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...
Blog Post Director/Producer Dwight Hemion has Died -- Archive Interview Online We've just learned that legendary director/producer Dwight Hemion passed away on Monday, January 28th. In his prolific career, he garnered 47 Emmy nominations in his career and won 18. He is best-known for producing specials with such legends as Julie Andrews, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Frank Sinatra,...
Blog Post Shirley Jones joins "Days of Our Lives" -- Archive Interview is Now Online Iconic actress Shirley Jones has joined the cast of daytime soap Days of our Lives . She's playing Colleen Brady (complete with Irish brogue), the "supposedly dead" great-aunt of Sami Brady. According to published reports, she'll be on the the show throughout February. Ms. Jones was interviewed by...
Blog Post It's a known fact that Lincoln loved mayonnaise! -- "The Odd Couple" Season 3 is on DVD Season Three of The Odd Couple is now available on DVD and includes a number of the series' most well-remembered episodes including "Let's Make A Deal," "The Odd Monks" (Felix and Oscar go to a retreat at an upstate Mission), and, possibly the most famous (but you knew that from this post's title...
Blog Post Look that up in your Funk and Wagnalls -- "Laugh-In" is forty! A "verrry eenteresting" TV anniversary.... 40 years ago, on January 22nd, 1968, Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In premiered on NBC. The colorful show, hosted by Dan Rowan and Dick Martin (and featuring Ruth Buzzi, Judy Carne, Henry Gibson, Goldie Hawn, Arte Johnson, announcer Gary Owens and Jo Anne...
