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Mothers Day with Michael Learned, Marion Ross, and June Lockhart: Next on TVC
Four-time Emmy Award-winning actress Michael Learned will join us as part of a special Mothers Day weekend edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing May 6-8 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM 1320 and FM 97.1 Bardstown, KY Friday 5/6 … Continue reading →
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 397 with guest Lou Antonio is now available online for listening on demand
Cool Hand Lou: Chatting with Lou Antonio Original Airdates: Mar 9-12, 2018 From March 2018: An encore presentation of our March 2018 conversation with acclaimed actor, director, and screenwriter Lou Antonio. Lou’s memoir, Cool Hand Lou: My Fifty Years in … Continue reading →
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Tagged America America, Bertolt Brecht, Bobby Darin, Boston Legal, C.S.I., Candice Bergen, comedian, Cool Hand Luke, David Janssen, Dennis Weaver, Edward Albee, Eli Wallach, Elia Kazan, Elizabeth Montgomery, Elizabeth Taylor, Elvis Presley, Felicity, Frank Pierson, Frank Sinatra, Genie Genie Who's Got the Genie, Gentle Ben, George C. Scott, George Kennedy, Glen Larsen, Gunsmoke, Heath Ledger, Henry Thomas, I Dream of Jeannie, Jaclyn Smith, James Arness, James Garner, Julie Andrews, Julie Harris, Karen Carpenter, Laurence Olivier, Lee Remick, Lee Strasberg, Lou Antonio, Louis Gossett Jr., Luis Delgado, Marilyn Monroe, McCloud, Michael Gleason, Michael J. Fox, Naked City, Papa Gene's Blues, Paul Newman, Peter Ustinov, Picket Fences, Poor Man: Book II, QM Productions, Quinn Martin, Ralph Senensky, Ralph Waite, Renee Zellweger, Rich Man, Richard Burton, Route 66, Something for Joey, Splendor in the Grass, Star Trek, Stuart Rosenberg, The F.B.I., The Flying Nun, The Fugitive, The Guardian, The Monkees, The Phynx, The Rockford Files, Wayne Rogers
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Cool Hand Lou and The First Lady of Song: Next on TVC
Please join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL for a special encore presentation of our conversations with actor/director Lou Antonio and radio host and Ella Fitzgerald biographer Geoffrey Mark, airing May 7-9 at the following times and venues: WBRT AM … Continue reading →
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Hank Garrett and Paul Robert Coyle: Next on TVC
Television writer/producer Paul Robert Coyle will join us, plus we’ll play Part 2 of our conversation with actor/comedian Hank Garrett. All this, and more, on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Dec. 18-20 at the following times and venues: … Continue reading →
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Barry Livingston and The Streets of San Francisco: Next on TVC
Please join us this weekend for encore presentations of our conversations with actor and author Barry Livingston (My Three Sons, The Importance of Being Ernie) and author James Rosin (The Streets of San Francisco: A Quinn Martin TV Series) on … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Quinn Martin Production, Adam Sandler, Barry Livingston, Barry Livingston Ernie Douglas, Barry Livingston My Three Sons, Barry Livingston Stanley Livingston, Barry Livingston The Importance of Being Ernie, ClassicTVSeriesBooks.com, Clint Eastwood, Don Grady My Three Sons, Ernie Douglas, Ernie Douglas My Three Sons, Forest Whitaker, Fred DeCordova My Three Sons, Fred MacMurray My Three Sons, James Rosin, Jim Rosin, Jim Rosin People Places & Me, John Cassavetes, John Wilder, Karl Malden, Michael Douglas, Mike Stone, My Three Sons, My Three Sons Day, Myrna Loy, Patrick Williams, PEOPLE PLACES & ME, Poor Poor Ophelia, QM Productions, Quinn Martin, Steve Keller, Steve Railsback, The Importance of Being Ernie, The Streets of San Francisco, The Streets of San Francisco: A Quinn Martin TV Series, William Demarest My Three Sons, William Yates
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Ed Gross of CLOSER WEEKLY interviewed Ed Robertson of TV CONFIDENTIAL for this comprehensive retrospective on David Janssen that features many archived comments from the actor himself
Here’s What Happened to Actor David Janssen Before, During and After Starring in ‘The Fugitive’
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Lynda Day George on working with Christopher George in movies and on television
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 477.4 with guest Lynda Day George is now available online for listening on demand
Lynda Day George on Christopher George, Mission: Impossible, and the Heart of Quinn Martin Original Airdates: Jan. 17-19, 2020 TVC 477.4: Ed welcomes Emmy nominated and Golden Globe nominated actress Lynda Day George (Mission: Impossible, The Silent Force, Chisum, The … Continue reading →
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Lynda Day George, plus tributes to Buck Henry and Edd Byrnes: Next on TVC
Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated actress Lynda Day George will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Jan. 17-19 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 1/17 7pm ET, 4pm PT 10pm ET, 7pm … Continue reading →
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Lynda Day George on falling in love with Christopher George on the set of THE GENTLE RAIN (and the joy of experiencing the people of Brazil while making that film); what made Quinn Martin unique among all other television producers; the opportunity to play different characters every week on MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE; and how grateful she is for the many blessings in her life
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Tagged A Quinn Martin Productin, Bill Bixby, Bruce Geller, Bruce Lansbury, Casey Mission: Impossible, Chisum, Chisum John Wayne, Christopher George, Dan August, David Janssen, Day of the Animals, Fausta, Fausta Wonder Woman, Gerald Mayer, House on Greenapple Road, Lisa Casey IMF, Lynda Carter, Lynda Carter Wonder Woman, Lynda Day, Lynda Day Christopher George, Lynda Day George, Lynda Day George Mission: Impossible, Lynda Day George Quinn Martin, Lynda Day George The Gentle Rain, QM Productions, Quinn Martin, Quinn Martin Productions, The FBI, The Fugitive, The Gentle Rain Brazil, The Gentle Rain Burt Balaban, The Gentle Rain movie, There Goes the Ball Game, Wonder Woman
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