Blog Post "Meet the Press" Celebrates 60 Years on Television Network television's oldest show, Meet the Press , debuted on NBC on November 6, 1947. The guest on this first show was James A. Farley, former postmaster general under Franklin D. Roosevelt and former chairman of the Democratic National Committee; the show was created by Laurence E. Spivak and...
Blog Post Sidney Lumet's Interview Is Now Online With Sidney Lumet's critically praised film "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" now in theaters, the Archive of American Television has posted his three-hour interview online in which he discusses his career that started in the theater and in the "Golden Age of Television." Soundbites from Sidney...
Blog Post AAT Staff Spotted Again! Every Halloween we let the AAT Vault Wizard out. Look who else "came 'on down"! HOPE YOUR HALLOWEEN WAS FUN, TOO!
Blog Post Happy Hitchcock Halloween! On April 13, 1958 Alfred Hitchcock Presents aired "Lamb to the Slaughter," which would become one of the series' classic shows, featured on the newly released Season Three DVD. Listen to producer Norman Lloyd discussing this episode (spoiler alert!) and his work as a producer and director on the...
Blog Post 60 Years Ago — October 20, 1947 — The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) Began Its Probe That Resulted in The Hollywood Blacklist “Television Responds to the Red Scare” By Gary Rutkowski American television production, halted in its infancy before World War II, continued full-force with the four networks— ABC, CBS, NBC, and DuMont— scheduling programs regularly. Soon after, in 1950, they also began consulting an independently...
Blog Post Composer Mike Post's Archive of American Television Interview is Online! Mike Post, who composed the theme songs for Hill Street Blues , The Greatest American Hero , and L. A. Law , and many others spoke about his long and distinguished career in music composition. Post was one of the featured composer's last night at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences...
Blog Post "Leave it to Beaver" Celebrates 50 Years Here's a note we received from Archive interviewee Jerry Mathers regarding Leave it to Beaver's 50th Anniversary -- which is October 4th! From Jerry Mathers: Leave it to Beaver is celebrating it's 50th anniversary on October 4th! Please join me in watching Tom Bergeron interview my tv family and...
Blog Post Sheldon Leonard's Full Archive Interview is Now Online! Television legend Sheldon Leonard (1907-97) was one of the first people interviewed when the Archive of American Television began its pilot project in 1996. PRESS THE PLAY ARROW IN THE PLAYER ABOVE TO WATCH THE SEGMENT NOW. Leonard was the executive producer of such classic television series as The...
Blog Post Director Robert Butler's Archive Interview is Now Online! Director Robert Butler was responsible for creating the look and feel for many classic television series in a career that spanned five decades. His full Archive of American Television interview is now available online, including detailed accounts of directing the first episodes of Batman,...
Blog Post Archive of American Television Celebrates its 10th Top Row (L to R): Television Academy COO Alan Perris with Betty White; Bud Yorkin; Loretta Swit; George Shapiro; Marilyn & Monty Hall; Bob Mackie; Doris Roberts. Middle Row (L to R): Frederick Pierce; Richard & Esther Shapiro; Carl Reiner; Elinor Donahue; Mel Shavelson; Marla Gibbs; Del...
