History Trivia / NorthernExposure

* WrittenInInfirmity: Shelly's pregnancy and the birth of her daughter were written in because of Creator/Cynthiageary's real-world pregnancy. (Hard to hide since Geary was conventionally small and skinny as a Hollywood actress and hence her pregnancy was extremely noticeable).

* WrittenInfirmity: Shelly's pregnancy and the birth of her daughter were written in because of Creator/Cynthiageary's real-world pregnancy. (Hard to hide since Geary was conventionally small and skinny as a Hollywood actress and hence her pregnancy was extremely noticeable).

* CaliforniaDoubling: Alaska, I mean um, Washington state, [[SceneryPorn sure is beautiful]].

* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: The show's frequent usage of music made home video releases a struggle. Universal tried averting this at first when re-releasing the show on DVD, but season 1 ended up retailing for $60 due to the costs of licensing the music. As a result, subsequent releases had the original background music replaced with muzak to lower the costs. This sadly carried on with Shout! Factory's reissue of the series, though they clarified it was a direct reissue and that the re-release was primarily to KeepCirculatingTheTapes.

* PlayingYourOwnTwin: In "Jules et Joel", Creator/RobMorrow played both main character Joel and his brother, Jules, though [[spoiler:it was all a dream]].

* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: The first season was released to DVD with all of its music intact, but it wound up retailing for $60 due to the cost of licensing. As a result, Universal chose to replace much of the music in the remaining seasons with generic muzak to keep the costs down.

* RealLifeRelative: Marilyn's mother is played by Armenia Miles, the real-life mother of Creator/ElaineMiles. Interestingly, Elaine never auditioned for the show but was offered the part when she accompanied her mother to ''her'' audition.

* AbilityOverAppearance: Shelly was written to be Native-American but Caucasian Cynthia Geary ended up getting the part.

* TheDanza: Adam Arkin as Adam.

* RealLifeRelative: Marilyn's mother is played by Armenia Miles, the real-life mother of Elaine Miles. Interestingly, Elaine never auditioned for the show but was offered the part when she accompanied her mother to ''her'' audition.

* FridayNightDeathSlot: The "burn off episodes in the summer" variety. The show both started and ended this way, with its first season airing entirely in the summer, and the last few episodes of its final season being held back from May sweeps and aired in June and July, presumably because the ratings dropped precipitously after Rob Morrow's departure.

* RealLifeRelative: Marilyn's mother is played by Armenia Miles, the real-life mother of Elaine Miles. Interestingly, Elaine never auditioned for the show, but was offered the part when she accompanied her mother to ''her'' audition.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Chris is also [[Film/MyBigFatGreekWedding a vegetarian English professor]] and [[SexAndTheCity dating Carrie until she leaves him for Mr. Big]].
** Creator/JackBlack plays a high school senior in a Season 5 episode.
** Minor example: The German clockmaker in "Nothing's Perfect" is also [[Series/{{Lost}} the immortal guardian of a mysterious island]].

** Minor example: The German clockmaker in "Nothing's Perfect" is also [[{{Lost}} the immortal guardian of a mysterious island]].