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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show Nos. 690 and 691 with guests Harry Castleman and Walter J. Podrazik is now available for listening on demand for free wherever you find podcasts
The Story of American Television Original Airdates: May 16-19, 2025 TVC 690.3: Ed welcomes back Harry Castleman and Walter J. Podrazik, co-authors of Watching TV: American Television Season by Season, a sweeping look at the history of television from 1944 … Continue reading →
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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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via Twitter: David Janssen was born this day in TV History
Remembering #DavidJanssen (RIP), known best on television for his role as Dr. Richard Kimble in ABC drama #TheFugitive, btd 1931. Janssen also played the title roles in three other series: #RichardDiamondPrivateDetective, #HarryO and #OHaraUnitedStatesTreasury. pic.twitter.com/6qkaHhmI6L — Silver Age TV 📺 … Continue reading →
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Tagged A Quinn Martin Production, Barry Morse, David Bianculli, David Janseen, Diane Baker, douglas howard, famous final episodes, Jacqueline Scott, Paul Robert Coyle, QM Productions, Quinn Martin, Ralph Senensky, Richard Kimble, Roy Huggins, series finales, Television Finales, The Day the Running Stopped, The Fugitive, The Fugitive Recaptured, Wesley Hyatt
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 443, Segment 1 is now available online for listening on demand
Segment 1: The Last Days of Little House and How the Iran Hostage Crisis Led to Nightline Original Airdates: Mar. 22-24, 2019 Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen remember the series finale of Little House on the Prairie, the premiere of … Continue reading →
Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL, Show No. 435, Hour 1 with guests Michael Learned, Douglas Howard and David Bianculli is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 435, Hour 1 with guests Michael Learned, Douglas Howard and David Bianculli Original Airdates: Jan. 25-27, 2019 Emmy Award-winning actress Michael Learned (The Waltons, Nurse) talks to Ed about how she approaches every performance as Daisy Werthan in … Continue reading →
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Tagged Academy Awards, Alfred Uhry, Anya Adams, Barney Miller, Cheers, Chrome Entertainment, Daisy Werthan, Dangerously Funny, David Bianculli, Deadwood, Dexter, Douglas L. Howard, Driving Miss Daisy, Earl Hamner, famous final episodes, final episodes, Gerry Pass, Girls, Hoke, Hollywood, Howdy Doody, Icon Awards, interracial couple, interracial relationships, Investigating Cutting Edge Television, Jeff Thompson, Laguna Beach, Laguna Playhouse, Lainie Kazan, Lance Nichols, Legend Award, Life Interrupted, Loretta Swit, Lost, Mad Men, Mark Dawidziak, MASH, Michael Learned, Nichols, Olivia Walton, Oscar Party, Paladium, Patricia Neal, Pulitzer Prize, Ralph Waite, Robert Thompson, Roseanne, Second Acts, Seinfeld, series finales, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Smothers Brothers, St. Elsewhere, Television Finales, television history, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Fugitive, The Shield, The Waltons, Travis Liden, Treme, TV moms, TV Worth Watching
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Michael Learned, Titus Welliver, plus More TV Finales: Next on TVC
Actors Michael Learned and Titus Welliver and authors Douglas Howard and David Bianculli will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Jan. 25-27 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 1/25 7pm ET, … Continue reading →
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Hour 1 of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 434, featuring Josh Mills, David Bianculli and Douglas Howard, is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 434, Hour 1 with guests Josh Mills, David Bianculli and Douglas Howard Original Airdates: Jan. 18-20, 2019 Josh Mills, director of the estates of Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams, joins Ed, Tony and Donna in the studio to … Continue reading →
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: David Bianculli and Douglas Howard, co-editors of TELEVISION FINALES: From Howdy Doody to Girls, an exploration of some of the most compelling and often controversial final episodes in TV history, including such famous finales as those of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H, and The Fugitive; infamous ones such as St. Elsewhere, The Sopranos and How I Met Your Mother; plus a few others that you may not have thought of. TELEVISION FINALES is available in hardcover, paperback and as an eBook through Syracuse University Press
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