Blog Post The Many Roles of Judith Light Perhaps you know her as "Shelley Pfefferman" on Transparent , as "Angela Bower" on Who's The Boss? , or as "Karen Wolek" on One Life to Live . Or maybe you recognize her from her stage work in "Wit" or "Other Desert Cities." Judith Light has quite the acting resume, and we were happy to delve into...
Blog Post Archive Perspectives: Andy Kaufman as Tony Clifton While cataloging interviews for The Archive of American Television, I hear about some topics from different perspectives. For example, we have Meta Rosenberg , Roy Huggins , and James Garner all discussing The Rockford Files . Each gave us a different perspective on the history of the show and what...
Blog Post Five Things You Didn't Know: Emmys Edition Several Archive interviewees are nominated for Emmys this year! Here are some fun facts you may not know about five of our nominees: 1. Nominee Vince Gilligan (Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series) worked with Bryan Cranston prior to Breaking Bad . Vince Gilligan was a producer on The X-Files ...
Blog Post Remembering Don Pardo We're sad to hear that long-time NBC announcer Don Pardo passed away tonight, Monday, August 18, 2014, at the age of 96. Pardo began working at NBC back in 1944 as a radio announcer, transitioning to the new medium of television in 1946. He announced for the original The Price Is Right , Choose Up...
Blog Post Remembering Joan Rivers We are very sad to hear of the passing of comedian Joan Rivers, who died this afternoon, Thursday September 4, 2014 at the age of 81. Joan started performing in comedy clubs in Greenwich Village in the early 1960s. Her big break came in 1965 with a shot on The Tonight Show . She became a favorite...
Blog Post Diahann Carroll Advocates Socially Responsible Television She played the title character in the ground-breaking show Julia , portrayed the fabulous "Dominique Deveraux" on Dynasty , and more recently graced the small screen as "June Ellington" on White Collar . And today she celebrates her 80th birthday! Diahann Carroll has entertained television...
Blog Post MATTERS OF LIFE AND BETH: A DIRECTOR’S TAKE ON POP CULTURE Remember how Forrest Gump seemed to be there for every significant Baby Boomer pop culture moment? If Generation-X has a Forrest Gump, it's director Beth McCarthy-Miller . She started out as an intern at MTV, worked her way up to director of Saturday Night Live and 30 Rock , and along the way has...
Blog Post A Starsky Is Born To star on a hit television show in the ‘70s meant attaining a level of fame that is difficult to fathom in these days of 300 cable channels and fragmented audiences. Over 15 million people tuned in each week to watch Paul Michael Glaser as "Dave Starsky" on Starsky and Hutch at the show's peak in...
Blog Post How WWII Led The Late Dick Smith To A Career In Makeup Dick Smith was one of THE biggest forces in screen makeup. He established the very first TV makeup department at NBC in the 1940s, and pioneered many of the techniques and materials that enabled all future television makeup departments to thrive. He won Emmys and Oscars, and worked on TV shows...
