The term "spin" is an American term for political postering. It involves twisting facts to suit your political bent. "Spin City" was meant to convey the show's dependence on politics as a plot device.
As Mike says it in season 1 episode 17 An affair to remember:"I just came by to remind you this is a party, not a press conference. Please reserve any offensive, unfounded, potentially libellous questions until tomorrow, when I will be happy to mislead, misdirect, and misinform you as per our usual arrangement."

Gaberman got married between the first and second season. In newfound marital bliss, Alexander decided to change his last name to Chaplin to match his wife's.

No, he has been maried to Myrna Forney since the 28th November 1992 and have four children.

The name of the band playing on the street corner is named The Churchills. The bass player for the group, Brad Schoudel, also works as the Assistant Production coordinator on the show. The name of the song being played was "Everybody Gets What They Deserve".

He is a "Laid-back" Brussels Griffon dog.

Yes, she was in Playboy November 1988, Vol. 35, Iss. 11, pg. 132-133, in the article Sex In Cinema 1988

I remember tuning in to the season premiere in September of 1999, only to see that Jennifer Esposito was missing from the credits. I then saw the introduction of Heather Locklear.

Stacy was replaced by a temp, Gail, in one episode and then by James in subsequent episodes of that season. Her absence was never explained, nor was she mentioned again after James took over her duties, although Paul has one comment in Gail's first episode: He accidentally calls the temp "Stacy," then explains that he doesn't have the time to learn new names.

She said in an interview that Spike Lee told her to get out of TV and into movies or she'd be stuck there forever. Jennifer Esposito wanted to pursue a movie career, so she left.
I agree that Stacey was by far a funnier character, but if the actress wants to leave there's little they could do. In my opinion the show suffered a great loss when Jennifer Esposito left the cast. She complimented the ensemble and the material brilliantly.
Some say that Jennifer vanished to make room for heather, but I don’t think that was the deal  

We never did get and explanation in the series as to why James, Nikki and Janelle left after season 4. They were gone the first episode of season five when Charlie Sheen took over. You probably know that the show was shot in New York during the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th season but when Michael J. Fox left, the show was "transferred" to LA My idea is the actors who played James, Nikki and Janelle lived in NY and didn't want (or couldn't) go in California. That could explain why theirs characters left the show. In my opinion most of the spirit of the series got lost there. I read that Connie Britton left because her characters screen time was smaller when Heather Locklear (Caitlin) joined the Spin City crew, but don't believe a word, you read in the tabloids. It's sometimes absolute garbage!

The first episode aired on Tuesday September 17, 1996 in the USA on ABC.

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