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This Date in THE FBI History: Larry Gates stars in “The Loper Gambit,” airing Apr. 1, 1973. This episode also marks the final regular-season appearance of William Reynolds as Special Agent Tom Colby, though Reynolds would return for two guest appearances in the ninth season. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
THE LOPER GAMBIT Original Airdate: Apr. 1, 1973 Synopsis. Financially overextended, and unable to tap into a trust fund left by his late father until he turns forty, playboy Ronald Loper (played by Robert F. Lyons) kidnaps stockbroker Kirk “Tice” … 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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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 729 and 730 with guest Robert Illes is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Robert Illes, author of Funny is Money Original Airdates: Mar. 20-23, 2026 TVC 729.1: Ed welcomes two-time Emmy Award-winning writer and producer Robert Illes (The Carol Burnett Show, Sanford and Son, Fernwood Tonight, Lily, Silver Spoons, Sister, Sister). Bob’s memoir, … Continue reading →
This Date in THE FBI History: Richard Carlson, Marlyn Mason, Victor French, and Michael Witney star in “Moment of Truth,” airing Mar. 30, 1969. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
MOMENT OF TRUTH Original Airdate: Mar. 30, 1969 Synopsis. In Los Angeles, the savage beating of an Army private puts Erskine on the trail of H.D. DeWitt (played by Richard Carlson), a bank executive who fronts a loan shark racket … 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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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 729.4 with guest Stefanie Powers is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Stefanie Powers on sharing her passion for conservationism Original Airdates: Mar. 20-23, 2026 TVC 729.4: Ed welcomes back renowned actress, author, and conservationist Stefanie Powers (Hart to Hart, The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., One from the Hart). The United Nations recently … 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 No 729.6: A Century of Joe Franklin is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
A Century of Joe Franklin Original Airdates: Mar. 20-23, 2026 TVC 726.6: From February 2014: Ed and guest co-host Phil Gries welcome Joe Franklin, the legendary TV talk show host whose popular weekday talk show, Joe Franklin’s Memory Lane, not … Continue reading →
TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 713, 718, 720, 721, and 729: Milestone anniversaries for Green Acres, Batman, The Dean Martin Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Magnum, p.i., 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 THE FBI History: Murray Hamilton, Wayne Rogers, Anne Helm, and Milton Selzer star in “The Ninth Man,” airing Mar. 24, 1968. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
THE NINTH MAN Original Airdate: Mar. 24, 1968 Synopsis. According to Bureau intelligence, Emery Hale (played by Murray Hamilton), the mastermind behind an eight-man armored car theft in Texas from five years before, has fled the United States. With the … 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 THE FBI History: Robert Foxworth, Don Porter, Allyn Ann McLerie, and Annette O’Toole star in “The Lost Man,” airing Mar. 24, 1974. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
THE LOST MAN Original Airdate: Mar. 24, 1974 Synopsis. Nationally syndicated newspaper columnist Mason Hammond (played by Don Porter) once faced a five-year prison term when he extorted a prominent U.S. congressman out of half a million dollars—a crime he … 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 THE FBI History: Don Gordon, Harold J. Stone, Fred Beir, Rudy Solari, and Francine York star in “The Cober List,” airing Mar. 23, 1969
THE COBER LIST Original Airdate: Mar. 23, 1969 Synopsis. An attempt on the life of Miami mob boss Frank Lanner (played by Fred Beir) provides the impetus for the Bureau’s investigation into the racketeering operation run by two of the … 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 THE FBI History: Peter Haskell, Albert Salmi, Richard O’Brien, Jennifer Billingsley, and Edward Andrews star in “Three-Way Split,” airing Mar. 21, 1971. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
THREE-WAY SPLIT Original Airdate: Mar. 21, 1971 Synopsis. Erskine faces a peculiar challenge while probing the theft of $900,000 from the Citizens Bank of Denver—a daring heist masterminded by Eliot Fielding (played by Peter Haskell), a disgraced playboy who 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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