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- This Date in THE FBI History: Leslie Nielsen, Bruce Dern, and Malcolm Atterbury star in “Pound of Flesh,” airing Dec. 19, 1965. THE FBI DOSSIER now available from Black Pawn Press
- This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: Blair Brown stars as “The Girl in the Bay City Boys Club,” airing Dec. 19, 1975. This was the only episode (or, for that matter, the only film of any kind) directed by James Garner. 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
- This Date in THE FBI History: Suzanne Pleshette and Charles Korvin star in “List for a Firing Squad,” airing Dec. 18, 1966. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
- This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Arthur Shields and Arch Johnson star in “The Bold Fenian Men,” airing Dec. 18, 1960. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 718.4 with guest Stefanie Powers is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Stefanie Powers on why Love Letters appeals to actors and audiences alike Original Airdates: Dec. 12-15, 2025 TVC 718.4: Ed welcomes back Stefanie Powers, the actress known around the world as Jennifer Hart on Hart to Hart (ABC, 1979-1984), and … Continue reading →
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Tagged A.K. Gurney Love Letters, Bridges of Toko-Ri, business end of the show, George Chakiris, Hart to Hart, It Takes a Thief, Jerome Robbins West Side Story, John Wayne, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner, Roger Moore, Stefanie Powers Agent of Change, Stefanie Powers animal preservation, Stefanie Powers benefit performance, Stefanie Powers Die Die My Darling, Stefanie Powers El Portal Theatre, Stefanie Powers Feather and Father, Stefanie Powers Harold Gould, Stefanie Powers James Garner, Stefanie Powers Jerome Robbins, Stefanie Powers Love Letters, Stefanie Powers McLintock!, Stefanie Powers MGM, Stefanie Powers Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers philanthropist, Stefanie Powers Polish-American heritage, Stefanie Powers Pope John Paul II, Stefanie Powers Quinn Martin, Stefanie Powers Rockford Files, Stefanie Powers studio system, Stefanie Powers Tallulah Bankhead, Stefanie Powers The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Stefanie Powers Tom Mankiewiscz, Stefanie Powers Vision for the Future, Stefanie Powers WHWF, Stefanie Powers William Holden Wildlife Foundation, twilight of studio system, WHWF.org, William Holden, William Holden animal preservation, William Holden East Africa, William Holden legacy, William Holden Wildlife Foundation
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 717 and 718 with guest Mark Shaw is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Mark Shaw on the journey that led him to write Abuse of Power Original Airdates: Dec. 5-8, 2025 TVC 717.1: Ed welcomes back Mark Shaw, investigative journalist, former criminal defense attorney, onetime legal analyst for CNN, ESPN, and USA Today, … Continue reading →
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 713, and 718: Milestone anniversaries for Green Acres, The Dean Martin Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Hogan’s Heroes, Get Smart, The Flintstones, The Wild, Wild West and other notable TV classics is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
What Do Green Acres and Xena: Warrior Princess Have in Common? Original Airdates: Sept. 12-15, 2025 TVC 706.1: From September 2015: Tony, Donna, and Ed commemorate the milestone broadcast anniversaries for Green Acres (CBS, 1965-1970) and Xena: Warrior Princess (Synd., … Continue reading →
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This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Richard Long, Fay Spain, and H.M. Wynant star in “The Goose-Drownder,” one of the few straightforward dramatic episodes of Maverick, airing Dec. 13, 1959
THE GOOSE-DROWNDER Original Airdate: December 13, 1959 Synopsis. Stranded in the ghost town of Silverado, Nevada, Bart and Gentleman Jack Darby (Richard Long) spend the night with the town’s lone resident, Boone Gillis (played by Will Wright). They are later … Continue reading →
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Tagged Arthur Silver, Black Pawn Press, Bret Maverick, Bronco, Budd Boetticher, Coles Trapnell, Ed Robertson Maverick, Gentleman Jack Darby Maverick, Gigi Garner, Jack Kelly, Jack Kelly Maverick, James Garner, James Garner Animal Rescue Fund, James Garner Clint Eastwood, James Garner Maverick, James Garner Pappy, JGARF, Leo Gordon, Leslie Martinson, Marion Hargrove, Maverick book, Maverick debut episode, Maverick is the legend of the west, Maverick Legend of the West, Maverick Pappy episode, Maverick Point Blank, Maverick Solitaire, Maverick tall dark stranger, Maverick theme song, Maverick TV series, Maverick Warner Bros. Television, my dear ole Pappy, my ole Pappy used to say, Pappy Maverick, Point Blank, Richard Long, Richard Long Arlene Howell, Richard Long Bourbon Street Beat, Richard Long Gentleman Jack Darby, Richard Long Maverick, Robert Colbert, Rockford Files, Roy Huggins, Roy Huggins Point Blank, The Goose-Drownder, Warner Bros. Western actors, Warner Bros. Westerns, Western actors
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This Date in THE FBI History: Claude Akins, David Macklin, Louise Latham, and Paul Fix star in “How to Murder an Iron Horse,” airing Dec. 12, 1965. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press.
