Secrets From 'Happy Days' That Producers Kept Hidden For Years

The Fonz

The audiences almost completely forgot about Chuck all on their own. No one really cared about his storyline and he wasn't very popular with viewers. See, Fonzie sort of took over the role of older brother that Chuck had been written in for. When Chuck was up against the Fonz for a better character, the result was a no-brainer, no more chuck or no more Fonz? One had to go...

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The More You Know

  • The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Valerie Harper almost didn't get the part of Rhoda because she was too "attractive." Apparently the producers had someone more "unkempt" in mind.
  • Breaking Bad: When you combine the titles of Season 2's first, fourth, tenth, and thirteenth episodes you get "Seven Thirty-Seven, Down, Over, ABQ," which is a foreshadowing of the plane crash at the end of the season.
  • Ellen DeGeneres's sitcom Ellen was one of the first television series to feature a lesbian protagonist.
  • The Nielsen ratings monitor commercial viewership
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