History Series / TilDeath

* TheOtherDarrin: Four different actresses played Ally. In order: Creator/KrystenRitter, Laura Clery, Lindsay Broad, and Kate "[[GarfunkelAndOates Oates]]" Micucci, with Clery, Broad ''and'' Micucci all sharing the role at the same time due to OutOfOrder. InUniverse, Doug sees the change to Ally 4 during his Medium Awareness. He becomes OK with it only after he realizes Ally 4 is friskier.

* YouLookFamiliar: Look out for Kate Micucci as a server at a restaurant several episodes before she becomes Ally #4.

Despite very lackluster ratings, which reached comically low levels later in its run (see [[http://www.spottedratings.com/2010/07/war-of-18-49-til-death.html here for details]]), the show managed to make it to four seasons due to the production company offering it for a pittance, hoping to get enough episodes for syndication to make their money back. Possibly as a result, the show wound up going in weird directions, which didn't gain it any further viewers, but briefly made it must-see TV for television critic types. The strangeness of the fourth season in particular is highlighted in [[http://www.avclub.com/articles/nobodys-watching-the-strange-genius-of-the-fourth,42394/ this]] [[TheOnion AV Club]] article by Todd [=VanDerWerff=].

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: The show got downright surreal in its final season when nobody was watching, including Doug realizing he's a character in a sitcom & his girlfriend keeps getting recast, Mayim Bialik as a therapist who is really Mayim Bialik in a reality show, and other bizarre adventures.

* TheOtherDarrin: Four different actresses played Ally. In order: Creator/KrystenRitter, Laura Clery, Lindsay Broad, and Kate "[[GarfunkelAndOates Oates]]" Micucci, with Clery, Broad ''and'' Micucci all sharing the role at the same time due to OutOfOrder. InUniverse, Doug sees the change to Ally 4 during his Medium Awareness. He becomes ok with it only after he realizes Ally 4 is friskier.

DomCom about Eddie Stark, a high school history teacher, and Joy, his wife of 23 years. A newlywed couple, Jeff and Stephanie Woodcock, move in next door, HilarityEnsues. Originally, the show was meant to be a satirical/comedic take on the differences in the relationships of married couples when they are newlyweds and when they are more mature. However, Jeff and Steph were later written out altogether and the show became an ''EverybodyLovesRaymond'' clone.

* TheCameo / ShoutOut: In the first episode, Ray Romano makes a guest appearance as an old friend of Eddie's. When asked by his acquaintance who Eddie was, Ray remarks "I dunno, [[EverybodyLovesRaymond some guy I used to work with]]."

* ScheduleSlip: Oh so much. The ''first'' lengthy hiatus (during season two; lasted about four months) is [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the 2007-08 WGA Strike. The second? Not so much, and a direct result of rapidly declining ratings. This one lasted just shy of a full year. Then a third hiatus started in mid-October 2009 after just ''three'' episodes (again, blame the ratings) and lasted until an infamous Christmas night mini-marathon that finished dead last among the big four despite the other nets being in repeats. One final hiatus of just over a month then ensued, until Fox went ahead and burned off all ''thirty'' remaining episodes in consecutive weeks[[note]]only breaking off for the [[{{NASCAR}} Coca-Cola 600]] on Memorial Day Sunday[[/note]] for about five months.

* TheOtherDarrin: Four different actresses played Ally. In order: Krysten Ritter, Laura Clery, Lindsay Broad, and Kate "[[GarfunkelAndOates Oates]]" Micucci, with Clery, Broad ''and'' Micucci all sharing the role at the same time due to OutOfOrder. InUniverse, Doug sees the change to Ally 4 during his Medium Awareness. He becomes ok with it only after he realizes Ally 4 is friskier.

* TheOtherDarrin: Four different actresses played Ally. In order: Krysten Ritter, Laura Clery, Lindsay Broad, and Kate "[[GarfunkelAndOates Oates]]" Micucci, with Clery, Broad ''and'' Micucci all sharing the role at the same time due to OutOfOrder. Doug sees the change to Ally 4 during his Medium Awareness. He becomes ok with it only after he realizes Ally 4 is friskier.

---> We'd show you the rest of the scene but the song would cost an extra $40,000. And this is not a real freeze frame, that would cost an extra $89. It's not that we're cheap, explaining this cost us an extra [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment $36]].

---> We'd show you the rest of the scene but the song would cost an extra $40,000. And this is not a real freeze frame, that would cost an extra $89. It's not that we're cheap, explaining this cost us an extra [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment $36 dollars]].

* StuntCasting: Gilbert Gottfried as an annoying, rich-as-hell next door neighbor to the Starks during part of season four.

* BrotherChuck:

* TheCameo / ShoutOut: In the first episode, Ray Romano makes a guest appearance as an old friend of Eddie's. When asked by his acquaintance who Eddie was, Ray remarks "I dunno, [[EverybodyLovesRaymond some guy I used to work with]]."

-->'''Handyman:''' ''...you're saying words, but... they don't mean anything.''
* TheOtherDarrin: Ally has 4 different actresses[[note]]in order: Krysten Ritter, Laura Clery, Lindsay Broad, and Kate "[[GarfunkelAndOates Oates]]" Micucci, with Clery, Broad ''and'' Micucci all sharing the role at the same time due to OutOfOrder[[/note]], with the change to the fourth being seen by Doug during his Medium Awareness. He becomes ok with it only after he realizes Ally 4 is friskier.

* DeathGlare: Dr. Bialik to Doug, after he calls Jenny Von Oy (Six from "Blossom") "The Hot One".

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when Doug inexplicably remembers all three during a late-season relapse into [[MediumAwareness "Sitcomosis"]]. The others have ''zero clue'' who he's talking about.

** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Doug during his "relapse" into MediumAwareness, when inexplicably remembers all of these characters, much to the confusion of the others.

* StuntCasting: Gilbert Gottfried as an annoying, rich-as-hell next door neighbor to the Starks during season four.

** The following disclaimer showed up on-screen during a scene, just as Joy was about to sing the song "Memory", from the play ''{{Katz}}'':

---> We'd show you the rest of the scenek but the song would cost an extra $40,000. And this is not a real freeze frame, that would cost an extra $89. It's not that we're cheap, explaining this cost us an extra [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment $36 dollars]].

* {{555}}: InUniverse, the use of this trope apparently tipped off employers that Joy had used fake references on her job applications.

* BreakingTheFourthWall:
-->'''Joy''': In your dreams!
-->'''Eddie''': This is my dream!

* TheOtherDarrin: Ally has 4 different actresses[[note]]in order: Krysten Ritter, Laura Clery, Lindsay Broad, and Kate "[[GarfunkelAndOates Oates]]" Micucci, with Clery and Broad sharing the role at the same time due to OutOfOrder[[/note]], with the change to the fourth being seen by Doug during his Medium Awareness. He becomes ok with it only after he realizes Ally 4 is friskier.

* BreakoutCharacter: Eddie and Joy's daughter, Allison, was a minor recurring character in seasons one, two and three, then promoted to series regular in season four. Although the AnachronicOrder and ExecutiveMeddling makes this progression difficult to fully appreciate.

* ShowWithinAShow: "The Dr. Bialik Show".