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Daily Archives: March 11, 2024
TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 640.3 with guest Michael Learned is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast
Michael Learned of The Waltons and Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story Original Airdates: Mar. 8-11, 2024 TVC 640.3: Ed welcomes back Michael Learned, the four-time Emmy Award-winning actress known around the world as Olivia Walton on The Waltons and, more … Continue reading →
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Tagged Academy Awards, Alfred Uhry, Anya Adams, Chrome Entertainment, Daisy Werthan, Driving Miss Daisy, Earl Hamner, Evan Peters Monster, Gerry Pass, Hoke, Hollywood, Icon Awards, interracial couple, interracial relationships, Laguna Beach, Laguna Playhouse, Lainie Kazan, Lance Nichols, Legend Award, Life Interrupted, Loretta Swit, Michael Learned, Michael Learned Evan Peters, Michael Learned Monster, Michael Learned Olivia Walton, Michael Learned Will Geer, Monster Jeffrey Dahmer, Olivia Walton, Oscar Party, Paladium, Patricia Neal, Pulitzer Prize, Ralph Waite, Ryan Murphy Monster, Second Acts, The Waltons, Travis Liden, Treme, TV moms, Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 640 and 641 with guests Josh Mills and Pat Thomas about ERNIE IN KOVACSLAND is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast
How Ernie Kovacs Helped Inspire the Counter Culture Original Airdates: Mar. 8-11, 2024 TVC 640.1: Ed welcomes Josh Mills, son of Edie Adams and the curator of the estates of Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams, and author Pat Thomas (Invitation … Continue reading →
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 640.5: Special preview of our upcoming conversation with John Barbour and Carol Hoenig is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast
John Barbour on the Academy Awards Original Airdates: Mar. 8-11, 2024 TVC 640.5: A special preview of our upcoming conversation with five-time Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, talk show host, and cultural critic John Barbour (Real People) and Carol Hoenig, the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adam Walsh, Americas Most Wanted, assassination of JFK, Bob Hope, Bobby Darin, Carol Hoenig, Carol Hoenig Greatest Reviews I've Ever Read, Cesar Chavez, comedian, CSI Knuckles and Nash episode, CSI Take My Life Please episode, definitive film on JFK and the rise of Fake News, director, Ernie Kovacs Televisions Original Genius, Eva Cassidy, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra John Barbour, George Burns, George Carlin, George Schlatter, Godfather of Reality TV, Greatest Reviews I've Ever Read, Jane Fonda, Jim Garrison, John Barbour, John Barbour A.M. Los Angeles, John Barbour Bobby Darin, John Barbour Carol Hoenig, John Barbour Christopher Barbour, John Barbour comedian, John Barbour CSI, John Barbour Dick Gregory, John Barbour Edie Adams, John Barbour Ernie Kovacs, John Barbour Ernie Kovacs documentary, John Barbour film reviews, John Barbour Frank Sinatra, John Barbour Garrison Tapes, John Barbour Geoff Miller, John Barbour Hungry i, John Barbour I Met A Man I Didn't Like, John Barbour It's Tough Being White, John Barbour Jane Fonda, John Barbour JFK, John Barbour Jim Nabors, John Barbour KNBC, John Barbour Knuckles and Nash, John Barbour Las Vegas, John Barbour Laugh-In, John Barbour Los Angeles Magazine, John Barbour Los Angeles movie critic, John Barbour Merv Griffin, John Barbour Pat Morita, John Barbour Real People, John Barbour Reality TV, John Barbour Redd Foxx, John Barbour Robin Williams, John Barbour Sarita, John Barbour Showtime, John Barbour Tim Conway, John Barbour Tom Bradley, John Barbour Tom Hayden, John Walsh, Johnny Carson, KNBC Critic-At-Large, Knuckles & Nash, Lenny Bruce, Los Angeles Magazine, Muhammad Ali, Navajo Code Talkers, Oliver Stone, producer, Real People John Walsh, Real People Navajo Code Talkers, Real People Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Rodney Dangerfield, Ronald Reagan, The American Media and the Second Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, The Dean Martin Show, The Garrison Tapes, the hungry i, The Tonight Show, Tim Conway, Tim Conway Knuckles and Nast, trendsetting hit Real People, TV Host, Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Writer, Your Mother's Not a Virgin, Your Mother's Not a Virgin: The Bumpy Life and Times of the Canadian Dropout Who Changed the Face of American TV
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 640.4 with guest Charles Agron is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast
Charles Agron on working with Lance Henriksen and Ed Asner in the new thriller Altered Reality Original Airdates: Mar. 8-11, 2024 TVC 640.4: Ed welcomes Charles Agron, the writer, producer, and star of Altered Reality, a supernatural thriller that explores … Continue reading →
This Date in THE FBI History: Pat Hingle, Brett Somers, and Geoffrey Deuel star in “Memory of a Legend,” airing Mar. 11, 1973. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
MEMORY OF A LEGEND Original Airdate: Mar. 11, 1973 Synopsis. Once-legendary safecracker Gus Benderson (played by Pat Hingle) finds that his skills have diminished after spending fifteen years in prison. After surfacing in San Pedro, California, Benderson hopes to quietly … Continue reading →
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Tagged an important look at an unheralded chapter of television history, Anne Archer, based on actual cases from the files of the FBI, Beau Bridges, Dawn Wells, Donna Mills, Ed Asner, Efrem Zimbalist, Eric Braeden, FBI book, Henry Darrow, Jack Garner, Jerry Houser, Joan van Ark, Jr., Ketty Lester, Lindsay Wagner, Michael Bell, one of the most popular shows of the late 1960s, Peter Mark Richman, Philip Abbott, Quinn Martins longest running television series, Richard Anderson, robert hooks, Roy Thinnes, Stefanie Powers, Stephen Brooks, Suzanne Pleshette, The FBI, The FBI A QM Production, The FBI A Quinn Martin Production, The FBI Bill Sullivan, The FBI Dossier, The FBI Ed Robertson, The FBI Efrem Zimbalist Jr., The FBI Quinn Martin, The FBI Sunday nights ABC, The FBI television series, The FBI TV series, The FBI William Reynolds, the mission of the FBI is to protect the innocent and identify the enemies of the Government of the United States, Walter Grauman, William Reynolds
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This date in ROCKFORD FILES history: “To Protect and Serve,” the two-parter that introduced George Loros as “Anthony Boy” Gaglio, airs on Mar. 11, 1977. LEARN MORE about this episode in 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, available in softcover paperback and now as an eBook through Black Pawn Press
TO PROTECT AND SERVE (Part 1) Original Air Date: March 11, 1977 Synopsis. New York attorney Michael Kelly hires Rockford to locate his fiance Patsy Fossler, who apparently fled to Los Angeles after she abruptly canceled their wedding a few … Continue reading →
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This date in MAVERICK TV History: “The Maverick Report” airs on Mar. 11, 1962. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press
THE MAVERICK REPORT Original Airdate: March 11, 1962 Synopsis. In Denver, Colorado, Bart wins $15,000 playing poker with his friend Jonesy, owner of the Porterville Clarion newspaper. Up to his ears in debt, Jonesy hands over the Clarion to Bart, … Continue reading →
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