Blog Post Remembering Stan Chambers We're sad to hear that KTLA local news correspondent Stan Chambers passed away today at the age of 91. Chambers was part of the local Los Angeles news scene for over 60 years and was instrumental in the national evolution of local television news coverage. He worked at KTLA almost since its...
Blog Post Remembering Leonard Nimoy We're sad to learn that actor Leonard Nimoy passed away this morning at the age of 83. Nimoy grew up in the inner city of Boston. He served in the Army (assigned to mount Army-produced shows), moved to Hollywood, and soon appeared on The Pinky Lee Show , Matinee Theater , Wagon Train , and Gunsmoke...
Blog Post Remembering Harve Bennett We're sad to learn that producer Harve Bennett passed away on February 25, 2015 at the age of 84. Bennett got his start in show business as one of the contestants on radio's "Quiz Kids." He wrote for The Chicago Sun-Times as a teenager, attended college at UCLA, and served in the Korean War. He got...
Blog Post Remembering Sam Simon We're sad to hear that writer/producer Sam Simon passed away from colon cancer on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at the age of 59. Simon started his career in animation, drawing for Bill Cosby's Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids and other Filmation series. He broke into sitcoms with a spec script for Taxi ,...
Blog Post Happy Birthday, Carl Reiner! He starred in Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour , created The Dick Van Dyke Show , and interviewed the 2000 Year Old Man. And today, he turns 93! Happy birthday, Carl Reiner ! Reiner has 9 Emmy wins under his belt, the most recent of which was earned for a rather unique performance. In 1995,...
Blog Post Remembering Walter Grauman We're sad to hear that director Walter E. Grauman passed away on Friday, March 20, 2015 at the age of 93. Grauman began his career in the television industry as a co-producer (with Alan A. Armer ) of the talent-search series Lights, Camera, Action . He broke into network television directing for...
Blog Post By Ken Levine and David Isaacs M*A*S*H , Cheers , The Simpsons , Frasier . Sounds like part of a top ten list of the greatest television comedies of all time. And it may be, but astoundingly, it’s also just a partial list of the writing credits for Ken Levine and David Isaacs . In a joint venture with The Archive of American...
Blog Post Remembering Milton Delugg We’re sad to learn that music director Milton Delugg passed away on Monday, April 6, 2015 at the age of 96. Delugg worked in network radio and early television with Abe Burrows and Morey Amsterdam. He was a conductor (and accordion player) on the variety series Broadway Open House , a precursor to...
Blog Post Remembering Robert Schuller We're sad to hear that religious broadcaster Dr. Robert Schuller passed away on April 2, 2015 in Artesia, CA at the age of 88. Schuller grew up on a farm in Iowa, felt his calling to religion and eventually moved to California. He formed the Garden Grove Community Church, where he first preached to...
Blog Post Remembering Bob Simon We're sad to hear that CBS News correspondent Bob Simon died in a car crash yesterday in Manhattan, NY. Simon was 73 years old. He began working at CBS News in 1967 and was soon offered a position in CBS' London Bureau. Simon reported on the conflicts in Northern Ireland, and later covered the...
