The landing page of Ralph’s Cinema Trek, the online diary of Ralph Senensky’s directorial career, which you can find online at Senensky.com
Ralph Senensky on his early career in television
Original Airdates: Nov. 14-17, 2025
TVC 714.1: TV Confidential remembers Ralph Senensky, longtime member of the Directors Guild of America and one of the most prolific directors in TV history (particularly when it comes to episodic television) with an encore presentation of a conversation that originally aired in February 2014. Ralph Senensky passed away on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 at the age of 102. Topics this segment include a look at Ralph’s early career in television on such live dramas as Playhouse 90, as well as his work with casting directors Marion Dougherty and John Conwell on shows like Route 66 and Naked City.
Ralph Senensky and The Waltons
Original Airdates: Nov. 14-17, 2025
TVC 714.2: From February 2014: Prolific television director Ralph Senensky talks to Ed about working with Ralph Waite, Will Geer, Ellen Corby, and Michael Learned on The Waltons, and with Richard Thomas on “Game of Terror,” an episode of The FBI that aired in 1971, one year before the premiere of The Waltons. Ralph helmed twelve episodes of The Waltons, many of which rank among the very best episodes in the history of that series. Ralph Senensky passed away on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 at the age of 102.
Ralph Senensky on the “Grandma Comes Home” episode of The Waltons
Original Airdates: Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2025
TVC 716.5: From February 2014: Prolific television director Ralph Senensky takes listeners behind the scenes of “Grandma Comes Home,” the episode of The Waltons from March 1978 that marked Ellen Geer’s return to the series after she had suffered a stroke the year before. Other topics this segment include how Corby and Will Geer were “the salt and pepper of The Waltons,” plus Ralph shares a few memories of working with John Ritter, Richard Thomas, Mickey Rooney, and Bill Quinn. Ralph Senensky passed away on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 at the age of 102.
Ralph Senensky, The Partridge Family, and The Pasadena Playhouse
Original Airdates: Nov. 29-Dec. 1, 2025
TVC 716.6: From February 2014: Prolific television director Ralph Senensky talks to Ed about directing Shirley Jones, Ray Bolger, and Rosemary DeCamp in the “Forty-Year Itch” episode of The Partridge Family (ABC, 1970-1974), as well as how he first worked with actress Jennifer Raine at the Pasadena Playhouse. Raine is the mother of Brian Forster, the second actor who played Chris Partridge on The Partridge Family. Ralph Senensky passed away on Saturday, Nov. 1, 2025 at the age of 102.
