36 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Monday, November 24, 2025

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36 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Monday, November 24, 2025
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These nerdy little TV facts aren't trying to annoy your brain or anything, they just love it so much that they need to be around it constantly. If you've ever lived next door to your crush, you know exactly what these facts are going through. Trying to time your exits and arrivals with theirs just for that “chance encounter” is tough, but it's a tried-and-true method for a little extra face time.  

And hey, if they don't seem to be interested, you can always transform into a much cooler version of yourself without glasses or that high-pitched nerd voice. That's what these facts did, and we can tell that your brain is warming up to them.

King of the Hill

There was almost a live-action spin-off. CRACKED.COM A live-action adaptation of Monsignor Martinez, the Mexican soap opera show-within-the-show, was actually filmed. But Fox got cold feet about airing a whole movie about a gun-happy priest, and ultimately shelved it.

Freaks and Geeks

FREAKS AND GEEKSWAS PASSED ON BY FOX, CBS, AND ABC CRACKED.COM A development exec at NBC said, If we don't make this show, I'm quitting the television business.

Ted Lasso

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS TED LASSO'S FIRST APPEARANCE WAS IN A COMMERCIAL. NBC CSN BARCLA PREMIER Sports TED LASSO Lasso made his first appearance all the way back in 2013. Jason Sudeikis portrayed the character in a series of promos announcing NBC Sports' broadcasting rights for the Premier League. CRACKED.COM

Party of Five

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS CRACKED.COM THE SALINGERS WERE ALMOST EVEN WORSE OFF. party of five According to the show's creators, the Salinger family was much poorer in the original pilot. Fox executives made them change the family's finances to something that wouldn't freak out audiences.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS SITCOM ROYALTY CRACKED.COM STUCK WITH STRAIGHT-WOMAN ROLES ON 'SEXIST' SNL, LOUIS-DREYFUS BECAME ONE OF THE MOST SUCESSFUL SITCOM STARS OF ALL TIME, NABBING A MINDBLOWING 27 EMMY NOMS FOR WORK ON SEINFELD, OLD CHRISTINE, AND VEEP.

Scrubs

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM SCRUBS' BLACKFACE EPISODES ACTUALLY GOT PULLED FROM STREAMING SERVICE HULU. There were three episodes in total, and show creator Bill Lawrence and ABC Studios requested that they all be pulled.

30 Rock

COMEDY NERD GRACKED.COM SHE WAS AN NBC PAGE Aubrey wasn an NBC intern and later an NBC page, which is coincidental considering she played a page on an episode of 30 Rock. The gold standard of playing what you know.

Powers Rangers

March on prime video March 8 Power Rangers Bryan Cranston, everyone's favorite meth maker and/or sitcom dad, voices Zordon in the film, but did you know he was on the original show? Snizzard and the Twin Man had his voice. CRACKED.COM

Scott Evans on TV

CRACKED.COM Chris Evans His brother is also an actor. While he hasn't been in any Marvel films, Evans' brother Scott has a successful acting career as well. He's best known for the soap opera One Life to Live and the Netflix comedy Grace and Frankie.

Terrible Predictions

TV won't last 6 months. 20TH CENTURY FOX CRACKED.COM Studio exec Darryl Zanuck predicted that people will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night. Staring at that box is the only thing that gets us through the day!

Family Guy

COMEDY NERD In the Family Guy pilot, Meg was actually voiced by Lacey Chabert. In a later episode where they revisit the pilot, Stewie hears her and says Oh my God, what's with Meg's voice? She sounds like someone who's about to give up a huge opportunity. CRACKED.COM

Timeless

CRACKED ures TO GO BY Timeless was revived by NBC thanks to die-hard fans. Show co-creator Shawn Ryan was in disbelief when NBC reversed their decision to cancel the time- travel drama after only three days. Thanks to fans who created a devoted online community and negotiations between NBC and Sony (the show's producer), Timeless got ten more episodes.

Conan

Recurring at Late Night Conan's Walker Texas Ranger Lever When NBC acquired the rights to Walker Texas Ranger, Conan pounced. Out of nowhere, he'd pull a lever which showed a Walker clip out of context. The pinnacle was a clip of Haley Joel Osment saying, Walker told me I have A.I.D.S. CRACKED

Batman

Canceled? Really? R BATMAN ABC decided not to renew the '60s series, but NBC offered to pick it up. ABC agreed but didn't tell the art/props department, so the sets were destroyed. NBC wasn't willing to build a whole new Batcave, so Batman met an untimely end. CRACKED

Family Matters

Characters that weren't supposed to last Steve Urkel on Family Matters Jaleel White's nerdy neighbor was only supposed to be for one-off appearances, but got so popular with viewers that he eventually became the central character of the entire sitcom! CRACKED.COM

Euphoria

Behind-the-scenes Drama Euphoria Barbie Ferreira had a fight with sam Levinson. Anonymous reports and rampant internet speculation have blamed Kat's reduced role on fight between the actress and the show's creator. CRACKED.COM

M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H CRACKED COM With a 2 hour finale on February 28, 1983, CBS honorably discharged M*A*S*H. The famous ending had stones spelling out goodbye as Hawkeye flew off, and the 105.9 million viewers made it the most watched TV event of all time, until the 2010 Super Bowl nudged it out with 106.5 million viewers.

