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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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Tagged Barney Miller, Cheers, Dangerously Funny, David Bianculli, Deadwood, Dexter, Douglas L. Howard, famous final episodes, final episodes, Girls, Howdy Doody, Investigating Cutting Edge Television, Jeff Thompson, Lost, Mad Men, Mark Dawidziak, MASH, Nichols, Robert Thompson, Roseanne, 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, TV Worth Watching
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Our colleague Greg Ehrbar reviews Sitcom Writers Talk Shop: Behind the Scenes with Carl Reiner, Norman Lear and Other Geniuses of TV Comedy, a new book by Paula Finn that sheds light into the craft of writing itself
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Tagged All in the Family, Carl Reiner, Everybody Loves Raymond, Get Smart, Herbert Finn, James Brooks, Larry Charles, Leonard Stern, Matt Williams, Maude, Mike Reiss, Norman Lear, Paula Finn, Phil Rosenthal, Roseanne, Seinfeld, Sitcom Writers Talk Shop, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Flintstones, The Honeymooners, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Simpsons, Treva Silverman
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Podcast for TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 421 with guests Robert Crane and Ashley Arpel Greenwald is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 421 with guests Robert Crane and Ashley Arpel Greenwald Original Airdates: Oct. 5-8, 2018 First hour: Actress and entrepreneur Ashley Arpel Greenwald talks about her latest movie, Destined to Ride; the unusual approach she took to booking a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adolescence, Adrienne Arpel, Andrea Martin, Ann Elizabeth James, Ashley Arpel Greenwald, Ashley Avis, Bob Crane, Bob Crane radio, Bob Crane Show, Broadway choreographer, Bruce Dern, Catherine O'Hara, Connie Nielsen, Dave Thomas, Denise Richards, Destined to Ride, Dipper, Disney Channel, Donna Reed Show, Edward Feldman, Gravity Falls, Grunkle Stan, Hogan's Heroes, Hollywood Plateau, Ivan Dixon, Jack Nicholson, Jamie Foxx, Jimmy Kimmel, Joan Rivers, Joe Flaherty, Joey Lawrence, John Candy, John Wayne, Kenneth Washington, KNX, KNX radio, Koko the Gorilla, Lifetime, Los Angeles Times, Mabel Pines, Madeline Carroll, Michael Kidd, My Crazy Ex, Mystery Shack, Nicolas Cage, Oui magazine, Phil Hartman, Playboy magazine, Playgirl magazine, political correctness, Richard Dawson, Rick Moranis, Robert Crane, Roseanne Barr, Scott Feldman, SCTV, Shout! Factory, Signature Club A, Spinal Tap, Splish Splash, Stanley Kubrick, Sue Lyons, Superdad, Tammy Tilson, Tattoo Nightmares, Teri Garr, That’s Ashley’s Kitchen, The Bob Crane Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Runner, Traci Lords
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The Bob Crane TV Trivia Quiz, plus That’s Ashley’s Kitchen: Next on TVC
Screenwriter, journalist and author Robert Crane and actress and entrepreneur Ashley Arpel Greenwald will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Oct. 5-8 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 10/5 7pm ET, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adolescence, Adrienne Arpel, Andrea Martin, Ann Elizabeth James, Ashley Arpel Greenwald, Ashley Avis, Bob Crane, Bob Crane radio, Bob Crane Show, Broadway choreographer, Bruce Dern, Catherine O'Hara, Connie Nielsen, Dave Thomas, Denise Richards, Destined to Ride, Donna Reed Show, Edward Feldman, Hogan's Heroes, Hollywood Plateau, Ivan Dixon, Jack Nicholson, Jamie Foxx, Jimmy Kimmel, Joan Rivers, Joe Flaherty, Joey Lawrence, John Candy, John Wayne, Kenneth Washington, KNX, KNX radio, Koko the Gorilla, Lifetime, Los Angeles Times, Madeline Carroll, Michael Kidd, My Crazy Ex, Nicolas Cage, Oui magazine, Phil Hartman, Playboy magazine, Playgirl magazine, political correctness, Richard Dawson, Rick Moranis, Robert Crane, Roseanne Barr, Scott Feldman, SCTV, Signature Club A, Spinal Tap, Splish Splash, Stanley Kubrick, Sue Lyons, Superdad, Tammy Tilson, Tattoo Nightmares, Teri Garr, That’s Ashley’s Kitchen, The Bob Crane Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Runner, Traci Lords
