Monthly Archives: March 2021

Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: We’ll drop in on George, Weezy, Florence, The Willises and everyone else in the Deluxe Apartment in the Sky along with JAY MORIARTY, longtime staff writer, producer, and, later, show runner of THE JEFFERSONS. Jay’s memoir, HONKY IN THE HOUSE: Writing and Producing The Jeffersons, not only takes us inside the writing room of the long-running CBS comedy, but provides the back story of “The Draft Dodger” (the famous but controversial Christmas 1976 episode of ALL IN THE FAMILY, which Jay wrote along with his longtime writing partner, Mike Milligan) and shows us why Norman Lear is one of the smartest, shrewdest, and most courageous producers TV will ever know. HONKY IN THE HOUSE is available right now through Amazon.com

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 532.5 with guest George Chakiris is available for listening on demand as a free podcast

George Chakiris: My West Side Story Original Airdates: Mar. 26-28, 2021 TVC 532.5: Ed welcomes George Chakiris, the Academy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-winning actor known around the world as Bernardo, the leader of The Sharks, in the iconic 1961 … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 532.2 with guest Raymond J. Barry is available for listening on demand as a free podcast

Raymond J. Barry of Free Byrd Original Airdates: Mar. 26-28, 2021 TVC 532.2: A return visit by award-winning actor, author, playwright, director, and painter Raymond J. Barry. Ray stars opposite Randy Nazarian and Shondrella Avery in Free Byrd, a new … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 532.1: Tribute to Cicely Tyson is available for listening on demand as a free podcast

Cicely Tyson: A Stellar Example of What An Actor Is Original Airdates: Mar. 26-28, 2021 TVC 532.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed celebrate the life and career of iconic actress Cicely Tyson, including her Emmy Award-winning performance in The Autobiography of … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL welcomes its newest affiliate, Rattler 97.3 FM and KBSZ AM 1260 (Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ). They will carry our show Sundays 8pm MT beginning Mar. 28

TV CONFIDENTIAL welcomes its newest affiliate, Rattler 97.3 FM and KBSZ AM 1260 (Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ). They will carry our show Sundays 8pm MT beginning Mar. 28. Welcome aboard!

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TV CONFIDENTIAL welcomes its newest affiliate, Bull 99.1 FM and KIKO AM 1340 (Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix AZ). They will carry our show Saturdays 8pm MT and Sundays 6pm MT beginning this weekend

TV CONFIDENTIAL welcomes its newest affiliate, Bull 99.1 FM and KIKO AM 1340 (Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ). They will carry our show Saturdays 8pm MT beginning Mar. 27 and Sundays 6pm MT beginning Mar. 28. Welcome aboard!

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: MARTHA BOLTON, the first and only full-time female writer that BOB HOPE ever hired, on the special connection that Hope always had with our military troops, especially the fighting men and women who served our country during World War II. Martha is the co-author, along with Hope’s daughter, LINDA HOPE, of DEAR BOB: Bob Hope’s Wartime Correspondence with the GIs of World War II, an astonishing collection of the some of the many letters, postcards, photographs, and packages that were sent back and forth between Bob Hope, the troops, and their loved ones. Thursday 5/6 marks the 80th anniversary of Hope’s first show for U.S. troops. DEAR BOB is available right now through University Press of Mississippi and Amazon.com

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via Time Life: Now Available from Time Life and Austin City Limits: AUSTIN CITY LIMITS COUNTRY, a 10-DVD collectors edition featuring 164 live, uncut performances from the greatest country western superstars of the past forty-five years, plus a host of extra features (including the original 1974 pilot episode, featuring Willie Nelson in concert). Handpicked from the ACL archives, the performances on AUSTIN CITY LIMITS COUNTRY have not been seen by the public since their original PBS broadcasts. AUSTIN CITY LIMITS COUNTRY is available exclusively at TimeLife.com/ACL

Fairfax, VA – For the first time ever, iconic country music performances from Austin City Limits, the longest-running music show in television history, are together in one deluxe DVD collection. Time Life and Austin City Limits have captured five decades of uncut … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 531.4 with guest Kevin Spirtas of After Forever is available for listening on demand

Kevin Spirtas of After Forever Original Airdates: Mar. 19-21, 2021 TVC 531.4: Part 2 of a conversation that began a few weeks ago with Emmy Award-winning actor Kevin Spirtas (Days of Our Lives). Kevin is the star and co-creator, along … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 531.5 with guest Paul Robert Coyle: Behind the Scenes of Xena, Hercules, and The Dead Zone is available for listening on demand

Behind the Scenes of Xena: Warrior Princess Original Airdates: Mar. 19-21, 2021 TVC 531.5: Television writer and producer Paul Robert Coyle takes us behind the scenes of Xena: Warrior Princess, including how the writers cleverly worked around the freak injury … Continue reading

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