Blog Post The Bob Newhart Show Celebrates 35 Years! Join the Archive and TV Land in celebrating the 35th anniversary of the iconic series The Bob Newhart Show , which debuted on September 16, 1972. In an on-air and online tribute, TV Land is paying tribute to this Emmy Award-winning series that set the tone for a generation of TV shows. The network...
Blog Post 80 Years Ago Today...Inventor Philo Farnsworth Transmits His First Electronic Television Image 80 years ago today, on September 7, 1927, 21-year-old television inventor Philo Farnsworth transmitted his first electronic television image using an image dissector camera tube created in his laboratory at 202 Green Street in San Francisco . The first image, a single straight line (on a glass...
Blog Post Archive Interviewee Jerry Lewis Discusses the MDA Telethon The 42nd annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association will be broadcast live from Las Vegas on Monday, September 3rd. “I’ll never wave the white flag in the fight against muscular dystrophy and other muscle-wasting diseases,” Lewis says on the MDA website. “...
Blog Post Archive Interviewee Brad Garrett Talks About "'Til Death" -- Now Out on DVD FOX comedy 'Til Death : Season One comes out on DVD today; the series has been renewed for its second season for 2007-08. Series star Brad Garrett is best known for playing Ray Romano's brother, policeman "Robert Barone" on Everybody Loves Raymond . He's also the voice of "Gusteau" in the current...
Blog Post Archive Interviewee Gerald Fried Joins the Topanga Symphony for a Free Concert LOS ANGELES RESIDENTS: ARCHIVE INTERVIEWEE GERALD FRIED WILL BE PERFORMING WITH THE TOPANGA SYMPHONY Sunday, August 19, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. Topanga Community House 1140 North Topanga Canyon Blvd. Topanga, CA 90290 *** Jerome Kessler - Music Director and Conductor Gerald Fried - Oboe Christoph...
Blog Post TV Land and the Archive of American Television Celebrate Elvis Presley Thirty years ago today, Elvis Presley died but his popularity never faded. His career was highlighted by several landmark television appearances. The Archive of American Television interviewed several of the behind-the-scenes professionals behind these shows and their stories are being highlighted...
Blog Post "Make Room For Daddy" and "My World and Welcome To It" Creator Melville Shavelson Has Died— Archive Interview Online Mel Shavelson, who wrote for such comedians as Bob Hope and Danny Kaye, has died at the age of 90. He created the classic sitcom Make Room for Daddy , starring Danny Thomas. He also wrote and directed for the movies and is a two-time Oscar nominee (for The Seven Little Foys and Houseboat [for...
Blog Post "Radio Days" Ended 45 Years Ago The last chapter of network dramatic radio programming came to pass with the final broadcasts of both “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar” and “Suspense” on September 30, 1962. Many series have kept the art form of radio alive, among the first and most ambitious being “The CBS Radio Mystery Theater” (1974-...
Blog Post "Playhouse 90" Producer Martin Manulis has Died -- His Full Archive Interview is Online Martin Manulis, one of the legendary producers who exemplified the "Golden Age" of television by seeking and nurturing both on-camera and behind-the scenes talent, died Friday at the age of 92. The Archive of American Television interviewed him in 1997, and in subsequent years, he was a great...
Blog Post Director Delbert Mann Dies at the Age of 87 -- Archive Interview Online Delbert Mann who helmed "Marty" for television and film died on Sunday. Mann won an Academy Award for the feature film adaptation of Marty (1955) that originated as a "live" television presentation in 1953. Click here to access Delbert Mann's entire nine-part interview. Interview Description:...
