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- This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Robert Colbert, Edgar Buchanan, and a host of other Warner Bros. Western actors star in “Hadley’s Hunters,” airing Sept. 25, 1960. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press
- This Week in THE FBI History: Jacqueline Scott stars in “Edge of Desperation,” airing Sept. 24, 1972. THE FBI DOSSIER is now available from Black Pawn Press
- This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: Sharon Gless, Michael Bell, and John McMartin star in “The Fourth Man,” airing Sept. 24, 1976. LEARN MORE about this episode in 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, available in softcover paperback and now as an eBook through Black Pawn Press
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This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Whitney Blake stars in “The Day They Hanged Bret Maverick,” airing Sept. 21, 1958. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press
THE DAY THEY HANGED BRET MAVERICK Original Airdate: September 21, 1958 Synopsis. In the town of Hallelujah, outlaw Cliff Sharp breaks into Bret’s hotel room and plants evidence linking Maverick to a $40,000 robbery-and-murder scheme. After the town convicts him … Continue reading →
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Tagged Arthur Silver, Bart Maverick, Beau Maverick, Big Mike McComb, Black Pawn Press, Brent Maverick, Bret Maverick, Budd Boetticher, Coles Trapnell, Cousin Beauregard Maverick, Ed Robertson Maverick, Gigi Garner, Jack Kelly, Jack Kelly Maverick, James Garner, James Garner Animal Rescue Fund, James Garner Clint Eastwood, James Garner Maverick, James Garner Pappy, JGARF, Leo Gordon, Leslie Martinson, Marion Hargrove, Maverick book, Maverick is the legend of the west, Maverick Legend of the West, Maverick Pappy episode, Maverick Solitaire, Maverick tall dark stranger, Maverick theme song, Maverick TV series, Maverick Warner Bros. Television, Montgomery Pittman, my dear ole Pappy, my ole Pappy used to say, One Day at a Time, Pappy Maverick, Perry Mason, Restless Redhead, Robert Colbert, Rockford Files, Roger Moore, Roger Moore Beau Maverick, Roger Moore Cousin Beau, Roger Moore Maverick, Roy Huggins, Roy Huggins Maverick, Whitney Blake, William T. Orr
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 748.1: 60 Years of Star Trek is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
60 Years of Star Trek Original Airdates: Sept. 11-13, 2026 TVC 748.1: From September 2016: An expanded edition of This Week of TV History in which Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the premiere of the original Star Trek on NBC … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adam Nimoy, Alex Cord, Angie Dickinson, Bill Cosby, Bjo Trimble, Brave New World, Captain Kirk, Chris Doohan, D.C. Fontana, DeForest Kelley, Desilu, Desilu Studios, Dorothy C. Fontana, Dorothy Fontana, Dylan Hunt, Earle Hagen, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Erle Stanley Gardner, Fred Freiberger, Fred Freiberger Space: 1999, Fred Freiberger Star Trek, Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry, Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek, Genesis II, George Takei, Great Bird, Great Bird of the Galaxy, Great Bird of the Galazy, Herb Solow, I Spy, I Spy canceled, I Spy TV show, Isaac Asimov, Isaac Asimov Gene Roddenberry, Isaac Asimov Space: 1999, Isaac Asimov Star Trek, James Doohan, James Goldstone, Jerry Finnerman, Joe D'Agosta, John D.F. Black, Leonard Nimoy, Lincoln Enterprises, Lucille Ball, Majel Barrett, Marc Cushman, Mariette Hartley, Mike Farrell, Mission: Impossible, Mr. Spock, National General Corporation, Nichelle Nichols, Paramount, Perry Mason, Phase II, Phase II Trek series, Planet Earth, Pretty Maids All in a Row, Ralph Senensky, Robert Butler, Robert Culp, Robert Foxworth, Robert H. Justman, Rock Hudson, Roddenberry projects, Roger Vadim, Sheldon Leonard, Spectre, Star Trek, Star Trek conventions, Star Trek franchise, Star Trek II The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV The Voyage Home, Star Trek legacy, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Strange New World, Tarzan, The Questor Tapes, These Are The Voyages, These are the Voyages Books, Vic Mignogna, Walter Koenig, why was I Spy canceled, William Shatner
