By 1999, the show's animation department consisted of Palmer, 20 animators, 11 digital designers, and 5 art directors and model makers.

The designers must work with the homeowner to come up with a design, shop for supplies and redecorate the selected area within a 32-hour time frame, though during the beginning of the show's run, the designers designed a room, and it was a surprise to the helping homeowner / friend when the host and designer showed up on the first day.

Farmer also enjoyed a teasing relationship with the show's designers and carpenters: where Strasser tended to lead with a nervous, mother-hen approach, Farmer was likely to chide the crew for wasting time or for their personal quirks such as Jason Cameron's sideline as a bodybuilder.

After the original show's run, Okawara and other designers created a number of variants of the Zaku.

She was chosen because her competitors were " too loud and obnoxious ", claimed one of the show's set designers.

In some circumstances, such as smaller makeovers or makeovers scheduled to be two-hour episodes, the lead designers lay out a general idea for their projects, and the show's backup designers take over.

" Similarly, a 1994 review in Game Players said " the designers of this action game took a standard story, plastered the Simpsons faces on boring characters, then threw in some of the show's running jokes.

The animators looked at Cape Cod photographs to get inspiration for the episode, and one of the show's background designers, Lance Wilder, grew up in that area.

She was created by one of the show's character designers, John Rice.

" Burt Ward, who portrayed Robin in the 1960s television show, has also remarked upon this interpretation in his autobiography Boy Wonder: My Life in Tights ; he writes that the relationship could be interpreted as a sexual one, with the show's double entendres and lavish camp also possibly offering ambiguous interpretation.

The show's premise is based on the fictional Seaver family, who reside at 15 Robin Hood Lane in Huntington, Long Island, New York, Dr. Jason Seaver ( Alan Thicke ), a psychiatrist, works from home because his wife, Maggie ( Joanna Kerns ), has gone back to work as a reporter.

While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.

The show's format is similar to that of other late-night shows, Robin makes jokes about recent news, shows sketches, and talks to a guest in the studio.

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

Robin Marrella acted as the on-camera stagehand for the show's first season.

Carolla brought up the fact that on-air personnel on radio shows, even long-running hit shows, earn extremely low salaries compared to the show's host and wondered what kind of money Melendez made considering he was way down in the show's pecking order, behind Howard, Robin, Fred, Jackie, and Gary.

Robin joined the writing staff of Six Feet Under as the show's first female writer in 2001.

The eldest son, Edward ( played by Glyn Owen during the first series and by Patrick O ' Connell for the remainder of the show's run ), prepares to take over the running of the business, only to find that his father has left equal shares to his two other sons, Brian ( Richard Easton ), a dull accountant and David ( Robin Chadwick ), a young graduate-and to his mistress and secretary Jennifer Kingsley ( Jennifer Wilson ).

* Helen Wagner ( 1938, deceased )-Longtime star of the soap opera, As The World Turns, for over 50 years, she uttered the show's first words in its debut in 1956.

In fact, Wagner spoke the show's very first line, " good morning, dear ," and would go on to witness its many broadcast transformations.

Wagner eventually returned to the role in 1985 and in 1986 she and an ailing MacLaughlin, who played her on-screen husband, were prominently featured in the show's 30th anniversary episode.

* Reed Halsey Philby ( Kathy Wagner ( Season 1 )/ Ashley Judd ( Seasons 2-4 )/ Noelle Parker ( Season 6 )): Alex and Wade's daughter Reed appeared on and off throughout the show's run and was played by three different actresses.

The show's premise involved Doodles dealing with an assignment to stage a no-budget television series using only the discarded costumes, sets, and props left behind by more popular network TV shows away for the summer.

Towards the end of the series Ares is himself replaced by the evil god, Dahak, who is the main villain in the show's fifth season and sets off a story arc that has Hercules traveling to Sumeria, Norseland and Éire.

) He has also directed episodes in three of them ( TNG, DS9 and VOY ) and was a popular and innovative director on the Star Trek set, often finding completely new ways to shoot the show's familiar sets.

On September 26, 2003, Comedy Central aired an hour long Tough Crowd themed stand-up comedy special called " Tough Crowd Stands Up " hosted by Quinn and featuring stand-up sets from the show's seven regulars: DiPaolo, Giraldo, Gold, Norton, O ' Neal, Robinson, and Vos.

Many of the show's other sets were built in a cleared out portion of the bowling alley such as the interiors of Stuckeyville High School, the courtroom, and The Smiling Goat.

It was first licensed only to cover Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the first three card sets were limited to that show's universe.

Jake decides to accept the risky job when he first sets eyes on the show's beautiful, down-to-earth hairdresser, Dylan, who wows him like nobody before after only coming to visit his Fun, Potty Mouthed Grandma Claire ( Suzanne Pleshette ) and presents a romantic challenge like nobody before.

In keeping with the show's tradition of " breaking the fourth wall ", the last episode ( fittingly titled " Lunar Eclipse ") featured Maddie and David returning from Agnes and Herbert's wedding to find the Blue Moon sets being taken away, and an ABC network executive waiting to tell them that the show had been canceled.

Such crossovers are generally immediately apparent as parodies to the audience — and in no way considered a part of either show's continuity — due to the need for the hosting show to approximate the sets and costumes of the satirized programmes quickly and inexpensively.

