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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 742.1 with guest Cindy Mitchum is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
The return of Them Ornery Mitchum Boys Original Airdates: July 10-12, 2026 TVC 742.1: Ed welcomes back Cindy Mitchum, youngest daughter of legendary character actor John Mitchum and the niece of screen legend Robert Mitchum. Cindy has just rereleased Them … Continue reading →
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 741.4 with guest Perry Hibner is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts and includes additional content that was not included in our terrestrial radio broadcast because of time constraints
Perry Hibner, author of Centennial Revisited Original Airdates: July 3-5, 2026 TVC 741.4: Ed welcomes Perry Hibner, author of Centennial Revisited, a deep dive into the epic length, twelve-part, twenty-six hour miniseries that originally aired on NBC at various times … Continue reading →
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 740 and 741: How Network TV Covered the Bicentennial Celebration featuring Phil Gries and The Sounds of Lost Television is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts and includes additional content that was not included in our terrestrial radio broadcast because of time constraints
The Sounds of the Bicentennial Original Airdates: June 26-29, 2026 TVC 740.1: Phil Gries joins Ed for a special Independence Day-themed edition of The Sounds of Lost Television that looks back at how network television covered the Bicentennial celebration of … Continue reading →
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 739 and 740: Complete two-part interview with Barry Weitz and Kathy Bird is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
The back story of Movin’ On Original Airdates: June 19-22, 2026 TVC 739.4: Ed welcomes Barry Weitz, co-creator and co-executive producer of Movin’ On (NBC, 1974-1976), the classic TV series starring Claude Akins and Frank Converse as independent truck drivers … Continue reading →
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 738.4 with guest Jim Meskimen is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Jim Meskimen of Landman and Hungry Original Airdates: June 12-15, 2026 TVC 738.4: Ed welcomes back actor, comedian, voice artist, and impressionist Jim Meskimen (Landman, Gaslit, Welcome to Chippendales, The Big Door Prize). Topics this segment include how Jim’s early … Continue reading →
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 737 and 738: Complete two-part interview with Don Sainte-Johnn is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Don Sainte-Johnn, author of San Francisco’s Last Top 40 Disc Jockey Original Airdates: June 5-7, 2026 TVC 737.3: Ed welcomes Hall of Fame radio broadcaster Don Sainte-Johnn. For more than twenty years, Don was one of the voices heard every … Continue reading →
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 738.2: A Centennial Celebration for Marilyn Monroe is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
A Centennial Celebration for Marilyn Monroe Original Airdates: June 12-15, 2026 TVC 738.2: Via remote from the Hollywood Museum: TV Confidential brings you coverage of the recent opening night ceremonies for From Norma Jean to Marilyn Monroe: A Centennial Celebration, … Continue reading →
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 736 and 737: Complete interview with David Spencer, author of The Novelizers, is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
David Spencer, author of The Novelizers Original Airdates: May 15-17, 2026 TVC 736.1: Ed welcomes David Spencer, award-winning musical dramatist, author, critic, musical theatre teacher, and the author of The Novelizers: An Affectionate History of Media Adaptations and Originals, Their … Continue reading →
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 736.4 with guest Lee Goldberg is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Lee Goldberg on his series of tie-in novels based on Monk Original Airdates: May 15-17, 2026 TVC 736.4: While we’re on the subject of TV tie-in novels, we thought we’d bring you an encore presentation of our August 2011 conversation … Continue reading →
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TV CONFIDENTIAL welcomes its newest affiliate, WJFX 910 AM 104.3 FM (Roanoke, VA). They will carry our show Sundays 7pm ET beginning May 24
TV CONFIDENTIAL welcomes our newest affiliate, WFJX 910 AM 104.3 FM (Roanoke, VA). They will carry our show Sundays 7pm ET 4pm PT beginning Sunday, May 24. Welcome aboard!
