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Burt Ward, Ruta Lee, plus a Tribute to Alex Trebek: Next on TVC
Actor and entrepreneur Burt Ward and actress and philanthropist Ruta Lee will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Dec. 4-6 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY Friday 12/4 9am ET … Continue reading →
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 517.3 with guest Steve Beverly is available for listening on demand
The New Host of Jeopardy! Original Airdates: Nov. 20-22, 2020 TVC 517.3: Game show historian and TV host Steve Beverly (Steve Beverly’s TV Classics) shares some thoughts on who might be named the next host of Jeopardy! and the particular … Continue reading →
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Broadcast journalism professor and game show historian STEVE BEVERLY, host of Steve Beverly’s TV Classics, on his upcoming tribute to the early game show career of Alex Trebek (premiering Saturday 11/21 on EPlusTV6.com); the episode of Jeopardy! for which Trebek won the first of his six Emmy Awards; and how he first got to know Alex in 1984, at the start of Trebek’s thirty-six-year run as the host of Jeopardy!
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 513: Tribute to Tom Kennedy with guests Steve Beverly and Geoffrey Mark is available for listening on demand
How Jim Narz Became Tom Kennedy Original Airdates: Oct. 23-25, 2020 TVC 513.1: Game show historian Steve Beverly joins Ed as we pay tribute to Tom Kennedy, the legendary game show host who passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at … Continue reading →
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 508 with guest Steve Beverly is now available for listening on demand
The Return of Mr. TV Classics Original Airdates: Sept. 18-20, 2020 TVC 508.6: Part 3 of a conversation that began last month with Union University journalism professor and television historian Steve Beverly. When he isn’t teaching, Steve hosts Steve Beverly’s … Continue reading →
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Gigi Garner, Mr. TV Classics, and A Rogue TV Comedy Writer: Next on TVC
Animal rescue advocate Gigi Garner, Emmy nominated writer/producer Ted Bergman, and television historian Steve Beverly will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Sept. 18-20 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY … Continue reading →
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 504 with guest Steve Beverly is available for listening on demand
Teaching TV News Students in a Time of Distance Learning Original Airdates: Aug. 14-16, 2020 TVC 504.3: Ed welcomes back Steve Beverly, television historian and professor of communications arts at Union University (Jackson, TN), where he coordinates the Broadcast Journalism … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bob Barker, broadcast journalism, broadcast journalism COVID-19, Carl Perkins, CDC guidelines COVID-19, classic TV series, coping with depression, corona virus, corona virus pandemic, COVID-19, COVID-19 and schools, COVID-19 college campuses, COVID-19 crisis, COVID-19 distance learning, COVID-19 schools, COVID-19 teaching, COVID-19 teaching online, COVID-19 Union University, depression, EPlusTV6, Game Show Congress, game shows, interviewing skills, Jackson 24/7, Jackson Sun, Jackson Tennessee, Let's Make a Deal, listening, mental health, mental health advocate, Monty Hall, Mr. TV Classics, NAMI, National Association on Mental Illness, Password, Robin Williams, signs of depression, Split Second, Stefan Hatos, Steve Beverly, Steve Beverly's TV Classics, TCM, teaching hospital, teaching interviewing skills, television historian, television news, television news reporters, TV game shows, Union University, warning signs depression, WBBJ
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Podcast of TVC 444.4 with guest Audrey Walters is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 444, Segment 4 with guest Audrey Walters Original Airdates: Mar. 29-31, 2019 Ed welcomes back actress and entrepreneur Audrey Walters. Audrey has a major supporting role in Walk. Ride. Rodeo, the new Netflix movie that is based on … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amberley Snyder, Amberley Snyder accident, Amberley Snyder barrel racing, Amberley Snyder movie, Amberley Snyder rodeo, Arizona, Audrey Walters, Audrey Walters Preacher, Big Kill, broadcast journalism, Cleveland Indians, Cory Snyder, Danny McBride, Danny Trejo, Eastbound and Down, Jane Fonda, Jason Patric, Jenny Gilbert, Jonathan Watson, Killer Women, Los Angeles Dodgers, Lou Diamond Phillips, madame, Missi Pyle, Mrs. Boychuk, Our Souls at Night, Preacher, Price of Fame, Robert Redford, Robin Williams, Robin Williams depression, Robin Williams documentary, Robin Williams suicide, San Francisco Giants, Scott Martin, social communication skills, Spencer Locke, Sundance, Talk to the Camera, The American, The Lake, Vice Principals, Walk.Ride.Rodeo
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Richard Pryor Jr., Audrey Walters, plus the “other” Merv Griffin Show: Next on TVC
Actor, singer, comedian and storyteller Richard Pryor Jr., actress and entrepreneur Audrey Walters, and author Steve Randisi will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Mar. 29-31 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area … Continue reading →
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Tagged Albert Fisher, Amberley Snyder, Amberley Snyder accident, Amberley Snyder barrel racing, Amberley Snyder movie, Amberley Snyder rodeo, Americas Romantic Singing Star, Arizona, Arthur Treacher, Audrey Walters, Audrey Walters Preacher, Big Kill, Bob Shanks, broadcast journalism, CBS late night, Cleveland Indians, Comedy Store, Cort Theatre, Cory Snyder, Danny McBride, Danny Trejo, Dick Carson, Dick Cavett, Eastbound and Down, Granny, Group W, I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Cocoanuts, International Cringe Festival, Jack Paar, Jane Fonda, Jason Patric, Jenny Gilbert, Jeopardy, Jo Jo Dancer, Joey Bishop, Johnny Carson, Jonathan Watson, Killer Women, Las Vegas, Little Theatre, Los Angeles Dodgers, Lou Diamond Phillips, madame, Merv Griffin, Merv Griffin Show, Merv Griffin Show book, Mervyn, Metromedia, Mike Douglas, Missi Pyle, Mitzi Shore, Mort Lindsey, MPI Home Video, Mrs. Boychuk, Mystery Voice, NBC daytime, New York City, Olde Town Tap, Our Souls at Night, Pat McCormick, Patricia Watts, Peter Barsochini, Play Your Hunch, Preacher, Price of Fame, Rainy McKnight, real estate, Reelin in the Years, Richard Pryor, Richard Pryor Jr., Richard Pryor Jr. memoir, Richard Pryor Jr. Peoria, Richard Pryor Jr. singer, Robert Redford, Robin Williams, Robin Williams depression, Robin Williams documentary, Robin Williams suicide, Ron Brawer, Sam Kinison Richard Pryor Jr., San Francisco Giants, Scott Martin, Silver Streak, social communication skills, Socks, Spencer Locke, Steve Randisi, Studio 6-B, Sundance, Talk to the Camera, Tav Celebrity Theatre, The American, The Color Purple, the dear boy, The Lake, The Merv Griffin Show The Inside Story, The Tonight Show, The Toy, Tony Garafolo, Vice Principals, Voices of Refuge, Walk.Ride.Rodeo, Westinghouse, Wheel of Fortune
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actress Audrey Walters on drawing inspiration from the real-life Amberley Snyder while filming the new Netflix biopic Walk.Ride.Rodeo; shooting the offbeat Western Big Kill at the historic Bonanza Creek ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and the expansion of her youth workshop, Talk to the Camera, into other U.S. states. Walk.Ride.Rodeo is available now for streaming on demand through Netflix while Big Kill comes to DVD next week
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