30 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Monday, December 8, 2025

You could rewatch your comfort show, or you could learn some BTS facts about it... or both. Both is good.
30 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Monday, December 8, 2025
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Everyone these days has a go-to comfort show to put on for background noise and cozy vibes. The show in question doesn't have to be particularly calming; plenty of people watch unsettling, violent, or dramatic shows on repeat. The comfort comes more from the sense of familiarity, nostalgia, and reliable emotional escape from reality. 

I personally love putting on Twin Peaks in the fall; even if I'm not paying attention to the screen, it puts me in a mysterious, wintry mood that pairs beautifully with a hot cup of coffee and a donut. Maybe your comfort show is featured in this collection of TV facts!

 

The Simpsons

The Simpsons CRACKEDGO America's favorite jaundiced family first appeared as a short on The Tracey UlIman Show.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

ect Will Smith is older than Uncle Phil was at the beginning of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED COM

How I Met Your Mother

THE KIDS FROM HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER HAD TO KEEP THE SHOW'S ENDING A SECRET FOR ALMOST NINE YEARS. The ending of the show was filmed in Season 1 SO tha

I just know my kid self especially would have cracked.

Stranger Things

Stranger Things Season 3 has a ton of Back To The Future references. 12 For example, there's the black-cat clock that shows up on Mrs. Driscoll's wall it looks exactly like the clock that Doc Brown has. CRACKED.COM

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Game of Thrones

The dragons in Game of Thrones are actually wyverns. CRACKED.COM The difference between a wyvern and a dragon is that a wyvern has 2 legs and a dragon has 4 legs. They also happen to be make-believe, so it doesn't really matter.

“House of the Wyvern” honestly doesn't sound half bad.

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Millie Bobby Brown

Millie Bobby Brown got turned down by Game of Thrones once. And it nearly drove her to stop acting. I was auditioning for commercials, for anything really. I then auditioned for Game of Thrones and I got a 'no' for that and then that was when I was like, Oh, this is really difficult.' ... but getting Stranger Things gave her that hope of doing it all again.OM

In some strange, alternate universe, Millie Bobby Brown is our Arya Stark, and Maise Williams is our Eleven.

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Saul of the Mole Men

Saul of the Mole Men 2007 AA411 If you can imagined a weirder version of Land of the Lost, you'd get this show. The theme song was sung by Trey Parker.

Saul Goodman

For his role in Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk wasn't just pretending as a Cinnabon worker; he knew what he was doing. That's because he was trained b

The Walking Dead

There was absolutely no narrative reason for The Walking Dead to spend a season on a farm. THE IMPROVISATION: The network axed the Season 2 budget bef

Jim Parsons in The Big Bang Theory

Jim Parsons Obsessively Writes And Types His Big Bang Theory Lines. BAZINGA! BAZINGA! BAZINGA! SAMSUNE Parsons Parsons claims his preparations for the

These types of facts really make you wonder if some actors are even really playing roles.

The House of Black and White in Game of Thrones

THE HOUSE OF BLACK AND WHITE IS NO MORE THAN AN ENTRANCE in front of massively wide green panels.

I Love Lucy

I LOVE LUCY, CBS The cast's wardrobe, as well as the set and props, were all shades of gray to make sure that the show looked good in black and white. CRACKED.COM

Golden Girls

CRACKED.COM THE GOLDEN GIRLS was inspired by MIAMI VICE. In 1984, NBC shot a humorous skit titled Miami Nice, starring two older actresses, for a special advertising their new shows (like Miami Vice). Execs liked it, and the idea was developed into a full series about old ladies living in Miami.

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

Recurring at Late Night Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Created, puppeteered, and voiced by Robert Smigel, Triumph first appeared in 1997on Late Night, and followed Conan to The Tonight Show and his TBS show. Не was nominated for a Best Comedy Album Grammy in 2005. CRACKED

Thirty minutes is a lot different than thirty seconds!

CRACKED CAVEMEN: FROM GEICO AD TO FAILED SITCOM. Geico's original so easy a caveman could do it ads were pretty funny, but did not warrant their own show. The ABC sitcom only lasted 6 episodes and was dubbed one of the worst sitcoms of all time.

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Heather Graham

Disastrous Comedy 2006 Emily's Reasons Why Not The ABC sitcom starring Heather Graham was canceled after one episode. Programming chief Steve McPherson said, It's not going to get better. Apparently ABC committed to the show without even seeing its pilot. CRACKED

Sony Pictures Television

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George Foreman

Disastrous Comedy 1993 George Thinking he was a draw, ABC gave former heavyweight champion George Foreman a TV comedy about a retired boxer running a youth center, forgetting that he's not an actor or comedian. The show bombed and was canceled in two months (leaving one episode unaired). CRACKED

Sony Pictures Television

TV Insider

Beyond Westworld

BEYOND WESTWORLD 3 EPISODES had no future CRACKED Before HBO, there was a CBS show about Westworld's head of security hunting evil robots. It wasn't exactly Blade Runner.

Source: IGN

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