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Congratulations to Carl Reiner, who will be honored by The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North Hollywood this evening! Panelists paying tribute to the television legend include Mel...

We've just learned that noted costume designer Ray Aghayan has passed away at the age of 83. He began his work in television designing costumes for Matinee Theater, while on...

Arthur Fonzarelli's motorcycle is up for sale! The famous bike will be sold on November 12 by Bonhams at their annual Classic California Sale at the Petersen Automotive Museum in...

From Marta Kauffman and fellow executive producers Jennifer Aniston, Paula Wagner, Kristin Hahn, Kevin Chinoy, and Francesca Silvestri, comes Five, an anthology of five short films “exploring the impact of...

On October 2nd, Leonard Nimoy, best known for playing "Mr Spock" in Star Trek: The Original Series, attended what he said would be his last Star Trek convention. He bid...

The Archive wishes a very happy birthday to comedy legend Bill Dana, born October 5, 1924 as William Szathmary in Quincy, MA. Bill Dana is best-known for his alter-ego, José...

Back in the summer of 1958, Carl Reiner, already an established writer and supporting actor on Sid Caesar’s Your Show of Shows, sought to create a sitcom in which he...

Prohibition, a new three-part, five-and-a-half-hour documentary series by Ken Burns ( The Civil War, Jazz, Baseball, Huey Long, National Parks: America's Best Idea; Brooklyn Bridge, and many more) and Lynn...

The Muscular Dystrophy Association announced today that Jerry Lewis, who presided over 900 hours of MDA live telethons, is retiring as host of the annual event. "As a labor of...

Legendary news producer Joseph Wershba passed away on Saturday, May 14th at the age of 90. Wershba, who decided to become a journalist at a very early age, began his...

The creator/producer of Survivor, The Apprentice, The Voice and many other hit series was recently interviewed for the Archive of American Television. In his newly released interview, he discusses the...

Happy birthday to Archive interviewee Mike Wallace, born May 9, 1918. The Archive interviewed the TV news legend in 1998. Here's an excerpt where he discusses his transition from entertainment...

On May 9, 1961 FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow, an appointee of President Kennedy's administration, delivered his historic speech to the National Association of Broadcasters in Washington, DC. The speech...

Actor Richard Chamberlain sat down with the Archive of American Television for three hours and detailed his television work. The entire interview is now online. Below are some excerpts from...

"For anyone who loves a craft, loves news (reporting)... the bedrock requirement is to love the news, which I did." Watch Dan Rather's full 2005 interview ; he discusses the...

"Spanning the globe to bring you the constant variety of sports.. the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat.." ABC's Wide World of Sports debuted on April 29, 1961...

Just as last-year's Mad Men season came to a close, creator and TV writer ( Becker, The Sopranos, Mad Men) Matthew Weiner was interviewed for four hours about his entire...

Katie Couric sat for her Archive of American Television Interview in 2010, and talked about her long career in television journalism, including her tenure as a host on NBC's Today...

Sad news, we've learned that legendary comedy writer Madelyn Pugh Davis died on April 20th at the age of 90. Best known for her work on Lucille Ball's shows including...

40 years ago, in 1971 in suburban Santa Barbara, TV history was quietly being made as cinematographers Alan and Susan Raymond, along with producer Craig Gilbert, brought their cameras into...