Winner of masquerade contest at a Halloween party in 1939 in Missouri. Arthur Rothstein/Library of Congress hide caption
Amy Poehler plays Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation, which will air its final season next year. Poehler says, "It's a privilege in television to be able to have a proper goodbye." Colleen Hayes/NBC hide caption
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in the early days — with the original Aunt Viv, too! AP hide caption
This photo provided by Julie Strassman shows her sister, actress Marcia Strassman. The actress, who played Gabe Kaplan's wife, Julie, on the 1970's sitcom Welcome Back, Kotter, has died at age 66. Randi St. Nicholas/AP hide caption
June "Mama June" Shannon jokes with daughter Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, star of TLC's unscripted series Here Comes Honey Boo Boo. John Bazemore/AP hide caption
Evelyn FitzGerald, 2 months old, is in a Princess Leia — of Star Wars renown — costume made from recycled clothes by her mother Shenandoah Brettell of El Segundo, Calif. "I made the wig out of yarn and the belt out of felt," says Shenandoah, who listens to NPR member station KPCC. Shenandoah Brettell hide caption
Bryan Cranston (left) starred as chemistry teacher turned meth dealer Walter White, and Aaron Paul played former student and drug-dealing co-conspirator Jesse Pinkman in AMC's Breaking Bad. Ben Leuner/AMC hide caption
On The Wonder Years, Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage) had a crush on his neighbor Winnie Cooper (Danica McKellar). Courtesy of Scoop Marketing hide caption
Debra Messing stars with Robert Klein in NBC's The Mysteries of Laura. Will Hart/NBC hide caption
The Boston Herald published this cartoon earlier this month. The Boston Herald hide caption
Nurses check on newborns in the Hello Kitty-designed maternity ward at the Hau Sheng Hospital in Taiwan in 2009. Wally Santana/AP hide caption
Feminist critic Anita Sarkeesian, seen here filming her Tropes vs. Women web series, recently canceled a talk at Utah State University after the school received threats of a mass shooting at the event. Jonathan McIntosh hide caption
Neil Patrick Harris, seen here hosting the 2013 Emmys, is getting the Oscars job many have long wanted for him. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Before creating The Mindy Project, Mindy Kaling wrote and appeared in NBC's The Office. Isabella Vosmikova/FOX hide caption
Costumes were plentiful at the New York Comic-Con at Jacob Javitz Center. Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images hide caption
Lena Dunham and Allison Williams star in Girls, one of several popular HBO shows that stand-alone streaming could include. Mark Schafer/HBO hide caption
