O ' Daniel had parlayed the show's popularity into growing power within Light Crust Flour's parent company, Burrus Mill and Elevator Company and wound up as General Manager, though he despised what he considered " hillbilly music.

During the show's peak in popularity, Hee Haw often competed in syndication against The Lawrence Welk Show, a long-running ABC program which had also been canceled in 1971, also in an attempt to purge the networks of older demographic-leaning programs.

The show's popularity eventually declined and it was moved to the 6. 30 p. m. slot in 1992, yet the series retains consistent viewing figures in Australia and is still running today, making it Australia's longest-running soap opera.

The show's popularity by early 1998 was evident to the cast members, and Hannigan remarked on her surprise specifically.

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

As Morrow stated, Henson's puppets were a crucial part of the show's popularity and it brought Henson national attention.

The show's continuing popularity rested heavily on its juxtaposition of modern everyday concerns in the Stone Age setting.

Ace Books published a series of novels due to the show's popularity, beginning in 1992 and continuing until the year 2000.

The show's popularity waned after this move, and it was soon cancelled.

In 1976, the show's success, and celebrity panelist Richard Dawson's popularity, prompted Goodson-Todman to develop a new show for ABC entitled Family Feud with Dawson hosting.

The tipping point comes when, due to Dorothy's popularity, the show's producers want to extend her contract for another year.

The show's popularity on Saturday morning is what led NBC to shift from airing mainly cartoons to more live-action teen-oriented shows ( California Dreams, Hang Time, etc.

In his book, Barris says that at the height of the show's popularity in the late 1950s, the individual panelists became major celebrities in Canada.

He, along with newcomers Phil Hartman, Kevin Nealon, Jan Hooks, and Victoria Jackson, helped to reverse the show's declining popularity and made SNL " must-see " TV once again.

Many memorable episodes and storylines took place during the second season, which built up the show's popularity among young viewers.

Bart quickly became the show's breakout personality and one of the most celebrated characters on television — his popularity in 1990 and 1991 was known as " Bartmania ".

" These catchphrases, his trademark silver bullets, and the theme music from the William Tell overture are remembered by the millions who came of age during the decades of the show's initial popularity or have viewed the television series.

After gaining popularity among the show's listeners, the narrator became the star of The Shadow Magazine on April 1, 1931, a pulp series created and primarily written by the prolific Gibson.

The show's immense popularity has been the target of numerous parodies.

In spite of the show's popularity, the show was beset with production delays and censorship battles with Nickelodeon, which fired Kricfalusi in 1992.

Radio historian Jim Harmon attributes the show's popularity in The Great Radio Heroes to the fact that it was the only radio show to deal with and appeal to young children.

Yet the New Year's Day 2006 episode of The Mystery of the Blue Train attracted a high 30 percent audience rating ( 7. 4 million viewers ), and the show's enduring popularity was shown once again in August 2008, when a repeat received 3. 2 million viewers and a 16 percent of the viewing population.

The band recorded two sessions for John Peel's BBC Radio 1 show in 1990, and their popularity with the show's listeners saw them with three tracks in the Festive Fifty that year, with " Dreams Burn Down " and " Like a Daydream " at numbers 3 and 4 respectively, and " Taste " at number 25.

For roughly the first half of the show's run, Cornfed is a virgin, which contrasts to his popularity among women and earns Duckman's mockery.

This structure allowed the producers to use a mixture of styles and characters, and to vary the show's pace.

While the show's top prize nearly doubled ( partly to counter the high inflation of the era ) and the new feature allowed more celebrities the chance to participate in the end game, it also eliminated what effectively was Richard Dawson's " spotlight " feature.

Stiles was a regular on the show until 1998, and the show's short production season allowed him to make numerous television and motion picture appearances in the United States.

The show's early jokes at the expense of Board of Standards and Practices came from frustration encountered by the show's makers by an abundance of script and editing changes that were imposed upon Mainframe before episodes were allowed to air.

The CTW wanted to attract the best composers and lyricists for Sesame Street, so songwriters like Joe Raposo, the show's music director, and writer Jeff Moss were allowed to retain the rights to the songs they wrote.

The show's director originally wanted to prevent the dancers from participating, so Belushi offered to be in the episode if the dancers were allowed to stay.

This allowed him to participate in the writing of the show's script as well as act as a news editor with influence over the stories selected for the newscast and other questions of editorial judgement.

About this time Dairy Queen became the show's main sponsor, a move which allowed Phillips to be the spokesman for the chain in its advertising.

However, shows that are not produced by Premiere or any Clear Channel subsidiary, but are distributed by Premiere, are allowed carriage on Sirius Satellite Radio unless otherwise specified by said show's producer.

" That same year, he also made a cameo in the movie Home Alone 2: Lost in New York hosting the game show " Ding-Dang-Dong ", where he mentioned that the show's contestants stayed at the Plaza Hotel in New York City, and also gave the phone number for reservations ( which allowed Kevin McCallister, played by Macaulay Culkin, to check in ).

Every week, either one or two contestants would be cut from the show as the American viewing public and the show's judging panel were allowed the power of whom they wanted to be cut from the show.

VH1 and the producers of Behind the Music allowed the crew to use the show's visual graphics package, and Jim Forbes, narrator for the show, also came in to record narrations for the episode.

By 1994, with the show's sixth season, Swartzwelder was granted a special dispensation and allowed to no longer attend rewrite sessions with the rest of the staff, instead being allowed to send drafts of his scripts in from home so other writers could revise them as they saw fit.

Mizushima allowed a camera crew and interviewers into the show's conference room at the Bones studios where he described how production went, as seen in a special feature on the DVD release of the film.

According to the show's website, it is scheduled to reopen for an open-ended commercial run in the Fall of 2011.

Air shows, and other big shows such as agricultural shows, on grassy land, are vulnerable to continued heavy rain waterlogging the ground, and making the cloudbase too low for flying, forcing cancellation, or the show ending early, costing much money for the show's organizers, as people and parking cars have difficulty moving about and turn the land into a morass, and the organizers may be tempted to put straw or cinders down to make movement easier, and the owner of the land cannot accept the resulting damage.

The show's creator and producer, Paul Henning is from Independence, Missouri, and donated for the Ruth and Paul Henning Conservation Area near Branson.

Biscardi blamed an unnamed woman for misleading him, and the show's audience for being gullible.

Kershaw was also a script writer for the programme and the show's producer between 1962 and 1971.

He is probably most famous for sacking Peter Adamson, the show's Len Fairclough, in 1983.

The Rovers Return Inn is the main meeting place for the show's characters.

On February 3, 2007, Barrymore hosted Saturday Night Live ( SNL ) for the fifth time, making her the second female host ( after Candice Bergen ) in the show's history to do so.

Many of the show's episodes survive today, and are notable for Kaye's opening " signature " patter.

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.

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.

The band also contributed most of the show's original music, including " My Lovely Horse ", as used in the episode " Song For Europe " and " My Lovely Mayo Mammy " for the episode " Night of the Nearly Dead ".

Barry Gray, the show's creator, also composed the music for the series.

Frasier hosts The Dr. Frasier Crane Show on talk radio station KACL ( named for the initials of the show's creators, Angell, Casey and Lee ).

Game shows often reward players with prizes such as cash, trips and goods and services provided by the show's sponsor prize suppliers, who in turn usually do so for the purposes of product placement.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.