Although some feel the show's quality declined over the years, Last of the Summer Wine continued to receive large audiences for the BBC and was praised for its positive portrayal of older people and family-friendly humour.

While the show's scripts were largely fictional, the use of realistic dialogue and Crawford's convincing portrayal of a hard-as-nails police chief helped make the show an instant success.

The show's premise began to be seen as offensive on account of its portrayal of blacked-up characters behaving in a stereotypical manner and a petition against it was received by the BBC in 1967.

However the reviewer stated " The show's portrayal of nursing has been less impressive ".

The show's frank portrayal of " senior " sexuality and explicit sex scenes generated controversy, although it won a rare endorsement by the AARP.

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.

Initially introduced solely for the storyline concerning Sharon ( and serving as an opponent for Bea during her stay ), Judy was received well enough by viewers for her to remain in the series as a regular, and stayed as part of the core group of prisoners ( and becoming Bea's unofficial " second in command " in the process ), and eventually became the show's longest serving inmate ( with a few spells on the outside ), and the second longest running character behind Elspeth Ballantyne's portrayal of Meg Jackson, later Morris.

Known for its portrayal of corrupt police officers, it was originally advertised as Rampart in reference to the true life Rampart Division police scandal, which the show's Strike Team was loosely based upon.

Years after Danny Arnold ended production ( because he could not see any way to continue without repeating storylines ; the show was not cancelled by the network ), Barney Miller retains a devoted following among real-life police officers, who appreciate the show's emphasis on dialog and believably quirky characters, and its low-key portrayal of cops going about their jobs.

In an episode of the anime Ghost Sweeper Mikami, ghost-hunter Mikami Reiko gets inside of a haunted movie about the Bakumatsu and meets Okita, who is depicted as a crazy guy who thinks only of killing people ( obvious pun on his usual portrayal, which also is a foil to the show's rendition of Hijikata.

For his portrayal of Seth, Brody earned several Teen Choice Awards throughout the show's run.

Otis stopped appearing in the show towards the end of the series due to concerns by the show's sponsors over the portrayal of excessive drinking.

Arnett's character was one of the show's most popular, and he was nominated for an Emmy in 2006 for his portrayal.

Later in 1980 Hearn and the show's original star, Angela Lansbury, headed the show's touring company, then reprised their roles for a Showtime production of the musical, which won him an Emmy Award for his portrayal.

Up until series 7, the BBC television series Spooks used the exterior and lobby of the Freemasons ' Hall in Great Queen Street as a location for the show's portrayal of Thames House.

The show's portrayal of Kathie Lee Gifford was the first time a celebrity was spoofed in South Park.

Her portrayal as Grace in Doctor Who caused consternation among some of that show's fans because she was the first character to romantically kiss the Doctor, setting a precedent for the more sexually charged nature of the new Doctor Who series that began in 2005.

Ben Masters ( born May 6, 1947 ; Corvallis, Oregon, United States ) is an American actor who is best known for his portrayal of Julian Crane on daytime drama Passions from July 8, 1999 to the show's final episode on August 7, 2008.

The show's portrayal of the character is generally in keeping with that of the DC Comics, although it is clear in the cartoon that he leans more towards the side of good and serves essentially to help maintain peace within the universe.

Although toned down slightly for the younger-child friendly series, as were many of the characters, his cartoon portrayal is generally consistent with his mini-comic portrayal, although in some early episodes the show's writers added extra dimensions to his character in that despite his loyalty, he clearly resents being bossed around by Skeletor and secretly desires to someday overthrow his master.

Notable episodes for Beast Man in the show's later stages include " The Shadow of Skeletor " and " Orko's Return " which restore him to his original, darker portrayal, working independently and craftily to achieve his aims.

Upon recommendations by child psychologists, the producers initially decided that the show's human actors and Muppets would not interact because they were concerned it would confuse young children.

The producers reshot the Street segments ; Henson and his coworkers created Muppets that could interact with the human actors, specifically Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird, who became two of the show's most enduring characters.

In November 1970, the cover of Time magazine featured Big Bird, who had received more fan mail than any of the show's human hosts.

Sesame Street's cast expanded in the 1970s, better fulfilling the show's original goal of greater diversity in both human and Muppet characters.

The show's producers claimed the casket was empty and the " human ashes " was just a stage prop made of cement and cat litter.

He is able to control technology with his brain, making him " the ultimate human upgrade " according to the show's introduction.

The human hostess / storyteller was cut, and the show's action started immediately.

Mr. Squiggle was helped by a human female assistant in all of the show's incarnations ; they included Miss Gina ( Gina Curtis ), Miss Pat ( Pat Lovell ), Miss Jane ( Jane Fennell ), and later series featured Roxanne ( Roxanne Kimmorley ) and Rebecca ( Rebecca Hetherington, Hetherington's daughter ).

* Doomsday appears on Smallville as the main antagonist for the show's eighth season, played by Sam Witwer in human form and Dario Delacio in his true Doomsday form.

The show stuck closely to the Muppet Show format of various skits ( mostly featuring the show's human guest star ) interspersed with some sort of crisis occurring backstage.

Scripts often considered the human factor, and while action was the show's forte, humor and romance were part of the mix.

At the end of the show's run, she was still trying to successfully execute her ultimate plan of the destruction of the human race while trying to reach out to her daughter Angela, and win her over to her cause.

Conversely, in the Simpsons the fact that English is mutually understood by the show's human and alien characters is noted as being " an astonishing coincidence ".

Do-Wah has a light crush on Angela, the show's only female human.

Their location was never revealed due to the show's cancellation, but it was revealed in the third season that Lord Fear was to try to use science and human technology to free his minions without the Amulet's powers.

During the show's only season, there was a story arc involving Project New Order, Lord Dread's plan to eradicate human life and develop his ideal world.

In particular, he notes that the series never really explains what the " Twinkles " are that they faeries are searching for because he felt viewers should draw their own conclusions and that the show's purpose to show how friendships are formed and how they result in people growing as human beings.

The uneasy interaction heightened as the show's success grew heavily in the early seasons, so much that Mitchell and Neigher were dismissed from the show at the behest of Carter just prior to the start of the 1983 – 84 season.

As a high school student, Dobie lived at home with his parents in the show's early years, and his interaction with his parents was a source of much of the humor.

Much of the show's humor had been based around the interaction and sexual tension between the womanizing, working-class main character, bartender Sam Malone, and the high-class, snobby Diane.

Critics from such publications as Entertainment Weekly on IGN. com, Thomas had originally conceived of the show as more experimental, especially in terms of interaction with the studio audience, but CBS executives told him to tone down the experimental aspects of the series — a decision which, Thomas believes, ultimately contributed to the show's short life span.

As the Babylon station was conceived as a political and cultural meeting place one of the show's many themes is the cultural and social interaction between civilizations.