History Trivia / BostonCommon

* ActorSharedBackground: Native Virginian Anthony Clark playing native Virginian Boyd Pritchett.

* ActorAllusion: Patrick Fabian, playing Professor Reed in the pilot, and the character is dating an attractive female student. [[Series/SavedByTheBell Sounds familiar.]]

* TheOtherDarrin: The role of Jack being recast after the pilot (Vincent Ventresca replacing Patrick Fabian).

* TheDanza: Tasha Smith as Tasha King.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: While it was understandable that NBC would pair the series with ''Series/ThirdRockfromtheSun'' on Sundays for its second season, the fact that ''Boston Common'' didn't perform as well in the ratings as its lead-in, led NBC to make some...odd decisions with its time slot, as well as its placement on the network's schedule. The second season's tenth episode, "Coming Clean", aired on November 20, 1996...a Wednesday. Four days later, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, ''3rd Rock'' had a new episode aired, which led into an airing of the Creator/MelGibson remake of ''Film/{{Maverick}}''. Neither show had an episode aired the following Sunday, as ''Film/JurassicPark'' was shown. ''3rd Rock'' and ''Boston Common'' returned with new episodes the following two Sundays to close out the calendar year. The two series returned with new episodes on January 5, 1997, but while ''3rd Rock'' would air two subsequent new episodes the following Sunday, and on Groundhog Day, ''Common'' wouldn't return until February 16. The shows would then be paired with each other, airing new episodes until April. That's when NBC did something unusual: "The Occidental Purists" (Episode 18) aired on April 6...with "Here's to You, Mrs. Byrnes" (Episode 19) ''airing the following night!'' ''Common'''s next episode aired the Monday after, before returning to its Sunday time slot one last time for the penultimate episode, and then what would end up being the series finale airing on Monday, April 28, 1997. That's a lot of movement.

* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Looks like things didn't work out for Boyd and Joy after all. [[Series/YesDear He moved to Los Angeles, married a pretty woman with curly hair, had two kids with her, and became a successful motion picture executive.]]
** Meanwhile, Joy stayed in Boston, and [[Series/TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace started hanging out with]] Creator/RyanReynolds. Then, she moved across the country to San Francisco, and started [[Series/{{Monk}} working with Tony Shalhoub]].

* RetroactiveRecognition: Looks like things didn't work out for Boyd and Joy after all. [[Series/YesDear He moved to Los Angeles, married a pretty woman with curly hair, had two kids with her, and became a successful motion picture executive.]]

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: While it was understandable that NBC would pair the series with ''Series/ThirdRockfromtheSun'' on Sundays for its second season, the fact that ''Boston Common'' didn't perform as well in the ratings as its lead-in, led NBC to make some...odd decisions with its time slot, as well as its placement on the network's schedule. The second season's tenth episode, "Coming Clean", aired on November 20, 1996...a Wednesday. Four days later, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, ''3rd Rock'' had a new episode aired, which led into an airing of the MelGibson remake of ''{{Film/Maverick}}''. Neither show had an episode aired the following Sunday, as ''JurassicPark'' was shown. ''3rd Rock'' and ''Boston Common'' returned with new episodes the following two Sundays to close out the calendar year. The two series returned with new episodes on January 5, 1997, but while ''3rd Rock'' would air two subsequent new episodes the following Sunday, and on Groundhog Day, ''Common'' wouldn't return until February 16. The shows would then be paired with each other, airing new episodes until April. That's when NBC did something unusual: "The Occidental Purists" (Episode 18) aired on April 6...with "Here's to You, Mrs. Byrnes" (Episode 19) ''airing the following night!'' ''Common'''s next episode aired the Monday after, before returning to its Sunday time slot one last time for the penultimate episode, and then what would end up being the series finale airing on Monday, April 28, 1997. That's a lot of movement.

* ActorAllusion: Patrick Fabian, playing Professor Reed in the pilot, and the character is dating an attractive female student. [[SavedByTheBell Sounds familiar.]]

