In the fourth episode of season eight, titled "Misfire," Kelso proposes to Jackie, a request that she ultimately refuses after mulling it over. Relieved that he isn't about to be locked into a marriage, Kelso promptly moves to Chicago to be near his daughter and accept a job as a security guard at the Playboy Club. After this episode, Kelso was absent from the remainder of the season, only returning for the finale. By the time the last season of That '70s Show aired, Fox was in the midst of an especially well-received television season.
According to ABC MediaNet , the network's American Idol held both of the top spots in the ratings that year, raking in over 30 million viewers for each Tuesday and Wednesday airing. Fox was also doing well with the second season of the scripted medical drama House. Additionally, Fox launched its Animation Domination block in , highlighting adult animated shows.
With a growing collection of well-received shows, Fox no longer needed to depend on aging hits like That '70s Show. The network's broadcast schedule reflected this shift. In a new time slot up against stiffer competition, That '70s Show faded in its final season, and what was once a cornerstone hit for the network started to look like a sitcom waiting to be canceled.
Initially, the showrunners considered recasting the role of Eric, but that idea was abandoned in favor of introducing an entirely new character: Randy Pearson, played by Josh Meyers, who quickly became Donna's new love interest with Eric out of the picture.
Hired by Hyde to work at the record store, Randy quickly became one of the gang and hung around with the other characters at the Forman house. Though Randy became part of the main cast with hopes of maintaining the status quo, the character wasn't exactly liked by fans.
It was plainly evident that Randy was meant to be a replacement for Eric, but many viewers didn't find him nearly as charming. It's impossible to know how many more seasons That '70s Show might have lasted with Grace and Kutcher in the cast, but Randy's introduction proved the series was quickly running out of gas and needed to be canceled. The first season of That '70s Show did relatively well, drawing over 11 million households.
The second season was similarly well-received ; at the beginning of the show's run, viewers were obviously engaged by and invested in the cast and their shenanigans. Carsey-Werner Productions exec Jim Kraus commented on the show's appeal in an interview with the New York Times , pointing out, "The show was a secret pleasure for Fox's core audience, the toyear-old concentration of viewers No matter what night it aired — and it moved constantly — viewers found it and followed it.
Despite declining viewership, the show didn't experience a significant drop in critical reception until the final season. Though they did well overall, Rotten Tomatoes audience scores for the first seven seasons gradually declined as the show progressed. Between the show's first and seventh season, audience scores never dropped below 60 percent, the eighth season took a massive dive, dropping all the way to 23 percent.
By the end, many fans hadn't just moved on — they actively disliked the final batch of episodes. Even before That '70s Show was canceled, it had clearly stopped being appointment TV for its audience.
By the time That '70s Show concluded its eighth and final season, many character arcs had reached their natural conclusions, leaving less potential for interesting stories should the series have continued. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. Eric Forman is a typical high school student growing up in Wisconsin in with his family and his friends. Together, they have the same kind of joys and sorrows that just about every teenager has while growing up.
This show parodied many of the attitudes, events and fads of the 70s, along with those who grew up at the time. Be Groovy. Be Very Groovy. Did you know Edit. Trivia Mila Kunis was only fourteen when she auditioned for the show. The casting directors required that any interested actors be at least 18 when auditioning. When producers asked her age, she misled them by saying, "Well, I'll be eighteen on my birthday.
Goofs In the opening credits, you can clearly see many modern cars. The most obvious is a ''02 Ford Expedition that passes the cast on the passenger side. Quotes Red Forman : When my time comes I want to be buried face down. There are no regular opening credits, the cast member's names are played out over a scene. Alternate versions During the original FOX run, the episodes featured a lot of music from that time-line.
However, in order to avoid paying royalties, most of the music was changed with generic music starting with syndication airings, and these changes remained on the DVD and Blu-ray releases.
User reviews Review. Top review. Funny indeed. This is a really funny show indeed. The script is good and never fails to deliver new ideas. After seven seasons, the show hasn't got boring and that credits must go to the writers. There are some very interesting and funny characters like Red Forman, Fez or regular guest characters like Leo.
Her representative, Mike Pingel, told the publication that she collapsed while walking her dogs on Christmas Eve and was admitted to Cedar-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles, where she died. Pingel went on to confirm to Insider that the "Charlie's Angels" star was alive at that time , but hospitalized in the ICU unit and was "not doing very well.
Roberts' rep also said the mistake was the result of "a miscommunication" between himself, Roberts' longtime boyfriend, Lance O'Brien, and Cedars-Sinai. Roberts left "That '70s Show" to care for her husband, Barry Roberts, who was diagnosed with a brain disease. Following her departure from the series, Roberts hadn't appeared in many roles. Her last credited parts were on "Eve" and "Barbershop" in Kelly was later replaced by Christina Moore after she left the show, reportedly because she struggled with addiction.
At the time, Kelly had voluntarily entered a treatment facility to help her overcome her ongoing drug addiction. In the veteran comedian and marijuana activist's first appearance on the show , Leo spontaneously hired Hyde to work at the Foto Hut, even though Hyde had no previous experience. Chong has also competed on season 19 of "Dancing With the Stars" and voiced the character Yax in "Zootopia. He will star in an upcoming documentary titled "Searching for the Cure," which discusses cannabis.
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Olivia Singh. Most of the main cast members from "That '70s Show," like Topher Grace, continue to act. Some have also ventured into writing books, directing, and producing. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.
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