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According to the official homepage (www.that70sshow.com) that was maintained during the series' official run, Point Place, WI, was located right outside the real town of Green Bay, WI. However, in "That Disco Episode," the town of Kenosha is depicted as being within the immediate vicinity of Point Place, whereas in real life, Kenosha and Green Bay are three hours apart. Further, during the first season of the show, Bob makes mention of Midge attending community college in Kenosha, something she certainly would not do as a resident of Green Bay. Further still, in the second season episode "The Velvet Rope," Chicago is depicted as being close enough to Point Place that Eric, Donna, Hyde, and Fez can drive there, go to a club, and come home all within the course of one night. In reality, Kenosha is 57 miles away from Chicago, whereas Green Bay is nearly 210 miles away, making the scenario of the gang traveling from there to Chicago, going to a club, and coming back all in one night highly unlikely. Also, during the eight season's episode "Sheer Heart Attack," Kitty claims Wisconsin Dells is only three counties away and that they'll have to take the interstate. An interstate would not be taken from Green Bay to Wisconsin Dells. The most likely answer is that Point Place is in fact a suburb of Kenosha, and that the official homepage was commissioned by FOX and operated by someone not intimately connected with the series, who for whatever reason decided to identify Point Place as being located near Green Bay.

After 7 seasons, the actors just felt it was time to move on and do other projects. Their characters were written out in season 8 with Eric leaving for Africa and Kelso getting a job in Chicago. Both actors returned in their roles for the final episode of the series "That '70s Finale".

As reavealed on the cast listing on That '70s show's main page on IMDB.com, it is listed as Reginald. At about 19:30 into Season 7 Episode 18, Kitty calls him Reginald Albert Forman.

The creators set the show in 1976, when trends and political ideologies had become firmly set for the decade, therefore truly giving it a 1970s feel. The idea that the series would carry socio-political undertones also necessitated a chain of social events which could influence the characters (such as the Equal Rights Amendment, the 1973 Oil Crisis, the presidencies of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, all of which occurred in the earlier 1970s).

The show's longevity (8 seasons) necessitated a slow-down of the series' timeline. Over time this proved problematic from a narrative standpoint, as nearly every year featured a Thanksgiving and/or Christmas episode, and the actors aging in real life, but not nearly as much on the show.

1976 - First 12 and the 23rd episode ("Grandma's Dead") of season 1.

1977 - Rest of season 1 (except "Grandma's Dead") to season 3.

1978 - End of the season 3 to season 6.

1979 - Season 6 to Season 8.

1980 - The very end of the finale episode ("That '70s Finale").