Retrospective airs a week before series finale

LOS ANGELES -- FOX has decided that an hour isn't quite enough time to bid farewell to one of its longest-running shows.

So a week before "That '70s Show" ends its eight-season run with an hour-long finale, the network will look back at the show that introduced a number of viewers to a decade they were too young to have experienced firsthand.

"That '70s Show: The Final Goodbye" is scheduled to air Thursday, May 11, at the rather odd starting time of 8:37 p.m. ET (a seven-minute preview of the movie "X-Men: The Last Stand" airs at 8:30 that night). The almost 90-minute retrospective will take a look at the show's evolution over eight seasons and feature a multitude of clips from its history.

The clip show will include outtakes from memorable episodes and previously unseen footage that didn't make final cut, as well as a look at the final week of production on the series, which debuted in the fall of 1998. It will also include interviews with members of the cast and crew, along with past guest stars like Luke Wilson, Brooke Shields and Bruce Willis.

"That '70s Show" is one of the longest-running scripted shows currently on FOX -- trailing only "The Simpsons" and "King of the Hill." It's also lasted longer than all but three other comedies in the network's history: the two aforementioned animated shows and "Married ... with Children." The May 18 finale will be the show's 200th episode.