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Fred Silverman on his association with Joesph Barbera of Hanna-Barbera and developing the shows Space Ghost and Frankenstein Jr. and the Impossibles for CBS 01:39
Interview: Fred Silverman | Show: Space Ghost and Dino Boy
Fred Silverman on becoming head of daytime programming at CBS in New York and changing and fine-tuning the Saturday morning schedule to "superhero adventure" programs which included Underdog, the animated Superman, Space Ghost, and Mighty Mouse. He describes in detail developing the long-running Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and other comedy-adventure and "pure-comedy" programs, and touches on developing spin-off concept during this time 15:59
Interview: Fred Silverman | Topic: Studio and Network Management
Fred Silverman on making CBS the "serial network." 02:01
Interview: Fred Silverman | Genre: Daytime/Primetime Serials
Fred Silverman on going up against NBC's game shows starting with scheduling Joker's Wild , Gambit and bringing back The Price is Right 02:14
Interview: Fred Silverman | Genre: Game Shows
Fred Silverman on Goodson-Todd, Heatter-Quigley, Monty Hall, and Chuck Barris. 01:36
Interview: Fred Silverman | Genre: Game Shows
Fred Silverman on working with Irna Phillips, the writer of one of CBS's serials As the Worlds Turns, on creating the serial for CBS Love is a Many Spendored Thing 04:56
Interview: Fred Silverman | Person: Irna Phillips
Fred Silverman on Irna Phillips and her background in radio, and her ability to survive and thrive creating and writing television serials, and her influence on her fellow serial creators and writers, like All My Children creator Agnes Nixon 01:25
Interview: Fred Silverman | Person: Irna Phillips
Fred Silverman on bringing Jack Barry game show host and producer "out of the wilderness" in developing the game shows The Joker's Wild and Gambit at CBS. He also describes an incident in which Barry was attempting to fix equipment on the set. 03:44
Interview: Fred Silverman | Person: Jack Barry
Fred Silverman on creating two shows with Bob Stewart at CBS, Face is Familiar and The Hollywood Squares. 01:43
Interview: Fred Silverman | Person: Bob Stewart
Fred Silverman on Mark Goodson of Goodson-Todd, the hugely successful game show production company, and on Heatter-Quigley and Chuck Barris. 00:51
Interview: Fred Silverman | Person: Mark Goodson
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 01:54
Interview: Fred Silverman | Person: 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 01:54
Interview: Fred Silverman
Fred Silverman on CBS's daytime programming just before competitor ABC started airing The Newlywed Game, and on CBS's programming response which included expanding and developing daytime serials 01:33
Interview: Fred Silverman | Show: Newlywed Game, The
Fred Silverman on working with Irna Phillips, the writer of one of CBS's serials As the Worlds Turns , on creating the new serial for CBS Love is a Many Spendored Thing 03:10
Interview: Fred Silverman | Show: As the World Turns
Fred Silverman on working with Irna Phillips on creating a new serial for CBS Love is a Many Spendored Thing 04:56
Interview: Fred Silverman | Show: Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
Fred Silverman on creating The Hollywood Squares with Heatter-Quigley and Bob Stewart while head of daytime CBS, and on making the "one of [his] worst calls" by giving it up to Larry Phillips, head of daytime at NBC 01:43
Interview: Fred Silverman | Show: Hollywood Squares, The
Fred Silverman on how CBS Chair William S. Paley insisted on keeping his favorite show, Gunsmoke, on the air 01:00
Interview: Fred Silverman | Show: Gunsmoke
Fred Silverman on getting promoted at CBS to Vice President of Planning and Development, and then Vice President of Programming 01:19
Interview: Fred Silverman | Topic: Studio and Network Management
On the process of shooting an episode of All in the Family; on classic episodes of All in the Family; on working with the cast and crew of All in the Family, and on losing the characters of "Mike" and "Gloria" 07:29
Interview: Mort Lachman
On Carroll O'Connor continuing the character of "Archie Bunker" on Archie Bunker's Place; on the legacy of All in the Family; on working with Redd Foxx on Sanford 11:38
Interview: Mort Lachman
On writing Gimme A Break! with Nell Carter; on writing Kate & Allie with Jane Curtin and Susan Saint James; on writing a pilot for Oprah Winfrey 10:08
Interview: Mort Lachman
Mort Lachman on writing for All in the Family and Archie Bunker's Place 12:19
Interview: Mort Lachman | Genre: Comedy Series
Mort Lachman on working with Redd Foxx on Sanford 06:48
Interview: Mort Lachman | Genre: Comedy Series
Mort Lachman on writing Gimme A Break! with Nell Carter 04:56
Interview: Mort Lachman | Genre: Comedy Series