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Wishing a very happy 72nd birthday to actress Valerie Harper! In her Archive interview, Harper describes starting her career as a dancer in New York, moving to Los Angeles, and...

We're sad to report that director and main title visualizer Reza Badiyi has passed away on August 20th at age 81. The Archive interviewed him in 2003. Badiyi began his...

Today marks what would have been Gene Roddenberry's 90th birthday. Best-known as the creator and executive producer of Star Trek , Roddenberry was born in El Paso, Texas on August...

Tomorrow, August 6, 2011, marks Lucille Ball's 100th birthday! Sadly, Lucy passed away in 1989, before the Archive of American Television was founded. Fortunately, the Archive has captured many interviews...

On August 1, 1981 at 12:01 a.m., footage of Apollo 11 blasting off into space filled the TV screen, followed by that of man landing on the moon. Then a...

“Life is a serious matter, but I see it through a prism that finds comedy in anything.”- Norman Lear A very happy birthday today to TV writer, producer, and legend...

We're thrilled to announce that the Archive of American Television's website EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG was named a recipient of the Interactive Media Awards’ (IMA) Outstanding Achievement in Website Development Award, honored specifically...

The hosts of America’s longest running, syndicated game show tell all in their Archive interviews! Pat Sajak and Vanna White were interviewed both separately and together and share tales from...

The 2011 Primetime Emmy Award season began today with the official nomination announcement at 8:30 AM EST. Congratulations to all the nominees for the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards! The Archive...

Sad news: Legendary comedy writer/producer Sherwood Schwartz, best known for creating and producing Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch has died in Los Angeles at the age of 94. Schwartz...

Forty five years ago, on July 11, 1966, The Newlywed Game premiered on ABC with host Bob Eubanks. Eubanks is most closely associated with the show although there were many...

Very sad news, the Archive of American Television has learned that TV Legend Sam Denoff, not only an Archive interviewee, but someone who passionately supported the Archive as an interviewer...

Fifty-five years ago, on July 9, 1956 Dick Clark became the permanent host of American Bandstand and his boyish looks and straight-laced style bridged the gap between teenagers and their...

Home shopping's QVC announced last weekend that legendary designer Nolan Miller has retired after 19 years of designing fashion and jewelry collections for the network. We thought that this would...

July 1, 1941: the beginning of life as we know it. Commercial television made its debut in the United States. Over the next few years, television programs and personalities would...

George Shapiro has had the pleasure, although some might call it the challenge, of managing the seemingly unmanageable Andy Kaufman. In his Archive interview, manager George Shapiro describes his work...

On October 2, 1961, the popular game show Password, hosted by Allen Ludden, premiered in daytime (a nighttime version was launched in January of 1962). Two teams (consisting of a...

October 1st marks the 50th anniversary of the sitcom Mister Ed, which began its five-year network run on CBS on October 1, 1961. (The show initially ran in limited first-run...

Fifty years ago today, on September 28, 1961, long before McDreamy and McSteamy, the strikingly handsome Dr. Kildare first graced our television sets. Swoon. One of television's first medical dramas...

"It's time to play the music, it's time to light the lights, it's time to meet the Muppets on The Muppet Show tonight!" Thirty-five years ago this month, The Muppet...