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9th Sep 2014

The Simpsons (1989)

23rd Aug 2014

Cheers (1982)

23rd Jul 2014

Castle (2009)

Trivia: As a tie-in to the series, shortly after it premiered, ABC began publishing Castle's Nikki Heat books, ghostwritten by a real author and credited to Castle. In 'Heat Rises', a murder victim is mentioned as having owned a copy of the movie 'Air Force One', which was written by "Castle" creator Andrew Marlowe.

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16th Jul 2014

Frasier (1993)

Trivia: The producers were careful not to put stools in Cafe Nervosa, in order to distance it visually from the eponymous bar in "Cheers."

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Trivia: At five complete seasons, Casey Novak is the longest-running Assistant District Attorney in the Law and Order franchise. While Jack McCoy was also a long-running ADA, he was eventually promoted to District Attorney, replacing Arthur Branch.

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25th Jun 2014

Family Ties (1982)

24th Jun 2014

The West Wing (1999)

Election Day (Part 2) - S7-E17

Trivia: The election originally ended with Arnold Vinick as the victor. But in light of John Spencer's death (and by necessity, Leo's), the writers felt it would be too emotionally taxing on the audience for Santos to lose both his running mate and the election.

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Suggested correction: The writers were not certain if they wanted Vinick or Santos to win, but it was not decided by John Spencer's death. They shot the scene in the thirteenth episode with John Spencer, indicating that it was decided well before his death that they wanted Santos to win. The direct quote "it would be too emotionally taxing on the audience for Santos to lose both his running mate and the election" is true, but said in the context of a decision being made independent of the death and subsequent character death.

22nd Jun 2014

Secretariat (2010)

29th May 2014

Family Guy (1999)

Time's Arrow (2) - S6-E1

Trivia: When Counselor Troi is leading Mark Twain to his quarters, Twain asks if the Enterprise has ever encountered Halley's Comet. It's a well-known fact that Twain was born a couple of weeks after the comet's appearance in 1835.

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19th May 2014

Elementary (2012)

The Grand Experiment - S2-E24

Trivia: When Mycroft mentions a conversation between Sherlock and their father that he once overheard, the content of said conversation is how Sherlock describes Mycroft to Watson in "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter."

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Trivia: In Finch's opening voiceover narration, a clip of the episode's eponymous 'person of interest' appears when Finch says "victim or perpetrator, we'll find you."

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13th May 2014

Elementary (2012)

5th May 2014

Spaceballs (1987)

29th Apr 2014

Elementary (2012)

Season 2 generally

Trivia: Sherlock's brother Mycroft has an international franchise of restaurants called Diogenes. This is a reference to the Diogenes Club, the gentleman's club Mycroft co-founded in the Holmes short stories.

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29th Apr 2014

The West Wing (1999)

Trivia: Across the show's seven seasons, only three episodes featured all of president Bartlet's daughters together.

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