Spin City

Spin City was a TV series that ran from 1996 to 2002, based on a fictional local government running New York City, originally starring Michael J. Fox as Deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty. The show was cancelled along with Dharma & Greg and Once and Again in 2002 due to low ratings from the 2001-2002 season and a change in target demographics.

Trivia

• One of the most memorable (and most popular) scenes in Spin City was the "goofy" love scene that featured Heidi Klum wearing lingerie and Michael apparently imagining himself wearing a astronaut suit, to illustrate the significance he attached to the event (Episode 3x03 - 'Gone With The Wind'). This was a parody on a movie cliche where the person enters the room very slowly in love scenes of movies.
• The show was visited by numerous guest stars, such as supermodel Heidi Klum and actress Courtney Thorne-Smith.
• Many guest stars were connected to Fox and later Sheen. For instance, Mike Flaherty's mother was played by Meredith Baxter, who played his mother on Family Ties; and Charlie's father was played by Charlie Sheen's real-life father Martin Sheen.
• The mayor was named after associate producer Randall Winston.
• The original theme was composed by Shelly Palmer, who also composed the underscore.
• The theme tune for Seasons 2 and 3 was composed by the Spin Doctors.
• Carter and Paul are the only two characters to appear in every episode.
• Charlie Sheen was playing the Deputy Mayor of New York City in Spin City at the same time as his father Martin Sheen was playing the President of the United States in The West Wing.
• Many of Spin City's main cast members have guest-starred on Scrubs, which was created by Spin City co-creator Bill Lawrence. Cast members who have appeared in Scrubs include Barry Bostwick, Richard Kind, Heather Locklear, Alan Ruck, Michael Boatman and Michael J. Fox.
• For a time, the show aired at Tuesdays at 9:30pm, opposite the NBC sitcom Caroline in the City, which starred Lea Thompson, who played Fox's mother in the Back to the Future trilogy (1985, 1989, 1990).
• In the last episode with Fox as a regular cast member, he becomes an Environmental Lobbyist. While telling Caitlin about Washington, D.C., he mentions a junior senator from Ohio named Alex P. Keaton (Fox's character on Family Ties).