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On the development of Double Dare; on Nickelodeon's programming philosophy

On the birth of the Oxygen Network; Oprah Winfrey and Marcy Carsey

Geraldine Laybourne on Nick News and Linda Ellerbee's contribution to the show

Geraldine Laybourne on how Marcy Carsey came to be a partner on the Oxygen network

Geraldine Laybourne on the early programming mandate to "program only to boys because girls will watch anything" while at Nickelodeon

Geraldine Laybourne on how Ren and Stimpy came to be on Nickelodeon

Geraldine Laybourne on Nick News and Linda Ellerbee's contribution to the show

Geraldine Laybourne on the genesis of Rugrats

On the basis for the lawsuit from the Hollywood chapter and the National Academy over the Emmy voting process, initiated in 1975; attempts at settlement

On the negotiation between Marvin Burns and Dern in attempt to solve the lawsuit by the creation of two separate academys: NATAS in New York and ATAS in Hollywood; the "divorce" of the Emmys into primetime and daytime awards

On how the Emmy award itself was divvied up in the negotiation between NATAS and ATAS; unusual for a trademark

On the membership of the Television Academys; the broadcast rights to the Emmy awards

Dixon Dern on the lawsuit over the Emmy Awards settling by the creation of two separate academies: NATAS in New York and ATAS in Hollywood; the "divorce" of the Emmys into primetime and daytime awards how the Emmy award itself was divvied up in the negotiation between NATAS and ATAS; unusual for a trademark

Michael Schultz on directing the PBS TV movie To Be Young, Gifted and Black

Michael Schultz on directing an episode of Roll Out!

Michael Schultz on directing the second episode of The Rockford Files

Michael Schultz on directing an episode of Baretta

Michael Schultz on directing the TV movie Ceremonies in Dark Old Men

On his childhood and early influences; on getting interested in cinema while he was in college, and on studying theater at Marquette University; on moving to New York City to become a director, and on his first jobs as a director in theater

On his Broadway debut leading to his first opportunity to direct for television on the TV movie To Be Young, Gifted and Black; on the difference between directing for theater and film versus directing episodic television; on moving into directing for episodic television, and on directing an episode of Roll Out!

On coming under contract as a director for Universal Television; on directing an episode of The Rockford Files; on directing an episode of Baretta, and on what he appreciates about directing theater-trained actors; on directing Ceremonies in Dark Old Men

On movies he loved as a kid; on moving between film and television projects in his career, and on the importance of storytelling; on how he approaches casting, and on discovering Denzel Washington, Blair Underwood, and Samuel L. Jackson; on working with Richard Pryor

Michael Schultz on directing the Broadway play Does a Tiger Wear a Necktie? starring Al Pacino

Michael Schultz on how Garrett Morris helped him get his first Hollywood television directing job, on his series Roll Out!

Michael Schultz on how he came to live in Richard Pryor's house in Malibu early in his career

Michael Schultz on meeting producer Charles Floyd Johnson on The Rockford Files, and on his memories of Stephen J. Cannell's writing process

Michael Schultz on meeting producer Charles Floyd Johnson on The Rockford Files, and on his memories of Stephen J. Cannell's writing process

Michael Schultz on working with James Garner when he directed an episode of The Rockford Files