A predecessor in the role delivered the show's intro, with its famous catchphrase, " Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

Earlier in the show's run, it adheres more closely to the format laid out by its British predecessor, Steptoe and Son, with Fred and Lamont often at loggerheads over various issues.

In spite of changes made by Hollingworth to rectify the soap opera's early problems ( ratings improved over the course of the show's run, as did the quality of the storylines ), it was claimed that this was not enough to justify its continued production, and incoming Controller of BBC1 Alan Yentob cancelled the programme, which had been commissioned by his predecessor Jonathan Powell.

In an unusual conincidence, both the show's predecessor and successor were word association games created by the same man, Bob Stewart.

He and Patsy are considered to be this show's version of Bulk and Skull, or the exact predecessor to Devin and Cassidy.

The political jokes were more rampant than in the show's predecessor.

The show's predecessor, " ECEye ," also an award-winner, was unceremoniously and inexplicably removed from its weekly airing at El Camino in 2008 after a succcessful two-year run.

The original CBS This Morning made its debut on November 30, 1987, with hosts Harry Smith, former GMA news anchor Kathleen Sullivan, and Mark McEwen, a holdover from the show's infotainment-intensive predecessor The Morning Program.

The musical style of the show's score was primarily Doo-Wop as the plot revolved around Doo-Wop group singers of the 1960s.

The show's best-known and Sondheim's biggest hit song was almost an afterthought, written several days before the start of out of town tryouts.

The show's creators originally wanted Phil Silvers in the lead role of Pseudolus, but he turned them down, allegedly because he would have to perform onstage without his glasses, and his vision was so poor that he feared tripping into the orchestra pit.

The show's theme song, " The Ballad of Jed Clampett ", was written by producer and writer Paul Henning and originally performed by bluegrass artists Flatt and Scruggs.

In 2010, his character was involved in the show's dramatic 50th anniversary tram crash storyline, which was recorded live.

Claire was the main focus of the show's first story arc, featuring the popular catchphrase, " Save the cheerleader, save the world ".

The show's production team was tested when many core cast members left the programme in the early 1970s.

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.

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

Bill Podmore was the show's longest serving producer.

The show's theme music, a cornet piece, accompanied by a brass band plus clarinet and double bass, reminiscent of northern band music, was written by Eric Spear.

Throughout the first seven seasons of the series he has a complicated relationship with Lana Lang, as well as his self-perceived guilt over the fact that the meteor shower that killed Lana's parents and created most of the superhumans he fought in the show's first few years was caused by his rocket coming to Earth and dragging pieces of Krypton with it.

Anderson moved to the BBC in 1996 and the show's name changed to Clive Anderson All Talk and was aired on BBC One.

She had maintained throughout the show's run that she was never diagnosed with either anorexia or bulimia, nor was she a user of illegal drugs.

The producers of Diff ' rent Strokes did not feel that a pregnancy would fit the show's wholesome image, so Plato was let go.

The act that appeared most frequently through the show's run was the Canadian comedy duo of Wayne & Shuster, making 67 appearances between 1958 and 1969.

ELO had become successful in the United States at this point and the group was a star attraction on the stadium and arena circuit, as well as regularly appearing on The Midnight Special ( 1973, 1975, 1976 & 1977 ) more than any other band in that show's history with four appearances.

She was a special guest at the 70th Academy Awards, where the show's host, Billy Crystal, introduced her as the " Beauty who charmed the Beast ".

During the initial episodes, Gumby's voice was provided by Ruth Eggleston, wife of the show's art director Al Eggleston.

Upon the show's American debut in 1999, it was an instant hit and became a regular part of ABC's prime time lineup until 2002.

The show's name was coined by show business talent manager and producer Bernie Brillstein and derives from a common English onomatopoeia used to describe the braying sound that a donkey makes.

During the summer of 1992, a decision was made to end first-run production, and instead air highlights of the show's earlier years in a revamped program called Hee Haw Silver ( as part of celebrating the show's 25th year ).

The main title card of the revival series displays the show's title as Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head with Judge's name replacing the MTV logo.

During the show's run, Bixby invited two of his long-time friends, Ray Walston and Brandon Cruz, to guest star with him in different episodes of the series.

Clark also developed a method of rapidly spinning into his costume at super speed which became a trademark change, especially during the third and fourth seasons of the series, and extremely popular with the show's fans.

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.

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

According to the show's producer, Sam Lovullo, the ratings showed improvement with these classic reruns ; however, the series was finally canceled in 1993 at the conclusion of its 25th season.

By that time, the show's name became Transitions, which was also the name of a four-volume series of mix albums by Digweed released every six months during 2006-2008.

It was written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman and first performed in the eighth episode of the show's first series, " Full Frontal Nudity " ( 7 December 1969 ).

The original concept found expression in a series of novels written by Tomino soon after the show's conclusion, and elements of the storyline weaved themselves into Zeta Gundam and Char's Counterattack.

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.

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.

Ray MacDonnell played Dr. Joe Martin in that series from the show's 1970 debut until 2010.

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 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 a related vein, this work ( i. e. book ) adheres to Paramount studio policy that regards the animated Star Trek series as not being part of the " official " Star Trek universe, even though we count ourselves among that show's fans.

Throughout the series, they are generally depicted as antagonists, who are always at war or in an uneasy truce with the United Federation of Planets, the show's galactic organization of which Earth is a member.

The acclaimed Fox TV series 24 used split-screen extensively to depict the many simultaneous events, enhancing the show's real-time element as well as connecting its multiple storylines.

* The NBC reality series Lost ended up with a truncated run as the second episode of the show was to air on the night of the 11th and subsequently edited down from six to five episodes airing in December 2001, with copious editing done due to the show's finish line being shot at a pre-attacked Statue of Liberty.

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

The series received largely positive reviews from television critics, although its long-term story arc was criticized near the show's conclusion.

In December 1997, BBC Worldwide released a CD single from the series, based on the show's theme song, called Teletubbies say " Eh-oh !".

Contributing the single " Boss of Me " as the theme song to the hit television series Malcolm in the Middle, as well as to the show's compilation CD, brought a new audience to the band.

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.