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

" The show's creator Matt Groening has called Smith very similar to Lisa: " Yeardley has strong moral views about her character.

Sometimes, this title is conferred upon a celebrity or notable creator who has lent his or her name to a project to boost its prestige or credibility, as a recognition of newly-acquired industry status, or as a perk to the show's main star or creative force.

The show's creator Humphrey Barclay would also go on to create the TV show Do Not Adjust Your Set, featuring the rest of the Python team.

The show's creator Aaron Sorkin also mentioned the film and Chayefsky during his acceptance speech after winning the Academy Award for writing the film The Social Network.

According to George Schlatter, the show's creator, " Humphrey later said that not doing it may have cost him the election ", and " said the rest of his life that appearing on Laugh-In is what got him elected.

However, in the film series the show's creator placed the community closer to the Cimarron Strip or Cherokee Strip of the Indian Territory panhandle area near the Cimarron River.

The site was chosen because it was the childhood home of the show's creator, Donald Bellisario.

In 2005, Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry used the band's song " Juicy " as the background music for the second season of the show's promotional advertisements, which Griffin credited with bringing attention to the album.

According to the show's creator, Guy Daniels, " We got all the dialogue in by noon, or else we wouldn't get it done at all.

On March 15, 2010 The Bachelorette creator Mike Fleiss appeared on 20 / 20 to confess that he develops the show's contestants into characters that will cater to his audience's tastes and that they " need fair share of villains every season.

Many of the situations from the show are based on the real-life experiences of Romano, creator / producer Phil Rosenthal and the show's writing staff.

In January 2004, creator Esther Shapiro participated in a marathon of the show's episodes, called " Serial Bowl: Alexis vs. Krystle ", giving behind-the-scenes tidbits and factoids.

She has been married to the show's creator, Kurt Sutter, since 2004.

A fan of the series who was writing an episode guide at TV Tome informed creator Angus Oblong of the show's cancellation and rallied fans of the series to petition and encourage the network to renew the show.

The show's creator Alan Ball states they represent the living character's internal dialogue by exposing it as an external conversation.

The character of Sam is based on the show's creator.

However, Barker was replaced in the lead role by the show's creator, Ajay Sahgal, and the show never aired.

Josh Schwartz, the show's creator, stated that in season 2, the show would " no longer be about Ryan's past ; now it's going to be about Ryan's future " and that this season would " slow down the storytelling a little bit ... and evolve the characters ".

When series creator Leonard Freeman died in 1974, the show's ownership was shared among Lord, CBS, and Freeman's estate, with a contract that made Lord executive producer and gave him complete control over content.

Though, often mistaken for a mole his identity as a hamster was confirmed directly by the show's creator Brian Cosgrove on 20 January 2011, following numerous public complaints to the UK quiz show " The Chase " which did not offer mole as part of its multiple choice answers.

The show's creator and on-air host was Don Herbert.

The show's creator, J. Michael Straczynski, insisted that the final episode (" Sleeping in Light ") not be seen prematurely.

White was originally scared to play Rose, feeling that she would not be able to play the role — until the show's creator took her aside and told her not to play Rose as stupid but to play her as someone " terminally naive, a person who always believed the first explanation of something.

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.

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.

In A Hole In The Heart ( part 2 ), to placate a director from charity organisation Rotary, she allows the executive producer to yell at her and pretend to fire her over one of the show's decisions, when in reality she is receiving a large pay rise in return for her part of the act.

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.

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.

Dick Ebersol, who replaced Lorne Michaels as the show's producer, said that Shearer was " a gifted performer but a pain in the butt.

According to the show's executive producer, Terry Lickona, this is the first and only time in the show's long history that an episode went unaired.

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

In 1929, Gordon was starring in the title role of " Serena Blandish " when she became pregnant by the show's producer, Jed Harris.

An early screenplay draft called for the Defiant to be destroyed, but Deep Space Nine executive producer Ira Steven Behr objected to the destruction of his show's ship and so the idea was dropped.

Listener contributions are usually screened by a show's producer ( s ) in order to maximize audience interest and, in the case of commercial talk radio, attract advertisers.

* Two characters are given names related to cigarettes: Lucky Straeker, Bookman's director and Dora Belair, an assistant to a competing show's producer.

The hairy creature appeared in Addams cartoons as " It ", but was named " Cousin Itt " by the show's producer, David Levy.

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.

Grammer usually joins the show's " table readings " ( wherein cast members read each script together for the first time ), and former executive producer David Mirkin described working with Grammer as very pleasant, due to his lively sense of humor.

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.

The show's producer Stan Rogow says the visual look of the show was partly inspired by Run Lola Run.

John Ammonds, the show's producer, replaced Hills and Green with Eddie Braben, who had just parted from Ken Dodd.

* Lisa Miller ( Maura Tierney ), with whom Dave has an intermittent relationship, is promoted and demoted within the show's run, serving as reporter, on-air personality, producer and news director.

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 included Howard Harris, Hal Fimberg, Parke Levy, Don Prindle, Eddie Cherkose ( later known as Eddie Maxwell ), Leonard B. Stern, Martin Ragaway, Paul Conlan, and Eddie Forman, as well as producer Martin Gosch.