* HeyItsThatGuy: Looks like the ''Boston Common'' pilot version of Professor Reed wasn't turned off from dating attractive female students after his breakup with [[SavedByTheBell Kelly Kapowski]].
** Nice to see that [[Series/{{Cheers}} Robin Colcord]] is still a jackass.
*** Seems to have retained many of [[Film/RobinHoodMenInTights the Sheriff of Rottingham's]] manipulative qualities, as well.
** Whoa! [[Film/{{Superman}} Lois Lane]] is Wyleen's drama teacher!
** Wow, [[GrowingPains Willis Dewitt]] became a college president; and, he seems much happier, now that he doesn't have to put up with Mike Seaver's antics.
*** Not to mention he no longer has to scheme to try to get [[PerfectStrangers Balki]] fired.
** Sorry to see [[MrSaturdayNight Stan Young]] so heartbroken over his estrangement from Buddy. Wait a minute. That's not Stan Young. It's [[MadAboutYou Dutch]]!
** Nice to see [[Film/GroundhogDay Doris the Waitress]] get a job as the school psychiatrist.
** Hey, in this one episode, Tasha's dating...'''KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR?!'''

* RetroactiveRecognition: Looks like things didn't work out for Boyd and Joy after all. [[YesDear He moved to Los Angeles, married a pretty woman with curly hair, had two kids with her, and became a successful motion picture executive.]]
** Meanwhile, Joy stayed in Boston, and [[TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace started hanging out with]] RyanReynolds. Then, she moved across the country to San Francisco, and started [[Series/{{Monk}} working with Tony Shalhoub]].
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: While it was understandable that NBC would pair the series with ''[[ThirdRockfromtheSun 3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' on Sundays for its second season, the fact that ''Boston Common'' didn't perform as well in the ratings as its lead-in, led NBC to make some...odd decisions with its time slot, as well as its placement on the network's schedule. The second season's tenth episode, "Coming Clean", aired on November 20, 1996...a Wednesday. Four days later, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, ''3rd Rock'' had a new episode aired, which led into an airing of the MelGibson remake of ''{{Film/Maverick}}''. Neither show had an episode aired the following Sunday, as ''JurassicPark'' was shown. ''3rd Rock'' and ''Boston Common'' returned with new episodes the following two Sundays to close out the calendar year. The two series returned with new episodes on January 5, 1997, but while ''3rd Rock'' would air two subsequent new episodes the following Sunday, and on Groundhog Day, ''Common'' wouldn't return until February 16. The shows would then be paired with each other, airing new episodes until April. That's when NBC did something unusual: "The Occidental Purists" (Episode 18) aired on April 6...with "Here's to You, Mrs. Byrnes" (Episode 19) ''airing the following night!'' ''Common'''s next episode aired the Monday after, before returning to its Sunday time slot one last time for the penultimate episode, and then what would end up being the series finale airing on Monday, April 28, 1997. That's a lot of movement.

** Nice to see [[GroundhogDay Doris the Waitress]] get a job as the school psychiatrist.

** Looks like things didn't work out for Boyd and Joy after all. [[YesDear He moved to Los Angeles, married a pretty woman with curly hair, had two kids with her, and became a successful motion picture executive.]]
*** Meanwhile, Joy stayed in Boston, and [[TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace started hanging out with Ryan Reynolds]].

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: While it was understandable that NBC would pair the series with ''[[ThirdRockfromtheSun 3rd Rock from the Sun]]'' on Sundays for its second season, the fact that ''Boston Common'' didn't perform as well in the ratings as its lead-in, led NBC to make some...odd decisions with its time slot, as well as its placement on the network's schedule. The second season's tenth episode, "Coming Clean", aired on November 20, 1996...a Wednesday. Four days later, the Sunday before Thanksgiving, ''3rd Rock'' had a new episode aired, which led into an airing of the MelGibson remake of ''{{Film/Maverick}}''. Neither show had an episode aired the following Sunday, as ''JurassicPark'' was shown. ''3rd Rock'' and ''Boston Common'' returned with new episodes the following two Sundays to close out the calendar year. The two series returned with new episodes on January 5, 1997, but while ''3rd Rock'' would air two subsequent new episodes the following Sunday, and on Groundhog Day, ''Common'' wouldn't return until February 16. The shows would then be paired with each other, airing new episodes until April. That's when NBC did something unusual: "The Occidental Purists" (Episode 18) aired on April 6...with "Here to You, Mrs. Byrnes" (Episode 19) ''airing the following night!'' ''Common'''s next episode aired the Monday after, before returning to its Sunday time slot one last time for the penultimate episode, and then what would end up being the series finale airing on Monday, April 28, 1997. That's a lot of movement.

** Hey, in this one episode, Tasha's dating...'''KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR!'''