Monthly Archives: April 2018

via THR: Bounce TV pulls reruns of The Cosby Show from its lineup in the wake of today’s guilty verdict in the retrial of the Bill Cosby sexual assault case

Posted on April 26, 2018 by admin

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cosby-show-reruns-pulled-bounce-tv-guilty-verdict-1106241

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Television Star | Tagged Bill Cosby, BounceTV, Cosby trial, Cosby verdict, MeToo, sexual assault, sexual harassment, The Cosby Show | Leave a comment

via THR: Don Bustany, co-creator of America’s Top 40, dies at age 89. He also worked behind the scenes of many MTM sitcoms before hosting his own L.A.-based radio program for nearly two decades

Posted on April 26, 2018 by admin

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/don-bustany-dead-american-top-40-creator-was-89-1106216

Posted in Celebrities, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged America's Top 40, Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Grant Tinker, Mary Tyler Moore, MTM Enterprises, Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers, Phyllis, Radio, radio host, syndicated radio, The Bob Newhart Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Tony Randall Show | Leave a comment

David Susskind and the Sitcom Class Wars: Next on TVC

Posted on April 26, 2018 by admin

Stephen Battaglio, business editor for the Los Angeles Times, and cultural historian Ray Starman will join us this weekend on an encore edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing April 27-30 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged A Raisin in the Sun, All in the Family, Armstrong Circle Theatre, blacklisting, business editor, David Susskind, David Susskind A Televised Life, East Side West Side, George C. Scott, Get Smart, Laurence Olivier, Los Angeles Times, Open End, Ray Starman, Raymond Starman, Roseanne, Roseanne Barr, Roseanne Conner, Seinfeld, Sidney Poitier, Sitcom Wars the 20th Century, Stephen Battaglio, Steve Battaglio, Television Confidential, television impresario, The Addams Family, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Goldbergs, The Honeymooners, The King of Queens, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Odd Couple, TV Confidential, TV Noir | Leave a comment

Our recent two-hour tribute to Rose Marie, which includes an encore presentation of our interview with Rose Marie from September 2012, is available online for listening on demand

Posted on April 25, 2018 by admin

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Television Star | Tagged Al Capone, baby Rose Marie, Bobby Guy, Carl Reiner, Dean Martin, Dick Van Dyke, Doris Day, Jason Wise, Jerry Lewis, Johnny Carson, Morey Amsterdam, Peter Marshall, Rose Marie, Rosemary Clooney, Sally Rogers, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Wait for Your Laugh | 1 Comment

via Broadway World: The estate of Rose Marie donates the archives of the legendary singer, actress and comedienne to the National Comedy Center

Posted on April 25, 2018 by admin

https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Estate-Of-Legendary-Rose-Marie-Finds-A-Home-In-The-National-Comedy-Center-20180419 Listen to “TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 392: Tribute to Rose Marie” on Spreaker.

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Television Star | Tagged baby Rose Marie, Bobby Guy, Carl Reiner, Dean Martin, Dick Van Dyke, Doris Day, Jason Wise, Jerry Lewis, Johnny Carson, Morey Amsterdam, Peter Marshall, Rose Marie, Rosemary Clooney, Sally Rogers, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Wait for Your Laugh | Leave a comment

via Decades: Wait For Your Laugh, the acclaimed documentary about the life and career of Rose Marie, will have its television premiere Tuesday 5/1 on Decades as part of a special three-hour block that will also feature episodes of The Doris Day Show and Rose Marie’s appearance on Gunsmoke

Posted on April 25, 2018 by admin

CHICAGO, April 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — DECADES Network, the multicast TV network from Weigel Broadcasting Co. and CBS Television Stations, proudly presents the television premiere of “Wait For Your Laugh” the untold story of fame, love, tragedy and 90 years of … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Television Star | Tagged Al Capone, baby Rose Marie, Bobby Guy, Carl Reiner, Dean Martin, Dick Van Dyke, Doris Day, Jason Wise, Jerry Lewis, Johnny Carson, Morey Amsterdam, Peter Marshall, Rose Marie, Rosemary Clooney, Sally Rogers, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Wait for Your Laugh | Leave a comment

