In the fall of 1991, in an attempt to win back viewers and attract a younger audience, the show's format and setting underwent a dramatic overhaul.

While the CGI shots have already been mastered in a 16: 9 aspect ratio for future applications, they are currently broadcast in the U. S. and Canada – along with the live-action footage – in the original 4: 3 aspect ratio television format to respect the show's original composition.

U8TV: The Lofters combined the " special living environment " format with the " professional activity " format noted below ; in addition to living together in a loft, each member of the show's cast was hired to host a television program for a Canadian cable channel.

MADtv was produced to air only in 4: 3 until September 2008, likely due to a mix of stations airing the show at differing times than the mandated 11 pm timeslot and unable to offer it on the live air in 16: 9, and the show's producers not making the switch to the format.

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

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 response, Schwinn and the show's writers altered the format in 1972.

's True Hollywood Story, Marshall lauded the concept, but lamented that by the time each of the characters was introduced, very little of the show's half-hour format was left for actual gameplay.

Following that show's cancellation, Taylor went on to develop a more attractive format, producing the idea for Time Team, which Channel 4 also picked up, broadcasting the first series in 1994.

Similarly, in a 2002 show airing the weekend after the death of Senator Paul Wellstone, Keillor changed up the format of the show, starting off the show with Wellstone's favorite segment, Guy Noir, skipping even the show's theme song.

The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason ( with both Matlock and the later Perry Mason TV movies in the 1980s created by Dean Hargrove ), with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes.

The Spanky Show became the target of creative interference as station executives prevented McFarland from developing and expanding the show's format, and by 1960 McFarland had quit the show.

" This was a set format which was used for almost the entirety of the show's run.

The show's mixed media format stood out from the rest of the Disney Channel's programming of the time and, in essence, became the channel's flagship and definitive show of the early 2000s ( decade ).

According to the show's host, Jeff Probst, although the standard format calls for 16 people and two tribes ( this also makes it easier to distribute genders across tribes and give the viewers fewer contestants to remember ), at times there have been eighteen-and twenty-player seasons to allow for " wiggle room " in case players quit or are removed due to injury.

In an interview, Serling said the show's science fiction format would not be controversial with sponsors, network executives or the general public and would escape censorship, unlike the earlier Playhouse 90.

Despite this record though, Merton is one of only three people to have played all three roles of the show's format at various points: he is usually captain of his team, but along with being the first post-Deayton presenter ( series 24, episode 3 ), he has also been a guest on Hislop's team ( in series 11, episode 1 ).

The show's format is a mock news program, intercut with comic sketches, parody commercials and humorous interviews of public figures.

The show's loose format prompted quick-witted improvisation from Martin and the cast.

After the show's cancellation, NBC continued to air The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast format in a series of TV specials through 1984.

However in September 2012, in celebration of the road show's 60th anniversary, Flicker Alley will release the film in its original format, on Blu-ray.

The show's format consists of an extended one-on-one interview with the host and is sometimes followed by a roundtable discussion or one-on-two interview with figures in adversarial positions, either Congress members from opposite sides of the aisle or political commentators.

Due to the show's premise, many episodes featured a show-within-a-show format, showing Cybill Sheridan playing a variety of other characters in her various film and TV acting roles.

" 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 ".

The show's tone could move from silly to sobering from one episode to the next, with dramatic tension often occurring between the civilian draftees of 4077th — Hawkeye, Trapper John, B. J.

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.