Singer Gloria Estefan performed during the show's finale.

The series finale hinted at Nimrod appearing later in the show's timeline leading a new fleet of Sentinels.

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.

* Across The Board, located in Square # 17 in Round Two from February 1986 to the show's finale, took the contestant across the board to the contents of Square # 8.

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

Sting also led an impromptu super-group of other musicians ( dubbed The Secret Police ) performing at the show including Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Phil Collins, Donovan, Bob Geldof and Midge Ure in the show's grand finale – Sting's own reggae-tinged arrangement of Bob Dylan's I Shall Be Released.

In the show's series finale Jimmy moves to New Hampshire and buys a Newsradio station and newspaper, taking most of the staff with him to New Hampshire except for Dave and Matthew.

In the season finale, Kara becomes trapped in the Phantom Zone, and Vandervoort was no longer a regular in the show's eighth season ( 2008 – 2009 ).

She exited the role of Whitney on September 6, 2007, the second to last day the show aired on NBC but returned for the show's finale episodes briefly from Mid-July 2008 to early August 2008 in a guest appearance.

A Good Samaritan law was featured in the May 1998 series finale of the popular NBC situation comedy Seinfeld, in which the show's four main characters were all prosecuted and sentenced to one year in jail for making fun of ( rather than helping ) a fat man who was getting robbed at gunpoint.

After the show's finale, Sweetin graduated from Los Alamitos High School in 1999, and attended Chapman University in Orange, California.

Liddy appeared on a celebrity edition of the NBC TV show Fear Factor, the show's series finale, on September 12, 2006 ( filmed in November, 2005 ).

It was the chosen profession of Lt. Tom Paris of the USS Voyager, and he pursued it when the ship finally returned from the Delta Quadrant in the show's finale.

She appeared on Seinfeld in the episode " The Understudy ", which was the season finale of that show's sixth season in 1995.

The show's final episode aired on April 25, 1992 on ABC ( the network aired a previously unseen episode for the first time on May 21, 1992, but it was originally intended to air before the series finale ).

She has since appeared in the show's season six finale.

The show was unceremoniously canceled in 1983, after 97 episodes, and O ' Connor was angered about the show's cancellation, maintaining that the show ended with an inappropriate finale.

Episodes of the third season and a show's finale, then remained unproduced or unfinished.

Strickland's death was incorporated into the show's third season finale, which was turned into a tribute to his character, Todd Stites.

Notably having the show's finale as the song " Nobody's Side ".

In May 2011, shortly following the airing of the show's second season finale, it was announced that the show would not return for a third season.

The band's set was the show's finale, and although the performance was meant to be kept a secret, some New York radio outlets announced the performance earlier in the day.

The show's choreography by David Toguri included a large-scale tap dance number of the " Guys and Dolls " finale, performed by the principals and entire cast.

Butters gradually became one of Parker and Stone's favorite characters, and for the show's season five finale they created the episode

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.

Other storylines included Leanne Battersby becoming a prostitute and the show's first bi-sexual love triangle ( between Michelle Connor, Sonny Dhillon, and Sean Tully ).

This included the nation's and the writers ' favourite episodes plus a documentary of the cast and creators that revisited the show's locations.

Previous attempts have included Piece Of My Heart, which was to star Renée Zellweger or Brittany Murphy ; The Gospel According To Janis, with director Penelope Spheeris and starring either Zooey Deschanel or P! nk ; and an untitled film thought to be an adaptation of Laura Joplin's Off-Broadway play about her sister, with the show's star, Laura Theodore, attached.

The series was originally set to run for 52 episodes but was cut down to 39 by the show's sponsors, which included the original toymakers for the series.

Ancient members of the show's cast, like the Devil and Punch's mistress " Pretty Polly ," ceased to be included when they came to be seen as inappropriate for young audiences.

His design for the show's catalog included " found ", rather than posed, photographs of the artists.

Another episode included an April Fools ' prank played on Tom Bergeron in the show's fifth season, featuring E. E. Bell as an obnoxious contestant who kept pushing his overly emotional opponent until she broke down in tears, in addition to testing Bergeron's patience.

This sequence was used as the opening of a 1975 documentary on the success of the series in schools that was included in The Best of The Electric Company Volume 2 DVD boxed set ; however, the music from the show's opening was used for the documentary.

