Blog Post Feel Good Friday: How To Deal With Network Notes (And Life) Phil Rosenthal is the creator of the hit sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond . He also wrote for and produced Coach . The man has seen his fair share of network notes over the years, and in his Archive interview he offers up the best advice he ever received on managing them - advice from seasoned...
Blog Post Remembering Ted Bergmann We're sad to learn of the passing of Television and Advertising Executive Ted Bergmann , who died on March 2, 2014 at the age of 93. Bergmann started his career as an NBC page, but soon went to work in advertising sales for DuMont, eventually becoming Managing Director of the Broadcast Division. He...
Blog Post Remembering Richard Coogan We're sad to hear of the passing of actor Richard Coogan , who died Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at the age of 99. Coogan started his broadcast career as a radio announcer and began making appearances on television as early as 1945 as an all-around announcer and news anchor in the final days of World...
Blog Post Remembering Abby Singer More sad news today: Production Executive Abby Singer passed away from cancer this morning at the Motion Picture & Television Country House in Woodland Hills, CA. He was 96 years old. Singer started his career as an Assistant Director in feature films and television shows, including The...
Blog Post Feel Good Friday: What Happens When You Meet Your TV Hero The late Richard Coogan portrayed "Captain Video" on Captain Video and His Video Rangers and was an inspiration to thousands of children in the 1950s. When Coogan was told that a young fan, a burn victim, was suicidal, Coogan went out of his way to brighten the child's spirits. This is what happens...
Blog Post Remembering Lorenzo Semple, Jr. We're sad to hear of the passing of writer Lorenzo Semple, Jr. , who died this morning at the age of 91 in Los Angeles, CA. Semple served as a journalist during World War II and broke into Hollywood writing for Burke's Law , The Aloca Hour , The Rogues , and The Rat Patrol before creating the...
Blog Post Honoring a Fallen Comrade Delbert Mann was an Emmy-winning and Oscar-winning director, for the Producers' Showcase episode "Our Town" and the feature film "Marty," respectively. He was also a fighter pilot during World War II. As we remember those who gave their lives in service of our country on this Memorial Day, have a...
Blog Post Remembering Mickey Rooney We're sad to hear of the passing of actor Mickey Rooney , who died yesterday, Sunday, April 7, 2014, at the age of 93. Rooney was a film, stage, and television star, garnering four Oscar nominations throughout his lifetime and winning one Emmy (for his performance in the TV movie Bill ). Though he'...
Blog Post Feel Good Friday: A Pick-Me-Up From The Girl Next Door Dawn Wells , known best for her role as "Mary Ann Summers" on Gilligan's Island , was also a former Miss Nevada and a member of the Hollywood Foreign Press. She also started a clothing line, Wishing Wells, for the elderly and disabled. The actress/beauty queen/interviewer/designer had this little...
Blog Post Remembering Hal Cooper We're sad to hear of the passing of director Hal Cooper , who died of heart failure at the age of 91 on April 11, 2014 in Beverly Hills, CA. Cooper broke into television at the DuMont network, writing, producing, and acting alongside his wife on the children's programs Television Baby Sitter and...
