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30 years ago, on January 15, 1981, Hill Street Blues premiered. The series redefined the “cop genre,” yet was nearly canceled for low ratings! The series was the lowest-rated series...

Del Reisman, who served as the President of the Writers Guild of America, west from 1991-93, has died at the age of 86. Reisman wrote for such series as Peyton...

Interview Description: In her Archive interview, Suzanne Somers discusses her early years as a single mother and struggling model/actress. When she landed a small but memorable role in the feature...

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve with Ryan Seacrest reaches its 38th annual edition with the Dec. 31, 2010- January 1, 2011 special. Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest will host...

The Archive of American Television is sad to report that announcer/narrator ("The Lone Ranger," "The Dick Cavett Show") Fred Foy, died today at the age of 89. Best known for...

Happy Holidays with Jack Benny! Jack Benny was one of the biggest names in network radio and for years listeners were delighted when the notorious cheapskate did his annual Christmas...

Alan Armer, who won an Emmy Award as the producer of the classic adventure series The Fugitive, has died at the age of 88. Armer served as the President of...

Have some classic TV with your Thanksgiving dinner this year... Watch The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show's"Thanksgiving" episode from 1951, and see Archive interview excerpts with writers Paul Henning...

Norman Lloyd is best known for playing kindly "Dr. Auschlander" on St. Elsewhere (photo below, right) and as the titular character in Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1942 film Saboteur; he also...

William Self served as an executive at 20th Century Fox where he oversaw such now-classic TV series as Batman, Julia, and M*A*S*H and was an Emmy-nominated producer of the 1991...

Carroll Pratt, a protege of laugh machine creator Charley Douglass, has died at the age of 89. Carroll Pratt's Archive Interview was conducted on June 12, 2003. Interview description: Carroll...

Noel Taylor was the first person acknowledged by the Emmy Awards for costume design in 1965 for the Hallmark Hall of Fame production "The Magnificent Yankee"— the first year that...

The Archive was on the scene for coverage of the TV Academy's Primetime TV Crimefighters Event red carpet arrivals. Video clips posted include panelists Mike Connors, Marg Helgenberger, Thomas Gibson...

New from The Archive of American Television Presents DVD Series: EVENING PRIMROSE – Digitally Restored & Re-Mastered Starring Anthony Perkins and Charmian Carr Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim •...

WWII miniseries The Pacific comes out on DVD and Blu-ray tomorrow. The Pacific received the most nominations (24) and wins (8) for any program at this year's Emmy Awards. Its...

In a week filled with baseball openers, here's a clip from the Archive's interview with documentarian Ken Burns (in reference to his 9-part PBS series Baseball). In this clip, Burns...

Entertainment One and The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation have partnered to release the NBC Colgate Comedy Hour production of Cole Porter's classic musical comedy, Anything Goes, in...

Betty White and the entire cast of TV Land's "Hot in Cleveland" will appear on a panel Wednesday, March 30 at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in North...

For the full quote, see our i nterview with Dan Castellaneta here.

Star Trek's "Mr. Spock" is 80 on March 26! "The camera can capture thought in a away that's quite surprising and shocking. You can become very simple and minimal in...