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We're always on the lookout for the latest and greatest TV books, recently a 2003 publication we had missed, crossed our desks.... Quinn Martin, Producer: A Behind-the-Scenes History of QM...

Ray Evans (left), interviewer Jon Burlingame (center),Jay Livingston (right) prior to the Archive interview. Ray Evans, who co-wrote such popular television theme songs as "Mister Ed" and who won an...

Dr. Robert Adler, who died at age 93, was interviewed by the Archive of American Television on October 11, 2004. His two-and-a-half hour oral history interview can be viewed at...

Harvey Korman— Carol Burnett Show regular, Mel Brooks films ensemble player, and The Flintstones' Great Gazoo— turns 80 years old today. The Archive asks: What are your favorite comedy moments...

Peter Ellenshaw, a matte artist whose work was seen in many projects for Walt Disney, has died at age 93. Mr. Ellenshaw's interview can be viewed at Television Academy headquarters...

Glen & Les Charles (along with James Burrows) are best known for creating the classic sitcom Cheers. Their 8-part Archive of American Televison Interview is now available for viewing online...

Entry deadline is February 15, 2007. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation (which runs the Archive of American Television), in association with Ernst & Young LLP, is offering...

Director David Pressman was one of the key directors on the early anthology series Actors Studio which was the first dramatic series awarded the Peabody Award. Actors Studio featured many...

Sidney Sheldon, best-selling author, Oscar ®-winner, and writer of classic television series died yesterday. The Archive of American Television interviewed Sidney Sheldon on March 30, 2000. Interview description: Sidney Sheldon...

We're sad to report that Bob Carroll, Jr. who, along with writing partner Madelyn Pugh Davis (and producer Jess Oppenheimer) wrote some of the classic episodes of "I Love Lucy,"...

"The Guiding Light" debuted on NBC radio on January 25, 1937 and ran as a fifteen-minute program through 1956 (switching to CBS in 1947). In 1952, the daytime serial made...

Another terrific TV history book has made its way onto bookstore shelves -- Telly R. Davidson's TV's Grooviest Variety Shows of the '60s and '70s (Cumberland House, $22.95). The book...

Producer Martin Hoade's seven-part interview is now available for viewing on Google Video. Mr. Hoade produced NBC's Sunday morning religious program wheel and provides much insight on the topic of...

Join author Jim Colucci for a look inside the world of The Golden Girls this Sunday, January 21st, 2 PM at the Santa Monica Public Library (601 Santa Monica Blvd)...

Writer Larry Rhine wrote or co-wrote several of television's most classic sitcom episodes including The Brady Bunch's "The Subject Was Noses," The Odd Couple's "Felix Remarries" (the series finale), and...

Actress/Director Lee Grant's interview is now posted on Google Video. Click here to access all interview segments.Interview Description:In her seven-part (each 30-minute segement is posted separately) oral history interview, actress/director...

Anyone interested in the history of television, has undoubtedly come across the book, The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1929-1961 by Jeff Kisseloff, published in 1995 (Penguin Books). For...

Writer David Shaw's five-part interview is now available for viewing on Google Video. Shaw was one of the most prolific writers during television's "Golden Age." In part 2 of his...

Happy New Year from theArchive of American Television. More interviews are on the way! The late Jack Lemmon's interview has just been posted online at Google Video. Click here to...

Actor Cliff Robertson will appear in person on Wednesday, August 9, for UCLA Film & Television Archive's 13th Festival of Preservation, in Los Angeles, CA. Robertson will appear for a...