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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...

Top Row (L to R): Television Academy COO Alan Perris with Betty White; Bud Yorkin; Loretta Swit; George Shapiro; Marilyn & Monty Hall; Bob Mackie; Doris Roberts. Middle Row (L...

Don Herbert, known to television viewers for four decades as "Mr. Wizard," has died at age 89. The first incarnation of his educational science show, Watch Mr. Wizard , began...

Last night, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation hosted a star-studded celebration honoring its 500 interviewees on the Archive's 10th Anniversary. More info to follow, but we thought...

From 1951-57, I Love Lucy was a popular and critical hit. It was the #1 rated network show during most of its run and won Emmys for Best Sitcom and...

Garry Simpson worked on some of American television's earliest productions in the pre-World War II era, and then continued following the war. He directed the 1946 Joe Louis-Billy Conn World...

Jerry Falwell, whose earliest television appearances date back to the 1950s, has died at the age of 73. Rev. Falwell was interviewed by the Archive of American Television on October...

Norman Lloyd, best known for portraying St. Elsewhere 's kindly "Dr. Auschlander," was also a producer and one of the directors of Alfred Hitchcock Presents , and directed the famous...