Blog Post Happy Father's Day The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences celebrated TV Dads on Thursday June 18th and the Archive of American Television was there to catch a few of the "adored and endeared" fathers on the press line. Among the beloved patriarchs present were Stephen Collins, Bryan Cranston, Jon Cryer,...
Blog Post "The Norman Lear Collection" Released on DVD Comprising the first seasons of seven of Norman Lear's classic TV series, plus such extras as the newly-discovered All in the Family pilot "Justice for All," Sony releases " The Norman Lear Collection ." Among the "season ones" included in the set: All in the Family ; Good Times ; The Jeffersons ;...
Blog Post Andy Richter's First Day on the "Tonight Show" Yes, tonight is Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show debut, but lest we forget Andy Richter will be joining him as the show's announcer/comedy-bit contributor. Although NBC has eschewed the word sidekick in their press announcement, Richter's previous Late Night tenure was certainly reminiscent of Ed...
Blog Post Producer of Classic TV, Richard Lewis, Has Died Richard Lewis, who was responsible for producing several classics of television's Golden Age, has died at the age of 89. Richard Lewis was interviewed by the Archive by Karen Herman on March 8, 1999. Link to Los Angeles Times obituary (scroll down on page). His Archive interview is online at this
Blog Post Stephen J. Cannell Television Series Book Released or "If you have a problem - If no one else can help... maybe you can hire Stephen J. Cannell" From McFarland, a new book chronicling Stephen J. Cannell's productions is being released today, written by Jon Abbott (author of a 2006 book on Irwin Allen's productions). Stephen Cannell was responsible for many television hits strating in the 1970s, and won the Emmy Award for The Rockford Files...
Blog Post Star Trek: Stories from the original cast STAR TREK , the 2009 film by JJ Abrams opens this Friday, but before all of that, we sat down with members of the original Trek television series: cast, writers, art directors, composers, producers & executives. Check out our interviews online at " Star Trek Stories" for interview excerpts and...
Blog Post Rock 'n' Roll Was In and "Your Hit Parade" Was Out, 50 Years Ago Fifty years ago today, Variety ran its last review of Your Hit Parade a veritable obituary that appeared with the title, " Hit Parade Dies As Rock 'n' Roll Takes Its Toll of Longrunner." In the 1930s and 40s, "Your Hit Parade" was one of radio's mainstays-- a Saturday night fixture that had...
Blog Post Actress Beatrice Arthur Dies at 86 - Interview Online Bea Arthur, the Emmy-winning star of Maude and The Golden Girl s, who also garnered a Tony Award for the musical Mame , died Saturday at 86. In January, one of her last public appearances, she was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame. She was interviewed by the Archive in 2001. Click...
Blog Post 7th Annual TV Land Awards Airs Tonight TV Fans Rejoice! Hosted by Neil Patrick Harris, the Seventh Annual TV Land Awards rolls out the red carpet tonight to honor the best of TV, movies and music. Lots of great TV tributes including the casts of M*A*S*H, Home Improvement, Two-and-a-Half Men, Magnum P.I., Knots Landing, and Married with...
