Blog Post A Tribute to Betty White at the Academy! This August, The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will hold an event honoring, "Betty White: Celebrating 60 Years on Television". Many Archive interviewees will be on-hand for the event, including Ed Asner , Cloris Leachman,
Blog Post This Weekend - The Official Dark Shadows Convention in Burbank This weekend (July 19th & 20th), Dark Shadows Festival, the annual official Dark Shadows convention salutes the cult-classic gothic soap in Burbank, CA. Events include appearances by cast and crew, question and answer sessions, autograph sessions, a banquet with the stars, a memorabilia...
Blog Post 2008 Emmy Nominations Announced! The 60th Annual Primetime and Creative Arts Emmy nominations were announced early this morning from The Academy in North Hollywood. We're very happy to report that quite a few Archive Interviewees were among those honored! Congratulations to James L. Brooks (" The Simpsons" ) Ken Burns (" The War...
Blog Post Cinematographer Joseph M. Wilcots Interview Now Online Joseph M. Wilcots' full Archive interview has now been posted online. Wilcots, who is currently at work on several projects, was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for Roots . He was interviewed on December 5, 2007. Click here to access the full 4-part interview. Interview...
Blog Post Milton Berle Centenary-- July 12 Tomorrow, Milton Berle would have been 100 years old! Uncle Miltie had already had a long career as a performer, when at age 40, he began to host The Texaco Star Theater . Before long, he became "Mr. Television" and reached heights he'd never achieved in radio or the movies. When the Archive of...
Blog Post "Hogan's Heroes" Joins the TVLand LineUp-- Marathon 4th of July Weekend TVLand has added Hogan's Heroes to its lineup and has scheduled a marathon of episodes for this weekend. As The Complete Directory to Primetime Network and Cable TV Shows puts it: " Hogan's Heroes set out to prove that, at least in the world of televised situation comedies, life in a Nazi POW camp...
Blog Post "The Ed Sullivan Show" Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary-- Stiller & Meara Interview Now Online The Ed Sullivan Show was a Sunday night fixture from the moment most Americans bought their first television sets through 1971, when, after 1,087 shows over 23 years, it went off the air on May 30th. Ed Sullivan was a columnist for the New York Daily News , and despite what many considered an...
Blog Post Comedian George Carlin Has Died -- Archive Interview Excerpt Online George Carlin, whose career as a stand-up comedian is legendary, but who also appeared on his own sitcom and was the very first host of Saturday Night Live , has died at the age of 71. He is a five-time Emmy nominee for his specials and received Daytime Emmy nominations for the children's show...
Blog Post "Andy Griffith Show" Theme Composer Earle Hagen Has Died at the Age of 88 Earle Hagen, who composed (and whistled) The Andy Griffith Show theme, has died. The accomplished composer also wrote the memorable Dick Van Dyke Show theme music and won an Emmy Award for I Spy . Earle Hagen was interviewed by TV's Biggest Hits author Jon Burlingame in 1997. His entire five hour...
Blog Post Archive Celebrates Fran Allison's Centennial The Archive celebrates the centennial of Fran Allison (1907-89), born on November 20. Fran Allison was the host of the classic television series Kukla, Fran, and Ollie (in photo with puppeteer Burr Tillstrom). The series is called by the Museum of Broadcast Communications Encyclopedia of Television...