TV series trivia | 100 did you know facts about famous shows (Part 9)

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.

Dexter is an American crime drama mystery television series
It aired on Showtime from October 1, 2006, to September 22, 2013
The series is set in Miami
The series centers on Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall), a forensic technician specializing in bloodstain pattern analysis for the fictional Miami Metro Police Department, who leads a secret parallel life as a vigilante serial killer, hunting down murderers who have slipped through the cracks of the justice system
The show’s first season was derived from the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004), the first in a series of novels by Jeff Lindsay
It was adapted for television by James Manos Jr.
James Manos Jr., also, wrote the first episode
Subsequent seasons evolved independently of Lindsay’s works
In February 2008, reruns (edited down to a TV-14 rating) began to air on CBS in the wake of the shortage of original programming ensuing from the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, thus the reruns on CBS ended after one run of the first season
The series enjoyed mostly positive reviews throughout its run and popularity
The first four seasons have received universal acclaim
Although reception dropped drastically as the series progressed
The show has also won many awards, including two Golden Globes won by Hall and John Lithgow for their roles as Dexter Morgan and Arthur Mitchell, respectively
Season four aired its season finale on December 13, 2009, to a record-breaking audience of 2.6 million viewers
Making it the most-watched original series episode ever on Showtime at that time
In April 2013, Showtime announced that season eight would be the final season of Dexter
The season-eight premiere was the most watched Dexter episode with more than 3 million viewers total for all airings that night
The original broadcast of the series finale drew 2.8 million viewers, the largest overall audience in Showtime’s history
In October 2020, it was announced that Dexter would return with a 10-episode limited series starring Michael C. Hall reprising his role with Clyde Phillips returning as showrunner
Production is set to begin in winter 2020
With a fall 2021 premiere date
ER is an American medical drama television series
It was created by novelist and medical doctor Michael Crichton
The series aired on NBC from September 19, 1994, to April 2, 2009
With a total of 331 episodes spanning 15 seasons
It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Television, in association with Warner Bros. Television
ER follows the inner life of the emergency room (ER) of fictional County General Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, and various critical issues faced by the room’s physicians and staff
The show is the second longest-running primetime medical drama in American television history behind Grey’s Anatomy
It is the 5th longest medical drama across the globe (behind BBC’s Casualty and Holby City, and Poland’s Na dobre i na złe)
It won 23 Primetime Emmy Awards, including the 1996 Outstanding Drama Series award
It received 124 Emmy nominations
ER won 116 awards in total, including the Peabody Award
While the cast earned four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Drama Series
As of 2014, ER has grossed over $3 billion in television revenue
Family Guy is an American animated sitcom
It was created by Seth MacFarlane for the Fox Broadcasting Company
The series debuted on January 31, 1999
The series is produced by Fuzzy Door Productions and 20th Television and syndicated by Disney-ABC Domestic Television
The series centers on the Griffins, a family consisting of parents Peter and Lois; their children, Meg, Chris, and Stewie; and their anthropomorphic pet dog, Brian
The show is set in the fictional city of Quahog, Rhode Island
It exhibits much of its surreal and dark humor in the form of metafictional cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture
The family was conceived by MacFarlane after developing two animated films, The Life of Larry and Larry & Steve
MacFarlane redesigned the films’ protagonist, Larry, and his dog, Steve, and renamed them Peter and Brian, respectively
MacFarlane pitched a seven-minute pilot to Fox in 1998
The show was greenlit and began production
Family Guy’s cancellation was announced shortly after the third season had aired in 2002
One unaired episode eventually premiered on Adult Swim in 2003, finishing the series’ original run
Favorable DVD sales and high ratings from syndicated reruns since then convinced Fox to revive the show in 2004
A fourth season would begin airing the following year on May 1, 2005
Since its premiere, Family Guy has been widely acclaimed
The series has been nominated for 12 Primetime Emmy Awards and 11 Annie Awards, and has won three of each
In 2009, it was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series
It was the first time an animated series was nominated for the award since The Flintstones in 1961
In 2013, TV Guide ranked Family Guy the ninth Greatest TV Cartoon of All Time
