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 March 25, 2010 Producer-director Ira Skutch ("Match Game," "Philco Television Playhouse") Has Died-- Archive Interview Online Ira Skutch, a producer-director and a television historian, has died at the age of 88. Skutch worked as a stage manager on some of the earliest regularly scheduled shows on NBC, including the landmark March 24, 2010 "I Spy" Star Robert Culp Has Died-- Archive Interview Online Robert Culp, an Emmy nominee for both writing and starring in I Spy, has died at the age of 79. Culp's considerable TV credits include the classic sci-fi anthology The Outer Limits, the comedy March 23, 2010 "T.A.M.I. Show" on DVD-- Archive Interviewee Steve Binder Describes the Landmark Concert 1964's historic two-day rock/r&b concert, the T.A.M.I. Show, comes out on DVD today. Although the acronym T.A.M.I. was used inconsistently, it stood for either Teen Age Music International or March 22, 2010 "Chicago Television"-- New Book from the Museum of Broadcast Communications The Chicago-based Museum of Broadcast Communications recently released Chicago Television, a survey of the city's first fifty years of TV broadcasting. Chicago TV stations WBKB (now WBBM-TV), WENR March 18, 2010 TV's Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone— Fess Parker, Has Died— Archive Interview Online Fess Parker became a TV star portraying "Davy Crockett" in a series of adventures that aired on the anthology series Disneyland, earning him an Emmy nomination as Most Outstanding New Personality in March 17, 2010 Happy St. Patrick's Day The Archive of American Television is getting in the St. Paddy’s Day spirit by recognizing some of the most beloved Irish-American television greats. So, if green beer isn’t your thing, but you’d March 15, 2010 You weren't the only one whose sister forced you to watch "Little House on the Prairie" The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences hosted "An Evening with Modern Family" on March 3rd. Short interviews with the show's ensemble on the press line are now posted on the Archive's new page for March 10, 2010 "The Untouchables" Aired a Potent Series Episode Fifty Years Ago Today As so aptly noted by The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: "With the chatter of machine-gun fire and the squeal of tires on Chicago streets, The Untouchables brought furious March 8, 2010 Stephen J. Cannell on "Wiseguy" Wiseguy: The Collector's Edition gets released on DVD tomorrow. Although short-lived (it ran from 1987-90), Wiseguy garnered Emmy nominations for Best Drama series and acting nominations for star Ken March 4, 2010 The Monsters Were Due on Maple Street Fifty Years Ago Today One of The Twilight Zone's best remembered episodes— and a staple of Twilight Zone marathons— is the first season's "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street." Scripted by Rod Serling, it's one of the March 3, 2010 "Moonlighting" Silver Anniversary Today 25 years and the Anselmo case is still unsolved. On March 3, 1985 Moonlighting debuted and a beloved television classic was born. Moonlighting fans have remained in such full force that an online March 1, 2010 As Leno Returns, a Look Back to Where NBC Late Night Began Starting tonight, Jay Leno returns to his Tonight Show berth, continuing the hosting duties he initially began in 1992. The Tonight Show's long history started with Steve Allen (photo, left), who February 26, 2010 "Today" Show Reunites Family Sitcoms Next Week Tune in next week for the Today show's reunions with Eight Is Enough (Monday, March 1), The Partridge Family (Tuesday, March 2), and 227 (Thursday, March 4). Under the banner Great TV Families February 25, 2010 "Your Show of Shows" 60th Anniversary Sixty years ago today Your Show of Shows debuted, creating a blueprint for American TV sketch comedy to come. The forerunner of such shows as The Carol Burnett Show and Saturday Night Live, Your Show Pagination « « First ‹ ‹ Previous … 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 … › Next › » Last »
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
March 25, 2010 Producer-director Ira Skutch ("Match Game," "Philco Television Playhouse") Has Died-- Archive Interview Online Ira Skutch, a producer-director and a television historian, has died at the age of 88. Skutch worked as a stage manager on some of the earliest regularly scheduled shows on NBC, including the landmark
March 24, 2010 "I Spy" Star Robert Culp Has Died-- Archive Interview Online Robert Culp, an Emmy nominee for both writing and starring in I Spy, has died at the age of 79. Culp's considerable TV credits include the classic sci-fi anthology The Outer Limits, the comedy
March 23, 2010 "T.A.M.I. Show" on DVD-- Archive Interviewee Steve Binder Describes the Landmark Concert 1964's historic two-day rock/r&b concert, the T.A.M.I. Show, comes out on DVD today. Although the acronym T.A.M.I. was used inconsistently, it stood for either Teen Age Music International or
March 22, 2010 "Chicago Television"-- New Book from the Museum of Broadcast Communications The Chicago-based Museum of Broadcast Communications recently released Chicago Television, a survey of the city's first fifty years of TV broadcasting. Chicago TV stations WBKB (now WBBM-TV), WENR
March 18, 2010 TV's Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone— Fess Parker, Has Died— Archive Interview Online Fess Parker became a TV star portraying "Davy Crockett" in a series of adventures that aired on the anthology series Disneyland, earning him an Emmy nomination as Most Outstanding New Personality in
March 17, 2010 Happy St. Patrick's Day The Archive of American Television is getting in the St. Paddy’s Day spirit by recognizing some of the most beloved Irish-American television greats. So, if green beer isn’t your thing, but you’d
March 15, 2010 You weren't the only one whose sister forced you to watch "Little House on the Prairie" The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences hosted "An Evening with Modern Family" on March 3rd. Short interviews with the show's ensemble on the press line are now posted on the Archive's new page for
March 10, 2010 "The Untouchables" Aired a Potent Series Episode Fifty Years Ago Today As so aptly noted by The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: "With the chatter of machine-gun fire and the squeal of tires on Chicago streets, The Untouchables brought furious
March 8, 2010 Stephen J. Cannell on "Wiseguy" Wiseguy: The Collector's Edition gets released on DVD tomorrow. Although short-lived (it ran from 1987-90), Wiseguy garnered Emmy nominations for Best Drama series and acting nominations for star Ken
March 4, 2010 The Monsters Were Due on Maple Street Fifty Years Ago Today One of The Twilight Zone's best remembered episodes— and a staple of Twilight Zone marathons— is the first season's "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street." Scripted by Rod Serling, it's one of the
March 3, 2010 "Moonlighting" Silver Anniversary Today 25 years and the Anselmo case is still unsolved. On March 3, 1985 Moonlighting debuted and a beloved television classic was born. Moonlighting fans have remained in such full force that an online
March 1, 2010 As Leno Returns, a Look Back to Where NBC Late Night Began Starting tonight, Jay Leno returns to his Tonight Show berth, continuing the hosting duties he initially began in 1992. The Tonight Show's long history started with Steve Allen (photo, left), who
February 26, 2010 "Today" Show Reunites Family Sitcoms Next Week Tune in next week for the Today show's reunions with Eight Is Enough (Monday, March 1), The Partridge Family (Tuesday, March 2), and 227 (Thursday, March 4). Under the banner Great TV Families
February 25, 2010 "Your Show of Shows" 60th Anniversary Sixty years ago today Your Show of Shows debuted, creating a blueprint for American TV sketch comedy to come. The forerunner of such shows as The Carol Burnett Show and Saturday Night Live, Your Show