Monthly Archives: June 2018

Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Pop culture historian Chuck Harter returns with a look at the era of Pop Music TV Shows of the mid to late 1960s, from Shindig and Hullabaloo to Hollywood a Go Go, Shebang! and everything in between

Posted on June 30, 2018 by admin

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via KSAV and Susan McCray: Kent McCray, producer of Little House on the Prairie, dies at age 89. Also the husband of network TV casting director (and, later, KSAV Radio personality) Susan McCray, Kent McCray also partnered with Michael Landon on Bonanza, Highway to Heaven and Father Murphy

Posted on June 29, 2018 by admin

Kent McCray, a producer and production manager who collaborated with the late Michael Landon on the NBC dramas Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven and Father Murphy, has died. He was 89. McCray died Sunday June 3rd in Los Angeles of natural … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Shows, Television Star | Tagged Bob Hope Show, Buick-Berle Show, Colgate Comedy Hour, Father Murphy, High Chapparal, Highway to Heaven, Kent McCray, KSAV, Little House on the Prairie, Michael Landon, production manager, Red Skelton Show, Susan McCray, The Man Behind the Most Beloved Television Shows, The Miracle Worker, USO specials, Victor French, You Bet Your Life | 1 Comment

via Decades Network: Decades presents Rod, White & Blue, a 24-hour, 46-episode Twilight Zone marathon on Wednesday 7/4 featuring such classic episodes as “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” “The Eye of the Beholder,” “The Invaders,” “It’s a Good Life,” and “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”

Posted on June 29, 2018 by admin

Chicago, IL (June 29, 2018) The DECADES TV Network salutes the land of the unusual and home of the fantastical with Rod, White & Blue: A Twilight Zone Celebration, an all-day July 4th dimension event, bringing fans of the landmark American anthology TV … Continue reading →

Posted in Classic Shows, Television Star | Tagged 000 Feet, Agnes Moorehead, Buck Houghton, Burgess Meredith, Buster Keaton, Carol Burnett, Cloris Leachman, Decades Channel, DECADES Network, Decades TV, Dick York, Gladys Cooper, It's a Good Life, Nightmare at 20, Richard Matheson, Robert Redford, Rod, Rod Serling, Ron Howard, Suzy Parker, The Eye of the Beholder, The Invaders, The Monsters are Due on Maple Street, The Twilight Zone, White & Blue, William Reynolds, William Shatner | Leave a comment

via Deadline: Science fiction writer Harlan Ellison dies at age 84

Posted on June 28, 2018 by admin

Harlan Ellison Dead: Legendary ‘Star Trek’, ‘A Boy And His Dog’ Sci-Fi Writer was 84

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Television Star | Tagged A Boy and His Dog, Alfred Hitchcock Hour, Babylon 5, City on the Edge of Forever, Demon with a Glass Hand, Harlan Ellison, Memo from Purgatory, Route 66, Star Trek, The Flying Nun, The Oscar, The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone | Leave a comment

Jerry Houser: Next on TVC

Posted on June 28, 2018 by admin

Actor, producer and voice artist Jerry Houser, television writer Paul Robert Coyle and actor/comedian Dan Davidson will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing June 29-July 2 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area … Continue reading →

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via the Toronto Star: Canadian actor Daniel Pilon died Tuesday 6/26 at age 77. Fans of the original Dallas know him as Naldo Marchetta, Jenna Wade’s treacherous ex-husband

Posted on June 27, 2018 by admin

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Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Television Star | Tagged Dallas, Daniel Pilon, Jenna Wade, Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Priscilla Presley | 1 Comment

Film and television actress Deanna Lund dies at age 81

Posted on June 27, 2018 by admin

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Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Television Star | Tagged Batman, Deanna Lund, Don Matheson, Frank Sinatra, Hardly Working, Jerry Lewis, Land of the Giants, Larry King, Out of Sight, The Oscar, The Swinger, Tony Rome | Leave a comment

via The Hollywood Museum: Exhibit honoring the Batman television series from 1966 will be extended through the summer due to popular demand, with plans to include new items

Posted on June 26, 2018 by admin

Donelle Dadigan, founder and president of The Hollywood Museum, announced that Holy Hollywood History! Batman 1966, the Bat-tastic exhibit that celebrates the classic television series starring Adam West and Burt Ward, will be extended through this summer due to popular demand, … Continue reading →

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Coming next week to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Donelle Dadigan with a look at some of the exhibits on display this summer at The Hollywood Museum, including the return of REAL to REEL: Portraits and Perceptions of LGBTQ in Hollywood, which launched earlier this month, and the new additions to Holy Hollywood History: Batman 1966, which has been extended through July

Posted on June 26, 2018 by admin

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Television Star | Tagged Annette Funicello, Batman 1966, Donelle Dadigan, film history, Hollywood Museum, Holy Hollywood History, Jose Iturbi Foundation, LGBTQ Hollywood, REEL to REAL, television history | 2 Comments

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 408 with guests Adam Tsekhman and Alan Rode is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on June 25, 2018 by admin

Show No. 408 with guests Adam Tsekhman and Alan Rode Original Airdate: June 22-25, 2018 First hour: Ed welcomes film historian Alan Rode. Alan’s latest book, Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film, is a comprehensive biography and filmography of the … Continue reading →

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Monthly Archives: June 2018

Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Pop culture historian Chuck Harter returns with a look at the era of Pop Music TV Shows of the mid to late 1960s, from Shindig and Hullabaloo to Hollywood a Go Go, Shebang! and everything in between

via KSAV and Susan McCray: Kent McCray, producer of Little House on the Prairie, dies at age 89. Also the husband of network TV casting director (and, later, KSAV Radio personality) Susan McCray, Kent McCray also partnered with Michael Landon on Bonanza, Highway to Heaven and Father Murphy

via Deadline: Science fiction writer Harlan Ellison dies at age 84

Jerry Houser: Next on TVC

via the Toronto Star: Canadian actor Daniel Pilon died Tuesday 6/26 at age 77. Fans of the original Dallas know him as Naldo Marchetta, Jenna Wade’s treacherous ex-husband

Film and television actress Deanna Lund dies at age 81

via The Hollywood Museum: Exhibit honoring the Batman television series from 1966 will be extended through the summer due to popular demand, with plans to include new items

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 408 with guests Adam Tsekhman and Alan Rode is now available online for listening on demand

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