Blog Post Fred Silverman's Interview is Now Online We're happy to report that legendary television executive Fred Silverman's interview is now online. At almost 6-1/2 hours, this amazing interview encompasses over three decades of television history and gives a fascinating inside look at the networks and programming so many of us grew up with (just...
Blog Post Reminder: Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship Deadline is Coming Up Entry deadline is February 15, 2007. The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation (which runs the Archive of American Television), in association with Ernst & Young LLP, is offering two scholarships in honor of Fred Rogers, the creator and host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood . The...
Blog Post David Pressman's Archive of American Television Interview Is Now Online! Director David Pressman was one of the key directors on the early anthology series Actors Studio which was the first dramatic series awarded the Peabody Award. Actors Studio featured many of the young "method" actors who would come to prominence in later years including Marlon Brando, Kim Hunter,...
Blog Post Dick Clark Celebrates 35 Years of "New Year's Rockin' Eve" Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve celebrates its 35th anniversary with the Dec 31, 2006-January 1, 2007 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 Former CBS President Frank Stanton Dies at 98 Dr. Frank Stanton, who served as President of CBS from 1946 to 1973, died Sunday, December 24th at the age of 98. He granted the Archive of American Telev ision a rare 2-part videotaped interview in 2000 and 2001. Below are some excerpts from the three hour interview. The entire interview can be...
Blog Post Spice of Life -- The Story of "It's a Wonderful Life" on TV “ It’s a Wonderful Life shows that every human being on this earth matters—and that’s a very powerful message.” --Steven Spielberg by guest blogger Stephen Cox What was on the cover of Newsweek for the fledgling periodical's fifteen-cent December 30, 1946 issue? Answer: The cast of It's a Wonderful...
Blog Post Animation Legend Joseph Barbera Has Died Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame Honoree and Archive Interviewee Joseph Barbera has died at the age of 95. Barbera was interviewed by Leonard Maltin for the Archive in 1997. Click here to access Joseph Barbera's entire three hour-plus interview. Interview description: Joseph...
Blog Post Fred Rogers Memorial Scholarship Applications Are Now Being Accepted! The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, in association with Ernst & Young LLP, is offering two scholarships in honor of Fred Rogers, the creator and host of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood . The scholarships are intended to support and encourage aspiring upper division or graduate...
Blog Post Archive Mourns the Loss of Interviewee Peter Boyle Peter Boyle, who played Ray's Dad on Everybody Loves Raymond (and voice to the show's only catchphrase— "Holy crap!") has died at the age of 71. Boyle was also beloved for his role as the Monster in Mel Brooks' film Young Frankenstein . His other notable performances included the bigoted Joe and an...
Blog Post 65th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor Attack Commercial television was in its infancy in the United States when Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. NBC and CBS had gone on the air with commercial television in July of 1941. Frances Buss Buch worked at CBS at this time and describes hearing the news and how CBS reported it on...
