During the show's popular, although short-lived production, Bixby as always, invited a few old friends along to co-star such as Pamela Britton ( in her final role ), Kristina Holland and Ralph O ' Hara.

Plato actually returned for several appearances during the show's final 1986 season, which appeared on ABC, including an episode ( Plato's final appearance in the series ) in which Kimberly suffers the effects of bulimia.

After The Edge of Nights 1984 cancellation, reruns of the show's final five years were shown on the USA Network's latenight schedule from 1985 to 1989.

The show's final episode in 1980 was titled " Woe to Wo Fat ," in which McGarrett finally saw his foe Wo go to jail.

In the show's final episode " Chosen ", Buffy shares her power with her fellow Slayers before leading them into an epic battle against an army of Turok-Han vampires.

From 2007, Shepherd appeared on the Showtime drama, The L Word as the character Phyllis Kroll for the show's final three seasons.

In the premiere show of the final season of The Oprah Winfrey Show on September 10, 2010, Simon surprised Oprah and the audience with a song dedicated to Oprah and her show lasting 25 years ( an update of a song he did for her show's 10th anniversary ).

For the show's final two seasons, Schoolhouse Rock mainstay Lynn Ahrens ( who composed and performed a few Captain Kangaroo songs herself ) composed a new theme, entitled " Here Comes Captain Kangaroo ".

The three regulars also served as guest hosts for when Davidson was unavailable ; in one of those instances, for one week at the beginning of the show's final season, Stevens hosted while Bullock was the center square and Howard Stern announced.

Otherwise, the Davidson series was produced at the Hollywood Center Studios, except for a short time the program was taped at the NBC Burbank Studios ( the show's home base for all but the final syndicated year of the Marshall era ) and The Prospect Studios in the last few weeks of the first season.

This music package was re-arranged / recorded for the show's final season.

For its last two seasons, the show's affiliate count went down significantly due in large part to a daily syndicated version that debuted in September 1979 ( although some markets, like New York, kept both shows on the air as WABC-TV continued to air episodes of Match Game PM into its final season ).

", and ending with the show's name as the final lyric.

By the final season, Serling, stung by criticism and ignored by the show's executives, all but disowned the series.

Toward the end of the show's final season, actress Julie Hill was added to the cast as Monica, Ed's attractive 18-year-old adopted niece.

After the show's final episode aired, Wolfe wrote and published a one-act play entitled " Coda " that explained his intended plans for the show without contradicting the already aired episodes.

The show's Emmy winning final episode has been alluded to many times in other series ' closing episodes, such as the finale of St.

" Johnson Wax sponsored the show through 1950 ; Pet Milk through 1952 ; and, until the show's final half-hour episode in mid-1953, Reynolds Aluminum.

In the series ' final episode " The Last Episode Ever ", Jay is revealed to be the show's animator, as he constantly re-draws the physical forms of Dante and Randal ( similar to one of Bugs Bunny's antics in Looney Tunes ) toward the end of the episode.

In February 2007, Rosenbaum confirmed that he would be leaving Smallville after season seven of the show, but later returned to the show's final episode.

For the show's final season ( 1972 – 1973 ), Rowan and Martin assumed the executive producer roles from George Schlatter ( known on-air as " CFG ", which stood for " Crazy Fucking George ") and Ed Friendly.

The two approved and offered Mirkin a freelance job writing one of the final nine episodes of show's first season, pending their commissioning by NBC.

Mirkin did not have time, but worked as writer and consultant on the show's first season, and later returned to direct the 1998 final season episode " The Beginning of the End ".

He will guest star again in the show's sixth season.

Segments of the pilot were recreated in the sixth episode of the show's first season.

According to the show's producer, Sam Lovullo, the ratings showed improvement with these classic reruns ; however, the series was finally canceled in 1993 at the conclusion of its 25th season.

These often opened with the show's main title logo within the teaser scene ; from season four onward, the show began using an anthropomorphic version of the logo in the opening scenes, using various animations.

Producers argued for its cancellation because of its falling ratings, afraid that the show's legacy might be damaged if it were renewed for another season.

In January 2012, Abdul announced that she would not be returning as a judge for the show's second season.

In October 2004, coinciding with the start of the show's fourth season and months before the cancellation announcement, Paramount revealed plans to release the four seasons of Enterprise to DVD in North America during 2005.

In the show's fourth season, Kes is replaced on the ship by Seven of Nine, a Borg drone ( known colloquially as Seven ), who was assimilated as a six-year-old Human girl but liberated from the collective by the Voyager crew.

Magneto and Professor X spent much of the show's second season trapped in the Savage Land ( Xavier's legs having fortunately been restored as a result of the loss of his powers ) until Sinister used them as bait to lure the X-Men into a trap in the season finale, Sinister's forces subsequently being defeated when Wolverine escaped capture and teamed up with Ka-Zar to infiltrate the base and defeat Sinister.

The show's incarnations of Link and Zelda also appeared in various episodes of Captain N: The Game Master during its second season.

During the show's seventh season, star David Duchovny decided to leave the show, following a lawsuit against Fox.

The show's future was not to be, however, because John Doggett's presence gave only a small ratings boost to the show's eighth season.

This television show's action and straightforward story-telling left little time for personal stories involving wives or girlfriends, though a two-part story in the first season dealt with the loss of McGarrett's sister's baby.

In the show's second season ( 1997 – 1998 ), Buffy continues to come to terms with her destiny, finds forbidden love with benevolent vampire Angel ( David Boreanaz ), and clashes with new villains Spike ( James Marsters ) and Drusilla ( Juliet Landau ).

Between 2001 and 2004, Joss Whedon and Jeph Loeb developed a 4-minute pilot episode for Buffy the Animated Series, which was set during the show's first season.

The show's board of directors plan to run a short 10 week season rather than risk losing $ 25, 000 a day in a shaky post-war economy.

After the show's successful first season, consultants were brought in to make suggestions for the show, including changing Janine to a more maternal character, giving every character a particular " job " ( Peter is the funny one, Egon is the smart one, and Winston, the only black character, was to be the driver ), and to add kids into the show.

As well as its regular car chases, jumps and stunts, the show relied on character familiarity, with Deputy Cletus replacing Deputy Enos in the third and fourth season, and Coy and Vance Duke temporarily replacing Bo and Luke ( due to a salary dispute ) in the fifth season, being the only major cast changes through the show's run ( Ben Jones and James Best both left temporarily during the second season due to different disputes with producers, but both returned within a couple of episodes ).

In the show's first season Eastwood earned $ 750 ( US $ in dollars ) an episode.

After appearing alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt in the 2010 television film The Client List, Shepherd became a regular on the series based on the film in 2012 and will continue this role in the show's second season in 2013.