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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 740.1: 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
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 Show No. 735.4 with guest Charles Floyd Johnson is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Emmy Award-winning producer Charles Floyd Johnson on his path to becoming a writer Original Airdates: May 8-10, 2026 TVC 735.4: Ed welcomes Emmy Award-winning producer Charles Floyd Johnson (The Rockford Files, Magnum, p.i., Quantum Leap, JAG, NCIS, Red Tails, John … Continue reading →
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This Date in THE FBI History: Jon Cypher and Dabney Coleman star in “Survival,” the final broadcast episode of THE FBI, airing Apr. 28, 1974. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
SURVIVAL Original Airdate: Apr. 28, 1974 Synopsis. In Arizona, Erskine apprehends Sam Belson (played by Jon Cypher), a fugitive from a federal prison, but faces three challenges in returning him to the authorities. First, after falling from a high perch … Continue reading →
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This Date in THE FBI History: Suzanne Pleshette, Fritz Weaver, Richard Anderson, and Norman Fell star in “The Mercenary,” airing Apr. 28, 1968. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
THE MERCENARY Original Airdate: Apr. 28, 1968 Synopsis. A 1928 photograph found in a San Francisco hotel room puts Erskine on the trail of John Thomas Whiting (played by Fritz Weaver), an aristocratic spy who sells plans for top-secret U.S … Continue reading →
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