The series has also attracted criticism and controversy for its offensive content, violence, and writing
Many tie-in media have been released, including Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, a straight-to-DVD special released in 2005; Family Guy: Live in Vegas, a soundtrack-DVD combo released in 2005, featuring music from the show as well as original music created by MacFarlane and Walter Murphy; a video game and pinball machine, released in 2006 and 2007, respectively; since 2005, six books published by Harper Adult; and Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy (2010), a collection of three episodes parodying the original Star Wars trilogy
A spin-off series, The Cleveland Show, featuring Cleveland Brown, aired from September 27, 2009, to May 19, 2013
As of 2020, 352 episodes of Family Guy have been broadcast
On May 11, 2020, Fox renewed the series for a nineteenth season
On September 23, 2020, Fox announced that the show would continue through a twenty-first season
The Cleveland Show is an American adult animated sitcom
It was created by Seth MacFarlane, Richard Appel, and Mike Henry for the Fox Broadcasting Company
Serving as a spin-off of Family Guy, the series centered on the Browns and Tubbs, two dysfunctional families consisting of parents Cleveland Brown and Donna Tubbs and their children Cleveland Brown Jr., Roberta Tubbs, and Rallo Tubbs
Similar to Family Guy, it exhibited much of its humor in the form of cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture, though it uses significantly fewer than Family Guy
The series was conceived by MacFarlane in 2007 after developing the two animated series Family Guy and American Dad! for the Fox network
MacFarlane centered the show on Family Guy character Cleveland Brown, his new wife Donna Tubbs, his step-children Rallo and Roberta Tubbs, and his son Cleveland, Jr., who, in the show, is depicted as an obese, soft-spoken teen, as opposed to his depiction as a younger, hyperactive child with average body weight on Family Guy
The series premiered on September 27, 2009
It ended on May 19, 2013
With a total of 88 episodes over the course of 4 seasons
The Cleveland Show was nominated for one Annie Award, one Primetime Emmy Award, and two Teen Choice Awards, but received mixed reviews from media critics
The series was canceled after its fourth season
Cleveland has since returned to Family Guy, accompanied by the rest of the Brown-Tubbs family, as of the twelfth season episode “He’s Bla-ack!”
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American sitcom television series
It was created by Andy and Susan Borowitz
It originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996
The series stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who is sent to move in with his wealthy uncle and aunt in their Bel Air mansion after getting into a fight in his hometown
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ran for 148 episodes over six seasons
A reunion special is in development with the surviving cast set to reprise their roles
A reunion special episode is set to release late 2020, around Thanksgiving, on HBO Max in partnership with Westbrook Media
Friends is an American television sitcom
It was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman
It aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons
With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer
The show revolves around six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City
The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, in association with Warner Bros. Television
The original executive producers were Kevin S. Bright, Kauffman, and Crane
Kauffman and Crane began developing Friends under the title Insomnia Cafe between November and December 1993
They presented the idea to Bright, and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the show to NBC
After several script rewrites and changes, including title changes to Six of One and Friends Like Us, the series was finally named Friends
Filming took place at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, California
All ten seasons of Friends ranked within the top ten of the final television season ratings
It ultimately reached the number-one spot in its eighth season
The series finale aired on May 6, 2004
It was watched by around 52.5 million American viewers, making it the fifth most-watched series finale in television history
It is the most-watched television episode of the 2000s
Friends received acclaim throughout its run, becoming one of the most popular television shows of all time
The series was nominated for 62 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning the Outstanding Comedy Series award in 2002 for its eighth season
The show ranked no. 21 on TV Guide’s 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time, and no. 7 on Empire magazine’s The 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time
In 1997, the episode “The One with the Prom Video” was ranked no. 100 on TV Guide’s 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time
In 2013, Friends ranked no. 24 on the Writers Guild of America’s 101 Best Written TV Series of All Time and no. 28 on TV Guide’s 60 Best TV Series of All Time