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.

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

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 ).

Before Ellison could begin work on the show's production bible, a writers ' strike began, running from March 6 to June 24.

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.

In 1967, when Cooney and her team began to plan the show's development, combining research with television production was, as she put it, " positively heretical ".

Shortly after creating Sesame Street, its producers began to develop what came to be called " the CTW model ", a system of planning, production, and evaluation that did not fully emerge until the end of the show's first season.

The CTW conducted research in two ways: in-house formative research that informed and improved production, and independent summative evaluations, conducted by the Educational Testing Service ( ETS ) during the show's first two seasons, which measuring its educational effectiveness.

Jon Stone was responsible for writing, casting, and format ; Dave Connell took over animation ; and Sam Gibbon served as the show's chief liaison between the production staff and the research team.

In the show's Broadway production, she was portrayed by Stephanie J.

Celebrity panelists appeared in week-long blocks, due to the show's production schedule.

On November 26, 2006 the network broadcast an hour-long documentary titled The Real Match Game Story: Behind The Blank featuring rarely-seen footage of the 1960s version, many odd or memorable moments from the main 1973 – 1982 runs, plus interviews with Rayburn, Somers, Dawson, DeBartolo, producer Ira Skutch, and others involved in the show's production.

The production was directed by David Cromer, who also performed the role of Stage Manager for much of the show's run.

Brand was an early board member for the show's non-profit production company, Children's Television Workshop.

Because Owen was the only member of the television show's trio to appear in the production, it was retitled Compo Plays Cupid.

Controversy erupted during the midst of the second season when series developer and executive producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe announced he had been released from the show's production, although his influence was felt until the completion of the second season ; at that point, Bob Engels was brought on to be an executive producer of the series.

In discussion on his web site's forums and various interviews, Wolfe has elaborated that he was released from the production staff after he refused to shift the show's focus more heavily onto Kevin Sorbo's character, Dylan Hunt, by essentially making all of the show's episodes Hunt-centric.

He was heavily involved with the show's production, especially the serial.

The show's pilot, " Pool Party ", was filmed in March 2000 and once the series was picked up, production resumed in September 2000.

But shortly after production began, Cassidy convinced music producer Wes Farrell that he was good enough and he was promoted to lead singer for show's recordings.

The show's writers debated during production of the episode whether or not the incident would be " a step too far, even for Cartman ".

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.

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.

He found it easier to develop his own style at Johnny Bravo through the show's process of scriptwriting, which Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken and I Am Weasel did not use.

The show's extensive use of research in its development and production process inspired several research studies that have provided evidence for its efficacy as a learning tool.

The show's extensive use of research in its development and production process inspired several research projects that have provided evidence for its efficacy as a learning tool.

The nominees submitted for Internet voting were selected using an unpublished process involving editors at Entertainment Weekly, the show's production team, and a panel of pop culture fans.

In the show's finale " Not Fade Away ", he spends his potential-last day alive helping Anne Steele out at her youth help center, and then slays Senator Helen Brucker, one of the members of the Circle of the Black Thorn, but is seriously injured in the process.

Jonathan Levin, one of the show's consulting producers, commented on the change that a new soap opera brings to the lineup, and the tough process of a viewer getting to know a new soap: " It is very difficult to change the loyalty of the daytime viewer, and we ’ re talking about shows that have been on for 30 years.

After Bat-Mite sees the trailer for the new Batman series, Ambush Bug appears next to Bat-Mite stating that because the upcoming series will be dark, Bat-Mite won't be in it destroying this show's Bat-Mite in the process.

The 2008 feature-length documentary " Every Little Step " chronicles the casting process of A Chorus Line's 2006 revival, with re-created choreography by Bennett's long-time associate Baayork Lee, and, in the course of the film, the saga of the original production is re-told as well, through the use of old film clips and revealing interviews from the original collaborators, including Lee, Bob Avian ( who was the show's original co-choreographer with Bennett and the director of the revival ), composer Marvin Hamlisch and the original's leading lady, Donna McKechnie.

As part of the show's filming process, Williams's family disparaged her appearance on camera.

The episode consists of portions of the season removed in the editing process and not included in the show's final, publicly released version.

Much of the show's content, particularly dialogue between Katz and Ben, was improvised through a process called " retroscripting ", in which a vague outline is developed but the actual dialogue is ad-libbed.

The episode was produced just weeks before the release of South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut, and its production ran concurrently with the movie's post-production, a process which the show's creators described as " hell ".

Bottom right: Mighty Mouse smells the flower, inhaling it in the process. The show's content sometimes crossed into controversial territory.

The process of assembling, installing, and testing the show's numerous components and equipment in Paradise Bay spanned a period of approximately 15 months.

For instance, the show's characters not only investigate (" process ") crime scenes, but they also conduct raids, engage in suspect pursuit and arrest, interrogate suspects, and solve cases, which falls under the responsibility of uniformed officers and detectives, not CSI personnel.

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.

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 ".

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.