Happy Days is one of the most important sitcoms in TV history, and may be one of the first to introduce meta jokes to ...
From Robin Williams' debut as Mork to the infamous 'jump the shark' moment, here are five essential episodes of Happy Days.
On Aug. 18, 2025, Winkler was inducted into the 27th Television Academy Hall of Fame. During his speech to the Academy, he ...
As one of the greatest sitcoms ever made, "Happy Days" seems in retrospect as if it should have been no-brainer for ABC execs (who originally wanted to give the show a hilariously bad title). But it ...
It’s amazing how a single sitcom—even one that arrived and took the pop culture world by storm—can create an entire universe of shows, characters and Saturday-morning experiments, but Happy Days may ...
Different generations may know Linda Purl for various roles. For many Boomers and Gen Xers, she is Fonzie’s girlfriend, ...
It’s hard to think of Happy Days without Fonzie, but when the series premiered in January 1974, the character portrayed by Henry Winkler was a bit player. Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli was a minor, ...
Henry Winkler recalled Williams' audition for Mork the Orkan on Happy Days. He shared that the Good Will Hunting actor seemed ...
Rob Reiner may have been a big part of All in the Family, but he had a close connection to a another 1970s TV show. In 1973, the legendary actor and director wrote the pilot for Happy Days–while he ...
"Happy Days" remains a paragon of the sitcom genre to this day, but its many spin-offs often failed to capture even a hint of the original show's magic. "Joanie Loves Chachi" was a particularly ...