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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 516.3 with guest Ken Corday is available for listening on demand

Ted and Betty Corday: True TV Pioneers Original Airdates: Nov. 13-15, 2020 TVC 516.3: From November 2010: Ed and Tony welcome Ken Corday, executive producer of Days of Our Lives. Ken’s book, The Days of Our Lives: The True Story … Continue reading

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via National Comedy Center: The NATIONAL COMEDY CENTER partners with the Elkhorn Valley Museum to launch a new Johnny Carson Gallery in Carson’s hometown of Elkhorn, NE (set to open in 2021), and with the Carson Entertainment Group to launch a new Johnny Carson exhibit, 30 Years of Late Night Television, set to open in 2022

Jamestown, NY – October 23, 2020– As the country remembers comedy and late-night legend Johnny Carson on his 95th birthday today, the National Comedy Center—the nation’s official cultural institution dedicated to comedy—and the Elkhorn Valley Museum in Johnny Carson’s hometown … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Legendary entertainer, comedy pioneer and motivational speaker TOM DREESEN on the generosity that Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Jack Benny and Carl Reiner all showed him early and throughout his career. Tom’s memoir, STILL STANDING: My Journey from Streets and Saloons to The Stage and Sinatra, is available wherever books are sold

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 503: Special Tribute to Regis Philbin is now available for listening on demand

Regis Philbin: A Welcome Presence Original Airdates: Aug. 7-9, 2020 TVC 503.1: TV Confidential dedicates our entire two-hour program this week to the life and career of Regis Philbin, the iconic talk show host and game show host who passed … Continue reading

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Now available from PostHill Press and Simon & Schuster: STILL STANDING: My Journey from Streets and Saloons to The Stage and Sinatra, the story of how of comedian TOM DREESEN turned the hard times of growing up on the South Side of Chicago into funny monologues that have delighted television and stage audiences for more than fifty years

(LOS ANGELES) – Tom Dreesen is one of the world’s most groundbreaking, well-respected, and beloved entertainers of stage and screen. A living legend in the world of comedy, Dreesen has made over 500 national television appearances as a stand-up comedian … Continue reading

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No Fooling! Shout Factory TV will start streaming episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, under the banner title THE JOHNNY CARSON SHOW, beginning Wednesday 4/1

Los Angeles – March 25, 2019 – Heeere’s Johnny! The undisputed king of late-night television heads to streaming for the first time ever with the launch of The Johnny Carson Show on Shout! Factory TV April 1. The streaming service will release … Continue reading

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via National Comedy Center: National Comedy Center Celebrates Comic Legend Ernie Kovacs with Special Screenings on Thursday 1/23, Friday 1/24 and Saturday 1/25 to commemorate the 101st birthday of Television’s Original Genius. Besides this special three-day event, the Comedy Center showcases rare Kovacs artifacts daily as part of its ongoing “Ernie Kovacs Centennial Exhibit”

Jamestown, New York – January 23, 2020 – The National Comedy Center celebrateslegendary comedy innovator Ernie Kovacs’ 101st birthday today through Saturday, January 25th with special screenings of rare video clips and highlights from his television career, along with a … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 452 with guest Herbie J Pilato is now available online for listening on demand

Mary Tyler Moore and Elizabeth Montgomery biographer Herbie J Pilato Original Airdates: May 31-June 2, 2019 TVC 452.2: Part 2 of Greg Ehrbar’s interview with author and TV historian Herbie J Pilato, author of Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitching … Continue reading

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via It’s Alive Media: Omnivore Recordings to reissue The Ernie Kovacs Album, the Grammy-nominated album from 1977, this summer with six bonus tracks

On Friday, July 5, Omnivore Recordings will reissue the 1977 Grammy-nominated The Ernie Kovacs Album as The Ernie Kovacs Album: Centennial Edition with six bonus tracks! Available on CD and digitally for the first time. To learn more about on this upcoming  reissue, visit … Continue reading

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via It’s Alive Media: Attention, Kovacs Fans on the East Coast: May 2019 will bring three more events to celebrate Ernie’s centennial birthday, including a program honoring Ernie and Edie at the Library of Congress on Friday 5/10 and Saturday 5/11, and an Ernie Kovacs tribute at the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission on Wednesday 5/22

Announced today, Tuesday 4/16 (Edie Adams’ birthday) — May 2019 will be a big month for the Ernie Kovacs centennial (and for Edie Adams fans, too) as the estates for Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams have confirmed the following three … Continue reading

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