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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 →

Celebrating Betty White: Next on TVC

Posted on January 19, 2022 by admin

Please join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL for a special program-length celebration of the life and career of Betty White, airing Jan. 21-23 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY Friday 1/21 … Continue reading →

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 →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Podcasts, Television Star | Tagged A Date with the Angels, Africa USA, African USA, Agnes Moorehead, Albets Enterprises, Allen Ludden, Allen Ludden Betty White, Allen Ludden courtship Betty White, Allen Ludden Password, Barbara Eden, bears, Betty White, Betty White 100 Remarkable Moments in an Extraordinary Life, Betty White A Date with the Angels, Betty White Bets, Betty White daytime Emmy, Betty White daytime television, Betty White Del Moore, Betty White effect, Betty White game show appearances, Betty White Golden Girls, Betty White Hollywood on Television, Betty White Life with Elizabeth, Betty White Mary Richards, Betty White Mary Tyler Moore Show, Betty White Password, Betty White Pet Set digital platforms, Betty White Pet Set DVD, Betty White public service ads, Betty White Rules the World, Betty White Show, Betty White The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Betty White The Pet Set, Betty White: Game Show Goddess, Betty White’s Pet Set, Betty White’s Pet Set celebrity friends, Betty’s Photo Album, Billy DeWolfe, Bob, Bob Newhart, Burt Reynolds, Candice Bergen, Carol Burnett, cats, cheetahs, chimps, Cleveland Amory, Closer Weekly, cougars, created by Betty White, Darren Wadyko, Darren Wadyko Media, Daytime Hostess: The Betty White Show, deceptively educational, Della Reese, dogs, Donald O'Connor, Doris Day, eagles, Ed Asner, Ed Gross, Ed Robertson, Ed. Weinberger, elephants, experimental television, First Lady of Television, first person to grace a televison screen, Gavin MacLeod, Georgia Engel, Golden Girls, Golden Girls Forever, Golden Palace, gorillas, horses, Hot in Cleveland, James Brolin, Jim Colucci, Jimmy Stewart, John Hillerman, kangaroos, Life With Elizabeth, lifelong love of animals, lions, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Mary Tyler Moore, Match Game, Michael Landon, Mike Pingel, Millicent Martin, MPI Media Group, National Treasure, Packard Auto Dealership, Password, Ralph Helfer, Ralph Helfer Africa USA, Ray Richmond, Ray Richmond Betty White, Ray Richmond Daily Variety, Ray Richmond Deadline Hollywood, Ray Richmond Hollywood Reporter, Ray Richmond TV Moms, Ray Richmond William Sanderson, Rod Serling, Rose, seals, Sex and the City, Shirley Jones, sitcom legend Betty White, snakes, Sue Ann Nivens, The Betty White Show, The Golden Girls, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Odd Couple Aristophanes, The Odd Couple Password episode, the original Madonna, The Pet Set, Tournament of Roses Parade, TV Confidential, Undercover Woman, vincent price, When Women Invented Television, When Women Invented Television The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today, wild animals including tigers, wolves, zebras | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Arlene Golonka, Closer Weekly, David Groh, Donna Allen, Ed Gross, Julie Kavner, Mary Tyler Moore, Rhoda Morgenstern, Richard Schaal, Tony Figueroa, Valerie Harper, Valerie Harper Mary Tyler Moore Show, Valerie Harper Rhoda, Valerie Harper Second City, Valerie Harper Valerie, Valerie's Family, When You're in Love the Whole World is Jewish | Leave a comment

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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Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Agnes Moorehead, Bewitched, Bewitched Forever, Closer Weekly, Darrin Stephnes, Dick Sargent, Dick York, Durwood, Ed Gross, Ed Gross Closer Weekly, Ed Robertson, Elizabeth Montgomery, Elizabeth Montgomery Bewitched, Endora, Erin Murphy, Herbie J Pilato, Maurice Evans, Paul Lynde, Samantha Stephens, Then Again with Herbie J Pilato, TV Confidential, TV Confidential a radio talk show about television, TV Confidential with Ed Robertson, Twitch Upon a Star, Twitch Upon a Star Elizabeth Montgomery | Leave a comment

Dawn Wells, plus The Bolivian Sammy Hagar and A Tribute to Valerie Harper: Next on TVC

