Recent Articles May 21, 2010 Bob Newhart Has a Dream: 20 Years Ago Today Considered one of the finest moments in scripted TV history, Newhart ended its eight season run with a brilliant TV in-joke. TV Land to Go: The Big Book of TV Lists, TV Lore, and TV Bests by Tom Hill May 17, 2010 "Law & Order" Ends its Long Run on May 24 NBC announced last week that Law & Order will end its 20-year run this season. Law & Order is the longest running crime drama on American prime time television and is tied with Gunsmoke for longest May 13, 2010 Don Knotts' Only Dramatic Role-- on '50s Soap Opera "Search for Tomorrow" Don Knotts will forever be know as the comic sidekick "Barney Fife" on The Andy Griffith Show, as Mr. Furley on Three's Company, and as the star of a series of funny family friendly '60s films May 10, 2010 Betty White Triumphs on "SNL" The reviews and ratings are golden for Betty White's turn as guest host on Saturday Night Live. With Betty's latest TV success, the Archive looks back on her Emmy-winning role as Sue Ann Nivens- the May 4, 2010 "Battlestar Galactica" Ended Its Run 30 Years Ago Today Technically, the original Battlestar Galactica ended its run 31 years ago, when ABC pulled the plug on the show in 1979. But when the fans protested, a ten-episode version entitled Galactica 1980 May 3, 2010 Soap Star Helen Wagner, Matriarch of "As the World Turns," Dies at Age 91- Archive Interview Online Helen Wagner, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for her long-running performance as Nancy Hughes on As the World Turns since the show debuted in 1956, has died. She sadly misses the the April 28, 2010 Suzanne Pleshette Doubled her Double on "One Step Beyond" Alcoa Presents will forever be known for its syndicated title, One Step Beyond. The series dramatized real-life case histories of various occult subjects, with Rod Serling-esque intros by April 20, 2010 Falcon Crest Debuts on DVD Today Falcon Crest joins Dallas, Dynasty, and Knots Landing on DVD today-- the last of the long-running '80s prime time soaps to make the jump to home video. The series ran from 1981-1990, and starred April 15, 2010 Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner for Tax Day Today is tax day, luckily there's classic TV to cheer us up. On a February 1965 episode of The Hollywood Palace, Carl Reiner interviews "tax expert" Mel Brooks' "Philip J. Heinker," who discusses his April 8, 2010 Valerie Harper Wraps Up "Looped" What's the opposite of Rhoda Morgenstern? Answer: Tallulah Bankhead. Valerie Harper is playing Tallulah Bankhead in "Looped" on Broadway, and, as noted by The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck April 5, 2010 Leonard Nimoy in the 1950s & early '60s Leonard Nimoy was living hand-to-mouth in the 1950s and early 60s, as a struggling actor in TV and movies, before his stardom on Star Trek and Mission: Impossible. He landed the leading role in the April 2, 2010 "Dynasty" Star John Forsythe Has Died-- Archive Interview Online John Forsythe, best known as oil tycoon Blake Carrington on the '80s prime time soap Dynasty, has died at the age of 92. Forsythe's TV career dates back to the 1940s, and baby boomers will remember April 1, 2010 April Archive Newsletter The latest Archive of American Television newsletter is out. If you'd like to be on our mailing list, enter your e-mail information in the box on the right column of our homepage. March 29, 2010 Classic "All in the Family" episode given the "Simpsons" Treatment On the recent Simpsons episode "Stealing First Base" (airdate: 3/21/10) Sarah Silverman guest-starred as a girl who plants a kiss on Bart, leading to a Cinema Paradiso-inspired montage of famous movie March 26, 2010 Chet Simmons, the First President of ESPN, Has Died Chet Simmons, who served as ESPN's first President when the network started in 1979, has died at the age of 81. Simmons began in sports programming in the 1950s and was instrumental in the development Pagination « « First ‹ ‹ Previous … 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 … › Next › » Last »
