American TV was the setting for the first dramatic portrayal of Miss Marple with Gracie Fields, the legendary British actress, playing her in a 1956 episode of Goodyear TV Playhouse based on A Murder Is Announced, the 1950 Christie novel.

This episode was taken up by the modern Turkish writer Nedim Gürsel and made into the setting of his 2001 novel Le voyage de Candide à Istanbul.

Over the next few years the kingdom was threatened not only by Saladin and Nur ad-Din, but also by the Hashshashin ; in one episode, the Knights Templar murdered some Hashshashin envoys, leading to further disputes between Amalric and the Templars.

The episode at Blake Hall was so traumatic that she reproduced it in almost perfect detail in her novel, Agnes Grey.

The first a pastoral opera, L ' amore innocente ( Innocent Love ) was a light hearted comedy set in the Austrian mountains, and the second was based on an episode from Cervantes Don Quixote – Don Chisciotte alle nozze di Gamace ( Don Quixote at the Marriage of Camacho ).

* In episode 13, season 2 of 30 Rock entitled Succession Tracey Jordan says that he is Mozart and Frank is the guy who was always jealous of Mozart.

* The musical was also referenced in an episode of Glee.

Paul of Tarsus sailed for Europe for the first time from Alexandria Troas and returned there from Europe ( it was there that the episode of the raising of Eutychus later occurred ).

In 1997, the episode " Hedda Hopper's Hollywood " was ranked # 62 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.

Although none of the characters from The Beverly Hillbillies ever appeared on Green Acres, an episode of Green Acres was named after The Beverly Hillbillies.

The song was sung by Jerry Scoggins ( backed by Flatt and Scruggs ) over the opening and end credits of each episode.

In the summer of 1993, Dick Zimmerman, a 44-year-old retired broadcasting executive from Larkspur, California, happened to see the episode in which Butt-head joked, “ Hey, Beavis, let ’ s go over to Stewart ’ s house and light firecracker in his cat ’ s butt .” Five days later, a cat was found killed by a firecracker in nearby Santa Cruz.

The group said that Settle was influenced by the episode titled " Ball Breakers ," in which Beavis and Butt-Head loaded a bowling ball with explosives and dropped it from a rooftop.

Later, in a Rolling Stone interview, Mike Judge was asked if Daria is coming back and he said, " No. There's sort of a cameo in one episode.

A preview of the episode " Holy Cornholio " was also shown.

Another Eartha Kitt collaboration, " My Discarded Men ," was choreographed on the episode " Top 14 Perform " of So You Think You Can Dance season 8.

Holly was depicted in the Quantum Leap episode entitled " How the Tess Was Won " although his identity isn't revealed until the very end of the episode.

An episode involving Taco Bell taco shells was particularly well publicized.

* Another parody was used on the episode of Saturday Night Live William Shatner hosted in 1986, called " Ollie North, The Mute Marine.

The NOVA / Horizon episode The Case of the Bermuda Triangle, aired on June 27, 1976, was highly critical, stating that " When we've gone back to the original sources or the people involved, the mystery evaporates.

Mumy also played the character of young Pip, a boy who enjoyed playing with his father but was always ignored, in the episode " In Praise of Pip " ( September 1963 ), and the character of Billy Bayles, a boy who talks to his dead grandmother through a toy telephone, in the episode " Long Distance Call " ( March 1961 ).

A customized 1969 American Motors AMX was built by George Barris for the second regular season episode.

* 1962: The Lucy Show ( executive producer ) ( 1 episode, 1962 )

Like Brooke, he is uncritical of the show's journalistic tactics ( although in the episode Judge and Jury, he has reservations about their persecution of a priest accused of rape, mainly because he is a lapsed Catholic ); in fact he is usually the confidante of the executive producers, and the one they can trust to do what is needed to get a good story, or to persuade Mike to present a story.

He is fired by the network in the first episode of series 2, although he is never shown on screen in that episode ; the real reason for this is that Lawrence died of lung cancer between the filming of series 1 and series 2, forcing the writers to create a new executive producer character, Sam ( see below ).

According to the show's executive producer, Terry Lickona, this is the first and only time in the show's long history that an episode went unaired.

In the DVD commentary for the series finale episode " Freak Nation ", executive producer and co-creator Charles H. Eglee detailed what was planned for season 3.

True Hollywood Story episode featuring Dynasty, former ABC executive Ted Harbert stated, " The truth is we didn't really believe that we had this thing done as a hit until Joan Collins walked down that courtroom aisle.

In the series finale of the Emmy Award-winning, critically acclaimed series Arrested Development ( which he executive produced and narrated ), Howard appears as himself in an epilogue at the end of the episode and refers to himself as " a Hollywood icon ".

According to executive producer Al Jean, the writers often used McClure as a " panic button " and added the character when they felt an episode needed more humor.

A noteworthy episode in Beery's life is chronicled in the 5th episode of Ken Burns ' documentary The National Parks: America's Best Idea: In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order creating Jackson Hole National Monument to protect the land adjoining the Grand Tetons in Wyoming.

However, in the episode " Anniversary ", he admits he has always known their names but pretends to forget — " an old executive ploy to put people at a disadvantage.

He was the executive producer for Dark Shadows for The WB Television Network ; however, it was canceled before the pilot episode aired.

For the first five seasons, from 1976 to 1980, the show was set in Milwaukee ( executive producer Thomas L. Miller's home town ), taking place from roughly 1959 ( one early episode involves the girls ' three-year high school reunion of the Fillmore High Class of 1956 ) through the early 1960s.

In his " Production Notes: Doodles in the Margins of Time " in 2007, Doctor Who executive producer Russell T Davies cites " The Zeppo " along with Star Trek: The Next Generation episode " Lower Decks " as an influence on his 2006 Doctor Who episode " Love & Monsters ".

He also serves as executive producer and writes the story for each episode.

Jeff Garlin also serves as an executive producer and has directed an episode of the series.

A plot twist that involved Homer being carried away to an eagle nest and being raised as a baby eagle was suggested for this episode by executive producer James L. Brooks, but they ended up going with Maggie being raised by bears instead.

In the Angel season one episode " Sanctuary ", Faith forms a bond with the vampire-with-a-soul Angel ; executive producer David Greenwalt explains Angel can help her because he alone is able to understand the suffering she has been through and how to help her atone for her sins.

During the fourth season in 1992, he appeared only in the ( 1992 – 93 ) season opener, though he remained the executive producer and thus stayed in the opening credits until the tenth episode.

Michael White, the theatre impresario and Rocky Horror Show producer who had been brought in by Richardson as executive producer on the series, appeared in this episode as Monsoon's producer, who had been responsible for axing Eddie's television comeback show – called Back to Normal with Eddie Monsoon.

In the season 10 ( 2006 ) episode " Cartoon Wars Part II ", Kyle expresses his opinions on censorship, and iterates Parker and Stone's sentiments on the topic by telling a television executive " Either it's all okay, or none of it is " in regard to whether any subject should remain off-limits to satire.

Following the first and last episode (" The Pilot "), executive Russell's obsession with Elaine has cost George and Jerry a shot at getting a TV series.