We’ll welcome back Laura Niemi of NBC’s This is Us and Gene Roddenberry biographer Marc Cushman on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing July 30-Aug. 1 at the following times and venues:
WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1
Bardstown, KY
Friday 7/30
9am ET 6am PT
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Share-a-Vision Radio
San Francisco Bay Area
Friday 7/30
7pm ET, 4pm PT
10pm ET, 7pm PT
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RadioSlot.com
San Francisco, CA
Friday 7/30
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Saturday 7/31
11pm ET, 8pm PT
Sunday 8/1
11pm ET, 8pm PT
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WTCA 1050 AM and FM 106.1
South Bend/Plymouth, IN
Saturday 7/31
6am ET, 3am PT
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WKXO AM 1500 and FM 103.5
Lexington-Fayette/Richmond/Berea, KY
Saturday 7/31
8am ET, 5am PT
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KZFX HD-3 93.7 FM
Ridgecrest/California City, CA
Saturday 7/31
Noon ET, 9am PT
Streaming at KZFXRadio.wixsite.com/kzfx
KSCJ Talk Radio 1360 AM and 94.9 FM
Sioux City, IA
Saturday 7/31
4pm CT, 2pm PT
Sunday 8/1
6pm CT, 4pm PT
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or listen to us on the KSCJ TuneIn channel
KZLS 1640 AM The Eagle
Oklahoma City/Enid, OK
Saturday 7/31
6pm CT, 4pm PT
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Indiana Talks
Huntington, IN
Saturday 7/31
8pm ET, 5pm PT
Sunday 8/1
10am ET, 7am PT
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KFMO AM 1240
Park Hills/Farmington/St. Louis, MO
Saturday 7/31
9pm CT, 7pm PT
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WON 920 The Apple
Brooklyn, NY
Saturday 7/31
10pm ET, 7pm PT
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Bull 99.1 FM and KIKO AM 1340
Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ
Saturday 7/31
Sat 8pm MT and PT
Sunday 8/1
6pm MT and PT
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WLAD AM 800 and FM 94.1
Danbury, CT
Sunday 8/1
5am ET, 2am PT
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KSCO AM-1080 and FM-104.1
San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA
Sunday 8/1
9am ET, 6am PT
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KOMY AM-1340
La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA
Sunday 8/1
9am ET, 6am PT
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CROC Radio
Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada
Sunday 8/1
7pm ET, 4pm PT
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KLTF 960 AM
St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN
Sunday 8/1
8pm CT, 6pm PT
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KPLT 1490 AM and 96.3 FM
Paris, TX
Sunday 8/1
8pm CT, 6pm PT
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WLEA AM 1480 and FM 106.9
Hornell/Elmira-Corning, NY
Sunday 8/1
9pm ET, 6pm PT
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WDIG AM 1450
Dothan, AL
Sunday 8/1
10pm ET, 7pm PT
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Rattler 97.3 FM and KBSZ AM 1260
Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ
Sunday 8/1
8pm MT and PT
Streaming at TheRadioRanchAZ.com
KHMB AM-1710
KHMV-LP 100.9 FM
Half Moon Bay, CA
Sunday 8/1
9pm PT (Mid ET Mon 8/2)
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PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com
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Ann Arbor, MI ~ Boston, MA ~ Chicago, IL ~ Melrose, FL ~ Los Angeles, CA
Various times throughout the week on PassionateWorldTalkRadio.com
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Known to fans of NBC’s This Is Us as Marilyn Pearson (Milo Ventimigilia’s mom), Laura Niemi currently stars in Pool Boy, a new stage comedy, set in Los Angeles during the 2020 pandemic, about two people who are desperate for human contact after months of isolation—and who find themselves attracted to each other, despite their contrasting personalities and rusty social skills. That concept hits close to home for all of us. We’ll ask Laura about Pool Boy (including the logistics required to mount this production), plus she’ll reflect on her experience on This Is Us when she joins us in our first hour.
The first site-specific production of The Lost Angels Theatre Company (the stage company founded by Laura Niemi), Pool Boy will be performed outdoors and poolside, in a Covid-friendly atmosphere, from a private home on Mulholland Drive overlooking the Hollywood Hills, on Saturday and Sunday evenings between now and August 22. For tickets and more information, go to LostAngelsTheatre.com or Facebook.com/LostAngelsTheatre. The sixth and final season of This Is Us will premiere on NBC either in late 2021 or early 2022.
