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In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Lee Rich (1927-2012) talks about starting out in television at the advertising agency Benton & Bowles, where he worked to package and sell The Dick Van...

In his one-hour interview, Dick Stiles (1933-2008) speaks about his early years and his interest in art, as well as his first foray into television at the University of Texas...

In his two-hour-and-forty-five-minute interview, Warren Littlefield discusses his early life and his big break working for Warner Bros. Television. He recalls his early days at NBC working under the legendary...

In his over three-hour interview, Joseph M. Wilcots (1939-2009) speaks about his interest in photography as a teenager and his filmmaking experiences while serving in the Navy. He describes his...

In his nearly three-hour interview, Lloyd J. Schwartz talks about his early years including his memories of appearing on the set of the shows his father, Sherwood Schwartz, produced, including...

In her two-hour interview, Nina Tassler discusses her college years studying acting at Boston University and pursuing her acting career after graduation. She talks about moving to Los Angeles (precipitated...

In his nearly three-and-a-half-hour interview, Phil Rosenthal talks of his love of television as a kid and his fondness in particular for classic sitcoms such as The Honeymooners. He discusses...

In his three-hour interview, James Sheldon (1920-2016) speaks about breaking into the business as an NBC page, and, after a few years in advertising, turning his attention to directing for...

In his four-hour interview, Ben Wolf (1929-2013) recalls his early television experiences at KLAC and CBS in Los Angeles, working on such programs as The George Burns and Gracie Allen...

In his five-hour interview, George Clayton Johnson (1929-2015) chronicles his career as a fiction, television, and movie writer. He talks about his association with the 1960 feature film Oceans 11...

In his six-hour interview, news producer Joseph Wershba (1920-2011) speaks about his early years with CBS Radio, and making the transition to television. He recalls working with Fred Friendly and...

On his reputation as a writer with deep social conscience, Larry Gelbart (1928-2009) says, "I was very lucky. It is not everybody that gets a vehicle like M*A*S*H, in which...

In her four-hour interview, Loretta Swit (1937-2025) describes her early years as an actress, breaking into theater and television in New York and later moving to Los Angeles. She discusses...

In his five-and-a-half-hour interview, Gene Reynolds (1923-2020) speaks of his early work as a child star in many films. He discusses how he became an actor on live television and...

In his four-and-a-half-hour interview, Burt Metcalfe (1935-2022) talks about his early years as an actor in films and in television series in the 1950s and '60s, including his role as...

In his six-hour interview, Steve Allen (1921-2000) describes his transition from radio to television, working with writing team Madelyn Pugh Davis and Bob Carroll, Jr. on his primetime radio show...

In his five-hour interview, Robert Butler (1927-2023) describes breaking into the business as an usher at CBS. He speaks of his experiences in various behind-the-scenes capacities on classic "live" anthology...

In his nearly three-hour interview, Mike Post talks about his early interest in music and his formative years as a studio musician. He recalls his early successes as a music...

In his just over two-hour interview, David E. Kelley discusses life as a young litigator and starting to write a screenplay. He tells of his big break when Steven Bochco...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Stephen J. Cannell (1941-2010) talks about the challenges of battling dyslexia and using his innate storytelling ability to break into the television business. He describes his...