Monday 30 July, 2007

What's your Cafe Quotient?

The OC
- In an early draft of the series, Ryan Atwood was going to be Sandy Cohen's illegitimate child.
- On the sets of The OC, the Cohen's pool is only 4 feet deep, so the cast does the pool scenes on their knees.
- Josh Schwartz, The O.C.'s creator, used a "trojan horse" strategy to get FOX's (US television network) attention.


Friends
- David Schwimmer (Ross) is reported to have dated all his female co-stars from 'Friends'
- Before the show was cast, the main love interest was intended to be Monica and Joey.
- Courtney Cox was originally asked to play Rachel, but she asked to play Monica instead after reading the parts.
- Other titles considered for Friends were 'Friends Like Us', 'Six of One', 'Across the Hall' and 'Insomnia Cafe'
- When Matt LeBlanc auditioned for the role of 'Joey' he only had $11 in his pocket.

The Sopranos:
- The First cable-television series to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
- The cast of Sopranos was #9 on the annual forbes magazine Celebrtiy 100 list in 2006.
- Originally creator David Chase was going to call the key character Tommy Soprano. He later changed it to Tony Soprano.

Will & Grace
- Grace's middle name is Elizabeth.
- Sean Hayes's character Jack received a Screen Actors Guild Award for best supporting actor.
- Will & Grace is nominated for 27 Golden Globe Awards.

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