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A year before Charles Van Doren and Herb Stempel squared off on Twenty-One, a contestant on the quiz show Dotto discovered that the program he was on was rigged. As...

Legendary comedian George Carlin (1937-2008) sat for an Archive of American Television interview with longtime Archive interviewer Henry Colman and Archivist Jenni Matz in December, 2007. His interview is now...

The Summer Olympics begin today from Beijing, China. NBC Universal will be airing the most Olympic coverage in history with 3,600 hours on NBC, USA, MSNBC, CNBC, Oxygen, Telemundo, Universal...

Bernie Brillstein, who represented many comedy legends and helped shephard classic television programming, has died at age 77. Bernie Brillstein full 8-part interview will be online soon and can be...

Estelle Reiner grew up in the Bronx and had a career on radio as a singer. She was a respected Jazz singer until her death. Estelle was married to comedic...

E. Roger Muir, who produced Howdy Doody (as well as such other early NBC series as Geographically Speaking, I Love to Eat, and The Chesterfield Club), has died at the...

Louis Dorfsman, who designed every aspect of CBS's branding for forty years until his retirement in 1991, has died at the age of 90. In his later years he was...

On sale November 11th, KOCH Vision and the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation officially launches " The Archive of American Television Presents" with the release of 17 digitally-remastered...

We're sad to report that legendary stage, screen and television performer Edie Adams died Wednesday at the age of 81. She was interviewed by the Archive of American Television in...

Today the Archive interviewed film and television icon Ernest Borgnine at his home in Beverly Hills. It was a fun trip down merriment lane, as Ernie reminisced about his theatrical...

The Philco TV Playhouse, which ran from 1948-55, establishing itself as one of the shining examples of the best of the dramatic anthologies during the Golden Age of Television, aired...

My Three Sons, the popular sitcom starring Fred MacMurray, which, following its long 1960-72 run, found a further audience in syndication, has been released in a Volume One DVD. Although...

The stopwatch still ticks for 60 Minutes, which first aired forty years ago today. The newsmagazine has not only been a critical success, but also a popular one. According to...

Congratulations to Archive Interviewees on their Emmy wins and nominations! In the Creative Arts category, Tim Conway (for Outstanding Guest Actor-- 30 Rock), Roy Christopher (for Outstanding Art Direction-- 80th...

Carol Burnett channels Scarlett O'Hara, Sammy Davis Jr. plants a kiss on Archie Bunker.. as does Mulder on Scully.. Who Shot JR is finally revealed.. and it's Suzanne Pleshette at...

Join the Archive and TV Land in celebrating the 35th anniversary of the iconic series The Bob Newhart Show , which debuted on September 16, 1972. In an on-air and...

80 years ago today, on September 7, 1927, 21-year-old television inventor Philo Farnsworth transmitted his first electronic television image using an image dissector camera tube created in his laboratory at...

A look at the controversial ending of The Sopranos.

The costume designer passes away at the age of 86.

The actor passes away at the age of 88.