30 Rock is loosely based on star Tina Fey's experiences when she herself was the head writer for Saturday Night Live from 1997 to 2006.

Steven and Elyse had a fourth child, Andy, who was born in 1985 and quickly moulded in Alex's conservative image.

Survivor features a group of contestants who are marooned in an isolated location, where they must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves. Frequent physical challenges are used to pit the teams against each other for rewards, such as food or luxuries, or for "immunity", forcing the other tribe to attend "Tribal Council", where they must vote off one of their players.

The E.T. star was just 7 years old when she hosted SNL.

In 1981, more Americans watched Luke and Laura's wedding on General Hospital than Prince Charles and Lady Diana's actual televised nuptials. The episode brought in 30 million viewers and remains the highest-rated hour in American soap opera history.

Gomer is awestruck by the simplest of things, resulting in the exclamation of his famous catchphrases, "Shazam!", "Gawwww-leeeee", and "Sur-prise, sur-prise, sur-prise!"

Klinger proposes to Soon-Lee Han, a Korean woman, but much to his frustration, she insists that she can't leave Korea until she finds her family. Ironically, Klinger, who has been trying to get sent home for the entire run of the series, decides to stay in Korea of his own free will and help Soon-Lee with her search.

The Brady Bunch kitchen was an ode to the 1970s with orange laminate countertops and avocado green appliances. They even had a matching green and orange table and chairs.

Jamie Farr, who played Max Klinger, was the only regular cast member of "M*A*S*H" to actually serve in the Army in Korea. (He served after the war was over).

Although Charlie is originally believed to have been struck by a train while on vacation in Paris, it is later revealed that he is alive and has been kept captive in a basement. In the series finale, "Of Course He's Dead", he escapes and returns to the beach house. As he rings the doorbell, a piano that is being transported by helicopter falls from the sky, killing him.