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A "verrry eenteresting" TV anniversary.... 40 years ago, on January 22nd, 1968, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In premiered on NBC. The colorful show, hosted by Dan Rowan and Dick Martin (and...

We're sad to report that Archive interviewee Suzanne Pleshette, the actress best known for her role as Emily Hartley on The Bob Newhart Show , died last night (Saturday, January...

55 years ago, on January 19, 1953, the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy Goes to the Hospital" first aired. In this classic episode, Lucy gives birth to "Little Ricky." The...

Following WWII, as American television began to take off, many of the popular shows on radio began to be adapted to the new medium. Major Bowes' Original Amateur Hour was...

Archive interviewee Marla Gibbs (co-star of The Jeffersons and star of 227) will be one of the honorees at the Watts Writers Workshop Gala Banquet on February 9th. Other honorees...

Legendary producer (and Archive of American Television co-founder) David L. Wolper is 80 years old today. Wolper's name is most associated with documentaries, such as Race for Space and The...

To all future Archive interviewee wannabes: The College Television Awards competition, sponsored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, rewards excellence in college student video, digital and film...

Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve reaches its 36th annual edition with the Dec 31, 2007-January 1, 2008 special. Dick Clark spoke about his first New Year's special in 1959...

On December 27, 1947 one of TV's first success stories debuted, Howdy Doody, which began as Puppet Playhouse, seen three times a week on NBC. Through 1948 and 1949, with...

To celebrate the season, the Archive has posted our interview with Andy Williams. Williams hosted his network primetime variety series from 1958-71. The best-known version ran on NBC from 1962-71...

The latest issue of Emmy magazine (Issue No. 6, 2007, with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's Mariska Hargitay on the cover) includes selections from our Archive of American Television...

Comprising the first seasons of seven of Norman Lear's classic TV series, plus such extras as the newly-discovered All in the Family pilot "Justice for All," Sony releases " The...

"Land of the Lost" starring Will Ferrell opens in theaters tomorrow. The film is based on the children's television series created by Sid and Marty Krofft, which followed a family...

Yes, tonight is Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show debut, but lest we forget Andy Richter will be joining him as the show's announcer/comedy-bit contributor. Although NBC has eschewed the word sidekick...

Richard Lewis, who was responsible for producing several classics of television's Golden Age, has died at the age of 89. Richard Lewis was interviewed by the Archive by Karen Herman...

From McFarland, a new book chronicling Stephen J. Cannell's productions is being released today, written by Jon Abbott (author of a 2006 book on Irwin Allen's productions). Stephen Cannell was...

STAR TREK, the 2009 film by JJ Abrams opens this Friday, but before all of that, we sat down with members of the original Trek television series: cast, writers, art...

Fifty years ago today, Variety ran its last review of Your Hit Parade a veritable obituary that appeared with the title, " Hit Parade Dies As Rock 'n' Roll Takes...

Bea Arthur, the Emmy-winning star of Maude and The Golden Girls, who also garnered a Tony Award for the musical Mame, died Saturday at 86. In January, one of her...

TV Fans Rejoice! Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, the Seventh Annual TV Land Awards rolls out the red carpet tonight to honor the best of TV, movies and music. Lots...