28 Random Bits of TV Trivia That End on a Cliffhanger So They Can’t Cancel Us Between Seasons

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28 Random Bits of TV Trivia That End on a Cliffhanger So They Can’t Cancel Us Between Seasons
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Ever since we heard that we might be on the chopping block, we started devising a plan to stay employed. See, we’ve been giving our readers complete TV fact lists all along, when we really should’ve been saving the last one for the following list! 

TV cliffhangers do it all the time, and they hook us like the little TV-loving fishies we are. So today we gathered up the most thrilling batch of TV facts you’ve ever seen. Then, just as you’re dying to know how the list ends, we end it at number two. While you’re dying to find out the number 1 fact, we’ll start watching our numbers soar and our bosses bowing down to greatness!

Everybody Loves Raymond

EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND CRACKED.COM In its 5th season, it began topping Friends and Frasier in ratings, with 20.4 million viewers per episode. Proving that everyone indeed loved Raymond, the series finale, which aired on May 16, 2005, pulled in 32.9 million viewers.

Star Trek

STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION CRACKED.COM Despite its success, the 7 season series ended on May 23, 1994 to shift focus to the upcoming films. Season 7 received an Emmy nom for Outstanding Drama, the series finale, All Good Things, is hailed as one of the show's best episodes, and was watched by 31 million viewers.

Golden Girls

GOLDEN GIRLS CRACKED.COM The first 5 seasons had over 20 million viewers per episode, but ratings started to drop with 16.5 mill in season 6, and 13.1 mill in 7. On May 9, 1992, the beloved series finale centered on Dorothy's wedding to Blanche's uncle (played by Leslie Nielsen) and brought in 27.2 million viewers.

X-Men

WOLVERINE AND THE X-Men SPenT 26 ePISODES PReVenTInG THE APOCALYPSE. AND A MUTANT nAmeD APOCALYPSE TOOK over THE WORLD INSTEAD. In this incarnation of the X-Men franchise, Professor x is exploded into a coma in the first episode and Wolverine takes over the team. The professor then contacts Wolvie from the future to tell him that the world will be taken over by giant mutant-killing robots. In the Season 1 finale, Wolverine and his team finally succeed in preventing the bad future ... only to be contacted by Professor X, who tells them that their victory has given rise to

24

JOHN KeeLeR WAS THE PRESIDENT in SEASON 4 OF 24. 9:4 THen YADDAH YADDAH YADDAH, HIS VP WAS SWORN in. We get that 24 was fairly notorious for dropping characters. But this was the leader of the free world. In one scene Keeler is critically injured in an aerial assault on Air Force One. Then Charles Logan, his Machiavellian vice president, is sworn in. So, Keeler died? Without a national day of mourning, a funeral, or any mention at all? CRACKED.COM http:/24whia.com/wildDay_4

The Big Bang Theory

on THE BIG BANG THEORY, LEONARD AND DR. STEPHANIE Live TOGeTHeR. BUT THen SUDDENLY, THEY Don'T. Despite Sheldon's enthusiasm about the relationship, Leonard felt it was going too fast. But every time he tried to slow things down, they'd wind up having sex. The last we see of her is in The Vartabedian Conundrum when Leonard texts Stephanie suggesting she move out, and once again they wind up in bed together. She is never seen again. CRACKED.COM http //bigbangtheory wikia .com/wiki/Stephanie Barnett

Empire

EMPIRE was almost The Lyon's Roar. That was creator Danny Strong's original idea for the title, however, Fox quickly stepped in and decided to change it. Strong says he appreciated their interference because he's terrible at coming up with titles. CRACKED.COM

Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt

UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT was originally Tooken. Tina Fey got the idea for Tooken from her kid, who said the word after something was taken from her. NBC, the network where the show was originally going to air on, wholeheartedly refused to use a made-up baby word as a title. CRACKED.COM

The L Word

THE L WORD was almost Earthlings. llene Chaiken originally wanted to call her show Earthlings-which is a slang term lesbians use when asking if another girl is gay. The title proved to be too confusing, as most people aren't familiar with lesbian slang, so they decided to go with The L Word. CRACKED.COM

Rugrats

RUGRATS was almost Onesomething. Before coming up with Rugrats, creator Arlene Klasky wanted to call the show Onesomething-a reference to the late '80s show Thirtysomething. CRACKED.COM

Stranger Things

STRANGER THINGS was almost Montauk. The show was originally supposed to be set in Montauk, New York, and the title was a reflection of that. The now-iconic title only came to be after the Duffer brothers decided to change the setting to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. CRACKED.COM

Hannah Montana

HANNAH MONTANA Hannan MONTANA was almost Alexis Texas. Miley Cyrus's breakout character and the show itself were initially going to be called Alexis Texas. This quickly changed after the creators discovered that Alexis Texas was the name of a popular porn actress. CRACKED.COM

Happy Days

HAPPY DAYS was almost COOL. That's what the show's creator, Garry Marshall, wanted to call it. However, the name made test audiences think it was a brand of cigarettes, so it got changed to Happy Days at the suggestion of one of the producers. CRACKED.COM

Big Mouth

BIG MOUTH was originally Bar Mitzvah Boys. Andrew Goldberg originally planned on making Bar Mitzvah Boys-an animated show about a group of Jewish schoolboys. This changed after Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett came on board and suggested the show be about puberty in general. CRACKED.COM

Tim and Eric

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS TIM AND ERIC AWESOME SHOW GREAT JOB! GRACKED.COM How did they come up with the show's name? Producer Bob Odenkirk suggested that Tim and Eric be part of the title. Eric Wareheim came up with Awesome Show. And Tim Heidecker chipped in with Great Job! It's a good thing they didn't have more people making suggestions.

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Margaret Thatcher

17 Surprising (True) Facts About Awful People - While prime minister, she was a big fan of the political sitcom Yes, Minister. She even wrote and star
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Love of Life

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Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood

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The Wire

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