The teleporter in Star Trek was conceived because budget limitations prevented expensive shots of spaceships landing on planets

Star Trek actress Nichelle Nichols, who played Uhura faced so much discrimination due to her role that she considered leaving the show. Martin Luther King Jr convinced her to stay

All characters in the Simpsons are shown to have four fingers except one who has five: God

Time magazine named the Simpsons the best TV show of the 20th century

Matt Groening revealed that the yellow color of characters on the Simpsons was chosen to make the show stand out when channel surfers were flipping through the channels

Jerry Seinfeld's former friend Michael Constanza sued the "Seinfeld" creators, claiming that the character of George was based on him and thus violated his privacy. He lost