Blackadder essentially to play himself. Political commentator Vincent Hanna played a character billed as "his own great-great-great grandfather" in the episode "Dish and Dishonesty" of "Blackadder the Third". Hanna was asked to take part because the scene was of a by-election in which Baldrick was a candidate and, in the style of modern television, Hanna gave a long-running "live" commentary of events at the count (and interviewed candidates and election agents) to a crowd through the town hall window. Howard Goodall's theme tune has the same melody throughout all the series, but is played in roughly the style of the period
Dish Nation affiliate is one of that network's weakest affiliate stations. The show's median age of viewers was 43.1, the lowest among all entertainment magazine shows, according to Twentieth ("TMZ" 43.7, "Access Hollywood" 52.3, "Extra" 54.2, "The Insider" 55.2, "Entertainment Tonight" 56.6, "Inside Edition" 58). Prior to the 2012 NATPE conference, 20th Century Fox announced that "Dish Nation" would return for a 52-week, full series run to premiere September 10, 2012. After the rating success of its first 100 episodes, Twentieth Television announced on January 25, 2013 that "Dish Nation" had been picked up for an unprecedented Season Two. Viewers "are constantly