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via TIME LIFE: THE SOUL OF THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, a 10-disc collectors edition DVD set featuring more than 130 live, uncut performances from 1972-1980, is now available at retail for the very first time wherever DVDs are sold. Many of these performances have not been available for home viewing since their original NBC broadcast

Posted on September 15, 2021 by admin

Fairfax, VA (July 27, 2021) – The ’70s was a special time for soul music, a decade filled with legendary artists like Al Green, Teddy Pendergrass, The O’Jays, Marvin Gaye, The Stylistics and so many more. And for home viewers, it was also a boon, … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Television Star | Tagged Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Barry White, Betcha By Golly, Bill Withers, bob costas, burt sugarman, Burt Sugarman Midnight Special, Chaka Khan, conan, Curtis Mayfield, Earth, Earth Wind & Fire, Gladys Knight, Gladys Knight & the Pips, helen reddy, James Brown, Lady Marmalade, late night, late night television, late night with david letterman, late show, Lean on Me, Lets Stay Together, Marvin Gaye, Midnight Special, Midnight Train to Georgia, NBC Midnight Special, Patti LaBelle, Paul Brownstein, Sly & the Family Stone, Soul of The Midnight Special, Spinners, Teddy Pendergrass, the midnight special, The O'Jays, The Stylistics, tom snyder, tomorrow, Wind & Fire, Wolfman Jack, Wolfman Jack The Midnight Special | Leave a comment

Robert Hooks, Joyce Bulifant, and Guy Lombardo: Next on TVC

Posted on December 31, 2020 by admin

We’ll replay our conversations with actors Robert Hooks and Joyce Bulifant as part of a special New Year’s weekend edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Jan. 1-3 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY … Continue reading →

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via Time-Life: Coming to retail on Tuesday 10/13: THE SOUL OF THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL, a brand new five-DVD compilation featuring more than seventy live performances by some of the greatest soul artists of the 1970s, including James Brown, Barry White, Earth, Wind & Fire, Al Green, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Curtis Mayfield, Sly & the Family Stone and more

Posted on September 18, 2020 by admin

Fairfax, VA (September 18, 2020) – Like never before THE SOUL OF THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL brings home audiences and music lovers everywhere an unforgettable collection of legendary soul artists performing their hits in the prime of their careers — uncut performances, just straight-from-the-heart soul singing … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Barry White, Betcha By Golly, Bill Withers, bob costas, burt sugarman, Burt Sugarman Midnight Special, Chaka Khan, conan, Curtis Mayfield, Earth, Earth Wind & Fire, Gladys Knight, Gladys Knight & the Pips, helen reddy, James Brown, Lady Marmalade, late night, late night television, late night with david letterman, late show, Lean on Me, Lets Stay Together, Marvin Gaye, Midnight Special, Midnight Train to Georgia, NBC Midnight Special, Patti LaBelle, Paul Brownstein, Sly & the Family Stone, Soul of The Midnight Special, Spinners, Teddy Pendergrass, the midnight special, The O'Jays, The Stylistics, tom snyder, tomorrow, Wind & Fire, wont you be my neighbor | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 450 with guest Robert Hooks is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on May 12, 2019 by admin

Trouble Man’s Robert Hooks on the Marvin Gaye soundtrack and Mr. T’s stylish threads Original Airdates: May 10-12, 2019 TVC 450.6: Robert Hooks, founder of the Negro Ensemble Company, joins Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter for Part 2 of … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged A Raisin in the Sun, admiral morrow, African-American actors, african-american theatre, bill henderson, black arts movement, black theatre, blaxploitation movies 1972, bobby dean hooks, brock peters, carter's army, chas. floyd johnson, contemporary black theatre movement, cultural architect, daniel melnick, David Susskind, dc black reportory company, denise nicholas, denzel washington, douglas turner ward, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., East Side West Side, eric hooks, foggy bottom, frank converse, genius, genius TV series, gerald krone, group theatre company, hurry sundown, Ivan Dixon, j.T., Jack Warden, janet maclachlan, jeff ward, julius harris, kevin hooks, Leonard Nimoy, lorraine hansberry, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, MLK, mr. t, n.y.p.d. tv series, original n.y.p.d. tv series, passenger 57, paul robeson, pbs special, pioneer black actors, posse, robert hooks, robert hooks actor, Ron Howard, rosalind cash, roscoe lee browne, search for spock, star trek iii, star trek movie, the media forum, the original Mr. T, tiger tiger burning bright, Trouble Man, trouble man blaxploitation movie, trouble man marvin gaye, trouble man movie, trouble man robert hooks, trouble man soundtrack, washington D.C. | Leave a comment

