" That is the basis of the show's signature " Host Chat ", an unscripted on-air conversation between the co-hosts which opens each show in a segment lasting about twenty minutes.

While on location, the co-hosts transplant the franchise's own brand of entertainment-oriented talk with the beauty of the particular location providing a colorful backdrop to the show's segments.

The show's format resembled a former CNN show called Crossfire, which similarly had co-hosts on both the left and right.

Through the show's history, other co-hosts included John Saunders, Robin Roberts, Bill Pidto, and Stuart Scott.

Matthew Berry, one of the show's regular co-hosts, was absent due to a fantasy football draft in Las Vegas.

She included renowned ad-libbers in the show — particularly Fred Allen ( he and his longtime sidekick and wife, Portland Hoffa, appeared so often they could have been the show's regular co-hosts ) and Groucho Marx, both of whom appeared on the first season's finale and appeared jointly on three other installments.

The show featured Robert " The T-Man " Tepper, who was known for never showing his face to audiences, as well as co-hosts Pasty Dave ( who was the show's producer ), Hot Shot Scott, Vinnie The Pooh and Tari.

The show's only regular panelists were the co-hosts — Bauman sat on the panel during Match Game and the Super Match, while Rayburn sat on the panel during Hollywood Squares.

Also featured were two music videos (" Long Hard Road Out of Hell " by Marilyn Manson and " Criminal " by Fiona Apple ) not included in any of the show's regular episodes.

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

The characters and situations were often thinly-disguised parodies of recent real events and real people, giving the show's comedy a black edge.

Enrico Colantoni also stars as the leader of an alien race who ask the actors for help, believing the show's adventures were real.

* School Scenes: There were always school scenes during the show's run.

The show's additional legacy — probably its main one to most of the Southern and rural viewers in particular — was the hundreds of performances of country music, bluegrass, gospel music, and other traditional styles, that were featured on it during its run.

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.

Early episodes of Dark Shadows were rerun on PBS stations in the early 1970s after the show's cancellation, and the entire series ( except the single missing episode ) was rerun on the SciFi Channel in the 1990s.

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.

Initial work on Star Trek: Voyager started in 1993, and seeds for the show's backstory, including the development of the Maquis, were placed in several Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episodes.

Also seen throughout the show's run were many different brands of cereal, e. g. Cheerios.

The show's creators claim that they were not engaging in a product placement strategy for commercial gain.

Thirteen animated Zelda shorts were featured within the show's 65-episode run.

Another 20 actresses were auditioned before the show's casting director suggested that producers Brian Clemens and Albert Fennell check out a televised drama featuring the relatively unknown Rigg.

Throughout the rehearsal period, the New York newspapers were filled with articles about gang warfare, keeping the show's plot timely.

Most of the show's 26 episodes from series 1-3 that were videotaped in black and white and broadcast 1965-68 no longer exist ; they were wiped by the BBC during the late 1960s and early ' 70s.

As the show's popularity rose, many celebrities were eager to perform with the Muppets on television and in film.

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.

It was also the first time a show's educational effects on young children were studied, and the first time both summative and formative research were reflected in a television show's content.

In 2001 there were over 120 million viewers of various international versions of Sesame Street, and by the show's 40th anniversary in 2009, it was broadcast in more than 140 countries.

Many of the show's storylines were taken from the experiences of its writing staff, cast, and crew, most notably, the 1982 death of Will Lee — who played Mr. Hooper — and the marriage of Luis and Maria in 1988.

Veteran comedy actor Les Lye played numerous recurring characters and was initially the only adult to perform in the show's sketches, although actress Abby Hagyard later joined the show to become " the other grown-up " in the cast roster, and frequently played " Mom " opposite Lye's role as " Dad.

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.

Television anchor news Yigal Ravid, singer and 1992 contestant Dafna Dekel and model / actress Sigal Shahamon were the show's hosts, and it was the first time that three presenters were used to host the Contest.

In the show's pilot the role of matriarch, Nora Walker, had been played by actress Betty Buckley.

This led to the departure of the show's first break-out popular character, after just 20 episodes, Franky Doyle, when actress Carol Burns chose to leave the series, feeling that she could not continue her portrayal with the increased production rate.

Sonia Manzano, the actress who played Maria, had married and become pregnant ; according to the book Sesame Street Unpaved, published after the show's thirtieth anniversary in 1999, Manzano's real-life experiences gave the show's writers and producers the idea.

The show's theme song was sung by singer / comedian / actress / writer Rachel Sweet.

Author and TV panelist Dr. Bergen Evans was the show's expert authority, and actress Wendy Barrie did the " Living Lipstick " commercials.

For example: several skits from the cult 1960s TV show At Last the 1948 Show were resuscitated by John Cleese ( one of that show's creators ) and performed by him with various Amnesty show cast members, including fellow Pythons ( Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Graham Chapman ) and other peers ( John Bird, John Fortune and Tim Brooke-Taylor ( the last also an At Last the 1948 Show writer / star ), younger performers ( Rowan Atkinson and Griff Rhys Jones ), and Cleese's then wife, actress / writer Connie Booth.

Supposedly, actress King disagreed with the show's concept and direction and decided to leave the show.

For the first five series the show's creators Richard Fegen and Andrew Norriss co-wrote the show, after which they left, along with actress Julia St John who played Laura.

White won one Emmy Award, for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series, for the first season of The Golden Girls and was nominated in that category every year of the show's run ( the only cast member to receive that distinction — Getty was also nominated every year, but in the supporting actress category ).

Originally Cassie Chan was going to absorb the Pink Lost Galaxy Ranger powers, but actress Patricia Ja Lee decided to quit after a dispute with the show's producers.

Born Charles T. Aldrich, Jr., in New York City, the son of British actress Gloria Gordon and her vaudevillian husband Charles Aldrich, Gale Gordon's first big radio break came via the recurring roles of " Mayor La Trivia " and " Foggy Williams " on Fibber McGee and Molly, before playing Rumson Bullard on the show's successful spinoff, The Great Gildersleeve.

Her personal success mirrored the show's success — she was nominated for an Emmy Award for lead actress during each of her first three seasons of the show.

Raquel Lee ( born October 13, 1986 ) is an American actress, who appeared on The Amanda Show during the show's first season.

A popular actress, much of the show's early success had to do with Susan's rivalry with Julie Olson ( played by Susan Seaforth Hayes ).

The show's producers originally sought comic actress Beatrice Lillie in the Diller role.

The granddaughter and original companion of the First Doctor, she was played by actress Carole Ann Ford from 1963 to 1964, in the show's first season and the first two stories of the second season.

Later in the show's run radio personality Jerry Wayne replaced Stockwell as Rudolph and actress Edith Fellows replaced Roberts as Marinka.

A competent actress with a pleasant speaking voice, she was employed for two of the show's episodic serials: Boys of the Western Sea and Annette.

The 1979 Emmy awards introduced the supporting actor and actress categories, meaning that five awards were given out that year, a first in the awards show's history.

Biographies of the actress reveal that she was reportedly devastated by the show's failure, and never again attempted another series or feature film ; her subsequent interviews and other TV appearances were extremely infrequent.

The stigma of the deaths of several cast members during the show's run, as well as the ill health of actress Jane Rose are also said to have been factors in the show's cancellation.