Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jone...  ...omedy troupe. In October of 1969 they debuted the TV show Monty Python’s Flying Circus on Britis...  ...how Monty Python’s Flying Circus on British TV , and the world hasn’t been the same since....

During the 1983-’84 television season, NBC m...  ...response would be to try something different, but TV executives are not known for taking chances. A pu...

Depending on your age, you might recall Betty Whit...  ...y of those shows. She was cast in an experimental TV show in 1939! Yes, there was television back then...  ...ned, Betty White received a title for the Longest TV Career for a Female Entertainer. The record showe...  ...w biz. The year before, the title f...

Looking back from almost 40 years later, it’...  ...years later, it’s hard to believe that the TV show Mork & Mindy only ran for four years. It...  ...rs-obsessed young son wanted to see a spaceman on TV . Paris remembered the success of "Walnut," and Mo...  ...plenty more to learn about Mork &am...

Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website or at Facebook.The Andy Griffith Show ran for 8 seasons on CBS (1960-1968). It remains with us, not only...

The days of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs busti...  ...and even architecture. Read the behind-the-scenes trivia about Miami Vice at mental_floss.

Moonlighting, which aired from 1985 to '89, was a...  ...hich aired from 1985 to '89, was a groundbreaking TV show for its time. Movie star Cybill Shepherd pla...  ...ERED BEFORE BRUCE WILLIS.Bruce Willis (whose lone TV credit before 1985 was as "Tony Amato" in an epis...  ...was un-castable.That’s just a...

What? South Park is going into its 20th season? Wh...  ...t Stone and Trey Parker have broken new ground in TV animation. And whether you are a casual observer...  ...vid fan, there’s probably something in this trivia list, presented completely in images, that you&rs...  ...first time. See all 20 facts abo...

The first season of Dallas in 1978 wasn’t wa...  ...watched all that much. I was in college without a TV , anyway. But it really took off in its third seas...  ...980 was “Who shot JR?” and the modern TV cliffhanger was born. That wasn’t the only...  ...new ground and left a legacy that i...

Hills Street Blues was a breakthrough series that turned the concept of a cop show on its head. There were multiple cases in each episode, some that were resolved, some that continued to the next episode, and some that w...