Robert Hooks, plus Inside The Questor Tapes: Next on TVC

Posted on May 6, 2019 by admin

We’ll play Part 2 of our conversations with actor and entrepreneur Robert Hooks and author and screenwriter Marc Cushman this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing May 10-12 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged A Raisin in the Sun, admiral morrow, African-American actors, african-american theatre, Alex Cord, Angie Dickinson, Barbara van Orden, Barry Livingston, bill henderson, Bjo Trimble, black arts movement, black theatre, blaxploitation movies 1972, Bob Bergen, bobby dean hooks, Brave New World, brock peters, Captain Kirk, carter's army, chas. floyd johnson, comedienne Judy Tenuta, contemporary black theatre movement, cultural architect, D.C. Fontana, daniel melnick, David Susskind, dc black reportory company, DeForest Kelley, denise nicholas, denzel washington, Desi Arnaz, Desilu Productions, Desilu Studios, Donelle Dadigan, Dorothy Fontana, douglas turner ward, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Dylan Hunt, East Side West Side, Edgar Rice Burroughs, eric hooks, Family Affair, first female executive television executive, foggy bottom, frank converse, Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry, Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek, Genesis II, genius, genius TV series, Geoffrey Mark, George Takei, gerald krone, Great Bird of the Galazy, group theatre company, Here's Lucy, Hollywood Museum, hurry sundown, I Had a Ball: My Friendship with Lucy, I Love Lucy, Ivan Dixon, j.T., Jack Warden, James Doohan, janet maclachlan, jeff ward, julius harris, Kate Linder, Kate Luckinbill-Connor, Kathy Garver, kevin hooks, LA's Next Big Stage Show, Lawrence Luckinbill, Leonard Nimoy, Lincoln Enterprises, lorraine hansberry, Lucie Arnaz, Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill, Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball exhibit, Lucille Ball tribute, Majel Barrett, Marc Cushman, Mariette Hartley, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, Max Factor Building, Melody Thomas-Scott, Michael Stern, Mike Farrell, MLK, Mr. Spock, mr. t, My Three Sons, n.y.p.d. tv series, National General Corporation, Nichelle Nichols, original n.y.p.d. tv series, passenger 57, paul robeson, pbs special, Phase II, Phase II Trek series, pioneer black actors, Planet Earth, posse, Pretty Maids All in a Row, public Thank You Lucille Ball, Queen of Comedy, Redheads Only Room, Remembering Lucy, Remembering Lucy exhibit, Robert Foxworth, robert hooks, robert hooks actor, Rock Hudson, Roddenberry projects, Roger Vadim, Ron Howard, rosalind cash, roscoe lee browne, search for spock, Spectre, Star Trek, Star Trek conventions, star trek iii, star trek movie, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Strange New World, Susan Olsen, Tarzan, The Brady Bunch, The Lucy Book, The Lucy Legacy, The Lucy Show, the original Mr. T, The Questor Tapes, the voice of Porky Pig, The Young and the Restless, These Are The Voyages, tiger tiger burning bright, Tom Watson, Trouble Man, trouble man blaxploitation movie, trouble man marvin gaye, trouble man movie, trouble man robert hooks, trouble man soundtrack, Walter Koenig, washington D.C., William Shatner | Leave a comment

Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 445, Segments 3 and 4 with guest Robert Hooks is now available online for listening on demand

Posted on April 7, 2019 by admin

Show No. 445 with guest Robert Hooks Original Airdate: Apr. 5-7, 2019 TVC 445.3: Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter welcome Robert Hooks, the Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor, producer and entrepreneur who founded three significant African-American theatre companies: … Continue reading →

