Carol Merrill’s daughter Hillary Saffire became the hostess on the new TV game show “Truth or Consequences” (syndicated) in 1987.
Merrill herself was the hostess on “Let’s Make a Deal” (NBC, 1963-68; ABC, 1968-76).
Jane Withers was Josephine the Plumber, who sang the praises of Comet Cleanser in the 1960s.
Yes, Jodie Foster has starred in a TV series. During the 1974-75 season, she played Addie Pray on “Paper Moon,” an ABC sitcom based on the 1972 Peter Bogdanovich movie.
Archie and Edith Bunker of “All in the Family” (CBS, 1971-79) lived at 704 Houser Street in Queens, New York.
Playwright Arthur Miller wrote the teleplay for the CBS TV movie “Playing for Time” (1980). Vanessa Redgrave played Auschwitz prisoner Fania Fenelon.
The TV show Dallas was not set in Dallas, but nearby in rural Braddock, Texas. The Ewing ranch there was called Southfork.
The Flintstone family car ran through the courtesy of Fred’s two feet in “The Flintstones”.