August 12, 2010 EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG Wins Top Honors at 2010 Interactive Media Awards The TV Academy Foundation's Archive of American Television website EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG has won an Outstanding Achievement in Website Development Award August 11, 2010 Producer David Wolper ("Roots") has Died -- Co-Founder of the Archive of American Television Legendary producer David Wolper, whose many documentaries and notable TV projects include Roots and The Thorn Birds — has died at the age of 82. Wolper was one of the co-founders of the Archive of August 10, 2010 John Langley's Interview Is Now Online-- Created "Cops" "Cops is an existential variety show, with a criminal accent, and real décor." John Langley was interviewed in North Hollywood, CA on May 22, 2009; Karen Herman conducted the two-hour interview. Inter August 3, 2010 60th Anniversary of "Crusader Rabbit"— TV's First Animated Series TV historians will tell you that "Felix the Cat" was one of the first images ever broadcast on television (when RCA broadcast a Felix doll in 1928 on experimental station W2XBS)— but it wasn't until August 2, 2010 Mitch Miller, TV's "Sing Along" Host, Has Died— Archive Interview Online Mitch Miller, who, through his TV show Sing Along with Mitch and a series of LPs, taught the public the lyrics to popular music in the '50s and '60s, has died at the age of 99. With his trademark July 30, 2010 Director Walter Grauman gets creative on "Peter Gunn" In his Archive interview, director Walter Grauman vividly recalls a story about one of the episodes he directed for the 1950s-60s detective series Peter Gunn. Despite TV’s short production schedules July 27, 2010 Bugs Bunny at 70 The first "official" Bugs Bunny cartoon was released by Warner Bros. on July 27, 1940— "A Wild Hare," featuring Elmer Fudd's hopeless pursuit of Bugs. Bugs' first line in this cartoon? "Eh, What's July 23, 2010 Bid through August 1st: TV experiences, swag, and set-visits highlight auction to benefit the TV Academy Foundation The auction's live! Bid on unique television mementos, and support a great cause! The Television Academy Foundation is offering an array of exclusive items and experiences to bidders through a July 23, 2010 Daniel Schorr— longtime CBS & NPR news correspondent— has died at age 93 Daniel Schorr was a newsman for CBS from the 1950s to the 1970s, and famously found himself on live TV reading— to his surprise— his own name on President Nixon's "enemies list" while reporting during July 12, 2010 John Bartley Interview Now Online— "X-Files" and "Lost" Director of Photography “I like the camera to be moving. I’ve gone to work on a couple of shows part time, and they get a little surprised when you say, ‘let’s lay down some track’… ‘Well, we don’t usually do that.’ July 8, 2010 Emmy TV Legends Blog Welcome to the Emmy TV Legends Blog. Here you will find the latest news and information from the Archive of American Television. Check back often for classic quotes, pictures, audio and video clips July 8, 2010 62nd Primetime Emmy Noms Announced Today With the 62nd Primetime Emmy Nominations, the Archive of American Television congratulates all of the nominees, including our interviewees: Paris Barclay (comedy series direction, Glee) Ken Burns July 2, 2010 Jerry Mathers— "Beaver Cleaver" of "Leave it to Beaver" is Now Online With the release of Leave it to Beaver: The Complete Series this week, the Archive is posting Jerry Mathers' entire Archive interview. Jerry Mathers was interviewed by the Archive of American June 28, 2010 Korean War 60th Anniversary-- First US War on TV The Vietnam War is known as the "first televised war" due to the graphic nature of the images seen by American viewers. Chronologically, however, the Korean War, which began on June 25, 1950, was the June 24, 2010 Anne Beatts' Archive Interview Now Online— Original "Saturday Night Live" Writer and Creator of "Square Pegs" “I remember once at Saturday Night Live having spent the night in my office. There was a heavy snowfall overnight, and I looked out the window onto 5th Avenue and I saw that the entire street was Pagination « « First ‹ ‹ Previous … 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 … › Next › » Last »
