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Award-winning radio and TV producer
DOUG THOMPSON
shares a few memories
of working with John Candy,
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McLintock! stars
Stefanie Powers and Patrick Wayne
reunite after sixty years
for a one-performance-only production
of A.R. Gurney’s Love Letters
benefiting the William Holden Wildlife Foundation
Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026
on the Debbie Reynolds Main Stage
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL:
LINDSAY WAGNER
helps us celebrate
the fiftieth anniversary
of The Bionic Woman
To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Bionic Woman,
Lindsay Wagner is making available some special,
limited edition fiftieth anniversary Bionic memorabilia,
including newly released photos,
a limited number of autographed print copies
of the script for the final episode of The Bionic Woman,
and video chats with Lindsay herself.
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for pre-order at Bionic50.com
Physical items will be mailed later in January.
If you’d like to book a video chat with Lindsay,
the video chat will be held in February.
Deadline for all orders is Feb. 28, 2026.
For details and more information,
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL:
CAM CLARKE
one of the busiest voice actors
in the entertainment industry
and the author of Now They’re All Here:
The King Family: Over 100 Years of Entertainment
from America’s First Family of Song
Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL:
MARK MALKOFF
host of The Carson Podcast
and author of Love Johnny Carson:
One Obsessive Fan’s Journey
to Find the Genius Behind the Legend
Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL:
DAVID SPENCER
author of The Novelizers:
An Affectionate History
of Media Adaptations and Originals,
Their Astonishing Authors,
and the Art of the Craft
Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL:
GLENN STEWART
author of Columbo Explains the Seventies
Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL:
Legendary music manager HARVEY LISBERG,
author of I’m Into Something Good,
returns to share a few stories
about his years managing Herman’s Hermits
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Secrets from the Set of The Rockford Files:
Closer Weekly interviews Ed Robertson
of TV Confidential, among others,
for this fun piece about James Garner,
the fiftieth anniversary of The Rockford Files,
and how Rockford continues to influence dramatic television today
Remembering Harry O:
J. Kingston Pierce of Crime Reads interviews
Ed Robertson of TV Confidential, among others,
for this incisive look at Harry O,
the second-best private eye series of the 1970s
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45 Years of The Rockford Files: Revised Third Edition
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