Including the spin-off Frasier, Kelsey Grammer played the character of Frasier Crane for 20 consecutive years, a record for an American actor in a comedy series (Ranked #20)
The original idea for the show was to document the return of Larry David to the stand-up world, mixing it up with scenes from David's own life (Ranked #19)
In the hallways of the Enterprise there are tubes marked 'GNDN', these initials stand for 'goes nowhere does nothing' (Ranked #18)
Two central character names are references to famous people, hijacker D.B. Cooper and president Harry Truman (Ranked #17)
The series finale is the highest rated American show of all time, with a 60.2% ratings and 125 million viewers (Ranked #16)
The set is supposedly so realistic that Warner Brothers studio tour groups are not permitted inside the sound stages where the show is filmed due to White House security concerns (Ranked #15)
Throughout the course of the series, 187 celebrities appeared as themselves (Ranked #14)
The first Top Ten List was 'Top Ten Words That Almost Rhyme With Peas.' (Ranked #13)
This is the first TV series in history to be screened in IMAX theaters (Ranked #12)
John Francis Daley is the only cast member to be the age of his character (14) during filming (Ranked #11)
The show won the Emmy for 'Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Series' every year from 2003-2012, the longest winning streak for a television show in Emmy history (Ranked #10)
The first toilet flush in prime time television was heard on this show (Ranked #9)
Steve Martin is the only person to host a season premiere, a season finale, and a Christmas show and is the only person to host the show three times in a single season (Ranked #8)
The oft-parodied high-pitched guitar melody riff in the theme music was played by Howard A. Roberts (Ranked #7)
D'oh!,' has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary, considered to be the ultimate authority on the English language (Ranked #6)
Instituted a policy of 'no hugging, no learning', meaning that the show must avoid sentimentality and moral lessons, and the characters must never learn from their wrongdoing (Ranked #5)
Jon Hamm is the only actor to appear in every episode (Ranked #4)
When characters on the show are smoking meth, they are actually smoking sugar or rock candy but do not inhale (Ranked #3)
The picture on Frank Sobotka's dartboard is of Bob Irsay, the owner of the Indianapolis Colts who moved the team from Baltimore in the middle of the night in late 1983 (Ranked #2)
The large mugshot on the wall of the Bada Bing's office is of 23-year-old Frank Sinatra. In 1938 Sinatra was arrested and charged with 'seduction of a married woman' (Ranked #1)
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