Posted on September 3, 2019 by admin

Actors Dawn Wells and Michael Irby will join us this weekend for a brand new edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Sept. 6-8 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 9/6 7pm ET, 4pm PT … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged 20th Century-Fox, 77 Sunset Strip, A Guide to Life, Adam at 6 A.M., Adam West Return to the Bat Cave, Alan Hale, Alec Berg, Alison Arngrim, All Hands on Deck, Almost Human, Anson Williams, Anthony Carrigan Barry, Anthony Carrigan NoHo Hank, Arlene Golonka, Aunt Cissy, Barbara Eden, Bewitched, biker cut, Bill Daily, Bill Hader, Bill Hader Barry, Bishop Losa, Bob Denver, Bob Hope specials, Bolivian Sammy Hagar, Brandin Stennis, Carol of the Bells, Carolyn Hennesy, castaway correspondent, Channel 9 Sydney Australia, Chapter Two, Closer Weekly, contract player, Cristobal Barry, Cristobal Barry The Four Agreements, Cristobal Four Agreements, Cristobal Sifuentes, David Groh, David Mamet, David Mamet Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet The Unit, Dawn Wells, Dawn Wells Bob Denver, Dawn Wells book, Dawn Wells film actors boot camp, Dawn Wells Gilligan's Island, Dawn Wells Ginger or Mary Ann, Dawn Wells gingham dress, Dawn Wells Hollywood Museum, Dawn Wells Kathy Garver, Dawn Wells Life Interrupted, Dawn Wells Love Letters, Dawn Wells Mary Ann, Dawn Wells Maverick, Dawn Wells Michael Dante, Dawn Wells Nevada, Dawn Wells shorts, Dawn Wells Steve Stinson, Dawn Wells Still on that Freakin Island, Dawn Wells theatre career, Dawn Wells Warner Bros., Dawn Wells What Would Mary Ann Do?, Dawn Wells Winterhawk, Deadwood, Dennis Haysbert The Unit, Don Most, Donelle Dadigan, Ed Gross, Elliott Gould, Elvis Presley, Emilio Rivera, Emmy winning Barry, ER, Erin Murphy, Family Affair, Fast Five, Fatal Attraction, film actors boot camp Idaho, film critic, Flaming Star, Flightplan, Fort Benning Georgia, Friends, General Hospital, Geri Jewell, Gilligan's Island, Gilligan's Island Dawn Wells, Gilligan's Island Hollywood Museum, Ginger of Mary Ann, Ginger Rogers, Glengarry Glen Ross, Good Girls Do Finish First, Happy Days, Harper Valley PTA, HBO Barry, Henry Winkler Barry, Hollywood Museum, Hollywood Museum lobby tribute, I Dream of Jeannie, Ilene Graff, Jack Kelly, Jim Backus, Johnnie Whitaker, Judy Tenuta, Julie Kavner, Kate Linder, Kathy Garver, Kathy Garver Aunt Cissy, Kathy Garver Cissy, Kathy Garver Family Affair, Kurt Sutter Mayans MC, Larry Hagman, Lee Purcell, Legend of Boggy Creek, Leonard Maltin, Life Interrupted web series, Line of Fire, Little House on the Prairie, lobby exhibit, Lobby Series, Loni Anderson, Love Letters, Making the Song Your Own, Marcus Alvarez, Mario Della Casa, Mary Ann and Cissy, Mary Ann Gilligan's Island, Mary Ann Summers, Mary Tyler Moore, MASH, Mason Reeves Life Interrupted, Maverick, Mayan MC founder, Mayans MC, Mayans MC FX, Mayans MC Santo Padre Charter, Mayans MC Sons of Anarchy, Mexi-Cali border charter, Michael Irby, Michael Irby Almost Human, Michael Irby Barry, Michael Irby Bishop, Michael Irby Cristobal, Michael Irby Mayans MC, Michael Irby Seal Team, Michael Irby The Unit, Mr. Belvedere, Natalie Schaefer, NBC TV series, Neil Simon Chapter Two, Noel Coward, NoHo Hank Barry, Obispo Bishop Losa, original bottle Jeannie pilot, original costume, Owl and the Pussycat, Pat Boone, Pelican Bay, Peter Marshall, Pinero, Quick! Let's Get Married, Ray Milland, Return to the Bat Cave, Rhoda Morgenstern, Richard Schaal, Russell Johnson, Salton Sea, Sherwood Schwartz, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, Silent But Deadly, Steel Magnolias, Stephen Root, Stephen Root Barry, studio system, Super Sucker, Surviving Gilligan's Island, Sweet Lady Jane's bakery, Taken, Team USA soccer, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The Facts of Life, The Four Agreements, The Haunted, The Hollywood Museum, The Hollywood Squares, The New Interns, The Odd Couple, The Professor and Mary Ann, The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, The Town That Dreaded Sundown, The Young and the Restless, Tina Louise, Tony Randall, tour of duty Iraq, True Detective, TV's favorite good girl, Vagina Monologues, Valerie Harper, Valerie Harper Mary Tyler Moore Show, Valerie Harper Rhoda, Valerie Harper Second City, Valerie Harper Valerie, Valerie's Family, Valley Girl, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Walter Pidgeon, What Would Mary Ann Do, When You're in Love the Whole World is Jewish, WKRP in Cincinnati, Your Mother Wears Combat Boots | Leave a comment

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

Celebrating the Life and Career of Valerie Harper: There’s So Much More to Her Than ‘Rhoda’ That You Should Know

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Arlene Golonka, Closer Weekly, David Groh, Ed Gross, Julie Kavner, Mary Tyler Moore, Rhoda Morgenstern, Richard Schaal, Valerie Harper, Valerie Harper Mary Tyler Moore Show, Valerie Harper Rhoda, Valerie Harper Second City, Valerie Harper Valerie, Valerie's Family, When You're in Love the Whole World is Jewish | Leave a comment

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

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Bourbon Street Beat, Closer Weekly, David Doremus, Ed Gross, Ed Robertson, FCC access rule 1971, Herbie J Pilato, Juliet Mills, Kim Richards, Mary Poppins, Nanny and The Professor, Nanny Will Do, our mystical magical Nanny, Phoebe Figalilly, Phoebe Figalily, Phoebe Figaliy is a silly name, prime time access rule, Professor Harold Everett, Richard Long, The Big Valley, Then Again with Herbie J Pilato, Trent Lehman, TV Confidential, wise and warm soft and wonderful | Leave a comment

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

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged A Date with the Angels, Allen Ludden, Betty White Rules the World, Betty White Show, Bob, Bob Newhart, Closer Weekly, Ed Gross, Ed Robertson, Georgia Engel, Golden Girls, Golden Girls Forever, Golden Palace, Jim Colucci, John Hillerman, Life With Elizabeth, Match Game, Mike Pingel, National Treasure, Password, Rose, Sex and the City, Sue Ann Nivens, the original Madonna, TV Confidential, Undercover Woman | Leave a comment

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Celebrating Betty White: Next on TVC

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

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

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

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

Dawn Wells, plus The Bolivian Sammy Hagar and A Tribute to Valerie Harper: Next on TVC

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

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

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