Actresses Louise Sorel and Norma Maldonado will join us this weekend, plus we’ll bring you more highlights from last month’s Hollywood Museum event featuring the cast of The Waltons. All this, and more, on our landmark 600th edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Dec. 16-19 at the following times and venues:
WBRT 97.1 FM and 1320 AM (Bardstown, KY) Fri 9am ET 6am PT
KSAV: Share-a-Vision Radio (San Francisco Bay Area) Fri 7pm ET and PT
RadioSlot (San Francisco, CA) Fri 10pm ET 7pm PT and Sat/Sun 11pm ET, 8pm PT
Third Eye Radio (Bainbridge, GA) Sat 5am ET 2am PT and Wed 7pm ET 4pm PT
WTCA AM 1050 and FM 106.1 (South Bend/Plymouth, IN) Sat 6am ET, 3am PT
WKXO AM 1500 and FM 103.5 (Lexington-Fayette/Richmond/Berea, KY) Sat 8am ET, 5am PT
KZFX HD-3 93.7 FM (Ridgecrest/California City, CA) Sat Noon ET 9am PT
WHBL AM 1330 and FM 101.5 (Sheboygan/Milwaukee/Green Bay, WI) Sat 2pm CT Noon PT
KSCJ AM 1360 and FM 94.9 (Sioux City, IA) Sat 4pm CT, 2pm PT and Sun 6pm CT, 4pm PT
America One Radio (Atlanta, GA) Sat 7pm ET, 4pm PT
Indiana Talks (Huntington, IN) Sat 8pm ET, 5pm PT and Sun 10am ET, 7am PT
Biz Talk Radio AM/FM (Paducah, KY) Sat 8pm CT, 6pm PT
KFMO AM 1240 (Park Hills/Farmington/St. Louis, MO) Sat 9pm CT, 7pm PT
920 WON The Apple (Brooklyn, NY) Sat 10pm ET, 7pm PT
Bull 99.1 FM and KIKO AM 1340 (Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ) Sat 8pm MT, Sun 7pm MT
WLAD AM 800 and FM 94.1 (Danbury, CT) Sun 5am ET, 2am PT
STP Radio (Fort Wayne, IN) Sun 6am ET, 3am PT
KSCO AM 1080 and FM 104.1 (San Jose/Santa Cruz/Salinas, CA) Sun 9am ET, 6am PT
KOMY AM 1340 (La Selva Beach/Watsonville, CA) Sun 9am ET, 6am PT
Stay Tuned America (Dodge Center, MN) Sun 5pm CT, 3pm PT
CROC Radio (Kimberley, BC, Canada) Sun 7pm ET, 4pm PT
KLTF AM 960 (St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN) Sun 8pm CT, 6pm PT
KPLT AM 1490 and FM 96.3 (Paris, TX) Sun 8pm CT, 6pm PT
WDIG AM 1450 (Dothan, AL) Sun 10pm ET, 7pm PT
Rattler 97.3 FM and KBSZ AM 1260 (Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ) Sun 8pm MT 7pm PT
KHMB AM 1710 / KHMV-LP 100.9 FM (Half Moon Bay, CA) Sun 9pm PT, Mon Mid ET
United as 1 Radio (Bakersfield, CA) Mon 11am ET, 8am PT
This week’s program marks the 600th edition of TV Confidential and will feature a return appearance by actress Louise Sorel. Fans of daytime television, of course, know Louise as Vivian Alamain on Days of Our Lives and Augusta Lockridge on Santa Barbara, while her many credits in prime time include guest appearances on such classic shows as Star Trek, Kojak, The Fugitive, Mission: Impossible, and the pilot for Get Christie Love!, as well as lead roles opposite Lawrence Pressman and Herb Edelman on Ladies Man (a forerunner of Murphy Brown) and opposite Don Rickles on The Don Rickles Show.
If all goes well, Louise Sorel may be returning to Days of Our Lives in early 2023 as part of a special storyline that will honor the late John Aniston. We’ll ask her about that, and more, when she joins us in our second hour.
Our first hour will feature Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with actress Norma Maldonado. Best known for her recurring role as the telenovela director on Jane the Virgin, Norma is one of the stars of Sweet Navidad, a new holiday movie from Lifetime TV that captures the essence of a Puerto Rican family during the holidays, including the unique tradition known as parrandas.
Norma Maldonado. Photo by Emily Sandifer Photography
Norma will provide a brief window in the auditioning process in movies and television, plus she’ll share a few memories about some of her other TV appearances, which include working opposite Jonathan Banks in one of the final episodes of Breaking Bad.
Sweet Navidad is available now for viewing on demand on Peacock.
Our second hour will also include more of our coverage of the special roundtable discussion, moderated by film critic Leonard Maltin, at the Hollywood Museum last month that celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of The Waltons (CBS, 1972-1981) and which featured Michael Learned, Richard Thomas, Judy Norton, Jon Walmsley, Mary McDonough, Eric Scott, and Kami Cotler. Among the highlights this week will be the cast tribute to Will Geer (“Grandpa Walton”), plus our exclusive interview with actress Ellen Geer (pictured, above right), the daughter of Will Geer and the artistic director of Will Geer’s Theatricum Botanicum.
The Waltons Exhibit is now on display at The Hollywood Museum, 1660 N. Highland Avenue in Hollywood, CA, in the historic Max Factor building.
Also this week: We’ll pay tribute to Bob McGrath, the beloved singer/actor on Sesame Street who passed away on Sunday, Dec. 4. Plus: A few other surprises.
This week being our 600th program, I want to thank everyone who helps make TV Confidential possible every week, including all of our on-air contributors, guests, commentators, sponsors, Confidants, affiliate stations, and the many other people behind the scenes who contribute in ways large and small, known and unknown.
Most of all, our heartfelt thanks to you, our audience, not only for listening to us, but for emailing us, Tweeting us, posting comments on our social media pages, and for continuing to show your interest and support of this program. We appreciate you making us part of your life, and we look forward to spending more time with you in the weeks and months ahead.
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 5am ET, 2am PT and Wed 7pm ET, 4pm PT on Third Eye Radio Network (Bainbridge, GA)
Sat 6am ET, 3am PT on WTCA 1050 AM and 106.1 FM (South Bend/Plymouth, IN)
Sat 8am ET, 5am 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 2pm CT, Noon PT on WHBL AM 1330 and FM 101.5 (Sheboygan/Milwaukee/Green Bay, WI)
Sat 4pm CT, 2pm PT and Sun 6pm CT, 4pm PT on KSCJ 1360 AM and 94.9 FM (Sioux City, IA)
Sat 7pm ET, 4pm PT on America One Radio (Atlanta, GA)
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 7pm PT and Sun 6pm MT 5pm 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 6am ET, 3am PT on WSTP Radio (Fort Wayne, IN)
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 8pm MT 7pm PT on Rattler 97.3 FM and KBSZ AM 1260 (Apache Junction/Mesa/Phoenix, AZ)
Sun 5pm CT, 3pm PT on Stay Tuned America (Dodge Center, MN)
Sun 7pm ET, 4pm PT on CROC Radio (British Columbia, Canada)
Sun 8pm CT, 6pm PT on KLTF-AM 960 (St. Cloud/Little Falls, MN)
Sun 8pm CT, 6pm PT on KPLT AM and FM (Paris, TX)
Sun 10pm ET, 7pm PT on WDIG AM (Dothan, AL)
Sun 9pm PT, Mon Mid ET on KHMB-AM and FM (Half Moon Bay, CA)
Mon 11am ET, 8am PT on United as 1 Radio (Bakersfield, CA)
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