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 735.3: Raymond Burr wins an Emmy for Perry Mason is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Raymond Burr wins his first Emmy for playing Perry Mason Original Airdates: May 8-10, 2026 TVC 735.3: From May 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed take us back to May 6, 1959, the night on which Raymond Burr won his first … Continue reading →
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Tagged Art Seid, Arthur Marks, Barbara Hale, Della Street, Erle Stanley Gardner, Gail Patrick Jackson, Gene Wang, Orville Hampton, Perry Mason, Perry Mason Raymond Burr, Quentin Tarantino, Raymond Burr, Raymond Burr Emmy Award, Raymond Burr Perry Mason, Seeleg Lester, William Hopper, William Talman
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 722.1 with guest James Bigwood is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
The Life and Times of Alan Napier Original Airdates: Jan. 23-26, 2026 TVC 722.1: From January 2016: James Bigwood joins Ed for a look at the life and career of Alan Napier (1903-1988), the British actor best known to three … Continue reading →
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This date in MAVERICK TV history: Julie Adams stars as “The White Widow,” airing Jan. 24, 1960. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press
THE WHITE WIDOW Original Airdate: January 24, 1960 Synopsis. Bart wins $5,000 playing poker in Fairview and stores the money in a hotel safe. The next day, he discovers that the money has been stolen, and the hotel clerk killed. Needing … Continue reading →
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Tagged Andy Griffith, Angela Lansbury, Arthur Silver, Barbara Stanwyck, Bart Maverick, Beau Maverick, Bend in the River, Big Mike McComb, Black Pawn Press, Brent Maverick, Bret Maverick, Budd Boetticher, Coles Trapnell, Ed Robertson Maverick, Edgar Buchanan, Ellery Queen, Elvis Presley, Gigi Garner, Jack Arnold, Jack Kelly, Jack Kelly Maverick, James Garner, James Garner Animal Rescue Fund, James Garner Clint Eastwood, James Garner Maverick, JGARF, Jim Hutton, Jimmy Stewart, Julie Adams, Leo Gordon, Man from the Alamo, Marion Hargrove, Maverick, Maverick book, Maverick is the legend of the west, Maverick Legend of the West, Maverick Solitaire, Maverick tall dark stranger, Maverick theme song, Maverick TV series, Maverick Warner Bros. Television, Mitchell Danton, Murder She Wrote, Night Stalker, Perry Mason, Psychic Killer, rags to riches, Ray Danton, Raymond Burr, Reflections from the Black Lagoon, Ricou Browning, Robert Colbert, Robert Conrad, Rock Hudson, Rockford Files, Roger Moore, Roger Moore Maverick, Roy Huggins, Roy Huggins Maverick, Samantha Crawford, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Survivor, The Big Valley, The Case of Fatal Fortune, The Case of the Deadly Verdict, The Case of the Lover's Leap, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Dark Rider, The Jimmy Stewart Show, The Last Movie, The Lucky Southern Star, The Path to 9/11, Tickle Me, William T. Orr
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This date in MAVERICK TV history: Adele Mara stars as “The Marquesa,” airing on Jan. 3, 1960. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press
THE MARQUESA Original Airdate: January 3, 1960 Synopsis. In New Mexico, Bart wins ownership of the Lucky Lady cantina, only to learn that the property may have been built by a wealthy family of Portuguese descent that is laying claim to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adele Mara, Arthur Silver, Bart Maverick, Beau Maverick, Black Pawn Press, Brent Maverick, Bret Maverick, Coles Trapnell, Connie Stevens, Dawn Wells, Ed Robertson Maverick, Edward Ashley, Gigi Garner, Jack Kelly Maverick, James Garner, James Garner Animal Rescue Fund, James Garner Maverick, JGARF, Maverick book, Maverick is the legend of the west, Maverick Legend of the West, Maverick tall dark stranger, Maverick theme song, Maverick TV series, Maverick Warner Bros. Television, Mike Connors, Morris Ankrum, Nobby Ned Wyngate, Perry Mason, Robert Colbert, Roger Moore, Roger Moore Maverick, Roy Huggins, Roy Huggins Maverick, Ruta Lee, William Reynolds, William Schallert, William T. Orr
