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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 552.1 with guest Steve Beverly is available for listening on demand as a free podcast
The Art of the Big Call in Sports Original Airdates: Aug. 27-29, 2021 TVC 552.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Steve Beverly, recently retired professor of broadcast journalism at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Besides … Continue reading →
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 551.1: The Jeopardy! Host Debacle with guest Steve Beverly is available for listening on demand
The Jeopardy! Host Debacle Original Airdates: Aug. 20-22, 2021 TVC 551.1: Steve Beverly, game show historian and professor emeritus of broadcast journalism at Union University (Jackson, TN), joins Ed to discuss the various issues surrounding Sony Pictures Television’s controversial selection of … Continue reading →
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Tribute to Alex Trebek with guests Ruta Lee and Steve Beverly is available for listening on demand
Alex Trebek: The Steward of Jeopardy! Original Airdates: Dec. 4-6, 2020 TVC 519.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed pay tribute to Alex Trebek, the Emmy Award-winning game show host who presided over Jeopardy! for an astonishing thirty-six years, beginning in 1984 … Continue reading →
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 517.3 with guest Steve Beverly is available for listening on demand
The New Host of Jeopardy! Original Airdates: Nov. 20-22, 2020 TVC 517.3: Game show historian and TV host Steve Beverly (Steve Beverly’s TV Classics) shares some thoughts on who might be named the next host of Jeopardy! and the particular … Continue reading →
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Broadcast journalism professor and game show historian STEVE BEVERLY, host of Steve Beverly’s TV Classics, on his upcoming tribute to the early game show career of Alex Trebek (premiering Saturday 11/21 on EPlusTV6.com); the episode of Jeopardy! for which Trebek won the first of his six Emmy Awards; and how he first got to know Alex in 1984, at the start of Trebek’s thirty-six-year run as the host of Jeopardy!
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Tagged Alex Trebek, Alex Trebek Jeopardy, Alex Trebek The Wizard of Odds, appeal of Jeopardy, Art Fleming, Bob Barker, broadcast journalism, broadcast journalism COVID-19, Carl Perkins, CDC guidelines COVID-19, classic TV series, coping with depression, corona virus, corona virus pandemic, COVID-19, COVID-19 and schools, COVID-19 college campuses, COVID-19 crisis, COVID-19 distance learning, COVID-19 schools, COVID-19 teaching, COVID-19 teaching online, COVID-19 Union University, depression, EPlusTV6, future of Jeopardy, Game Show Congress, game shows, interviewing skills, Jackson 24/7, Jackson Sun, Jackson Tennessee, Jeopardy, Ken Jennings, Let's Make a Deal, listening, longevity of Jeopardy, mental health, mental health advocate, Monty Hall, Mr. TV Classics, NAMI, National Association on Mental Illness, Password, Robin Williams, signs of depression, Split Second, Stefan Hatos, Steve Beverly, Steve Beverly Alex Trebek, Steve Beverly's TV Classics, TCM, teaching hospital, teaching interviewing skills, television historian, television news, television news reporters, TV game shows, Union University, warning signs depression, WBBJ, WWAY Jeopardy, WWAY Wilmington North Carolina
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 513: Tribute to Tom Kennedy with guests Steve Beverly and Geoffrey Mark is available for listening on demand
