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...
Blog Post Los Angeles Residents: Enjoy A Shopping Day at Bloomingdale's Benefiting the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation On Tuesday, December 5th, from noon to 8 PM , Bloomingdale's (14060 Riverside Drive) in Sherman Oaks, California, is hosting a "Shopping Works Wonders Day" to benefit the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation (the Archive of American Television's parent organization). 10% of the...
Blog Post 50 Years Ago -- Videotape Debuts The Advent of Videotape....50 Years Ago (November 30, 2006) By Steve Cox On November 30, 1956 at 6:15 pm Pacific Standard Time, a milestone in the history of broadcasting occurred: the debut of videotape. In Hollywood, CBS Television recorded and reproduced, on the new Ampex Videotape Recorder, a...
Blog Post Jack Lemmon's Archive of American Television Interview is Now Online! Happy New Year from the Archive of American Television. More interviews are on the way! The late Jack Lemmon's interview has just been posted online at Google Video. Click here to access all segments. (The interviews are done chronologically, so be sure to watch the parts in order to hear the whole...
Blog Post David Shaw's Archive Interview Is Now Online! Writer David Shaw's five-part interview is now available for viewing on Google Video. Shaw was one of the most prolific writers during television's "Golden Age." In part 2 of his interview, David Shaw talks about his work as a writer on Philco-Goodyear Playhouse , one of the key dramatic anthology...
Blog Post "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Patty Duke Show" Creator Sidney Sheldon Dies at 89 Sidney Sheldon, best-selling author, Oscar ® -winner, and writer of classic television series died yesterday. The Archive of American Television interviewed Sidney Sheldon on March 30, 2000. Interview description: Sidney Sheldon was interviewed for two-and-a-half hours in Beverly Hills, CA. Sheldon...
Blog Post "I Love Lucy" writer Bob Carroll, Jr. Dies at 88 We're sad to report that Bob Carroll, Jr. who, along with writing partner Madelyn Pugh Davis (and producer Jess Oppenheimer) wrote some of the classic episodes of "I Love Lucy," including "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" and "Job Switching" died today at age 88. Carroll with Davis taking a break in Desi...
