Donald Bellisario, the show's frontrunner, felt that the concept of a person living in the body of another person to make change for the better, would work well in a science fiction setting, creating the tone for the series.

One of the show's few negative reviews came in the Sunday Mercury, which stated: " His whole tone is one of complete, smug condescension ".

The instrumental tracks were found to mirror the show's tone perfectly, evoking feelings of sorrow and loss.

His vocal mannerisms were ideal for the mock-serious tone of the show, and he became the show's master of ceremonies (" Dr. Orson Bean ") for its final season.

Tensions rose between Kricfalusi and ABC over the tone of the show, leading to an uncomfortable atmosphere for the show's crew.

" Two different openings for the show's theme were used: a saxophone riff, for episodes that were lighter in tone ; and an ominous synthesizer chord, for more serious storylines.

After five seasons, Linville had grown tired of playing the same negative, cartoonish antagonist, especially since during that period, the show's tone had changed from pure comedy to more drama-focused story lines.

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.

Eventually, even some members of the gay community, including Chastity Bono ( who at the time was the media director for GLAAD ), began to criticize the show's serious new tone as well.

The show's creators and executive producers were Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt, who some years later would take the harder tone of the It's Your Move concept and put it in an entirely different context: Fox's Married ... With Children, in which Garrison starred for four seasons ( and was also produced by Embassy Communications ).

During the show's run the series became more serious in tone and more of a traditional crime drama.

While the original TV movies and the second season were mostly science fiction drama with plenty of dark comedy, the " Fire and Water " season took a more serious tone, while the show's final season — set on Earth in the year 2000 — took many turns into pure farce and introduced magic ( as in the episode A Midsummer's Nightmare ) and other new elements.

One vocal critic of the series was Gerard himself who pushed for more serious storytelling and often clashed with the producers and the network ( NBC ) over the show's tone and handling.

" Burt Ward, who portrayed Robin in the 1960s television show, has also remarked upon this interpretation in his autobiography Boy Wonder: My Life in Tights ; he writes that the relationship could be interpreted as a sexual one, with the show's double entendres and lavish camp also possibly offering ambiguous interpretation.

The show's producer told her, " You look like you could be Chinese.

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.

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

Any product line associated with the show had to be educational, inexpensive, and could not be advertised during the show's airings.

Throughout much of the show's run, Captain Jonathan Archer frequently had run-ins with the High Command-even after Archer proved conclusively, several times, that he was able to travel through time, the High Command stubbornly refused to acknowledge the possibility that time travel could ever be possible ( although T ' Pol tried to keep an open mind ).

One of the show's other writers, Barry Cryer, said: " You could write almost anything knowing these two would do it brilliantly.

The reason given by the BBC was that 1964 was an election year, and it was felt the show's political material could compromise the corporation's impartiality.

Zamora asked the show's producers for permission to go out without cameras, so that he and Sasser could get to know one another in a more natural setting.

LuPone had asked the show's Musical Director to change her keys because they were too low for her, but was told she could not.

" Escape Route " was directed by the show's star, Roger Moore, who later recalled that Sutherland " asked me if he could show it to some producers as he was up for an important part ... they came to view a rough cut at the studio and he got The Dirty Dozen ".

Many of the TV show's sketches were actually performed as " radio sketches " -- during filming, Air Farce cast members stood on stage in front of microphones reading from scripts, whilst sound effects technician Alex Sinclair could be seen on stage adding sound effects as needed.

Downey had previously telephoned the show's production staff and asked if he could produce or assist in an episode creation, as his son is a fan of the show.

Though artfully produced, the show's counterfeit documentary style could scarcely have been expected to fool many.

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.

On the show's premiere, in fact, Allen – with a little prodding from head writer Goodman Ace – could not resist one more play on the old Allen-Benny " feud ," a riotous parody of Benny's show called " The Pinch Penny Program.

Despite claims by the show's creators that SpongeBob is " somewhat asexual ", several annuals state that SpongeBob holds romantic feelings for Sandy, which could be shown in examples where SpongeBob brings Sandy flowers on occasion.

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.

However, since the " History " series isn't necessarily part of the show's continuity, this could be false.

