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John Byner: Next on TVC
Actor, comedian, voice artist, and impressionist John Byner and broadcast journalism professor Steve Beverly will join us this weekend on an encore presentation of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Aug. 19-22 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM … Continue reading →
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Brush Up Your Shakespeare with Ellen Geer: Next on TVC
Actress and director Ellen Geer will join us this week, plus we’ll welcome back Emmy Award winter Ron Bacon and game show historian Steve Beverly, on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Aug. 20-22 at the following times and … Continue reading →
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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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Tagged Alex Trebek, Art Fleming, 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, future of Jeopardy, Game Show Congress, game shows, interviewing skills, Jackson 24/7, Jackson Sun, Jackson Tennessee, Jeopardy, Ken Jennings, 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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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. 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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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 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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40 Years of Victor Newman: Next on TVC
Emmy Award-winning actor Eric Braeden (The Young and the Restless) will join us this weekend on a brand new edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Mar. 27-29 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY … Continue reading →
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