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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 565: Special Tribute to Betty White is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast. The complete program runs more than three hours, including an hour of additional content that we were not able to include in the weekend broadcast due to time limitations. Please enjoy!

Posted on January 23, 2022 by admin

Betty White: A Television Presence Original Airdates: Jan. 21-23, 2022 TVC 565.1: TV Confidential celebrates the life and career of Betty White with a special program-length tribute to the legendary actress who was not only The First Lady of Television, … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 560.4 with guest Ray Richmond is available for listening on demand

Posted on November 22, 2021 by admin

100 Remarkable Moments in the Life and Career of Betty White Original Airdates: Nov. 19-21, 2021 TVC 560.4: Television critic, columnist, and entertainment journalist Ray Richmond joins Ed for an early 100th birthday salute to entertainment legend Betty White. Ray’s … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 530.5: Behind the Scenes of Betty White’s The Pet Set with guest Darren Wadyko is available for listening on demand

Posted on March 15, 2021 by admin

Why The Pet Set Was a Perfect Vehicle for Betty White Original Airdates: Mar. 12-14, 2021 TVC 530.6: Ed welcomes Darren Wadyko, the distributor of Betty White’s The Pet Set: The Complete Series, an excellent new DVD set featuring all … Continue reading →

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 462: Celebrating the Life of Valerie Harper is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on September 9, 2019 by admin

Celebrating the Life of Valerie Harper Original Airdates: Sept. 6-8, 2019 TVC 462.1: Tony Figueroa, Donna Allen, and Ed remember Valerie Harper, the Emmy Award-winning star of Rhoda, Valerie, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show who passed away Friday, Aug. … Continue reading →

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via Closer Weekly: Ed Gross interviews Ed Robertson, host of TV CONFIDENTIAL, and Herbie J Pilato, host of THEN AGAIN WITH HERBIE J PILATO, for this oral history of BEWITCHED and the lives of its cast members

Posted on September 6, 2019 by admin

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TV CONFIDENTIAL host Ed Robertson talks to Ed Gross of CLOSER WEEKLY about why Valerie Harper is a rarity among TV actors: She was both a good supporting actress and a strong series lead. Click on the link below to read the article

Posted on July 26, 2019 by admin

Remembering the Life and Career of Valerie Harper: There Was So Much About Her That You Didn’t Know

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Closer Weekly correspondent Ed Gross interviews TV CONFIDENTIAL host Ed Robertson and THEN AGAIN host (recent TVC guest) Herbie J Pilato for this warm look at the short TV life but lasting legacy of Nanny and The Professor

Posted on July 9, 2019 by admin

‘Nanny and the Professor’ Was Magic on TV, But Was Also Tough — and Often Tragic — for Much of Its Cast

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via Closer Weekly: Entertainment writer Ed Gross on why Betty White continues to dazzle audiences after seventy years on television. An oral history of all fifteen of White’s shows, including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls, and Hot in Cleveland, the piece includes insight from authors Jim Colucci (Golden Girls Forever) and Mike Pingel (Betty White Rules the World) and TV CONFIDENTIAL host Ed Robertson

Posted on May 8, 2019 by admin

Celebrating Betty White’s 70 Years on TV With an Inside Look at Each of the Iconic Actress’ Shows

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Attention Bill Bixby Fans: Closer Weekly has just published a comprehensive retrospective on the life and career of Bill Bixby. Written by entertainment writer Ed Gross, it covers all aspects of Bixby’s career as an actor and director, and includes insight from Incredible Hulk writer/producer Kenneth Johnson, television director Harry Winer, television writer Larry Brody, and TV CONFIDENTIAL host Ed Robertson

Posted on January 5, 2019 by admin

Meet the Bill Bixby You Didn’t Know — The Truth About the ‘Hulk’ Star Revealed by Those Who Knew Him

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