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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...

Television legend Sheldon Leonard (1907-97) was one of the first people interviewed when the Archive of American Television began its pilot project in 1996. PRESS THE PLAY ARROW IN...

Director Robert Butler was responsible for creating the look and feel for many classic television series in a career that spanned five decades. His full Archive of American Television interview...

David Shaw has died at the age of 90. Shaw was one of the most prolific writers during television's "Golden Age," nominated for an Emmy Award for his adaptation of...

After years and years of gossip and teasers about a Simpsons feature film, the time has come! This weekend marks the opening of The Simpsons Movie -- marking the iconic...

Tammy Faye Messner lost her battle with lung cancer and died on July 20th at the age of 65 ( story on CNN.com ). Messner and then-husband Jim Bakker founded...

Nominations for the 59th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced today. With this year's nominations, ER has become the most-nominated television series of all time with 120 nominations ( Cheers...

The ever-popular Phyllis Diller is 90 years old today. Ms. Diller has been seen on Boston Legal this season and does the voice of Peter's Mom on Family Guy...

A recent book, Warm up the Snake: A Hollywood Memoir (The University of Michigan Press), recounts Archive interviewee John Rich's life in the trenches as one of television's premier directors...

HENRY WINKLER AND JASON RITTER STAR IN RADIO PLAY ABOUT TELEVISION'S EARLY DAYS –-- TUNE IN OR DOWNLOAD THE FULL PODCAST (FREE) On Saturday evening, July 7, Southern California residents...

Casting Executive Ethel Winant's interview is now online. Ms. Winant discusses her early years casting for live anthologies, her role as one of the first female network executives, and her...

The latest issue of Emmy magazine (Issue No. 3, 2007, with Michael C. Hall on the cover) includes selections from our Archive of American Television interview with director/producer Thomas Schlamme...

Ron Howard's interview, the Archive's 500th, is now available for viewing online. Fittingly, Howard's career spans a fifty-year history of television from his first roles as a child actor in...

Bob Barker has retired after 50+ years in television and 35 years as the host of The Price Is Right. The Archive wishes Bob a happy retirement! Barker was interviewed...