Monthly Archives: August 2018

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 413 with guests Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on August 6, 2018 by admin

Show No. 413 with guests Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark Original Airdate: Aug. 3-6, 2018 First hour: Actor, writer and director Sam Medina (Preacher, From Dusk to Dawn: The Series, Kickboxer: Vengeance, Kickboxer: Retaliation) talks to Ed … Continue reading →

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Our tribute to the fiftieth anniversary of “The Judgment,” the standard-bearing final episode of The Fugitive, is available online for listening on demand on our YouTube channel

Posted on August 6, 2018 by admin

From August 2017: Remembering the fiftieth anniversary of “The Judgment,” the climactic two-part episode of The Fugitive, and the show that, in many respects, set the standard for series finales in television. The program includes highlights from Ed’s interviews with … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Television Star | Tagged A Quinn Martin Production, Barry Morse, David Janseen, Diane Baker, Jacqueline Scott, Paul Robert Coyle, QM Productions, Quinn Martin, Ralph Senensky, Richard Kimble, Roy Huggins, The Day the Running Stopped, The Fugitive, The Fugitive Recaptured, Wesley Hyatt | Leave a comment

via The Atlantic: Monday 8/6 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the release of the motion picture adaptation of The Fugitive starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. A character-driven action movie made for adults, The Fugitive remains a cultural touchstone because action movies like it are rarely made today

Posted on August 6, 2018 by admin

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Posted in Celebrities, Film Stars, Television Star | Tagged action movie, Andrew Davis, Arnold Kopelson, Barry Morse, character-driven action movie, David Janssen, Harrison Ford, I don't care, Philip Gerard, Quinn Martin, Richard Kimble, Sam Gerard, The Day the Running Stopped, The Fugitive, Tommy Lee Jones, U.S. Marshals, Warner Bros. | Leave a comment

Actress Charlotte Rae passed away earlier today at the age of 92. I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed reading her book, The Facts of My Life (which she co-authored with her son Larry Strauss), not only all of the great stories she shared about her stage career in New York, but especially learning about the quiet strength she exhibited throughout her life while overcoming great personal trauma. Our conversation with Charlotte from October 2015 is available online for listening on demand on our YouTube channel

Posted on August 5, 2018 by admin

From October 2015: Actress Charlotte Rae talks to Ed about her memoirs, The Facts of My Life, the story of how she rose from humble beginnings to great heights on stage, screen and, of course, television, while often in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Television Star | Tagged Car 54 Where Are You, Charlotte Rae, Diff'rent Strokes, Larry Strauss, Sesame Street, The Facts of Life, The Facts of My Life | Leave a comment

via Budd Moss: Robert Wagner to Receive the Hollywood Golden Era Award at the Second Gold Coast International Film Festival, which will be held on Wednesday 10/24

Posted on August 5, 2018 by admin

LONG ISLAND, NY — July 23, 2018 — Film and television actor Robert Wagner has been named the recipient of the Gold Coast International Film Festival’s second annual Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award. Regina Gil, founder and executive director of the Gold Coast Arts Center and its … Continue reading →

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via Shout! Factory: Sid Caesar: The Works, a new in-depth five-DVD set coming Tuesday 9/4 from Shout! Factory, hails the man who made sketch comedy what it is today while also paving the way for such shows as Saturday Night Live. Customers who order Sid Caesar: The Works directly from Shout! Factory will receive the bonus disc, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion

Posted on August 5, 2018 by admin

Los Angeles, CA – Shout! Factory commemorates the career of influential comic trailblazer Sid Caesar with its latest DVD package, Sid Caesar: The Works, a five-DVD set spanning 1950 to 2014. Sid Caesar: The Works contains more than eleven hours of fan favorites … Continue reading →

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Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark: Next on TVC

Posted on August 2, 2018 by admin

Singer/actress Barbara van Orden, actor Sam Medina and music and TV historian Geoffrey Mark will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Aug. 3-6 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 8/3 7pm … Continue reading →

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Adam Sharp, interim president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, on how the Daytime Emmy Awards more than doubled its viewership this year without being televised on a traditional network

Posted on August 2, 2018 by admin

PASADENA – APR 27: Adam Sharp at the 45th Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards Gala at the Pasadena Civic Center on April 27, 2018 in Pasadena, California. Photo courtesy NATAS

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actress Trine Christensen on working with Jeff Daniels and writer/director Scott Frank on Godless, and what makes the Netflix drama different from other Westerns before it; learning comedy improv skills with the Upright Citizens Brigade; and the challenge of playing a character, such as Jacob’s wife on Godless and the Saint of Killers’ wife on Preacher, that does not have a first name

Posted on August 1, 2018 by admin

Posted in Celebrities, Film Stars, Television Star | Tagged Amy Poehler, Breaking Bad, Dodie Montgomery, Gamer, Godless, Graham McTavish, Jacob's wife, Jeff Daniels, Killer Women, Longmire, Preacher, Saint of Killers, Saint of Killers' wife, Scott Frank, Seth Rogen, The Brave, The Hunter’s Moon, The Spy Next Door, The Terminator: Salvation, Trine Christensen, UCB, Upright Citizens Brigade | Leave a comment

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 413 with guests Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark is now available online for listening on demand

Our tribute to the fiftieth anniversary of “The Judgment,” the standard-bearing final episode of The Fugitive, is available online for listening on demand on our YouTube channel

via Budd Moss: Robert Wagner to Receive the Hollywood Golden Era Award at the Second Gold Coast International Film Festival, which will be held on Wednesday 10/24

Barbara van Orden, Sam Medina and Geoffrey Mark: Next on TVC

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