Recent Articles January 17, 2008 The Original "American Idol"— "The Original Amateur Hour" Debuted 60 Years Ago on Television Following WWII, as American television began to take off, many of the popular shows on radio began to be adapted to the new medium. Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour was one of radios old stalwarts January 13, 2008 Legacy of the Watts Writers Workshop Continues Archive interviewee Marla Gibbs (co-star of The Jeffersons and star of 227) will be one of the honorees at the Watts Writers Workshop Gala Banquet on February 9th. Other honorees include actor Ted January 11, 2008 Producer David Wolper Turns 80 Today Legendary producer (and Archive of American Television co-founder) David L. Wolper is 80 years old today. Wolper's name is most associated with documentaries, such as Race for Space and The Making of January 4, 2008 Call for Entries: 29th College Television Awards To all future Archive interviewee wannabes: The College Television Awards competition, sponsored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, rewards excellence in college student video December 28, 2007 Happy New Year 2008! Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve reaches its 36th annual edition with the Dec 31, 2007-January 1, 2008 special. Dick Clark spoke about his first New Year's special in 1959 and his inaguaration of December 27, 2007 "Howdy Doody" Celebrates 60 Years On December 27, 1947 one of TV's first success stories debuted, Howdy Doody, which began as Puppet Playhouse, seen three times a week on NBC. Through 1948 and 1949, with its title change to Howdy December 21, 2007 An Archive Christmas Special: Andy Williams To celebrate the season, the Archive has posted our interview with Andy Williams. Williams hosted his network primetime variety series from 1958-71. The best-known version ran on NBC from 1962-71 December 17, 2007 Archive's interview with Patricia Heaton featured in Emmy magazine The latest issue of Emmy magazine (Issue No. 6, 2007, with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's Mariska Hargitay on the cover) includes selections from our Archive of American Television interview December 14, 2007 Blast from the Past: Electronic TV Inventor Philo Farnsworth on "I've Got a Secret" Here's a little 8-minute gem we found on YouTube -- electronic television inventor Philo Farnsworth's full 1957 appearance on the panel show I've Got a Secret. [video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v December 9, 2007 TV Exec Roger King Dies - Interview Online Roger King, CEO of CBS Television Distribution, has died at the age of 63. King was interviewed by the Archive of American Television in 2004. His interview is now online. Click here to access his December 6, 2007 The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: The Complete Series DVD Set Released Just released: the much-anticipated The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The Complete Collection DVD set. It's a definitive, 41-disc set that includes the entire run of the series plus over 10 hours of bonus November 28, 2007 The Archive's Dick Clark interview featured on TV Land Online Bandstand fans: check out this new 5-minute video produced by our partner TV Land Online featuring excerpts from the Archive's Dick Clark interview (conducted in 1999). In the photo-filled piece, he November 27, 2007 Writer Mel Tolkin Dies at 94 - Archive Interview Online We're sad to report that comedy writer Mel Tolkin passed away yesterday, November 26th, at his home in Century City. Mel Tolkin was interviewed for the Archive of American Television for four hours November 26, 2007 Archive of American Television interview with producer Robert Halmi, Sr., featured in Emmy magazine The latest issue of Emmy magazine (Issue No. 5, 2007, with Cane's Jimmy Smits on the cover) includes selections from our Archive of American Television interview with producer (nearly 200 television November 26, 2007 I Love Lucy: The Complete Series DVD Set Released Just released: The I Love Lucy: The Complete Series collection is a definitive compact, 34-disc set that includes hours of bonus material from the previously released individual complete season sets Pagination « « First ‹ ‹ Previous … 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 … › Next › » Last »
January 17, 2008 The Original "American Idol"— "The Original Amateur Hour" Debuted 60 Years Ago on Television Following WWII, as American television began to take off, many of the popular shows on radio began to be adapted to the new medium. Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour was one of radios old stalwarts
January 13, 2008 Legacy of the Watts Writers Workshop Continues Archive interviewee Marla Gibbs (co-star of The Jeffersons and star of 227) will be one of the honorees at the Watts Writers Workshop Gala Banquet on February 9th. Other honorees include actor Ted
January 11, 2008 Producer David Wolper Turns 80 Today Legendary producer (and Archive of American Television co-founder) David L. Wolper is 80 years old today. Wolper's name is most associated with documentaries, such as Race for Space and The Making of
January 4, 2008 Call for Entries: 29th College Television Awards To all future Archive interviewee wannabes: The College Television Awards competition, sponsored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, rewards excellence in college student video
December 28, 2007 Happy New Year 2008! Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve reaches its 36th annual edition with the Dec 31, 2007-January 1, 2008 special. Dick Clark spoke about his first New Year's special in 1959 and his inaguaration of
December 27, 2007 "Howdy Doody" Celebrates 60 Years On December 27, 1947 one of TV's first success stories debuted, Howdy Doody, which began as Puppet Playhouse, seen three times a week on NBC. Through 1948 and 1949, with its title change to Howdy
December 21, 2007 An Archive Christmas Special: Andy Williams To celebrate the season, the Archive has posted our interview with Andy Williams. Williams hosted his network primetime variety series from 1958-71. The best-known version ran on NBC from 1962-71
December 17, 2007 Archive's interview with Patricia Heaton featured in Emmy magazine The latest issue of Emmy magazine (Issue No. 6, 2007, with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's Mariska Hargitay on the cover) includes selections from our Archive of American Television interview
December 14, 2007 Blast from the Past: Electronic TV Inventor Philo Farnsworth on "I've Got a Secret" Here's a little 8-minute gem we found on YouTube -- electronic television inventor Philo Farnsworth's full 1957 appearance on the panel show I've Got a Secret. [video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
December 9, 2007 TV Exec Roger King Dies - Interview Online Roger King, CEO of CBS Television Distribution, has died at the age of 63. King was interviewed by the Archive of American Television in 2004. His interview is now online. Click here to access his
December 6, 2007 The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: The Complete Series DVD Set Released Just released: the much-anticipated The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The Complete Collection DVD set. It's a definitive, 41-disc set that includes the entire run of the series plus over 10 hours of bonus
November 28, 2007 The Archive's Dick Clark interview featured on TV Land Online Bandstand fans: check out this new 5-minute video produced by our partner TV Land Online featuring excerpts from the Archive's Dick Clark interview (conducted in 1999). In the photo-filled piece, he
November 27, 2007 Writer Mel Tolkin Dies at 94 - Archive Interview Online We're sad to report that comedy writer Mel Tolkin passed away yesterday, November 26th, at his home in Century City. Mel Tolkin was interviewed for the Archive of American Television for four hours
November 26, 2007 Archive of American Television interview with producer Robert Halmi, Sr., featured in Emmy magazine The latest issue of Emmy magazine (Issue No. 5, 2007, with Cane's Jimmy Smits on the cover) includes selections from our Archive of American Television interview with producer (nearly 200 television
November 26, 2007 I Love Lucy: The Complete Series DVD Set Released Just released: The I Love Lucy: The Complete Series collection is a definitive compact, 34-disc set that includes hours of bonus material from the previously released individual complete season sets