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That '70s Show is a Fox Network television sitcom centered around the lives of a group of teenagers living in the fictional suburb of Point Place, near Green Bay, Wisconsin, during the late 1970s. It debuted on August 23, 1998.
Although the show has been on for six years, the timeline has been noticeably slowed. When the show first began in 1998, the show was set in 1976, and in the past six seasons, only three years have gone by.
About the show
The first working title for the Fox Network series was called Teenage Wasteland, before being changed to That '70s Show. The show was remade by the British ITV network as Days Like These using almost verbatim scripts with minor changes to cultural references. The show failed to attract an audience and was removed from the schedules after 10 of the 13 episodes had been broadcast. The remaining three episodes were shown in a later run of repeats. However, That '70s Show is one of the longest continuous running sitcoms for Fox in the US.
The theme song, "In the Street," by Alex Chilton and Chris Bell of the band Big Star, is performed by the band Cheap Trick. Its lyrics are as follows:
- Hanging out, down the street
- The same old thing we did last week
- Not a thing to do, but talk to you
- We're all alright! We're all alright!
The line "Hello Wisconsin!" following the opening theme song was said by Danny Masterson ("Steven Hyde") during season one and Robin Zander (the lead singer of Cheap Trick) during the following seasons. The final part ("We're All Alright!") is from the Cheap Trick song "Surrender". Starting from the fifth season of the series, all the episode titles have a '70s song reference in them (Led Zeppelin songs in Season Five, The Who in Season Six, Rolling Stones in Season Seven.)
Characters
Complete credited cast
It stars Topher Grace as Eric Forman, Laura Prepon as Donna Pinciotti, Ashton Kutcher as Michael Kelso, Danny Masterson as Steven Hyde, Mila Kunis as Jackie Burkhart, and Wilmer Valderrama as Fez (foreign exchange student), with Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith as Eric's parents Kitty and Red Forman, Lisa Robin Kelly (later replaced by Christina Moore) as his sister Laurie, Tanya Roberts and Don Stark as Donna's parents Midge and Bob Pinciotti, and Tommy Chong as Leo.
Missing characters
Donna has a younger sister, Tina, who appears in one episode. Valerie is an elder sister of Donna who is also mentioned. Neither were ever seen or mentioned again. This phenomenon is often referred to as Chuck Cunningham syndrome. Donna's mom, Midge, also disappears for many episodes and quickly ceases to be mentioned. She returns in a storyline expanding on what happened.
Special guests
Crew
- Mark Brazill - Creator/Executive producer
- Bonnie Turner - Creator/Executive producer
- Terry Turner - Creator/Executive producer
- Marcy Carsey - Executive producer
- Jackie Filgo - Executive producer
- Jeff Filgo - Executive producer
- Caryn Mandabach - Executive producer
- Tom Werner - Executive producer
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