Blog Post Remembering Frank Gifford We're sad to learn that sportscaster Frank Gifford passed away yesterday, August 9, 2015, at the age of 84. Gifford enjoyed a long career on the football field, playing for the New York Giants, and off the field, calling games from the booth as a sportscaster for CBS and ABC. Gifford reported for...
Blog Post Remembering Bud Yorkin We’re sad to learn that producer/writer Bud Yorkin passed away yesterday, August 18, 2015 at the age of 89. Yorkin enjoyed a long career in television, directing or producing on many classic shows including: The Colgate Comedy Hour, The Dinah Shore Show , The George Gobel Show , and The Jack Benny...
Blog Post The Many Faces of Connie Britton Connie Britton has a remarkable resume as a television actress. As a regular cast member on three popular, critically-acclaimed television shows, she has brought her signature toughness, vulnerability, and intelligence to Friday Night Lights , American Horror Story , and Nashvill e. Not to mention...
Blog Post Alf Clausen: 40 Years of Music From "The Carol Burnett Show" to "The Simpsons" As a composer, one of Alf Clausen 's main duties is to create the underscore for TV shows, which often blends so seamlessly with the action that we take the music for granted. So when Clausen does his job well (which he always does), you may not notice his work at all. The background music he...
Blog Post Remembering Dick Van Patten We’re sad to learn of the passing of actor Dick Van Patten , who died on Tuesday, June 23, 2015 of complications from diabetes. He was 86 years old. Van Patten started his acting career as a child, performing on Broadway shows at age seven, and winning his first major TV role in CBS’ I Remember...
Blog Post Remembering Marty Pasetta We're sad to learn that director/producer Marty Pasetta passed away on May 21, 2015 at the age of 82. Pasetta's first job in television was at San Francisco's KGO-TV in 1952. He moved up the KGO ranks from stage manager to multifaceted producer before moving to Los Angeles, where he soon became a...
Blog Post Remembering Anne Meara We’re sad to learn that actress/comedienne Anne Meara passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2015 at the age of 85. Meara was one half of the comedy team Stiller and Meara with husband Jerry Stiller . The pair made many appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and raised two children (Ben and Amy Stiller)...
Blog Post Keeping America Laughing At Itself: Vin Di Bona The career of Vin Di Bona has been remarkable. He began as a disc jockey fresh out of Emerson College, where he’d struck up a friendship with future producing partner Henry Winkler . He transitioned from Boston radio to local television, where he produced several serious, socially-conscious...
Blog Post Remembering Jayne Meadows We're sad to learn that actress Jayne Meadow s passed away on Sunday, April 26, 2015 at the age of 95. Meadows grew up in China where her parents were missionaries, and later got her start in show business in New York City. She appeared in several live anthology dramas ( General Electric Theater ,...
Blog Post Remembering Richard L. Bare We're sad to learn that director Richard L. Bare passed away on March 28, 2015 at the age of 101. Bare worked in a combat photography unit during Word War II and soon after transitioned to making short films for Warner Bros., starting with "So You Want To Give Up Smoking." He got his start in...