Factory and Sony BMG Music Entertainment, released a DVD boxed set on February 7, 2006, called The Best of the Electric Company that included 20 uncut episodes from throughout the show's run, including the first and last episodes, plus outtakes and introductions and commentary by Rita Moreno and June Angela.

Most of the underwriters throughout the show's tenure included: Martin Marietta, Lockheed ( soon to merge long after stopping their share of funding ), Prudential Securities ( and its precursor, Prudential-Bache Securities ), Primerica Financial Services, Hilton Hotels Corporation ( and its subsidiary, Conrad International Hotels ), Sperry Corporation, CSX, Enron Corporation, Enron Foundation, Hanson Trust, Unisys, Travelers Insurance, Ameritech ( before the big switch to SBC, which merged AT & T ), MFS Investment Management, Oppenheimer Funds, A. G. Edwards, The Kaufmann Fund, Deloitte and Touche, The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and all local PBS affiliates and their viewers / contributors.

After the show's second season, NBC sold the series off into syndication with the Good Morning, Miss Bliss episodes included to pad out the syndication package, despite the plot-continuity problems and production changes.

The show's writers included Howard Harris, Hal Fimberg, Parke Levy, Don Prindle, Eddie Cherkose ( later known as Eddie Maxwell ), Leonard B. Stern, Martin Ragaway, Paul Conlan, and Eddie Forman, as well as producer Martin Gosch.

According to Mirkin, many of the executives struggled to understand it and objected to the darkness and surrealism of the show's humor, which included the frequent death of Elliott's character, and regularly threatened to shut down production.

Other products advertised on Sabado Gigante have included AC Delco, Allstate, American Airlines ( for the show's travel segment " La Camara Viajera "), AutoZone, Cap ' n Crunch, Coca-Cola, Colgate, Dog Chow ( alternates with its Puppy Chow counterpart ), Domino's Pizza, Ferrero Rocher, M & M's ( alternates with its sister brands Snickers, Skittles and Starburst ), Mazola, Miller ( for the musical segments ), Pampers, Payless ShoeSource, Pepto-Bismol, Polaroid ( for the car games ) Quaker Instant Oatmeal ( most often for El Chacal de La Trompeta ; alternates with Aunt Jemima ), Secret Deodorant and Sprint.

Scout's Rest Ranch included an eighteen-room mansion and a large barn for winter storage of the show's livestock.

In 1969, Van Dyke and Moore reunited for a one-hour variety special called Dick Van Dyke and the Other Woman which included a never before seen alternative take from one of the show's episodes in which Van Dyke breaks down and cries after being dismissed from a film role instead of just being disappointed.

The final episode also included the original tag line, with some revision, printed on the screen with the words " There is a destiny that makes us FAMILY " ( replacing the word ' brothers '), as well as quick clips of each of the show's title cards and announcers over the six decades it was on television, leading to the show's former long-time opening announcement: " And now, The Guiding Light ".

Similar to a soap opera, the show's story was presented in a serial format and included melodramatic plot elements such as alien abduction, demonic possession, murder, and kidnapping.

The new main cast included Eliza Coupe returning to the recurring role of Denise " Jo " Mahoney from season eight, Dave Franco as Cole, a charming, confidently stupid and incredibly entitled medical student whose family donated the money to build the school, Kerry Bishé as Lucy, who shared the starring role with Braff in the beginning of the season and eventually became the show's new narrator, and Michael Mosley as Drew, a 30-year-old med student on his last attempt at school.

The show's final months in 1977 included a range of shock storylines including the exploits of a group of Nazi bikers and a psychopathic blackmailer.

Similar series also included Soul Train ( 1970 – 2006, featuring R & B artists ), Club MTV ( 1986 – 92, featuring Dance Music acts ; hosted by Downtown Julie Brown, an alumnus of TOTP as part of the show's last dance troupe Zoo ) and Solid Gold ( 1980 – 88 ; like the early TOTP, it also used dance troupes ).

In 1978, Stone and Singer produced and wrote the show's first special, the " triumphant " Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, which included an O Henry-inspired storyline in which Bert and Ernie gave up their prized possessions — Ernie his rubber ducky and Bert his paper clip collection — to purchase each other Christmas gifts.