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"Will & Grace" ends its eight season run

 Mon, 05/15/2006 Will & Grace (& Jack & Karen) are throwing their last barb/insult/witticism/pie-in-the-face this week. Not only will fans miss the talented ensemble (all four of whom won Emmy Awards), but also the guest shots by "it" list celebrities that together resemble a merger of Elton John's and Vanity Fair's Oscar parties. Amazingly, every one of the nearly 200 "Will & Grace" episodes were directed by one person — legendary sitcom creator/director James Burrows. Burrows was interviewed...

The Archive Scores Its One Millionth Video Stream!

 Sun, 05/14/2006 ... 999,989... 999,990... 999,991... 999,992... 999,993... 999,994... 999,995... 999,996... 999,997...999,998...999,999... Today marks another big moment in Archive of American Television history -- we've reached our ONE MILLIONTH stream on Google Video. That means over 1,000,000 segments have been viewed or partially-viewed by television history enthusiasts worldwide! Even if the average user only viewed 15 minutes of a 30 minute segment (we have no way of knowing what the real average is),...

Who's Your Favorite TV Mom?

 Mon, 05/08/2006 In honor of Mother's Day (next Sunday, May 14th), the Archive of American Television is featuring its online collection of TV Moms! Check out our full-length interviews with: Barbara Billingsley -- Beaver and Wally's mom June Cleaver on "Leave it to Beaver" Diahann Carroll -- Corey's mom Julia Baker on "Julia" Florence Henderson -- Greg, Marcia, Peter, Jan, Bobby and Cindy's mom Carol Brady on "The Brady Bunch" Jane Wyatt -- Betty, Bud and Kitten's mom Margaret Anderson on "Father Knows Best"...

Puppeteer (and Archive Interviewee) Carroll Spinney Honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award

 Sat, 04/29/2006 Archive interviewee Caroll Spinney, the puppeteer who plays the roles of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street , was honored with this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 33rd Annual Daytime Craft Emmy Awards. Spinney was chosen for his work entertaining and educating children for nearly four decades, since the series debut in 1969. His characters have been seen on more than 4,000 episodes, as well as Sesame Street television specials that have taken Spinney to China, Japan,...

Elma "Pem" Farnsworth, widow of TV Inventor Philo Farnsworth dies at 98

 Fri, 04/28/2006 Elma "Pem" Farnsworth, the widow of Philo Farnsworth, has died at the age of 98. She was one of the first honorees interviewed by the Archive of American Television. Interview Description: Elma Farnsworth was interviewed for seven hours in Salt Lake City, UT. Farnsworth discussed at length Philo's first television invention - the Image Dissector Tube - and the excitement of seeing its first moving image. While Philo toiled to create the first electronic television, RCA and Vladimir Zworykin...

Fred Rogers' Legacy Continues...

 Sun, 04/23/2006 Congratulations to the winners of the Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship presented at Saturday's 33rd Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards (see the press release below for details). In 1999, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's Archive of American Television interviewed Mr. Rogers in-depth about his entire television career. Watch this amazing interview (and look for a few cameos by some of his favorite puppets) and see why he continues to be an inspiration to so many...

Costume Designer Noel Taylor's Archive of American Television Interview is Accessible on Google Video!

 Wed, 04/19/2006 Just posted on Google Video: Emmy Award Winning Costume Designer Noel Taylor's Archive of American Television Interview! About the interview: Noel Taylor was interviewed for one-and-a-half hours in West Hollywood, CA. Taylor talked about his early experiences in the theater as an actor and writer before turning his talents to costume designing. He discussed his entrance into television working under NBC contract, primarily on the anthology series "Hallmark Hall of Fame". He talked about several...

Frances Reid's Archive of American Television Interview now on Google Video!

 Tue, 04/18/2006 Check out the latest addition to the Archive of American Television's interviews: Soap legend FRANCES REID ! Interview details: Frances Reid was interviewed for one-and-a-half hours in Los Angeles, CA. She talked about her early career working in live television, and her first experiences working on daytime dramas, on programs such as Portia Faces Life and As the World Turns. She described in detail her longtime role as matriarch Alice Horton on the daytime drama Days of Our Lives from its...