Curated playlist
Saturn Award–winning television series
- The SimpsonsMatt Groening sketched The Simpsons in a lobby after deciding not to sign away his comic strip rights.
- Stranger ThingsAbout 15 cable networks rejected Stranger Things because its leads were children.
- True BloodAlan Ball found True Blood's source novel by accident. He wandered into a bookstore before a dental appointment.
- Twin PeaksSheryl Lee was hired to play Twin Peaks' dead girl, Laura Palmer. Lynch saw her in a picnic scene and kept her on.
- Doctor WhoDoctor Who first aired 80 seconds late because Kennedy news ran long. The BBC show began on November 23, 1963.
- Star Wars RebelsStar Wars Rebels built its look on Ralph McQuarrie's original concept art. The series debuted in 2014.
- The Walking Dead (TV series)Daryl Dixon, one of The Walking Dead's most popular characters, was invented for the TV series.
- Breaking BadBreaking Bad began as a joke about two unemployed writers cooking meth in an RV.
- Game of ThronesHBO made the Game of Thrones pilot redo about 90 percent of its footage. The re-shoot changed cast and directors.
- Fallout (American TV series)The television series Fallout opens with a young woman named Lucy leaving Vault 33 to search for her kidnapped father. Amazon Prime Video released it as a drama based on the role-playing video game franchise created by Tim Cain and Leonard…