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This Date in MAVERICK TV History: Ruta Lee and Werner Klemperer star in “The Comstock Conspiracy,” airing Dec. 29, 1957. MAVERICK: LEGEND OF THE WEST: Revised Third Edition is now available both as an eBook and in softcover paperback through Black Pawn Press
THE COMSTOCK CONSPIRACY Original Airdate: December 29, 1957 Synopsis. Jerome Horne and John Bordeen run the largest railroad company in Virginia City. Bordeen owes Bret $10,000, but he’d rather shoot him than pay him. Maverick kills Bordeen in self-defense—but after … Continue reading →
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Tagged Arthur Silver, Ballad of Bret Maverick, Bart Maverick, Beau Maverick, Black Pawn Press, Brent Maverick, Bret Maverick, Budd Boetticher, Clint Eastwood, co-founder of Thalians, Coles Trapnell, Comstock Conspiracy, David Janssen, Dean Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Ed Robertson Maverick, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Frank Sinatra, Gail Patrick, Gail Patrick Jackson, Gail Patrick Perry Mason, Gigi Garner, It's a Wonderful Life, Jack Kelly, Jack Kelly Maverick, James Garner, James Garner Animal Rescue Fund, James Garner Clint Eastwood, James Garner Maverick, Jay Novello, JGARF, Julie Newmar, Lucille Ball, Marion Hargrove, Maverick book, Maverick is the legend of the west, Maverick Legend of the West, Maverick Solitaire, Maverick tall dark stranger, Maverick theme song, Maverick TV series, Maverick Warner Bros. Television, Perry Mason, Quick and the Dead, Rich Little, Richard Bare, Richard Bare Maverick, Robert Colbert, Rockford Files, Roger Moore, Roger Moore Maverick, Roy Huggins, Roy Huggins Maverick, Ruta Lee, Ruta Lee Alex Trebek, Ruta Lee book, Ruta Lee Consider Your Ass Kissed, Ruta Lee Debbie Reynolds, Ruta Lee Frank Sinatra, Ruta Lee High Rollers, Ruta Lee Hollywood Museum, Ruta Lee memoir, Ruta Lee Perry Mason, Ruta Lee philanthropist, Ruta Lee Sergeants Three, Ruta Lee Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Ruta Lee Sherwood Schwartz, Ruta Lee The Rat Pack, Ruta Lee The Thalians, Ruta Lee Warner Bros., Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Lucy Show, The Rat Pack, The Thalians, The Thalians mental health, The Thalians Operation, The Thalians Operation Mend, UCLA Operation Mend, William T. Orr
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 715 and 719 with guest Mitchell Hadley is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Mitchell Hadley, author of Darkness in Primetime Original Airdates: Nov. 21-24, 2025 TVC 715.1: Ed welcomes back author, essayist, novelist, and TV historian Mitchell Hadley (The Electronic Mirror, ItsAboutTV.com). Mitchell’s latest book, Darkness in Primetime: How Classic-Era TV Foresaw Modern … Continue reading →
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Tagged Classic TV defined, coca-cola commercials, Doronty Kilgallen, Electronic Mirror Classic TV, Ernie Kovacs, Fred Rogers, Golden Age of Television, I've Got a Secret, ItsAboutTV.com, Jack Paar, Misterogers Neighborbood, Mitchell Hadley adventures in television, Mitchell Hadley essayist, Mitchell Hadley glorious Hadleyvision, Mitchell Hadley It's About TV, Mitchell Hadley novelist, Mitchell Hadley The Car, Mitchell Hadley The Collaborator, Mitchell Hadley The Electronic Mirror, Mitchell Hadley This Week in TV Guide, Mr. Rogers, Perry Mason, Perry Mason opening title sequence, Route 66, Route 66 inadvertent documentary, Take a Good Look, Television 1968, television as Electronic Mirror, The Electronic Mirror, The Electronic Mirror book, The Electronic Mirror: What Classic TV Tells US About Who We Were (and Everything in Between), The Fugitive, This Week in TV Guide, TV Guide, What's My Line
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This Date in ROCKFORD FILES History: “Irving the Explainer,” the homage to old Hollywood that also marked James Coburn’s only effort as a director, airs on Nov. 18, 1977. LEARN MORE about this episode in 45 YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES, available in softcover paperback and now as an eBook through Black Pawn Press
IRVING THE EXPLAINER Original Air Date: November 18, 1977 Synopsis. A woman who is apparently writing a biography of controversial film director Alvah Korper hires Rockford to help her research the book. Rockford doesn’t realize that his client is Korper’s … Continue reading →
