Blog Post An Archive Christmas Special: Andy Williams To celebrate the season, the Archive has posted our interview with Andy Williams. Williams hosted his network primetime variety series from 1958-71. The best-known version ran on NBC from 1962-71 and featured "Moon River" as its theme song. Through his variety series, Williams began hosting a...
Blog Post Archive's interview with Patricia Heaton featured in Emmy magazine The latest issue of Emmy magazine (Issue No. 6, 2007, with Law & Order: Special Victims Unit's Mariska Hargitay on the cover) includes selections from our Archive of American Television interview with actress Patricia Heaton, star of Everybody Loves Raymond and the current hit series Back to...
Blog Post Blast from the Past: Electronic TV Inventor Philo Farnsworth on "I've Got a Secret" Here's a little 8-minute gem we found on YouTube -- electronic television inventor Philo Farnsworth's full 1957 appearance on the panel show I've Got a Secret . Garry Moore’s show, and I don’t know, it just hit him right I guess and so he agreed. That was a very great experience because that night...
Blog Post TV Exec Roger King Dies - Interview Online Roger King, CEO of CBS Television Distribution, has died at the age of 63. King was interviewed by the Archive of American Television in 2004. His interview is now online. Click here to access his 3-part interview. Interview description: King talked about his early years in television, including...
Blog Post The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: The Complete Series DVD Set Released Just released: the much-anticipated The Man From U.N.C.L.E. The Complete Collection DVD set. It's a definitive, 41-disc set that includes the entire run of the series plus over 10 hours of bonus material, including interviews with stars Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, commentaries, home movies...
Blog Post The Archive's Dick Clark interview featured on TV Land Online Bandstand fans: check out this new 5-minute video produced by our partner TV Land Online featuring excerpts from the Archive's Dick Clark interview (conducted in 1999). In the photo-filled piece, he discusses his journey from radio to hosting American Bandstand -- the show's groundbreaking racial...
Blog Post Writer Mel Tolkin Dies at 94 - Archive Interview Online We're sad to report that comedy writer Mel Tolkin passed away yesterday, November 26th, at his home in Century City. Mel Tolkin was interviewed for the Archive of American Television for four hours. In his interview, Mr. Tolkin discussed his long writing partnership with Lucille Kallen (also an...
Blog Post I Love Lucy: The Complete Series DVD Set Released Just released: The I Love Lucy: The Complete Series collection is a definitive compact, 34-disc set that includes hours of bonus material from the previously released individual complete season sets, plus new special features. Gregg Oppenheimer, son of I Love Lucy creator Jess Oppenheimer, served...
Blog Post Happy New Year 2008! Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve reaches its 36th annual edition with the Dec 31, 2007-January 1, 2008 special. Dick Clark spoke about his first New Year's special in 1959 and his inaguaration of New Year's Rockin' Eve in 1972, when he was interviewed by the Archive of American Television (...
Blog Post Call for Entries: 29th College Television Awards To all future Archive interviewee wannabes: The College Television Awards competition, sponsored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, rewards excellence in college student video, digital and film productions. Students currently enrolled in a community college, college or...
