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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 667.2 with guest David Koenig is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts

David Koenig, author of Unshot Columbo Original Airdates: Nov. 15-18, 2024 TVC 667.2: Ed welcomes back Columbo historian David Koenig (Shooting Columbo: The Lives and Deaths of TV’s Rumpled Detective). David’s latest book, Unshot Columbo: Cracking the Cases That Never … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 581: Part 2 of our special roundtable discussion of COLUMBO featuring Joseph Dougherty, David Koenig, and Dan Farren, is available now for listening on demand as a free podcast

Columbo and the City of Los Angeles Original Airdates: June 24-26, 2022 TVC 581.1: Part 2 of our special roundtable discussion devoted to Columbo featuring Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, director, playwright, and author Joseph Dougherty (thirtysomething, Pretty Little Liars, Saving … Continue reading

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 580 with guests Joseph Dougherty, David Koenig, Andrew Erish, and Dan Farren is now available for listening on demand as a free podcast

America’s First Great Motion Picture Studio Original Airdates: June 10-12, 2022 TVC 580.1: Ed welcomes film historian Andrew Erish, author of Vitagraph: America’s First Great Motion Picture Studio, a comprehensive history of The Vitagraph Company, the first major motion picture … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: A special roundtable discussion devoted to COLUMBO, both the original NBC series and the ABC revival, featuring DAVID KOENIG (author of SHOOTING COLUMBO: The Lives and Deaths of TV’s Rumpled Detective), Emmy Award-winning writer, producer, and director JOSEPH DOUGHERTY (thirtysomething, Pretty Little Liars), writer and producer DAN FARREN (Story Salon), and TONY FIGUEROA of Story Salon and This Week in TV History

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 562.2 with guest David Koenig is available for listening on demand as a free podcast

Peter Falk, John Cassavetes, and Columbo Original Airdates: Dec. 17-19, 2021 TVC 562.2: Part 2 of our conversation with David Koenig, author of Shooting Columbo: The Lives and Deaths of TV’s Rumpled Detective, a “behind the raincoat” look at the … Continue reading

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 561.1 with guest David Koenig is available for listening on demand

The Lives and Deaths of Columbo on TV Original Airdates: Dec. 10-12, 2021 TVC 561.1: Ed welcomes back David Koenig, author of Mouse Tales: A Behind the Ears Look at Disneyland, Danny Kaye: King of Jesters, and other pop culture … Continue reading

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Author DAVID KOENIG on the series of happy accidents that led Richard Levinson and William Link to create the Columbo character in 1960 (and, later, develop the NBC COLUMBO television series in 1968 and 1971); Peter Falk’s endless battles with network and studio executives (and how that did not always endear him to the guest stars who appeared on the show); how Martin Scorsese, Brian DePalma, and Paul Williams all came close to doing an episode of the NBC series; and how Patrick McGoohan became one of the guiding forces for the ABC incarnation of the series. David’s latest book, SHOOTING COLUMBO: The Lives and Deaths of TV’s Rumpled Detective, not only provides a blow by blow account of the creation and development of COLUMBO, but includes a treasure trove of behind the scenes production information from a host of sources. SHOOTING COLUMBO is available now from Bonaventure Press

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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 522: Tribute to William Link is available for listening on demand

William Link on the Origins of Columbo Original Airdate: Jan. 8-10, 2021 TVC 522.3: From July 2011: Ed welcomes Emmy Award-winning writer/producer William Link (Columbo, Mannix, Ellery Queen, Murder She Wrote, The Columbo Collection). This particular conversation originally aired as … Continue reading

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