Blog Post Joshua Brand ... Over Exposure The writer talks co-creating St. Elsewhere, Northern Exposure, I'll Fly Away, and more!
Blog Post Leslie Uggams: Breaking Barriers Whenever one of us is on, "Oh my God, quick turn on the television." With me being on [Sing Along with] Mitch every day, it gave my people a chance to see somebody that looked like them. Because back then there weren’t even commercials that you could see us in. She was one of the first African-...
Blog Post The Story Behind Roots On January 23, 1977, Roots debuted on ABC. The first installment gave ABC ratings unlike any had that been seen before, and the miniseries went on to shatter viewership records night after night for its eight-day run. But the success of this miniseries, indeed the fact that it even made it to the...
Blog Post Johnny vs. Joanie: A Tale of Two Talk Show Hosts The Invasion of Grenada, the Falklands War, the Soviet-Afghan conflict. These are some of the events that come to mind when one considers the wars of the ‘80s. You may also remember the hard fought cola wars, which pitted America’s favorite TV dad against its biggest pop superstar. That one ended...
Blog Post Golden Girl Betty White Turns 95! Betty White celebrates her 95th birthday today! She's been in the business for over 70 years, and we can't get enough of her! Born January 17, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois, White got her start in television when the medium first emerged onto the American landscape back in 1939, appearing in a closed...
Blog Post John Wells: Master Storyteller Let’s just name a few of the series this man has written for: China Beach , Third Watch , The West Wing , ER , and Shameless . That’s just a sampling of his writing credits. And in addition to writing in general, this man is particularly skilled at the art of the series finale. He wrote the China...
Blog Post Christmas Episodes: The Tradition Continues With the rapidly changing television landscape, we’re finding that some long-time traditions seem to be remaining in place, for the time being. Each September a spate of new series debut; each October a large number of those are cancelled. The networks still have “sweeps” periods every February,...
Blog Post Television's Holiday Specials Just in time for the holiday season, we've once again partnered with the Google Cultural Institute to create the exhibit: Television's Holiday Specials