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Podcasts, Radio Stations | Tagged A Raisin in the Sun, admiral morrow, African-American actors, african-american theatre, bill henderson, black arts movement, black theatre, blaxploitation movies 1972, bobby dean hooks, brock peters, carter's army, chas. floyd johnson, contemporary black theatre movement, cultural architect, daniel melnick, David Susskind, dc black reportory company, denise nicholas, denzel washington, douglas turner ward, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., East Side West Side, eric hooks, foggy bottom, frank converse, genius, genius TV series, gerald krone, group theatre company, hurry sundown, Ivan Dixon, j.T., Jack Warden, janet maclachlan, jeff ward, julius harris, kevin hooks, Leonard Nimoy, lorraine hansberry, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, MLK, mr. t, n.y.p.d. tv series, original n.y.p.d. tv series, passenger 57, paul robeson, pbs special, pioneer black actors, posse, robert hooks, robert hooks actor, Ron Howard, rosalind cash, roscoe lee browne, search for spock, star trek iii, star trek movie, the original Mr. T, tiger tiger burning bright, Trouble Man, trouble man blaxploitation movie, trouble man marvin gaye, trouble man movie, trouble man robert hooks, trouble man soundtrack, washington D.C. | 1 Comment

Robert Hooks, plus More of the Kovacs Centennial: Next on TVC

Posted on April 1, 2019 by admin

Film, stage and television actor Robert Hooks will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Mar. 29-31 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 4/5 7pm ET, 4pm PT 10pm ET, 7pm PT … Continue reading →

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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actor Robert Hooks on his lifelong love of the stage and what led him to start the Group Theatre Workshop in New York, the DC Black Repertory Company in his hometown of Washington, D.C., and the Negro Ensemble Company in New York; why he agreed to play Fleet Admiral Morrow in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock; working on Trouble Man and the groundbreaking ABC-TV police drama N.Y.P.D.; and what he means when he describes himself as a “cultural architect”

Posted on March 7, 2019 by admin

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Film Stars, Next Show, Radio Stations, Television Star | Tagged A Raisin in the Sun, admiral morrow, African-American actors, african-american theatre, bill henderson, black arts movement, black theatre, blaxploitation movies 1972, bobby dean hooks, brock peters, carter's army, chas. floyd johnson, contemporary black theatre movement, cultural architect, daniel melnick, David Susskind, dc black reportory company, denise nicholas, denzel washington, douglas turner ward, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., East Side West Side, eric hooks, foggy bottom, frank converse, genius, genius TV series, gerald krone, group theatre company, hurry sundown, Ivan Dixon, j.T., Jack Warden, janet maclachlan, jeff ward, julius harris, kevin hooks, Leonard Nimoy, lorraine hansberry, Martin Luther King Jr., Marvin Gaye, MLK, mr. t, n.y.p.d. tv series, original n.y.p.d. tv series, passenger 57, paul robeson, pbs special, pioneer black actors, posse, robert hooks, robert hooks actor, Ron Howard, rosalind cash, roscoe lee browne, search for spock, star trek iii, star trek movie, the original Mr. T, tiger tiger burning bright, Trouble Man, trouble man blaxploitation movie, trouble man marvin gaye, trouble man movie, trouble man robert hooks, trouble man soundtrack, washington D.C. | Leave a comment

via @Variety and MSN.com: Nathaniel Taylor, the actor who played Rollo on Sanford and Son, died Wednesday 2/27 at the age of 80

Posted on March 1, 2019 by admin

A link to Mr. Taylor’s obituary is available here.

Posted in Celebrities, Classic Shows, Television Star | Tagged 1970s sitcom actors, African-American actors, Marvin Gaye, Nathaniel Taylor, Redd Foxx, Rollo, Rollo Lawson, Sanford and Son, Trouble Man, What's Happening | Leave a comment

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via @Variety and MSN.com: Nathaniel Taylor, the actor who played Rollo on Sanford and Son, died Wednesday 2/27 at the age of 80

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