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Tagged 45 Years of The Rockford Files, 45 Years Rockford book, Angel Martin, Black Pawn Press, Bronislaw Kaper, Buster Keaton How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, Charles Floyd Johnson, chas. floyd johnson, Chas. Floyd Johnson Rockford Files, Ed Robertson, Ed Robertson Rockford Files, Evelyn Martin, Gretchen Corbett, Gretchen Corbett Beth Davenport, Irene Tsu, Irene Tsu A Walter Color Dream, Irene Tsu bikini, Irene Tsu bikini controversy, Irene Tsu Bronislaw Kaper, Irene Tsu Buster Keaton, Irene Tsu Caprice, Irene Tsu Caprice bikini, Irene Tsu Doris Day, Irene Tsu Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Irene Tsu Elvis Presley, Irene Tsu Flower Drum Song, Irene Tsu Frank Sinatra, Irene Tsu How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, Irene Tsu Ironside, Irene Tsu Irving the Explainer, Irene Tsu James Garner, Irene Tsu Johy Wayne, Irene Tsu memoir, Irene Tsu Nancy Kwan, Irene Tsu Paradise Hawaiian Style, Irene Tsu Perry Mason, Irene Tsu Raymond Burr, Irene Tsu Take Her She’s Mine, Irene Tsu the Dheera in New Delhi, Irene Tsu The Green Berets, Irene Tsu The Rockford Files, Irene Tsu Tom Stempel, Ironside, Irving the Explainer, James Garner, James Garner Animal Rescue Fund, James Garner Jim Rockford, James Garner lawsuit, James Garner Maverick, James Garner Nichols, James Garner Rockford, James Garner Rockford Files, James Luisi, James Luisi Chappy, James Luisi Lieutenant Chapman, James Luisi Rockford Files, JGARF, Jim Rockford, Jim Rockford Bret Maverick, Jim Rockford Jimmy Joe Meeker, Jimmy Joe Meeker, Jo Swerling, Jo Swerling Rockford Files, Jo Swerling Roy Huggins, Joe Santos, Joe Santos Dennis Becker, Joe Santos James Garner, Joe Santos Rockford Files, Juanita Bartlett, Juanita Bartlett Rockford Files, Lili, Meta Rosenberg, Meta Rosenberg James Garner, Meta Rosenberg Rockford Files, Nolan Page, Perry Mason, Rockford Files, Rockford Files book, Rockford Files lawsuit, Rockford Files Magnum p.i., Roy Huggins, Roy Huggins Maverick, Roy Huggins Rockford Files, Roy Huggins Stephen J. Cannell, Stephen J. Cannell Rockford Files, Stephen J. Cannell Roy Huggins, Stuart Margolin, Stuart Margolin Angel, Stuart Margolin James Garner, The FBI, Water Color Dream The Many Lives of Irene Tsu
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 705 and 706: Complete two-part interview with Ruta Lee is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
Ruta Lee on the back story of the “Mr. Wonderful” Award Original Airdates: Sept. 5-8, 2025 TVC 705.4: Ed welcomes back Ruta Lee (High Rollers, Witness for the Prosecution, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Consider Your Ass Kissed), legendary singer, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alex Trebek, Alex Trebek High Rollers, Clint Eastwood, co-founder of Thalians, Consider Your Ass Kissed book, David Janssen, Dean Martin, Debbie Reynolds, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Frank Sinatra, Gail Patrick, Gail Patrick Jackson, Gail Patrick Perry Mason, George Clooney, Jack Kelly, Jaime Del Valle, Jaime Del Valle The Lineup, James Garner, Jose Ferrer, Julie Newmar, Lucille Ball, Perry Mason, Rich Little, Roger Moore, Roseanne, Rosemary Clooeny, Ruta Lee, Ruta Lee Alex Trebek, Ruta Lee book, Ruta Lee Consider Your Ass Kissed, Ruta Lee Debbie Reynolds, Ruta Lee Frank Sinatra, Ruta Lee High Rollers, Ruta Lee Hollywood Museum, Ruta Lee memoir, Ruta Lee Nikita Khrushchev, Ruta Lee Perry Mason, Ruta Lee person to person Khrushchev, Ruta Lee philanthropist, Ruta Lee phone call to Khrushchev, Ruta Lee Roseanne, Ruta Lee San Francisco Beat, Ruta Lee Sergeants Three, Ruta Lee Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Ruta Lee Sherwood Schwartz, Ruta Lee The Lineup, Ruta Lee The Rat Pack, Ruta Lee The Thalians, Ruta Lee Warner Bros., Ruta Lee Webb Lowe, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Soviet leader Nikita Krushchev, The Lineup San Francisco Beat, The Lineup TV series, The Lucy Show, The Rat Pack, The Thalians, The Thalians mental health, The Thalians Mr. Wonderful award, The Thalians Operation Mend, The Thalians Ruta Lee, Tom Tully, Tom Tully The Lineup, UCLA Operation Mend, Warner Anderson, Warner Anderson The Lineup, Webb Lowe, Webb Lowe Ruta Lee
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