Blog Post The Bob Newhart Book Bob Newhart has written his first book, "a hilarious combination of stories from his career and observations about life." Read the book and watch Bob Newhart's Archive of American Television Interview. This is part 3, where he talks about The Bob Newhart Show . Click here to watch the entire three-...
Blog Post Students: Be All That You Can TV! Although we usually highlight things from television's past, we thought we'd pass on this terrific opportunity for television's future.... Each year, hundreds of students from all across the nation enter the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's College Television Awards...
Blog Post Don Hastings' Archive of American Television Interview Is Now Online This is part two of Don Hastings's six part interview, where he talks about Captain Video and his Video Rangers . Click here to watch the entire interview. Don Hastings has played "Dr. Bob Hughes" on As the World Turns since 1960. Interview Description: Hastings begins by talking about his early...
Blog Post Longtime Jack Benny Radio and TV Writer George Balzer Has Died George Balzer (pictured above with interviewer Dan Pasternack), who spent twenty-five years writing for Jack Benny, was interviewed by the Archive of American Television for two hours on January 25, 2001. Balzer died on September 28, at the age of 91. Here are some excerpts from his Archive of...
Blog Post "Playhouse 90" Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary! In Americ an television in the 1940s and 50s, one of the staple genres of the day was the "live" drama tic anthology series. Productions within these series featured the writing of such luminaries as Paddy Chayefsky, Rod Serling, and Horton Foote and defined what has been termed the "golden age of...
Blog Post Happy 60th ATAS! The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences celebrated its 60th anniversary yesterday with a gala event hosted by Beau Bridges. The event was held at Academy Headquarters in North Hollywood at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre. The nostalgic evening offered clips from television's past and...
Blog Post Bob Keeshan's ("Captain Kangaroo" and TV's First Clarabell the Clown) Interview is now Online Remember Clarabell the clown on The Howdy Doody Show ? Or what about Captain Kangaroo , with his menagerie of "Dancing Bear," "Mr. Moose," and "Mr. Greenjeans"? Bob Keeshan, best known as television's "Captain Kangaroo" was interviewed by the Archive of American Television in 1999 and it's now...
Blog Post Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Hall of Fame Inductees The Television Academy of Arts & Sciences has named five new inductees to its Hall of Fame. Included are: producer/executive Leonard Goldberg, actor William Shatner, director James Burrows, host Regis Philbin, and newsman Tom Brokaw. Academy Chairman Dick Askin stated that this year's inductees...
Blog Post Feel Good Friday: George Carlin Tells Us Why It's Ok (Great, Even) to Be Different George Carlin made sure we knew the 7 Words You Can Never Say on Television. He also taught us an awful lot about American society as a whole with his insightful comedy sketches. Here he shares why it's important to follow the ideas that truly resonate with you, and not act just to please people:...
Blog Post Remembering A.C. Lyles We're sad to hear of the passing of Executive/Producer A.C. Lyles , who died on Friday, September 27, 2013 at the age of 95. Lyles held the record for the longest continuously-employed person at a motion picture studio (85 years with Paramount). His association with the studio began at age ten,...
