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Television Academy Foundation & Emerson College Announce New Partnership

 Thu, 04/27/2017 Emerson College and the Television Academy Foundation Partner to Bring Emerson’s American Comedy Archives Online with the Foundation’s Comprehensive Interview Collection —Interviews with Betty White ( The Mary Tyler Moore Show , The Golden Girls ) and Kevin Bright ( Friends , In Living Color ) help kick off this initiative to digitize interviews with comedy greats— BOSTON, MA (April 27, 2017)—Emerson College and the Television Academy Foundation today announced a partnership that will make...
Sam Bobrick

Writer Sam Bobrick Was Always Doing Something Different

 Tue, 04/18/2017 Television writer and producer Sam Bobrick is a man who likes adages. In his Archive of American Television interview, he admitted that he has bunches of them pasted up all over his house. One of his favorites is, “I found happiness when I gave up hope.” But the one that perhaps best sums up his career is, “If you’re not doing something different, you’re not doing anything at all.” Those are certainly words that Bobrick lived by. Never staying long with one show, Bobrick worked on everything...
The Joey Bishop Show

April 17, 1967... Fifty Years Ago Today "The Joey Bishop Show" Debuted On ABC

 Mon, 04/17/2017 ABC's conversations about getting serious in late-night programming began in the fall of 1966. Coincidentally, or not, that was around the time they bought the great 1313 Vine Street studio facility that Don Lee had built. There were four huge audience studios and plenty of room for lots of new shows. But who could they put up against Johnny Carson that had a chance of winning some of that audience? Well, since everybody adored the Rat Pack and pack member Joey Bishop had guest hosted Tonight...