Long-Lasting and Loved Television Shows - Part 2 Quiz

Answer: Mister Roger's Neighborhood

"Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" ran from 1968-2001, much longer than I had imagined.
Mister Rogers had a soft voice and explained things clearly. My kids, together with millions of others over the years, appreciated his demeanor.
He introduced kids to his TV neghbors, showed the insides of factories and how they made things, introduced the topic of feelings to kids (and possibly their parents too) and much more.

Answer: I Love Lucy

"I Love Lucy" ran from 1951-1957.
Lucille Ball, together with her husband Desi Arnaz, starred in this sitcom which, together with Lucy's antics, also featured one of the first times in TV history that a pregnant woman was shown onscreen with the pregnancy part of the plot.
It was also groundbreaking in showing an interracial marriage.

Answer: Monday Night Football

"Monday Night Football" was initiated in 1970 and continues weekly programming (during the NFL season).
It was broadcast by ABC at the beginning.
The NFL envisioned moving some of the games from traditional Sunday games to increase viewership as well as fans' excitement for the game by highlighting a game a week. It was a challenge to do this without taxing the players too much and Monday night was agreed upon.
The hosts for the first few years were Howard Cosell, the then-recently retired Dallas Cowboy quarterback, Don Meredith, and Frank Gifford.
"Thursday Night Football" only got started 2006.

Answer: The X-Files

"The X-Files" ran from 1993-2002 and starred Scully and Mulder - two FBI agents - one believing in the occult while the other, a medical doctor, was skeptical.
Their theme song was nominated twice for Emmys as well as winning an Online Film & Television Association (OFTA) award for best music in 1999.
Two seasons were added in the mid-2010's

Answer: Friends

"Friends" ran from 1994-2004.
It featured six single friends, including a brother and sister, living as neighbors in New York. The show was notable in its attempt to have all six characters feature as the main characters without one or two standouts.
Its final episode was watched by over 50 million viewers - the 5th most-watched final episode at the time.

Answer: The Flash

"The Flash" first aired in 1990-1 and regained popularity when Flash appeared as a character in a different show - "Arrow". When the network heard that his performance there was well-liked, they decided to "reincarnate" Flash. It was cool that the actor who played Flash in the first series played Flash's dad in the second series.

Answer: Breaking Bad

"Breaking Bad" ran from 2008-13.
The show and its actors won numerous TV awards over the years, despite its relatively few seasons compared to others in this quiz.
"Better Call Saul" was actually a prequel spinoff to "Breaking Bad".
There was a plethora of TV "b-shows" that decade.

Answer: Game of Thrones

"Game of Thrones" ran from 2011-19. By the time they went off the air, that show had won 59 Primetime Emmy Awards - the most by any show until that time.
"Foundation's Edge" was just a shout out to another trilogy that wound up being longer than a trilogy.
"Hunger Games" was not a TV series rather a series of novels turned into movies. This was also a 5-part trilogy, with two prequels wrotten after the trilogy was completed.

Answer: Cheers

This weekly sitcom, which ran from September 1982 to May 1993, had at least two spinoffs - "Frasier" and "The Tortellis".
The theme song, "Where Everybody Knows Your Name", was written by Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo.
"... Sometimes you wanna go
Where everybody knows your name
And they're always glad you came"

Answer: Meet the Press

"Meet the Press" is a weekly show which hosts mostly national political figures with a panel of journalists asking them questions about opinions, policy and implementation.
It was the first live news show to host a US president while still in office.