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Monthly Archives: October 2020
Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 512.4 with guest Ed Asner is available for listening on demand
50 Years of Ed Asner as Lou Grant Original Airdates: Oct. 16-18, 2020 TVC 512.4: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome back Ed Asner, the eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor known around the world as Lou Grant both on The Mary Tyler … Continue reading
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 512.3: How The Mary Tyler Moore Show Revolutionized TV is available for listening on demand
How The Mary Tyler Moore Show Revolutionized TV Original Airdates: Oct. 16-18, 2020 TVC 512.3: From May 2013: Ed welcomes Jennifer Armstrong, television historian and author of such books as Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted and All The … Continue reading
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TV CONFIDENTIAL podcast How The Midnight Special Changed the Late Night TV Landscape is available for listening on demand
TV Confidential podcast How The Midnight Special (television) Changed The Late Night TV Landscape is available for… Posted by TV Confidential: A radio talk show about television on Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Posted in Classic Shows, Podcasts
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 511.4 with guest Alison Arngrim is available for listening on demand
Alison Arngrim Meets Rich Little Original Airdates: Oct. 9-11, 2020 TVC 511.4: Ed welcomes back Alison Arngrim, the actress known around the world as Nellie Oleson on Little House on the Prairie. Alison Arngrim is getting ready to direct Rich … Continue reading
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 511.1 with guest Suzy Friendly is available for listening on demand
Suzy “The Shark” Friendly Original Airdates: Oct. 9-11, 2020 TVC 511.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began earlier this year with Suzy Friendly about her thirty-five-year career in network television production. Suzy worked behind the scenes in many capacities, … Continue reading
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 512 with guest Stan Goldman is available for listening on demand
The Legacy of RBG Original Airdates: Oct. 16-18, 2020 TVC 512.1: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome back Stan Goldman, tenured professor of criminal law and evidence law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, and a longtime legal analyst for … Continue reading →