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[caption id="attachment_3086" align="alignnone" width="286" caption="(l-r): Margaret Cho, Caroline Rhea, Bonnie Hunt, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Carol Leifer, Elayne Boosler & Lily Tomlin (PictureGroup)"] [/caption] Recently, the Academy of Television Arts &...

Today is actor Jerry Mathers' 63rd birthday! Best known for his role as Beaver Cleaver on the classic series Leave it to Beaver (and The New Leave it to Beaver)...

Actor (and Archive of American Television interviewee) Larry Hagman has put some of his memorabilia up for auction-- including Dallas memorabilia and furnishings from his California estate as well as...

Wishing a very happy 85th birthday to TV legend Andy Griffith! Andy Griffith, who was born on June 1, 1926, began his long career with the now-classic comedy bit, "What...

Happy birthday to actor James Arness (born May 26, 1923) who turns 88 today! Best known for his longtime portrayal of Marshal Matt Dillon on the classic Western series Gunsmoke...

With Seth McFarlane set to reboot The Flintstones, perhaps he should take a second look at voiceover legend June Foray (best known as the voice behind Rocket J. Squirrel and...

Dick Ebersol announced yesterday that he would step down as Chairman of NBC Sports -- a title he has held since 1989. In this clip from his Archive of American...

James Wall served as a stage manager for CBS for nearly 50 years and appeared on camera as teacher "Mr. Baxter" on Captain Kangaroo. It was Wall's idea that Captain...

The latest Archive of American Television newsletter is out. If you'd like to be on our mailing list, enter your information in the box on the right column of our...

The Archive regrets to report that actress Barbara Billingsley passed away on Saturday, October 16th at the age of 94. Best known for her TV mom role as June Cleaver...

Airing on October 15, 1985, one of Moonlighting's most well-remembered episodes is the film noirish "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice." It was shot and aired (mostly) in black and...

Ward Quaal was a broadcasting pioneer who transitioned from radio to television at the advent of the medium and became president of WGN, Chicago. He died on September 24, at...

After a pilot episode aired on The Danny Thomas Show ("Danny Meets Andy Griffith," airdate: 2/15/60), The Andy Griffith Show landed on CBS' following fall schedule, debuting on October 3...

Stephen J. Cannell spanned many decades as a writer-producer, where he helmed such series as The Rockford Files, The Greatest American Hero, 21 Jump Street, Wiseguy, and The Commish. He...

Fifty years ago today, The Flintstones debuted— the first made-for-TV primetime animated series in the US. A twist on modern society, the series followed two working-class couples who lived in...

Arthur Penn, who began his career as a director during the Golden Age of TV, has died at the age of 88. In television in the 1950s, he worked on...

"The Great Debates"— a series of discussions with then-Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Massachusetts Senator John F. Kennedy— aired network-wide on September 26, October 7, October 13, and October...

TV legends Tim Conway and Harvey Korman get serious in their interviews for the TV Academy Foundation's Archive of American Television. In this 3-disc set, each is interviewed separately about...

On September 19, 1970, The Mary Tyler Moore Show debuted and ran for seven perfect seasons. As part of a Saturday night line-up considered among the best ever in TV...

When The Golden Girls debuted on September 14, 1985, Variety called it "a funny, fast-paced, well-written sitcom with all the earmarks of a potential hit." They called it. The series...