This week’s program will also include a return visit by renowned author, director, and screenwriter Marc Cushman. Marc’s latest book, These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, is a three-volume history of Star Trek/biography of Gene Roddenberry that chronicles the ten-year period spanning the cancellation of the original series in 1969 through the making and release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979. All three volumes were written with the cooperation of the Roddenberry estate and include production reports, ratings, memos written by Gene Roddenberry, vintage press coverage, plus many original interviews by Marc Cushman himself.
All three volumes of These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s are available through Jacobs Brown Media Group. This week, however, we’ll focus particularly on Volume 3, which depicts the various battles for control that Roddenberry waged with Paramount Pictures throughout the production of the film; why filming began in 1979 before the script was even finished; why the expensive special effects nearly sank the film; and the brief yet strange controversy involving Roddenberry, NBC, and the short-lived sci-fi parody Quark. Marc Cushman will join us in our first hour.
Also this week: With the official Star Trek convention returning to Las Vegas on Aug. 11-15, 2021, and with September 2021 marking the fifty-fifth anniversary of the premiere of Star Trek on NBC, we’ll mark both occasions with an encore presentation of our August 2012 conversation with Lawrence Montaigne (A Vulcan Odyssey, The Guardian List), the accomplished, author, and screenwriter who passed away in March 2017. Known to fans of The Original Series as Decius in “Balance of Terror” and Stonn in “Amok Time,” Lawrence also appeared in twenty-five motion pictures, including The Great Escape with Steve McQueen and James Garner, plus episodes of such classic TV series as The Fugitive, The Rogues, Burke’s Law, Batman, The Invaders, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Streets of San Francisco, and Dallas. He also lived an epic life outside of acting, including real-life adventures as a cowboy in Israel, as a photojournalist in Rome, and as a gold smuggler in such far off places as Bangkok and Hong Kong. We’ll replay our conversation with Lawrence Montaigne in our second hour.
TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television
Fri 9am ET, 6am PT on WBRT AM 1320/FM 97.1 (Bardstown, KY)
Fri 7pm ET and PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org and CX Radio Brazil
Fri 10pm ET, 7pm PT, Sat/Sun 11pm ET, 8pm PT on RadioSlot (San Francisco, CA)
Sat 9am ET, 6am PT on WKXO 1500 AM and 103.5 FM (Lexington-Fayette/Richmond/Berea, KY)
Sat Noon ET, 9am PT on KZFX FM (Ridgecrest/California City, CA)
Sat 3pm ET, Noon PT on WTCA 1050 AM and 106.1 FM (South Bend/Plymouth, IN)
Sat 4pm CT, 2pm PT and Sun 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KSCJ 1360 AM and 94.9 FM (Sioux City, IA)
Sat 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KZLS-AM 1640 (Enid/Oklahoma City, OK)
Sat 8pm ET, 5pm PT and Sun 10am ET, 7am PT on Indiana Talks (Huntington, IN)
Sat 9pm CT, 7pm pm PT on KFMO-AM 1240 (Park Hills/Farmington/St. Louis, MO)
Sat 10pm ET, 7pm PT on 920 WON The Apple (Brooklyn, NY)
Sat 8pm MT and PT and Sun 6pm MT and PT on Bull 99.1 FM and KIKO AM 1340 (Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ)
Sun 5am ET, 2am PT on WLAD-AM 800 and FM 94.1 (Danbury, CT)
Sun 9am ET, 6am PT on KSCO-AM 1080 (San Jose/Santa Cruz/Salinas, CA)
Sun 9am ET, 6am PT on KOMY-AM 1340 (La Selva Beach/Watsonville, CA)
Sun 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KLTF-AM 960 (St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN)
Sun 7pm ET, 4pm PT on CROC Radio (British Columbia, Canada)
Sun 8pm CT, 6pm PT on KPLT AM and FM (Paris, TX)
Sun 9pm ET, 6pm PT on WLEA AM and FM (Hornell/Elmira-Corning, NY)
Sun 10pm ET, 7pm PT on WDIG AM (Dothan, AL)
Sun 8pm MT and PT on Rattler 97.3 FM and KBSZ AM 1260 (Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ)
Sun 9pm PT, Mon Mid ET on KHMB-AM and FM (Half Moon Bay, CA)
Various times throughout the week on the Entertainment Channel at Passionate World Talk Radio
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