We're sad to hear that writer Ann Marcus passed away on Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at the age of 93. Marcus began her career as a "copy girl" at The...
We're sad to hear that producer Arthur Gardner passed away yesterday, December 19, 2014, at the age of 104. Gardner got his start in the entertainment industry working as an...
We're sad to learn that director Joseph Sargent passed away this morning at the age of 89 in Malibu, California. Sargent directed episodes of Lassie, Gunsmoke, The Man From U.N.C.L.E...
We're sad to hear that Executive Brandon Stoddard passed away today, December 22, 2014, at age 77 after a long battle with cancer. Stoddard entered the workforce in the advertising...
We're sad to learn that director Sid Smith passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at the age of 93. Smith started out directing television commercials and soon became an...
We're sad to learn that director/producer H. Wesley Kenney passed away on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at the age of 89. Kenney trained at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and...
We're sad to learn that custom car designer George Barris passed away this morning at the age of 89. Barris started out customizing his own cars as a teenager and...
We're sad to learn that actor David Canary passed away from natural causes on November 16, 2015 at the age of 77. Canary was best known for playing the dual...
Perhaps you know her as "Shelley Pfefferman" on Transparent, as "Angela Bower" on Who's The Boss?, or as "Karen Wolek" on One Life to Live. Or maybe you recognize her...
While cataloging interviews for The Archive of American Television, I hear about some topics from different perspectives. For example, we have Meta Rosenberg, Roy Huggins, and James Garner all discussing...
It was a gritty cop show. It had one of the catchiest title songs of all time. And today it turns 35. MTM's police drama Hill Street Blues debuted on...
One thing remains constant in the ever-changing landscape of American Television: where there’s a successful series, there is always the possibility of a spin-off. The temptation to remove a supporting...
All our dreams came true one summer day when we got a call from the Archive of American Television asking us if we wanted to interview not just “Laverne” OR...
We’re sad to learn that music director Milton Delugg passed away on Monday, April 6, 2015 at the age of 96. Delugg worked in network radio and early television with...
We're sad to hear that religious broadcaster Dr. Robert Schuller passed away on April 2, 2015 in Artesia, CA at the age of 88. Schuller grew up on a farm...
We're sad to learn that director Richard L. Bare passed away on March 28, 2015 at the age of 101. Bare worked in a combat photography unit during Word War...
We're sad to learn that actress Jayne Meadows passed away on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at the age of 95. Meadows grew up in China where her parents were missionaries...
The career of Vin Di Bona has been remarkable. He began as a disc jockey fresh out of Emerson College, where he’d struck up a friendship with future producing partner...