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TIL two shows on FOX featured characters with similar names: That '70s Show had Eric Forman, while House had Eric Foreman. There was no crossover, and the episodes didn't air in the same season, but Kurtwood Smith was a supporting actor in the former (98-06) and a guest actor in the latter (2007)

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