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a deep bench of regulars, she said the side characters who get prominence in episodes like this Christmas special are just what feels natural. “When we decided that [Homer as Santa] would have an elf and that it would be Ralph, we weren’t thinking like, ‘Those two haven’t really been together, let’s combine them.’ But then we realized, ‘Wow, these two have never really been a pair.’ So we enjoy it as we’re doing it.”She added, “I feel like if we did it like, ‘What’s a pairing we haven’t done?’ And then we just stick together and then come up with the story, that would feel off. You just come out with a story, and who would fit best for the story.

“Little House on the Prairie” when she was 9 years old. She was later cast in an episode to play Belinda, one of Albert Ingalls’ (Matthew Labyorteaux) classmates.The 57-year-old, who has recently launched a collage-style wallpaper line, Storyboards by Melora Hardin, has fond memories of helping to bring the hit series to life. She told Fox News Digital that Michael Landon, who starred as beloved patriarch Charles Ingalls and directed the series, was revered on set by the fellow “Prairie” kids.“Michael Landon made everyone feel safe,” she recalled.

Sunday night. “Saturday Night Live” is having a 50th anniversary special airing on a rare Sunday night (Feb. 16 at 8 p.m.

Rockefeller Center tree, and curl up in front of the TV to watch specials and holiday episodes. There’s a huge number of episodes themed around the holiday on shows ranging from serious dramas to cartoons to sci-fi horror. There’s something for everyone.

“Grey’s Anatomy” writer Elisabeth Finch would allegedly alter her appearance and take “puke breaks” as part of her orchestrated ruse to get people to believe she was seriously ill with cancer.A clip of the new three-part series “Anatomy of Lies” on Peacock displayed a glimpse into the extent of Finch’s lies as she faked having cancer for nearly a decade while working on the Emmy-winning show.In it, her former colleague, writer and producer Andy Reaser, shared the feeling of “betrayal” he felt over the lengths the fraudster was willing to go to convince others she was grappling with cancer and chemotherapy treatment.“The thing is, it was so confusing,” Reaser said in the clip. “You have to move through eight years of interactions to even wrap your head around it and I’m not even sure that I still fully have.”Reaser compared Finch’s lies to “performance art” and briefly explained how far she would go to pull one over on her colleagues.“She was showing up to work with a shaved head and a, you know, a greenish hue.

The Dick Van Dyke Show,” so ingrained into the fabric of early 1960s pop culture — and lovingly replicated to within inches of its original form.It joins a replica of the rooftops and chimneys from “Mary Poppins” and the flying car from “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” in recalling Van Dyke’s multi-faceted career in the CBS special, airing Dec. 21 at 9 p.m.“The star of the show is Dick Van Dyke himself, the legend, but the co-star is the set,” said Craig Plestis, co-executive producer of “Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic.”Plestis, who developed Fox’s hit series “The Masked Singer,” worked with Van Dyke when he appeared on that show last February (as the Gnome).

“JFK: One Day in America“HuluThis National Geographic three-part series — which premiered Nov. 5 and is now streaming on Hulu — is a comprehensive account of what happened in Dallas and was produced in collaboration with the Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. It features archival footage, some colorized for the first, and interviews with the last surviving witnesses.“Capturing Oswald“Nov.

“JFK: One Day in America“HuluThis National Geographic three-part series — which premiered Nov. 5 and is now streaming on Hulu — is a comprehensive account of what happened in Dallas and was produced in collaboration with The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza. It features archival footage, some colorized for the first, and interviews with the last surviving witnesses.“Capturing Oswald“Nov.

“Dirty Jobs” is back on Discovery Channel.Mike Rowe, who hosted the trailblazing series (2003-2012) in which he took a deep (often grimey) dive into everyday occupations, has reunited his old crew for “Dirty Jobs: Rowe’d Trip,” premiering July 7 at 9 p.m. on Discovery.In the four-part series, Rowe and company drive around in an RV — reminiscing about the series, revisiting classic episodes and reconnecting with memorable “Dirty Jobs” participants.And there’s a twist: the series was filmed amidst the pandemic.“We shot it two weeks ago, which was tricky,” Rowe, 58, tells The Post.