We probably don\'t even realize how many shows are \"introduced\" every year and ultimately fall by the wayside, never to be heard from again. But sometimes a show comes along that influences American culture and other TV shows as well. Here are 10 shows that influenced some serious copy-cats.
While the audience waits impatiently for the final half-season of Battlestar Galactica, the cast and crew have already moved on... kind of. Tricia Helfer has been talking about her experiences on the show, from how little she knew at the start to the reaction of the cast to the end of the show... even though that end keeps on staying out of reach.
In addition to The Weather Channel, which can be seen by 97 percent of U.S. cable subscribers, the deal also includes several related assets such as weather services for newspapers and radio stations and the widely used Web site Weather.com.
Like some human reality shows, \"Greatest American Dog\" requires the participants, both four- and two-legged, to live together during the competition. R.J. Cutler, the show\'s executive producer, described the \"canine academy\" as a shared situation that is fun for the dogs and homelike for the people. Each episode tests a specific quality