Gross: The cake was indeed served later to the unaware network people

It's not an exaggeration that the original cast and crew of this long running show everyone knows that has launched a million careers at the beginning had a contentious relationship with the network they were on. They were just becoming a sensation and the network was not ready for many of their ideas for the show, their behavior and all that went along with it. This A lister who created this show and is still associated with it arranged a lunch to cool tensions.