Blog Post Just sit right back... and watch Russell Johnson's Interview on Google Video Actor Russell Johnson's two hour Archive of American Television Interview is now available for viewing on Google Video. This video is Part 3 of Russell Johnson's 4-part interview in which he talks about his favorite episodes of Gilligan's Island . Click here to access all 4 interview segments . (...
Blog Post See Cliff Robertson In-Person Actor Cliff Robertson will appear in person on Wednesday, August 9, for UCLA Film & Television Archive's 13th Festival of Preservation, in Los Angeles, CA. Robertson will appear for a screening of two classic television dramas that aired as a part of the series The U.S. Steel Hour, one of the...
Blog Post Ira Skutch's Archive of American Television Interview Is Now Online This video is Part 1 of Ira Skutch's 6-part interview. Click here to view the entire interview. Producer/Director Ira Skutch's three hour Archive of American Television Interview is available for viewing on Google Video. Ira Skutch started working at NBC in 1942 as an NBC Page. Interview...
Blog Post Producer Aaron Spelling Has Died Legendary producer Aaron Spelling died yesterday at the age of 83. The Archive of American Television interviewed him about his life and career for over 3 hours in 1999. Below are some excerpts from that interview: On what it takes to be a good producer. You have to be a good storyteller. It all...
Blog Post Writer/Producer Abby Mann's Archive of American Television Interview is now on Google Video! Abby Mann's interview is one of the latest additions to the Archive of American Television's interviews available on Google Video: About the interview: In this three-hour interview, Mann discusses his early teleplays, written during the Golden Age of Television Drama in the 1950s, including such...
Blog Post Mort Lachman's Archive of American Television Interview Is Now Online Comedy Writer/Producer Mort Lachman's 3-hour Archive of American Television interview has been added to the online collection at Google Video. Interview Description: Lachman begins by talking about his early years becoming a writer in network radio for Eddie Cantor and Bob Hope. He describes in...
Blog Post 2005-06 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations Announced Nominations for the 58th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced today. Among the nominees is television legend Alan Alda, who received his 32nd career Emmy Award nomination in the category of “Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series” for his role as “Arnold Vinick” on The West Wing...
Blog Post Advertising Executive/Producer Rod Erickson Has Died Advertising Executive and Producer Rod Erickson died recently at the age of 89. Erickson was interviewed by the Archive of American Television on October 17, 1997. His interview can be viewed in the Archive's Los Angeles offices and will be available online in the near future. Historian Jeff...
Blog Post 50 years ago today… Dick Clark began hosting American Bandstand On July 9, 1956 Dick Clark became the permanent host of American Bandstand and his boyish looks and straight-laced style bridged the gap between teenagers and their parents, helping to bring rock ‘n’ roll to the mainstream. The show broadcast locally from Philadelphia starting in 1952 and by August...
Blog Post Stanley Rubin's Archive of American Television Interview Is Now Online Producer Stanley Rubin's two-and-a-half-hour Archive of American Television interview has been added to the online collection at Google Video. Rubin won an Emmy at the very first Emmy Awards in 1949. Interview Description: Rubin begins by talking about his early years in the entertainment business...
