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How American Dad Off-Handedly Retconned Away Its Pilot Episode
A throwaway gag wrote two episodes of American Dad off as dreams -- including the Seth MacFarlane show's highly-rated, post-Super Bowl premiere.
Here's Where Nathan Fielder's Oddball Brand of Comedy Got Its Start
Before The Rehearsal and Nathan For You, Nathan Fielder brought his patented awkward and revealing comedy style to TV with Nathan On Your Side.
How a Rejected Episode of Batman: The Animated Series Impacted a DC Supervillain
Batman: The Animated Series' unused take on DC villain Nocturna found a second life, influencing later versions of the character on TV and comics.
Hulu’s Reboot is Making the Same Mistake as Aaron Sorkin’s Biggest TV Flop
The fictional series on Hulu's Reboot is undeserving of the praise heaped on it in-universe...just like Aaron Sorkin's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
On Our Own: The Short-Lived TGIF Series Combining Mrs. Doubtfire and Party of Five
What do you get when you cross Party of Five and Mrs. Doubtfire? On Our Own, a short-lived TGIF sitcom that jettisoned its premise after 13 episodes.
What We Do in the Shadows Has One Big Problem with Guillermo's Character Arc
Harvey Guillén's Guillermo has outgrown his sycophantic beginnings on What We Do in the Shadows. So why does he still want to be a vampire?
How the Retcon That Saved Dallas' J.R. Ewing Was Retconned
How J.R. Ewing survived Dallas' original 1991 cliffhanger finale was a mystery the 2012 revival complicated by ignoring an earlier explanation.
How Paul Dini Pitched a Sandman Appearance on Batman: The Animated Series
A proposed Batman: The Animated Series appearance by Sandman's Dream and Death was revealed in Paul Dini's book 'Dark Night: A True Batman Story.'
How an Unlikely Saturday Morning Cartoon Became a Digital Animation Pioneer
The second season of Fox Kids' Attack of the Killer Tomatoes broke new ground as the first fully digital 2D animated series on television.
South Park's Creators Once Cooked Up a Short-Lived Animated Series
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the minds behind South Park, were given free rein to create an animated series. The result was Princess.
Netflix’s American Vandal is an Underrated Gem - That They Were Right to Cancel
A spot-on parody of the true-crime docudrama, American Vandal was canceled after two seasons on Netflix. This might have been for the best.
How One Scene Completely Changed Family Guy For the Better
One sub-plot on Fox's Family Guy irrevocably changed and deepened the relationship between characters Brian Griffin and Glenn Quagmire.
She-Hulk: Attorney At Law Could Finally Solve a Major MCU Villain Problem
Disney+'s She-Hulk: Attorney At Law has a chance to bring a long absent supervillain type to the Marvel Cinematic Universe: The B-Lister.
How Legion of Super Heroes Side-Stepped One Major DC Cosmic Threat for Another
The second season of Warner Bros.' Legion of Super Heroes animated series played musical chairs with cosmic threats Imperiex, Brainiac and Darkseid.
Spider-Man: The Animated Series Got a Surprising Character an Action Figure
Madame Web's appearances on Spider-Man: The Animated Series led to the action figure-unfriendly character crossing over into the toy line.
How The Office's Working Title Entered the Series Canon
Ever-popular sitcom The Office managed to include it's original working subtitle "An American Workplace" into the final season in a surprising way.
How Spider-Man Made Unauthorized Cameos in '90s Marvel Animation
Spider-Man managed to appear in several other 1990s Marvel animated projects, despite efforts from executives to restrict him to his own series.
How Green Lantern’s Cliffhanger Ending Was Eventually Resolved
Green Lantern: The Animated Series' open-ended and often over-looked series finale was eventually addressed in three different DC Comics TV series.
X-Men ‘97 Can Finally Introduce A Missing Member of the Brotherhood of Mutants
An absent member of X-Men: The Animated Series' Brotherhood of Evil Mutants may be able to finally make their debut on Disney+'s X-Men '97.
The DuckTales Reboot Failed to Give Donald Duck his "Goofy" Moment
2017's DuckTales reboot successfully reimagined and updated most of it's colorful cast of characters, but fell short of its plans for Donald Duck.