Congratulations to esteemed film critic Leonard Maltin for being honored today by the City of Los Angeles. Mr. Maltin will be joining us soon on TV CONFIDENTIAL

Posted on April 25, 2018 by admin

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Television Star | Tagged Leonard Maltin, Leonard Maltin's Classic Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide, Television Confidential, TV Confidential | 1 Comment

via Associated Press: Mel Brooks on this year’s TCM Festival restoration of The Producers, the definition of a classic, and why comedies should always be seen in a theater with an audience of 100 people, versus being streamed on a smartphone

Posted on April 25, 2018 by admin

https://www.apnews.com/8dfb40ded1234565ad04e8e072ac463d?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=APEntertainment

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Television Star | Tagged Carl Reiner, Gene Wilder, Martin Scorsese, Mel Brooks, TCM, The Producers | Leave a comment

Coming in May on TV CONFIDENTIAL: Peter Mark Richman on an interesting link between Cain’s Hundred, his NBC crime drama that aired in 1961-1962, and then-U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy

Posted on April 25, 2018 by admin

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Next Show, Television Star | Tagged Bobby Kennedy, Cain's Hundred, Nicholas Cain, Nick Cain, Peter Mark Richman, Robert F. Kennedy, U.S. Attorney General | 1 Comment

via SFGate: Bobby Kennedy for President, the four-part documentary that premieres Friday 4/27 on Netflix, captures the appeal of RFK, yet fails to capture the intensity of feeling that the Baby Boomer generation experienced after 1968

Posted on April 25, 2018 by admin

https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/RFK-doc-misses-the-bigger-picture-for-Baby-12859100.php?t=d6be11417d

Posted in Celebrities | Tagged 1968 Presidential election, Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles, Attorney General, Bobby Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King, Eugene McCarthy, John F. Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, June 5 1968, Kennedy dynasty, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Robert F. Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan | Leave a comment

Monthly Archives: April 2018

via THR: Bounce TV pulls reruns of The Cosby Show from its lineup in the wake of today’s guilty verdict in the retrial of the Bill Cosby sexual assault case

via THR: Don Bustany, co-creator of America’s Top 40, dies at age 89. He also worked behind the scenes of many MTM sitcoms before hosting his own L.A.-based radio program for nearly two decades

David Susskind and the Sitcom Class Wars: Next on TVC

Our recent two-hour tribute to Rose Marie, which includes an encore presentation of our interview with Rose Marie from September 2012, is available online for listening on demand

via Broadway World: The estate of Rose Marie donates the archives of the legendary singer, actress and comedienne to the National Comedy Center

via Decades: Wait For Your Laugh, the acclaimed documentary about the life and career of Rose Marie, will have its television premiere Tuesday 5/1 on Decades as part of a special three-hour block that will also feature episodes of The Doris Day Show and Rose Marie’s appearance on Gunsmoke

Congratulations to esteemed film critic Leonard Maltin for being honored today by the City of Los Angeles. Mr. Maltin will be joining us soon on TV CONFIDENTIAL

via Associated Press: Mel Brooks on this year’s TCM Festival restoration of The Producers, the definition of a classic, and why comedies should always be seen in a theater with an audience of 100 people, versus being streamed on a smartphone

Coming in May on TV CONFIDENTIAL: Peter Mark Richman on an interesting link between Cain’s Hundred, his NBC crime drama that aired in 1961-1962, and then-U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy

via SFGate: Bobby Kennedy for President, the four-part documentary that premieres Friday 4/27 on Netflix, captures the appeal of RFK, yet fails to capture the intensity of feeling that the Baby Boomer generation experienced after 1968

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