24

24 Richard Burgi was this close to being Jack Bauer. Burgi pretty much had the part in the bag, but the network wanted a bigger name, so Kiefer Sutherland was cast. Burgi was given the part of Alan York as a kind of apology for that. CRACKED.COM

Deep Space Nine

CRACKED.COM Alexander siddig was the first choice to play Ben sisko. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Series co-creator Rick Berman got in touch with Siddig after seeing him in a movie, to offer him the role of Commander Sisko. Then he learned that Siddig was actually too young for the part, so he cast him as Doctor Bashir instead.

True Blood

Benedict Cumberbatch almost played vampire Bill in True Blood. Yep, Cumberbatch auditioned for one of television's hottest vampires. No word on why he didn't land the part. Maybe an accent thing. CRACKED.COM

Frasier

CRACKED.COM Lisa Kudrow wasn't a good ROZ. Kudrow and Peri Gilpin were the two final choices for Roz Doyle in Frasier- and the producers went with Kudrow. But her quirky style wasn't a good fit for the character, so the runner-up stepped up after a short time.

30 Rock

30 Rock has 7.44 jokes per minute on average Talib Visram calculated that the show had the most jokes per minute compared to other popular sitcoms. BEHIND-THE-SCENES CRACKED.COM

The Sopranos

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS CRACKED.COM JERRY STILLER ALMOST PLAYED HESH. Söpranos OBE Stiller dropped out of the project just days before the pilot was supposed to be shot. The casting director then reached out to Jerry Adler, who was friends with David Chase, and offered him the role.

Seinfeld

Elaine's dad was supposed to be a reoccurring character, but the actor scared the cast. Julia Louis-Dreyfus called Lawrence Tierney a total nutjob. Не stole a butcher knife from the set. CRACKED.COM

The Office

the office One of Angela Kinsey's all-time favorite moments was the Yankee swap during the very first Christmas episode. You know, the one featuring that bizarre jazz babies poster. It's so weird. They didn't let us see the poster until we did the first take, and we all lost it. CRACKED.COM

Band of Brothers

They had to push Jimmy Fallon's jeep in his Band of Brothers cameo. It was a real WWII jeep, and he was a pretty bad driver, so he couldn't make it move. Two guys ended up having to push the jeep forward at the right moment while Fallon pretended to drive. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Community

THE 6TH SEASON OF COMMUNITY WAS FILMED IN A BASEMENT. CRACKED It was filmed under the set of Parks and Rec!

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM THE MAJORITY OF THE CLOTHES IN THE MARVELOUS MRS MAISEL ARE MADE FROM SCRATCH. TELEP for PBS 95% of it is made just for the show - apparently, that's so the people making the show can create looks that are period-accurate and also define the character well.

Birds of Prey on TV

CRACKED.COM HARLEY QUINN HARLEY WAS PLAYED BY MIA SARA IN THE EARLY 2000s. Do you remember the Birds of Prey TV show? Then you also won't remember that Dr. Harleen Quinzel was the main villain, played by Ferris Bueller's girlfriend.

Julia Child

CRACKED.COM Julia Child created a shark repellent for the military. Long before cooking meals on TV, a young Julia McWilliams cooked up a shark repellent during World War II, commissioned by the U.S. Navy. A member of the OSS (proto-CIA) with top security clearance, she was stationed in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and China as the war went on.

SNL

CRACKED.COM Bill Hader's most memorable moment on Saturday Night Live was playing in a punk band with Dave Grohl. In a sketch about aging rock stars, Hader played bass while the Foo Fighters lead singer played drums. The comedian said he remained on a high for about two months after that night.

Geordi LaForge

Geordi LaForge was based on a disabled Star Trek superfan. His name was George LaForge, he'd suffered from muscular dystrophy, and he showed up all the time at fan conventions. Не made friends with Gene Roddenberry, and Roddenberry remembered him when he was creating characters for The Next Generation. CRACKED.COM

The Nanny

The Italian dub of The Nanny got rid of Nanny Fine's Jewish heritage. The Italian La Tata (lit. The Nanny) was just a redub of the American original, but it made significant changes to the story, making Fran Fine an Italian immigrant and removing any mentions of her or her family's Jewish heritage. CRACKED.COM

Lauren Tom

Amy Wong dated Ross. CRACKED.COM You've heard Lauren Tom most often as Minh and Connie on King of the Hill, and/or Amy on Futurama. But she's had a pretty prolific live-action career, including a 7-episode stint as Ross' girlfriend on Friends.

The Thing on TV

CRACKED.COM The TV version of The Thing is almost a different movie. The edit of John Carpenter's movie CBS debuted in 1986 was weird, even by TV edit standards. Not only was a lot of the gore cut out, but a voiceover narration was added in for some reason. Also, the ending is made much less ambiguous by heavily implying the Thing escaped.

The Boys

Turns out that, like so many of us, the 44th president is a fan of The Boys. That was one of Obama's picks for the best shows of 2020, alon with the miniseries Mrs. America (a slightly less surprising choice). CRACKED.COM

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