August 12, 2010 EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG Wins Top Honors at 2010 Interactive Media Awards The TV Academy Foundation's Archive of American Television website EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG has won an Outstanding Achievement in Website Development Award
August 11, 2010 Producer David Wolper ("Roots") has Died -- Co-Founder of the Archive of American Television Legendary producer David Wolper, whose many documentaries and notable TV projects include Roots and The Thorn Birds — has died at the age of 82. Wolper was one of the co-founders of the Archive of
August 10, 2010 John Langley's Interview Is Now Online-- Created "Cops" "Cops is an existential variety show, with a criminal accent, and real décor." John Langley was interviewed in North Hollywood, CA on May 22, 2009; Karen Herman conducted the two-hour interview. Inter
August 3, 2010 60th Anniversary of "Crusader Rabbit"— TV's First Animated Series TV historians will tell you that "Felix the Cat" was one of the first images ever broadcast on television (when RCA broadcast a Felix doll in 1928 on experimental station W2XBS)— but it wasn't until
August 2, 2010 Mitch Miller, TV's "Sing Along" Host, Has Died— Archive Interview Online Mitch Miller, who, through his TV show Sing Along with Mitch and a series of LPs, taught the public the lyrics to popular music in the '50s and '60s, has died at the age of 99. With his trademark
July 30, 2010 Director Walter Grauman gets creative on "Peter Gunn" In his Archive interview, director Walter Grauman vividly recalls a story about one of the episodes he directed for the 1950s-60s detective series Peter Gunn. Despite TV’s short production schedules
July 27, 2010 Bugs Bunny at 70 The first "official" Bugs Bunny cartoon was released by Warner Bros. on July 27, 1940— "A Wild Hare," featuring Elmer Fudd's hopeless pursuit of Bugs. Bugs' first line in this cartoon? "Eh, What's
July 23, 2010 Bid through August 1st: TV experiences, swag, and set-visits highlight auction to benefit the TV Academy Foundation The auction's live! Bid on unique television mementos, and support a great cause! The Television Academy Foundation is offering an array of exclusive items and experiences to bidders through a
July 23, 2010 Daniel Schorr— longtime CBS & NPR news correspondent— has died at age 93 Daniel Schorr was a newsman for CBS from the 1950s to the 1970s, and famously found himself on live TV reading— to his surprise— his own name on President Nixon's "enemies list" while reporting during
July 12, 2010 John Bartley Interview Now Online— "X-Files" and "Lost" Director of Photography “I like the camera to be moving. I’ve gone to work on a couple of shows part time, and they get a little surprised when you say, ‘let’s lay down some track’… ‘Well, we don’t usually do that.’
July 8, 2010 Emmy TV Legends Blog Welcome to the Emmy TV Legends Blog. Here you will find the latest news and information from the Archive of American Television. Check back often for classic quotes, pictures, audio and video clips
July 8, 2010 62nd Primetime Emmy Noms Announced Today With the 62nd Primetime Emmy Nominations, the Archive of American Television congratulates all of the nominees, including our interviewees: Paris Barclay (comedy series direction, Glee) Ken Burns
July 2, 2010 Jerry Mathers— "Beaver Cleaver" of "Leave it to Beaver" is Now Online With the release of Leave it to Beaver: The Complete Series this week, the Archive is posting Jerry Mathers' entire Archive interview. Jerry Mathers was interviewed by the Archive of American
June 28, 2010 Korean War 60th Anniversary-- First US War on TV The Vietnam War is known as the "first televised war" due to the graphic nature of the images seen by American viewers. Chronologically, however, the Korean War, which began on June 25, 1950, was the
June 24, 2010 Anne Beatts' Archive Interview Now Online— Original "Saturday Night Live" Writer and Creator of "Square Pegs" “I remember once at Saturday Night Live having spent the night in my office. There was a heavy snowfall overnight, and I looked out the window onto 5th Avenue and I saw that the entire street was