburban neighborhood
The series features an ensemble cast, headed by Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van de Kamp, and Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis
They are also joined by Nicollette Sheridan as Edie Britt, Dana Delany as Katherine Mayfair and Vanessa Williams as Renee Perry
Brenda Strong narrates the series as the late Mary Alice Young
Alice Young appears sporadically in flashbacks or dream sequences
Desperate Housewives was well received by viewers and critics alike
It won multiple Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards
From the 2004–05 through the 2008–09 television seasons, its first five seasons were rated amongst the top ten most-watched series
In 2007, it was reported to be the most popular show in its demographic worldwide, with an audience of approximately 120 million
It was also reported as the third-most-watched television series in a study of ratings in twenty countries
In 2012, it remained the most-watched comedy series internationally based on data from Eurodata TV Worldwide, which measured ratings across five continents
It has held this position since 2006
Moreover, it was the third-highest revenue-earning series for 2010
A commercial tv spot was at around $2.74 million per half an hour
The show was ranked at number fifty-six on Entertainment Weekly’s “New TV Classics” list
In 2011, it was confirmed that Desperate Housewives would conclude after its eighth season
The series finale aired on May 13, 2012
By the end of the series, it had surpassed Charmed as the longest-running hour-long television series featuring all-female leads by two episodes