HOW TO MURDER AN IRON HORSE Original Airdate: Dec. 12, 1965 Synopsis. David Macklin stars as Howard Spencer “Howdy” Collier, a twenty-year-old psychopath with unresolved father issues. After blowing up a freight train belonging to the Dakota & Northwestern Railroad … 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 MAVERICK TV History: Audrey Landers stars in “Hearts o’ Gold,” an episode of YOUNG MAVERICK, airing Dec. 12, 1979. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press
HEARTS O’ GOLD Original Airdate: December 12, 1979 Synopsis. Young Maverick follows Billy Peachtree—a lousy poker player who ran out on a gambling debt—into the town of Saddlehorn, where he learns that Peachtree is planning a bank robbery. LEARN MORE … Continue reading →
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Tagged Arthur Silver, Audrey Landers, Ballad of Bret Maverick, Bart Maverick, Beau Maverick, Beau Maverick The Bundle from Britain, Big Mike McComb, Black Pawn Press, Brent Maverick, Bret Maverick, Budd Boetticher, Charles Frank, Charles Frank Ben Maverick, Charles Frank Susan Blanchard, Charles Frank The New Maverick, Charles Frank Young Maverick, Coles Trapnell, Cousin Beauregard Maverick, Ed Robertson Maverick, Gigi Garner, Jack Kelly, Jack Kelly Maverick, James Garner, James Garner Animal Rescue Fund, James Garner Clint Eastwood, James Garner Maverick, James Garner Pappy, JGARF, Leo Gordon, Leslie Martinson, Marion Hargrove, Maverick book, Maverick is the legend of the west, Maverick Legend of the West, Maverick Pappy episode, Maverick Solitaire, Maverick tall dark stranger, Maverick theme song, Maverick TV series, Maverick Warner Bros. Television, my dear ole Pappy, My dear uncle Beauregard, my ole Pappy used to say, Pappy, Pappy episode Maverick, Pappy Maverick, Robert Colbert, Rockford Files, Roger Moore, Roger Moore Beau Maverick, Roger Moore Cousin Beau, Roger Moore Maverick, Roy Huggins, Roy Huggins Maverick, William T. Orr, Young Maverick
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This Date in THE FBI History: Diane Baker, Fritz Weaver, Murray Hamilton, and Nicholas Colasanto star in “The Camel’s Nose,” airing Dec. 11, 1966. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
THE CAMEL’S NOSE Original Airdate: Dec. 11, 1966 LEARN MORE about “The Camel’s Nose” in THE FBI DOSSIER, everything you wanted to know—and more—about the long-running ABC-TV series produced by Quinn Martin and starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. THE FBI DOSSIER is … 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: Ned Beatty and Veronica Hamel star in “Return to the 38th Parallel,” airing Dec. 10, 1976. 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
RETURN TO THE 38th PARALLEL Original Air Date: December 10, 1976 Synopsis. When his work as an insurance investigator runs aground, Rockford’s former Army commander Al Brennan (played by Ned Beatty) tries to become Jim’s partner. Meanwhile, a woman wants … Continue reading →
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 717.4 with guest Ellen Geer is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Ellen Geer on Theatricum Botanicum’s Holiday Family Faire Original Airdates: Dec. 5-8, 2025 TVC 717.4: Ed welcomes back Ellen Geer, daughter of Will Geer and the artistic director of Theatricum Botanicum, the outdoor amphitheatre in Topanga Canyon, California that Will … Continue reading →
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 717.5 with guest Alison Arngrim is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Alison Arngrim on the epic Little House cast reunion in Simi Valley Original Airdates: Dec. 5-8, 2025 TVC 717.5: Ed welcomes back actress and author Alison Arngrim (Little House on the Prairie, Confessions of a Prairie Bitch). Alison has news … Continue reading →
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