May 21, 2010 Bob Newhart Has a Dream: 20 Years Ago Today Considered one of the finest moments in scripted TV history, Newhart ended its eight season run with a brilliant TV in-joke. TV Land to Go: The Big Book of TV Lists, TV Lore, and TV Bests by Tom Hill
May 17, 2010 "Law & Order" Ends its Long Run on May 24 NBC announced last week that Law & Order will end its 20-year run this season. Law & Order is the longest running crime drama on American prime time television and is tied with Gunsmoke for longest
May 13, 2010 Don Knotts' Only Dramatic Role-- on '50s Soap Opera "Search for Tomorrow" Don Knotts will forever be know as the comic sidekick "Barney Fife" on The Andy Griffith Show, as Mr. Furley on Three's Company, and as the star of a series of funny family friendly '60s films
May 10, 2010 Betty White Triumphs on "SNL" The reviews and ratings are golden for Betty White's turn as guest host on Saturday Night Live. With Betty's latest TV success, the Archive looks back on her Emmy-winning role as Sue Ann Nivens- the
May 4, 2010 "Battlestar Galactica" Ended Its Run 30 Years Ago Today Technically, the original Battlestar Galactica ended its run 31 years ago, when ABC pulled the plug on the show in 1979. But when the fans protested, a ten-episode version entitled Galactica 1980
May 3, 2010 Soap Star Helen Wagner, Matriarch of "As the World Turns," Dies at Age 91- Archive Interview Online Helen Wagner, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for her long-running performance as Nancy Hughes on As the World Turns since the show debuted in 1956, has died. She sadly misses the the
April 28, 2010 Suzanne Pleshette Doubled her Double on "One Step Beyond" Alcoa Presents will forever be known for its syndicated title, One Step Beyond. The series dramatized real-life case histories of various occult subjects, with Rod Serling-esque intros by
April 20, 2010 Falcon Crest Debuts on DVD Today Falcon Crest joins Dallas, Dynasty, and Knots Landing on DVD today-- the last of the long-running '80s prime time soaps to make the jump to home video. The series ran from 1981-1990, and starred
April 15, 2010 Mel Brooks & Carl Reiner for Tax Day Today is tax day, luckily there's classic TV to cheer us up. On a February 1965 episode of The Hollywood Palace, Carl Reiner interviews "tax expert" Mel Brooks' "Philip J. Heinker," who discusses his
April 8, 2010 Valerie Harper Wraps Up "Looped" What's the opposite of Rhoda Morgenstern? Answer: Tallulah Bankhead. Valerie Harper is playing Tallulah Bankhead in "Looped" on Broadway, and, as noted by The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck
April 5, 2010 Leonard Nimoy in the 1950s & early '60s Leonard Nimoy was living hand-to-mouth in the 1950s and early 60s, as a struggling actor in TV and movies, before his stardom on Star Trek and Mission: Impossible. He landed the leading role in the
April 2, 2010 "Dynasty" Star John Forsythe Has Died-- Archive Interview Online John Forsythe, best known as oil tycoon Blake Carrington on the '80s prime time soap Dynasty, has died at the age of 92. Forsythe's TV career dates back to the 1940s, and baby boomers will remember
April 1, 2010 April Archive Newsletter The latest Archive of American Television newsletter is out. If you'd like to be on our mailing list, enter your e-mail information in the box on the right column of our homepage.
March 29, 2010 Classic "All in the Family" episode given the "Simpsons" Treatment On the recent Simpsons episode "Stealing First Base" (airdate: 3/21/10) Sarah Silverman guest-starred as a girl who plants a kiss on Bart, leading to a Cinema Paradiso-inspired montage of famous movie
March 26, 2010 Chet Simmons, the First President of ESPN, Has Died Chet Simmons, who served as ESPN's first President when the network started in 1979, has died at the age of 81. Simmons began in sports programming in the 1950s and was instrumental in the development