Show Raisin in the Sun, A A Raisin in the Sun is a 2008 television movie directed by Kenny Leon. The teleplay by Paris Qualles is based on the award-winning 1959 play of the same name by Lorraine Hansberry. The film debuted at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and was broadcast by ABC on February 25, 2008. According to...
Show Barbarians at the Gate From Wikipedia: Barbarians at the Gate is a television movie based upon the book by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar , about the leveraged buyout (LBO) of RJR Nabisco . The film was directed by Glenn Jordan and stars James Garner as F. Ross Johnson , the CEO of R.J.R. Nabisco with plans to buy out...
Interview Richard Matheson In his three-hour Archive interview, Richard Matheson (1926-2013) recalls the inspiration behind his classic Twilight Zone episode "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," which starred William Shatner: "I was on an airplane and I looked out and there was all these fluffy clouds and I thought, 'gee what if I...
Show Trilogy Of Terror From Wikipedia: Trilogy of Terror (also known in the United States as Tales of Terror and Terror of the Doll ) is a three part television horror thriller film, first aired on ABC on March 4 , 1975 . The film, directed by Dan Curtis and starring Karen Black in the four lead roles of each chapter,...
Show Farewell to Manzanar Farewell to Manzanar is a 1976 TV movie based on the 1973 memoir by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston. The movie starred Yuki Shimoda, Nobu McCarthy, Pat Morita, and Mako and detailed Houston's family's ordeal in the Manzanar internment camp during World War II. The screenplay was...
Interview Fred Silverman Fred Silverman (1937-2020) served as the programming head at all three major broadcast networks— ABC, CBS, and NBC. Fred Silverman attests to the quirks of inspiration in developing television programs: "I had always thought that kids in a haunted house would be a big hit, played for laughs, in...
Interview Regis Philbin Host Regis Philbin (1931-2020) says of his long-running syndicated show: "I made it a morning show. We have the coffee cup, we have the morning papers. It's got that feel to it, that's what I wanted." In his Archive interview, Philbin talks about his start in television as an NBC page where among...
Interview Steven Bochco Steven Bochco (1943-2018), a producer known to "push the envelope" in many of the series he created and produced attests to experiencing as much drama behind-the-scenes as on the screen. On producing Hill Street Blues , he says, "there is something that is truly magical when you catch lightning in...
Show Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special aka Singer Presents Elvis From Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia Elvis, starring Elvis Presley, was the title of a 1968 United States television special. Sponsored by The Singer Sewing Machine Company, it aired on December 3, 1968 on the NBC television network. The special is commonly referred to as the '68 Comeback Special...
Interview George Carlin In one of his final interviews, George Carlin (1937-2008) revels in his ability to get to the truth in life and society: "Everybody thinks they have rights. And I tell them why they don't have any rights — because your rights can disappear. So they're not rights, they're privileges…. It's fucking...