The show's production values improved over its five seasons, increasing and refining the use of sets, costumes and props.

The show would become a smash success not only in the U. S. but, in successive years, in syndication around the world, spawning a cottage industry of peripheral products, particularly in the show's first three seasons, including several series of bubble gum cards, two sets of fashion dolls, numerous posters, puzzles, and school supplies, novelizations of episodes, toy vans, and a board game, all featuring Smith's likeness.

Prior to the show's broadcast, it was stated that the set for the show, designed by the same designer of Conan's previous sets, John Shaffner, would be inspired by The Legally Prohibited Tour, adopting more of a " theatre " appearance than the previous shows.

Dini wrote a number of episodes of the 1983-85 animated TV series, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe that became favorites amongst the show's fans over the Internet, as well as contributing to interviews on the released box sets of the series, though Dini has made no secret of his distaste for Filmation and the He-Man concept.

Cassidy portrayed the role of the seasons primary antagonist Juliet Sharp who attends Columbia and sets out to ruin the life of the show's central character Serena van der Woodsen.

Peter Rhys-Davies was the crew member behind the show's sets pulling the lever that uncovered the correct answers on the board.

In early 2010, bulldozers moved in to the Lassiter's complex lot to the begin work on revamping the sets ahead of the show's 25th anniversary in March 2011.

Produced on digital video, the show's sets are almost completely virtual, using a green-screen chroma keyed process to place performers into virtual settings.

Although Star Maidens did not benefit from as large a budget, both series had the same music by Barry Gray, production designer ( Keith Wilson ), and various props, sets, and even sound effects from Space: 1999 were re-used for Star Maidens ( the show's opening credits, for example, includes special effects footage of the Moon travelling in space, as seen in Space: 1999 ).

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.

In 1983, antihero Len Fairclough ( Peter Adamson ), one of the show's central male characters since 1961, was killed off, and in 1984, Stan Ogden ( Bernard Youens ) died.

In A Hole In The Heart ( part 2 ), to placate a director from charity organisation Rotary, she allows the executive producer to yell at her and pretend to fire her over one of the show's decisions, when in reality she is receiving a large pay rise in return for her part of the act.

refers to the English word itself, the Japanese word for five ( the Mach 5's car number ), and the name of the show's main character, Go Mifune.

The series featured most of the original cast performing the voices for their characters, except for Pavel Chekov ( Walter Koenig ), who was omitted because the show's budget could not afford the complete cast.

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.

Although sold as a thriller in the mould of McGoohan's previous series, Danger Man ( US: Secret Agent ), the show's combination of 1960s countercultural themes and surreal setting had a far-reaching effect on science fiction / fantasy programming, and on popular culture in general.

Due to the show's strong themes of female empowerment, the most powerful members of the team are often female ( Buffy and Willow ), while the men play passive roles such as that of father-figure ( Giles ) and supportive best friend ( Xander ).

In the show, McGarrett oversaw State Police officers — a young officer, Danny Williams ( played by Tim O ' Kelly in the show's pilot but replaced in the regular series by James MacArthur ), Chin Ho Kelly ( played by Kam Fong Chun ) and Kono Kalakaua ( played by Zulu ) for seasons one through four.

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 ).

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.

On an episode of The Gadget Show ( first aired on 30 March 2009 ), the Psion was pitted against the BlackBerry for a place on the show's Hall of Fame.

Shortly after creating Sesame Street, its producers developed what came to be called " the CTW model " ( named for the show's production company, The Children's Television Workshop ), a system of television show planning, production, and evaluation based on collaborations between producers, writers, educators, and researchers.

The show's animation director was McCracken's former classmate Genndy Tartakovsky ( Dexter's Laboratory, Samurai Jack ), who also directed many episodes himself.

In fact, the only character to appear as a regular during all five seasons was FBI Agent Ronald Sandoval ( Von Flores ), the show's main antagonist.

The show's two judges / mentors are the original show's longest-serving Young Talent Team member Tina Arena ( who appeared from 1977 to 1983 – six years 6 Months ), and Filipino-American choreographer Charles Klapow, one of the winners of the Emmy Award for ‘ Outstanding Choreography ’ for High School Musical 2.

Special guest villains such as Cesar Romero ( the Joker ), Burgess Meredith ( the Penguin ), Julie Newmar and Eartha Kitt ( Catwoman ) and Joan Collins ( the Siren ) added to the show's mass appeal.

The show's many conflicting stories as to Moe's heritage have been sent up in the tie-in book The Book of Moe ( 2008 ), where Moe is depicted in several different foreign national folk costumes commenting upon them.

The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason ( with both Matlock and the later Perry Mason TV movies in the 1980s created by Dean Hargrove ), with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes.

Grammer usually joins the show's " table readings " ( wherein cast members read each script together for the first time ), and former executive producer David Mirkin described working with Grammer as very pleasant, due to his lively sense of humor.

Exacerbating matters further, he is strongly attracted to one of his co-stars, lovely, soft-spoken Julie Nichols ( Jessica Lange ), a single mother in an unhealthy relationship with the show's amoral, sexist director, Ron Carlisle ( Dabney Coleman ).

As Rita Marlowe opens her television spectacular for Stay-Put Lipstick, she is surprised by the appearance of the show's " surprise " guest star of ( and the first real love of her life ), George Schmidlap.