9 Things You Never Knew About the TV Series “Bones”
Bones is a very popular show on the Fox channel. (In your area, it’s channel 24.) Do you watch Bones? A lot of people do! Are you one of them? Yes, no, maybe? (Answer in the comments!) Whatever the case may be, I hope you enjoy these little-known facts about your favorite show (or not), Bones!
Does it feel like Bones has been on the air for a long time? It has been. In fact, it has always been on the air, and it always shall be. Before there was the Earth, there was a molten ball of nothingness, and the most popular TV show during this time was Bones.
Every episode of Bones features at least one dancing skeleton.
According to Nielsen Media Research, more than 70 percent of Bones viewers are dogs. Contrary to what you might think, this is not because dogs love bones and watch Bones hoping to get a glimpse of some sweet, juicy bones. Rather it’s because dogs enjoy the easy-to-follow if formulaic plots. Dogs work very hard and at the end of the day they just want to turn their minds off and relax with a comforting episode of Bones.
Every line of dialogue of every episode of Bones includes the word “bones,” or a variation thereof, such as “bone,” “boney,” “these bones, “dem bones,” “bone-tastic,” or “bone-sational!”
Star David Boreanaz threatened to leave the show when renegotiating his contract in 2008 unless he was given $40 million an episode, and during the show’s opening credits he was billed as “David Boneseanbonez.” Producers obliged on both counts.
Among the slew of Bones merchandise available are Bones Bone Saws, Bones Bone China, and The Official Bones Bones Looker-Atter (a consumer-grade X-ray machine.)
The prop bones used for skeletons and other bone-related needs on Bones are all really bones. But since there is very little money in the show’s budget once David Boneseanbonez has been paid, cast members are asked to bring in their own bones from home. Most are provided by actor T.J. Thyne (Dr. Hodgins), who in his spare time is the no. 4 ranked competitive eater in the world in the spare ribs division.
Like The Simpsons or Roseanne, Bones has an annual Halloween episode where they pull out all the stops. For the annual Bones Halloween extravaganza, the cast strips down to their skeleton and they re-create a past episode that fans select in an online vote.
If you say the words, “I’m jonesin’ for a Bones-in’!” into your Apple TV remote, your Apple TV will play the pilot episode of Bones.