Quinn Martin produced the show's first season, which contained elements that could be found in future TV series produced by Martin.

" Later, evidence arose suggesting that Opel's appearance was facilitated as a publicity stunt by the show's producer Jack Haley, Jr. Robert Metzler, the show's business manager, believed that the incident had been planned in some way ; during the dress rehearsal Niven had asked Metzler's wife to borrow a pen so he could write down the famous line, which was thus not the ad-lib it appeared to be.

" Multiple critics cited Busby Berkeley's supervision as a contributing factor to the show's success ; Kroll asked rhetorially, " the production has dignity, taste and wit, and how else could it be under the aegis of 75-year-old Busby Berkely, that authentic genius of the old Hollywood musicals?

Typical of the TV show's sometimes-fantastic storylines ( all of which lasted 2 – 6 episodes ) was 1968's " The Invicta Ray " in which a villain dressed in a costume & hood of sackcloth-like material and, under the rays of The Invicta Ray, became invisible so that he could commit crimes without being seen.

Sesame Streets format remained intact until the show's later decades, when the changing audience required that producers move to a more narrative format.

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

The show's gritty yet verbose humour derived largely from the tensions between Terry's cynical, everyman, working class personality and Bob's ambition to better himself and move to the middle class.

During the show's first 58 episodes, Cartman and the other main child characters are in the third grade, after which they move on to the fourth grade.

The episode " The Creek " saw the introduction of the first new police character " Officer Randy Goode " ( 1988 – 1993 ) played by Randall Franks cast following the show's move to Georgia introducing the second prominent Georgia performer to claim a regular role on the series.

" Jay Leno used " Hold on I'm Comin " while driving his AC Cobra on his 2009 Super Bowl commercial to announce his show's move to 10pm.

Actually, the program finished in the Top 20 its first season, but ABC determined that the show was losing too much of its lead-in, suggesting low appeal if the show were moved ( a suggestion that came to be realized, as the show's ratings dropped dramatically after a move to another time slot in its second season ).

The move also necessitated moves in the show's storyline as well.

On March 12, 2008, McGinley was also quoted as saying that the show's long-rumored move from NBC to ABC was a done deal, and that Scrubs would air on ABC during the 2008 – 09 TV season as a midseason replacement.

Another bold move in the show's final months saw Number 96 feature what was publicised as Australian television's first full frontal nude scene when new character Miss Hemingway ( Deborah Gray ) made the first of several unveilings in April 1977.

Pre-booked guest Olivia Newton-John commented to the tabloid The Sun that she was surprised when asked to move up in the show's running order and take part in a skit promoting McCartney & Jackson's track.

Adams was happy about the show's cancellation, since he wanted to move on to other projects.

" He was eager to separate himself from the show to avoid being typecast as Sherlock Holmes, and even though the show's sponsor Petri Wine offered him generous pay to continue, he decided to move on.

( The move also changed the show's home base from Pearl Harbor to New Cape Quest ; a fictional city in Florida ).

During the semifinal qualifying rounds, a panel of celebrity judges, and the show's producers, selected the comics who would move forward to the final qualifying round.

The ratings drop also coincided with the show's move to Sunday night, so it is unclear exactly how much effect the hairstyle change actually had.

On April 6, 2009, it was announced that Imus in the Morning, would move from WYAY ( owned by the show's syndicator, Citadel Broadcasting ) to competing station, WCFO, beginning April 13, 2009.

These tunnels allow employees ( aka cast members ) to move through the park out of sight from guests, maintaining the show's cast.

After selling her house and losing the money in a bad business deal, Naomi and Vint are forced to move into Thelma's basement, where they remain for most of the show's run.

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.

Still, the move after nearly sixteen years did cause some damage to the show's ratings, and the worst was yet to come.

One of the show's features was " Len's Masterclass ," a segment in which Head Judge Len Goodman demonstrated with Winkleman a dance move or two.

These specials ended following the show's move to MTV in 2000.

In January 2007, Vine became the presenter of the BBC's flagship and the world's oldest current affairs programme, Panorama, which coincided with the show's move back to a Monday peak-time slot.