- The first season episodes of Nashville [2012] are named after Hank Williams songs.
- Describing it as “If David Lynch or The Coen Brothers made a a show about hip hop culture” is how Donald Glover pitched his show Atlanta [2016].
- Fred Rogers’ car was once stolen from a spot around the corner from the TV station where he filmed Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood [1968]. After he filed a police report which was broadcast locally, his car was returned to the spot where it had been stolen, 48 hours later, with a note that read, "If we'd known it was yours, we never would have taken it."
- The basic premise of The Americans [2013] (a cell of Russian sleeper agents hiding in plain sight in the US for decades) is partly based on a true story, which broke in 2010.
- The Office [2005] is arguably the most successful American adaptation of a British TV show. (It aired 188 episodes to the original’s 14).
