William S. Paley

Edie Adams on her thoughts on people with whom she's worked over the years - William S. Paley

James Arness on CBS president William S. Paley's affinity for Gunsmoke

James Arness on William S. Paley saving Gunsmoke from cancellation

Steven Bochco on being offered the presidency of CBS and meeting with William Paley in the late-1980s

Mili Lerner Bonsignori on how William S. Paley loved Edward R. Murrow

Editor Dann Cahn on not cutting The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour down and consulting with CBS executives

Charles Cappleman on working for William S. Paley and Frank Stanton

Charles Cappleman on William S. Paley

Charles Cappleman on William S. Paley's management style

Joan Ganz Cooney on William S. Paley, founder of CBS

Michael Dann on David Sarnoff's desire to sell color television sets and the importance of shooting variety shows in color; on William Paley adopting color

Michael Dann on William S. Paley's thoughts on The Defenders

Michael Dann on CBS founder William S. Paley

Michael Dann on CBS' Frank Stanton and William Paley and the firing of Jim Aubrey

Michael Dann on William S. Paley's knack for television programming and his management style

Louis Dorfsman on dealing with the higher ups at CBS including Frank Stanton, William S. Paley, and James T. Aubrey and creating a book about football on CBS

Louis Dorfsman on his ad campaign capitalizing on Black Rock (CBS' headquarter building) and on that campaign being killed by William S. Paley

Louis Dorfsman on what CBS represented and how Frank Stanton and William S. Paley impacted the image of the network

Rod Erickson on working with David Sarnoff at NBC and William S. Paley at CBS

Rod Erickson on various people he's worked with in his career: William S. Paley

George Faber on William S. Paley

Jamie Farr on William Paley's wife loving M*A*S*H

Irving Fein on CBS' William S. Paley wooing Jack Benny away from NBC

Irving Fein on William S. Paley purchasing Jack Benny's company

Irving Fein on William S. Paley's personality

Irving Fein on saying goodbye to Bill Paley on his final day at CBS

Norman Felton on working with Bill Paley

Lighting Director Imero Fiorentino on lighting the 1960 Presidential debates starting with the second one, following the first debate wherein Richard Nixon looked badly, making the best improvements he could; also the issues he had lighting JFK due to RFK's interference

Sonny Fox on William S. Paley and Frank Stanton insisting he host CBS game shows

John Frankenheimer on CBS' first color variety show

Chuck Fries on various people he's worked with in his career: William S. Paley

Larry Gelbart on the executive William S. Paley and his "great flair"

Leonard H. Goldenson on his relationship with NBC's David Sarnoff and CBS' William Paley

Leonard H. Goldenson on a photo with CBS' William Paley and NBC's David Sarnoff

Herb Granath on the birth and management of CBS cable

Paul Henning on believing that Bill Paley did not like The Beverly Hillbillies

Paul Henning on his thoughts on people with whom he's worked - William S. Paley

Don Hewitt on William S. Paley

Herb Jellinek on William S. Paley

Hal Kanter on William S. Paley

Eartha Kitt on appearing on the anthology series Omnibus

Perry Lafferty on James T. Aubrey and William S. Paley

Angela Lansbury on hearing that Murder, She Wrote was CBS Chairman William S. Paley's favorite show

Norman Lear on William S. Paley

Richard Lewis on the character of "Mike Hammer" making the transition from radio to television on Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer and on William S. Paley refusing to air the show

Richard Lewis on Charles Dubin and William S. Paley

Art Linkletter on the cancellation of Art Linkletter's House Party by programmer Fred Silverman, and on his friendship with William S. Paley

Art Linkletter on Wiliam S. Paley

Martin Manulis on working with William S. Paley

Sig Mickelson on working with William S. Paley and Frank Stanton at CBS News

Former FCC chair Newton Minow on serving on CBS' board (starting in 1983)

John Moffitt on how Bill Paley was not pleased with the prank on the Murrow slide

Thomas W. Moore on the government attempting to require public service programming on the networks, and on William S. Paley and General David Sarnoff

Thomas Murphy on William S. Paley and Frank Stanton

Anne Nelson on working at CBS Radio in the 1940s, and on William S. Paley raiding NBC's talent

Anne Nelson on William S. Paley

Carroll O'Connor on his theory as to why CBS Chairman William S. Paley never socialized with him

Dan Rather on William Paley selling CBS

Tim Reid on William Paley's comments about Frank's Place

Lee Rich on working with William S. Paley, Founder of CBS

Lee Rich on William S. Paley's involvement with the movie of the week, The Homecoming: A Christmas Story - the movie that inspired the series The Waltons

Lee Rich on the network creators: David Sarnoff (NBC), William S. Paley (CBS), and Leonard Goldenson (ABC)

Lee Rich on William S. Paley

Daniel Schorr on doing a CBS documentary on East Germany, and on clashing with William S. Paley

Daniel Schorr on his contentious relationship with William S. Paley

Sherwood Schwartz on the difficulty of selling the concept of Gilligan's Island to James T. Aubrey, William S. Paley, and Frank Stanton

Sherwood Schwartz on the cancellation of Gilligan's Island by William S. Paley

Fred Silverman on the management style of CBS president, later board chair, William S. Paley including an anecdote about keeping Paley's favorite show, Gunsmoke, on the air

Howard K. Smith on meeting Bill Paley

Howard K. Smith on being fired from CBS by Bill Paley

Howard K. Smith on his thoughts on Bill Paley

Tom and Dick Smothers on their dealings with CBS, their firing, and their thoughts about the larger political issues which may have contributed to the demise of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Tom and Dick Smothers on their dealings with CBS, their firing, and their thoughts about the larger political issues which may have contributed to the demise of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Sanford Socolow on Walter Cronkite's report on Watergate resulting in the White House launching an assault on William Paley and Frank Stanton

Sanford Socolow on attending Columbia University (thanks to a fellowship from William S. Paley and the CBS Foundation)

Frank Stanton on his relationship with William S. Paley

Frank Stanton on his relationship with William S. Paley

Frank Stanton on William S. Paley's management style

Bob Stewart on his work as an uncredited writer on Stand Up and Be Counted

William Tankersley on William S. Paley's 1948 raid to bring NBC talent to CBS

William Tankersley on William S. Paley being reluctant to get into television

William Tankersley on Frank Stanton and William Paley's input on Program Practices at CBS Television City

Richard Thomas on moving to Los Angeles to star in The Waltons, and on the show getting on the air due to William S. Paley

Grant Tinker on CBS founder Bill Paley

Joseph Wershba on a contentious meeting with William S. Paley and Edward R. Murrow

Joseph Wershba on Edward R. Murrow's relationships with William S. Paley and Walter Cronkite

Joseph Wershba on Dr. Frank Stanton and William S. Paley's reaction to See It Now "A Report on Senator Joseph R. McCarthy"

Joseph Wershba on William S. Paley

Ethel Winant on being the first female executive at CBS and dealing with other executives like William S. Paley

Ethel Winant on Hubbell Robinson and William S. Paley

Perry Wolff on working for William S. Paley 

Perry Wolff on being fired from CBS by William S. Paley