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 420 with guest Michael Learned is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 420 with guest Michael Learned Original Airdates: Sept. 21-24, 2018 First hour: A tribute to film and television actor Burt Reynolds featuring highlights from previously broadcast conversations with people who knew and worked with him, including actors Richard … Continue reading →
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Tagged Admiral Broadway Revue, Adrienne Barbeau, All My Children, American Conservatory Theare, Arthur Price, B.L. Stryker, Barbara Eden, Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Billy Crystal, Bob Hartley, Bob Newhart, Bob Newhart Show, Boogie Nights, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Cannonball Run, Carl Reiner, comic trailblazer, Connie Stevens, Daisy Werthan, Dan August, Deliverance, Dinah Shore, Driving Miss Daisy, Earl Hamner, Emily Hartley, Evening Shade, Family Film Awards, Gator, General Hospital, Golden Age of Television, Gore Vidal, Gunsmoke, Hawk, Hayden Rorke, Hocus Pocus, Hoke, Honorable Judge Turner, Hooper, I Dream of Jeannie, Imogene Coca, Jackie Gleason, Jay Tarses, Jim Nabors, Lance Nichols, Larry Gelbart, Larry Hagman, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Legend Award, Lewis Black, Life Interrupted, Loni Anderson, Marcia Wallace, Mel Brooks, Michael Learned, MTM, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, NASA, Neil Simon, Nita Talbot, Nurse, Olivia Walton, On Golden Pond, One Life to Live, One Slight Hitch, Paley Center, Peter Bonerz, QM Productions, Quinn Martin, Quint Asper, Ralph Waite, Riverboat, Roger Healey, Sally Field, Saturday Night Live, Second Acts, Shamus, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, Sid Caesar: The Works, Sidney Sheldon, Smokey and the Bandit, Starting from Scratch, Starting Over, Steel Magnolias, Studs Terkel, Suzanne Pleshette, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Best Man, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The End, The Longest Yard, The Outgoing Tide, The Sisters Rosenweig, The Twilight Zone, The Waltons, The Young & the Restless, Tony Nelson, Treme, TV moms, Wendy Wasserstein, White Lightning, Woody Allen, World Film Institute, Your Show of Shows
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via Shout! Factory: Sid Caesar: The Works, a new in-depth five-DVD set coming Tuesday 9/4 from Shout! Factory, hails the man who made sketch comedy what it is today while also paving the way for such shows as Saturday Night Live. Customers who order Sid Caesar: The Works directly from Shout! Factory will receive the bonus disc, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion
Los Angeles, CA – Shout! Factory commemorates the career of influential comic trailblazer Sid Caesar with its latest DVD package, Sid Caesar: The Works, a five-DVD set spanning 1950 to 2014. Sid Caesar: The Works contains more than eleven hours of fan favorites … Continue reading →
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Tagged Admiral Broadway Revue, Billy Crystal, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Carl Reiner, comic trailblazer, Golden Age of Television, Imogene Coca, Larry Gelbart, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Mel Brooks, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, Neil Simon, Paley Center, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, Sid Caesar: The Works, Studs Terkel, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Woody Allen, Your Show of Shows
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via THR: The Estate of Rose Marie donates rare television footage of the actress/comedienne to the Paley Center for Media, inluding a game show she hosted and a pilot she filmed at Desilu Studios, while her music archive will be donated to the Special Collections Library at Georgia State University
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Tagged Al Capone, baby Rose Marie, Bobby Guy, Carl Reiner, Dean Martin, Desilu Studios, Dick Van Dyke, Doris Day, Georgia State University, Georgiana Noopy Rodrigues, Georgiana Rodrigues, Jason Wise, Jerry Lewis, Johnny Carson, Just Off Broadway, Morey Amsterdam, Noopy, Paley Center for Media, Peter Marshall, Phil Silvers, Rose Marie, Rosemary Clooney, Sally Rogers, Scoop the Writers, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Monkees, Top Banana, Wait for Your Laugh
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