July 17, 2007 Archive Interviewee Phyllis Diller is 90! The ever-popular Phyllis Diller is 90 years old today. Ms. Diller has been seen on Boston Legal this season and does the voice of Peter's Mom on Family Guy. In the last few years, she's released a July 11, 2007 Books: A Memoir by Archive Interviewee John Rich A recent book, Warm up the Snake: A Hollywood Memoir (The University of Michigan Press), recounts Archive interviewee John Rich's life in the trenches as one of television's premier directors and July 3, 2007 Radio Play Podcast Features A Look at TV's Early Days HENRY WINKLER AND JASON RITTER STAR IN RADIO PLAY ABOUT TELEVISION'S EARLY DAYS -- TUNE IN OR DOWNLOAD THE FULL PODCAST (FREE) On Saturday evening, July 7, Southern California residents can tune in July 1, 2007 Casting Executive Ethel Winant's Interview is Now Online Casting Executive Ethel Winant's interview is now online. Ms. Winant discusses her early years casting for live anthologies, her role as one of the first female network executives, and her June 25, 2007 The Archive's Thomas Schlamme Interview Featured in Emmy Magazine The latest issue of Emmy magazine (Issue No. 3, 2007, with Michael C. Hall on the cover) includes selections from our Archive of American Television interview with director/producer Thomas Schlamme June 20, 2007 Ron Howard's Archive of American Television Interview Is Now Online Ron Howard's interview, the Archive's 500th, is now available for viewing online. Fittingly, Howard's career spans a fifty-year history of television from his first roles as a child actor in such June 15, 2007 We'll Miss You Bob Barker! Bob Barker has retired after 50+ years in television and 35 years as the host of The Price Is Right. The Archive wishes Bob a happy retirement! Barker was interviewed by the Archive of American June 13, 2007 Archive of American Television Celebrates its 10th Top Row (L to R): Television Academy COO Alan Perris with Betty White; Bud Yorkin; Loretta Swit; George Shapiro; Marilyn & Monty Hall; Bob Mackie; Doris Roberts.Middle Row (L to R): Frederick Pierce June 12, 2007 Don Herbert, TV's "Mr. Wizard," Passes On Don Herbert, known to television viewers for four decades as "Mr. Wizard," has died at age 89. The first incarnation of his educational science show, Watch Mr. Wizard, began on March 3, 1951 on June 6, 2007 Archive of American Television in the News Last night, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation hosted a star-studded celebration honoring its 500 interviewees on the Archive's 10th Anniversary. More info to follow, but we thought May 29, 2007 50 Years Ago: "I Love Lucy" Ended Its Run From 1951-57, I Love Lucy was a popular and critical hit. It was the #1 rated network show during most of its run and won Emmys for Best Sitcom and Acting Awards for Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance. Lu May 18, 2007 Producer-director Garry Simpson's Interview Is Now Online Garry Simpson worked on some of American television's earliest productions in the pre-World War II era, and then continued following the war. He directed the 1946 Joe Louis-Billy Conn World May 15, 2007 Televangelist Jerry Falwell Has Died Jerry Falwell, whose earliest television appearances date back to the 1950s, has died at the age of 73. Rev. Falwell was interviewed by the Archive of American Television on October 16, 2003 at May 9, 2007 Norman Lloyd's Interview Is Now Online! Norman Lloyd, best known for portraying St. Elsewhere's kindly "Dr. Auschlander," was also a producer and one of the directors of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and directed the famous "Man From the May 4, 2007 Producer/Director Alan Neuman's Interview Is Now Online Producer-director Alan Neuman directed innumerable “live” on-location dramatic, variety, and documentary productions, including NBC’s first televised presidential election coverage and the first show Pagination « « First ‹ ‹ Previous … 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 … › Next › » Last »
July 17, 2007 Archive Interviewee Phyllis Diller is 90! The ever-popular Phyllis Diller is 90 years old today. Ms. Diller has been seen on Boston Legal this season and does the voice of Peter's Mom on Family Guy. In the last few years, she's released a
July 11, 2007 Books: A Memoir by Archive Interviewee John Rich A recent book, Warm up the Snake: A Hollywood Memoir (The University of Michigan Press), recounts Archive interviewee John Rich's life in the trenches as one of television's premier directors and
July 3, 2007 Radio Play Podcast Features A Look at TV's Early Days HENRY WINKLER AND JASON RITTER STAR IN RADIO PLAY ABOUT TELEVISION'S EARLY DAYS -- TUNE IN OR DOWNLOAD THE FULL PODCAST (FREE) On Saturday evening, July 7, Southern California residents can tune in
July 1, 2007 Casting Executive Ethel Winant's Interview is Now Online Casting Executive Ethel Winant's interview is now online. Ms. Winant discusses her early years casting for live anthologies, her role as one of the first female network executives, and her
June 25, 2007 The Archive's Thomas Schlamme Interview Featured in Emmy Magazine The latest issue of Emmy magazine (Issue No. 3, 2007, with Michael C. Hall on the cover) includes selections from our Archive of American Television interview with director/producer Thomas Schlamme
June 20, 2007 Ron Howard's Archive of American Television Interview Is Now Online Ron Howard's interview, the Archive's 500th, is now available for viewing online. Fittingly, Howard's career spans a fifty-year history of television from his first roles as a child actor in such
June 15, 2007 We'll Miss You Bob Barker! Bob Barker has retired after 50+ years in television and 35 years as the host of The Price Is Right. The Archive wishes Bob a happy retirement! Barker was interviewed by the Archive of American
June 13, 2007 Archive of American Television Celebrates its 10th Top Row (L to R): Television Academy COO Alan Perris with Betty White; Bud Yorkin; Loretta Swit; George Shapiro; Marilyn & Monty Hall; Bob Mackie; Doris Roberts.Middle Row (L to R): Frederick Pierce
June 12, 2007 Don Herbert, TV's "Mr. Wizard," Passes On Don Herbert, known to television viewers for four decades as "Mr. Wizard," has died at age 89. The first incarnation of his educational science show, Watch Mr. Wizard, began on March 3, 1951 on
June 6, 2007 Archive of American Television in the News Last night, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation hosted a star-studded celebration honoring its 500 interviewees on the Archive's 10th Anniversary. More info to follow, but we thought
May 29, 2007 50 Years Ago: "I Love Lucy" Ended Its Run From 1951-57, I Love Lucy was a popular and critical hit. It was the #1 rated network show during most of its run and won Emmys for Best Sitcom and Acting Awards for Lucille Ball and Vivian Vance. Lu
May 18, 2007 Producer-director Garry Simpson's Interview Is Now Online Garry Simpson worked on some of American television's earliest productions in the pre-World War II era, and then continued following the war. He directed the 1946 Joe Louis-Billy Conn World
May 15, 2007 Televangelist Jerry Falwell Has Died Jerry Falwell, whose earliest television appearances date back to the 1950s, has died at the age of 73. Rev. Falwell was interviewed by the Archive of American Television on October 16, 2003 at
May 9, 2007 Norman Lloyd's Interview Is Now Online! Norman Lloyd, best known for portraying St. Elsewhere's kindly "Dr. Auschlander," was also a producer and one of the directors of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and directed the famous "Man From the
May 4, 2007 Producer/Director Alan Neuman's Interview Is Now Online Producer-director Alan Neuman directed innumerable “live” on-location dramatic, variety, and documentary productions, including NBC’s first televised presidential election coverage and the first show