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After 30 years of not speaking, Three's Company actresses Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt reunited on Somers' web series, “Suzanne Somers Breaking Through.” The two had not spoken since Somers...

Tonight David Letterman marks 30 years in late night television. His first late night talk show, Late Night with David Letterman, premiered February 2, 1982 on NBC, replacing Tomorrow with...

Happy 90th birthday, William Froug! Froug started out as a radio writer at CBS, transitioned to television, and wound up producing some of the medium's biggest hits. He served as...

The Archive is sad to report the passing of Lee Rich, best known as one of the founders of Lorimar Productions. Rich served as executive producer on The Waltons, Eight...

On May 22, 1992, Johnny Carson's record-setting thirty-year reign as host of The Tonight Show came to an end. Carson took over The Tonight Show from predecessor Jack Paar on...

She occupied half of Walter Cronkite's anchor chair on CBS Evening News (she co-anchored with Dan Rather); she famously interviewed Newt Gingrich's mother, and she is married to Maury Povich...

It's been 10 years since the small screen bid adieu to Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, the FBI agents who investigated paranormal activity on the FOX hit, The X-Files. The...

It was the first of the Golden Age, classic anthology dramas. Kraft Television Theatre was born out of Television Theatre, the 1946 monthly showcase of plays courtesy of WNBT, NBC's...

When you think of I Love Lucy, a few images probably spring to mind. Lucy stomping on grapes, Lucy and Ethel stuffing bon-bons down their shirts, and Lucy attempting to...

The Archive is sad to report the death of game show creator/producer Bob Stewart, who passed away at the age of 91. Stewart began his association with producers Mark Goodson...

Jack Klugman celebrates his 90th birthday today! Klugman has made over 400 television appearances -- in comedies, dramas, and even in a game show (well, sort of - remember the...

The Archive just learned the sad news of director Garry Simpson's passing. NBC television's first stage manager passed away at his home in Middlebury, Vermont on November 19, 2011. Simpson...

Director James Burrows is practically synonymous with popular television comedies. Burrows got his start in television under the tutelage of Jay Sandrich on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, went on...

The Archive of American Television is sad to report that director/producer Gilbert Cates passed away suddenly on Monday, October 31st at the age of 77. He started in early television...

Dum da dum dum. Those 4 notes comprise perhaps the most recognizable opener in all of television, signaling the beginning of an episode of TV's first hit crime drama, Dragnet...

The 42nd annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association will be broadcast live from Las Vegas on Monday, September 3rd. “I’ll never wave the white...

FOX comedy 'Til Death : Season One comes out on DVD today; the series has been renewed for its second season for 2007-08. Series star Brad Garrett is best known...

LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS: ARCHIVE INTERVIEWEE GERALD FRIED WILL BE PERFORMING WITH THE TOPANGA SYMPHONY Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. Topanga Community House1140 North Topanga Canyon Blvd. Topanga, CA...

Thirty years ago today, Elvis Presley died but his popularity never faded. His career was highlighted by several landmark television appearances. The Archive of American Television interviewed several of the...

Mel Shavelson, who wrote for such comedians as Bob Hope and Danny Kaye, has died at the age of 90. He created the classic sitcom Make Room for Daddy, starring...