How Jim Narz Became Tom Kennedy Original Airdates: Oct. 23-25, 2020 TVC 513.1: Game show historian Steve Beverly joins Ed as we pay tribute to Tom Kennedy, the legendary game show host who passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bill Cullen, Bob Barker, Body Language, broadcast journalism, classic TV series, EPlusTV6, Game Show Congress, Game Show Congress Bill Cullen award, game shows, Geoffrey Mark, Geoffrey Mark Jack Narz, Geoffrey Mark Jim Narz, Geoffrey Narz Tom Kennedy, Jack Narz, Jack Narz Tom Kennedy, Jackson 24/7, Jackson Sun, Jackson Tennessee, Jim Narz, Let's Make a Deal, Monty Hall, Mr. TV Classics, Name That Tune, Password, Real Tom Kennedy Show, Split Second, Stefan Hatos, Stefan Hatos Monty Hall, Steve Beverly, Steve Beverly Game Show Congress, Steve Beverly Jack Narz, Steve Beverly Monty Hall, Steve Beverly Tom Kennedy, Steve Beverly Union University, Steve Beverly's TV Classics, TCM, television historian, television news, television news reporters, Tom Kennedy, Tom Kennedy Bill Cullen, Tom Kennedy Break the Bank, Tom Kennedy game shows, Tom Kennedy Jack Narz, Tom Kennedy Jim Narz, Tom Kennedy Name That Tune, Tom Kennedy Password Plus, Tom Kennedy Phantom 309, Tom Kennedy radio, Tom Kennedy Split Second, Tom Kennedy You Don't Say, TV game shows, Union University, WBBJ, Whew, Whew game show, You Don't Say
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Next week on TV CONFIDENTIAL: Game show historian, television historian and TV host STEVE BEVERLY shares a few memories of his twenty-year friendship with game show legend Tom Kennedy
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Tagged Bill Cullen, Body Language, Game Show Congress, Geoffrey Mark, Jack Narz, Jack Narz Tom Kennedy, Jim Narz, Name That Tune, Real Tom Kennedy Show, Split Second, Stefan Hatos Monty Hall, Steve Beverly, Tom Kennedy, Tom Kennedy Bill Cullen, Tom Kennedy Break the Bank, Tom Kennedy game shows, Tom Kennedy Jack Narz, Tom Kennedy Jim Narz, Tom Kennedy Name That Tune, Tom Kennedy Password Plus, Tom Kennedy Phantom 309, Tom Kennedy radio, Tom Kennedy Split Second, Tom Kennedy You Don't Say, Whew, Whew game show, You Don't Say
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Next week on TV CONFIDENTIAL: Music and TV historian GEOFFREY MARK on the grace and class of Tom Kennedy and the music legacies of Helen Reddy and Mac Davis
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Tagged Bill Cullen, Body Language, Game Show Congress, Geoffrey Mark, Jack Narz, Jack Narz Tom Kennedy, Jim Narz, Name That Tune, Real Tom Kennedy Show, Split Second, Stefan Hatos Monty Hall, Steve Beverly, Tom Kennedy, Tom Kennedy Bill Cullen, Tom Kennedy Break the Bank, Tom Kennedy game shows, Tom Kennedy Jack Narz, Tom Kennedy Jim Narz, Tom Kennedy Name That Tune, Tom Kennedy Password Plus, Tom Kennedy Phantom 309, Tom Kennedy radio, Tom Kennedy Split Second, Tom Kennedy You Don't Say, Whew, Whew game show, You Don't Say
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 508 with guest Steve Beverly is now available for listening on demand
The Return of Mr. TV Classics Original Airdates: Sept. 18-20, 2020 TVC 508.6: Part 3 of a conversation that began last month with Union University journalism professor and television historian Steve Beverly. When he isn’t teaching, Steve hosts Steve Beverly’s … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bob Barker, broadcast journalism, broadcast journalism COVID-19, Carl Perkins, CDC guidelines COVID-19, classic TV series, coping with depression, corona virus, corona virus pandemic, COVID-19, COVID-19 and schools, COVID-19 college campuses, COVID-19 crisis, COVID-19 distance learning, COVID-19 schools, COVID-19 teaching, COVID-19 teaching online, COVID-19 Union University, depression, EPlusTV6, Game Show Congress, game shows, interviewing skills, Jackson 24/7, Jackson Sun, Jackson Tennessee, Let's Make a Deal, listening, mental health, mental health advocate, Monty Hall, Mr. TV Classics, NAMI, National Association on Mental Illness, Password, Robin Williams, signs of depression, Split Second, Stefan Hatos, Steve Beverly, Steve Beverly's TV Classics, TCM, teaching hospital, teaching interviewing skills, television historian, television news, television news reporters, TV game shows, Union University, warning signs depression, WBBJ
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 553: The Jeopardy! Host Debacle: Update with guest Steve Beverly is now available for listening on demand
The Jeopardy! Host Debacle: Update Original Airdates: Sept. 11-13, 2021 TVC 553.1: Game show historian Steve Beverly helps Ed sort through the latest developments in the ongoing search for a new permanent host of Jeopardy! When Steve visited us in … Continue reading →