The Untold Truth About 'Gilligan's Island'

He commonly snubbed television as a "vast wasteland." Basically, they just wanted to name a dingy boat that "ran on steam" to snub the chairman.

The West Wing: The longest "walk and talk" scene the show ever shot was three minutes long, took half the night to shoot, and involved around 500 extras.
Brett Wicks, who designed the logo for the show, originally thought The Sopranos was about singers, not mobsters.
Survivor helped to popularize what is now a staple of American television: the reality TV show.
The original pilot for Game of Thrones was judged to be so bad by the studio that the series was nearly cancelled.