26 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Saturday, November 29, 2025

A 20 piece McNugget could never satisfy your thirst for knowledge like these Trivia Nuggets.
26 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Saturday, November 29, 2025
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Happy lunch time, folks. Are you hungry? I sure am! I made the mistake of skipping breakfast this morning, and it's not quite lunchtime yet. As such, my coworkers' ears have been graced by a raucous symphony from my very empty and upset stomach. Admittedly, I've been perusing the Word Wide Web to figure out what I should eat today. I've been quite the healthy eater all week, so perhaps I will treat myself to something a little naughty: Taco Bell? A Whopper? Some McNuggets, perhaps?

No matter what I end up putting in my stomach, I know nothing will ever truly quench my desire for more knowledge. Nothing, except these bite-sized bits of trivia about the history of television. 

Breaking Bad (Again)

CRACKED.COM Raymond Cruz had to bow out early from BREAKING BAD due to other commitments. Deprived of Tuco Salamanca, Vince Gilligan decided to replace him with an antagonist who was Tuco's complete opposite - eerily calm instead of a raging maniac. So Gus Fring was born.

Star Trek: Phase II

Star Trek: Phase II A This was the flagship show for Paramount's brand new TV network in 1978, before they changed their mind and scrapped it.
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Jonathan Wolff

Jonathan Wolff has written theme music for over seventy television shows, including WILL & GRACE and WHO'S THE BOSS? Music Consultants Group, Inc. His

Mister Ed

Mister Ed won a Golden Globe for Best Television Series - Comedy in 1963. The show about a talking horse and his owner, Wilbur, has aged like milk. Wh

Top Chef

Seth Caro had an anxiety attack during the first season of TOP CHEF Just Desserts T L The incident made the show. What didn't was the aftermath. After

Harley Quinn

Harley Quinn manifested herself. CRACKED.COM Arleen Sorkin's turn as a mischievous jester in a bizarre episode of Days of Our LivES directly inspired Paul Dini to create Harley Quinn. Sorkin voiced the clownette in Batman: The Animated Series, and in lots of subsequent cartoons and video games.

Saturday Morning TV

Coyote/I Road Runner cartoons were a staple of Saturday morning TV. They were created as satire. In 1949, chase cartoons were something of a trope. An

Slice O’ Life

COMEDY NERD Marc Maron and Rainn Wilson were both going to do a sitcom called Slice O' Life. It'd be about a TV news show about human interest stories. Maron would be a producer's assistant while Wilson would be a sound guy. CRACKED.COM

True Detective

TRUE DETECTIVE was almost The Murder Ballads. Producer Cary Fukunaga thought True Detective was too pulpy and wanted to call the show The Murder Ballads. Не dropped the idea after recognizing that a more all-inclusive title was needed for an anthology series. CRACKED.COM

Freaks and Geeks

Canceled? Really? - FREAKS AND GEEKS NBC gave it the dreaded Saturday night slot, then interrupted its run four times, making it impossible for fans to find it. Execs wished the characters were cooler, and canceled it just before a wave of shows about nerds and outcasts started becoming popular. CRACKED

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Looper

The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy

Fred Willard The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy The Spinal Tap actor portrayed The Boogeyman, a recurring villain on the show. The character was the main antagonist of the TV special Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure. CRACKED.COM

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David Hasselhoff

David Hasselhoff CRACKEDCON After Baywatch, he struggled to reach the same level of success in the soap opera scene. He struggled even harder when he

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26 TV Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Saturday, November 29, 2025

Benedict Cumberbatch

BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH RISKED HIS OWN SAFETY TO PREVENT A ROBBERY. Late one night, the actor saw a bicycle delivery guy surrounded by some men. He stopp

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