Blog Post Archive Interviewee Jerry Lewis Discusses the MDA Telethon The 44th annual Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association will be broadcast live from the South Point Hotel, Casino & Spa in Las Vegas, beginning at 9 p.m. ET Sunday, September 6th. For the first time, social media followers of MDA’s Twitter, Facebook and...
Blog Post Former TV Academy President Dick Berg Has Died at Age 87-- Interview Online Soon Dick Berg served as the president of the Television Academy's Hollywood Chapter in the mid-60s; he distinguished himself in the industry as a writer and producer starting in the Golden Age of Television and as a three-time Emmy nominee for Bob Hope Presents the Chryler Theatre , Wallenberg: A Hero'...
Blog Post Longtime Agent Berle Adams has Died at Age 92 Berle Adams, interviewed by the Archive in 2003, was an agent for many years at MCA, created a sports department at the William Morris Agency, and later distributed the Emmy Awards show internationally. Interview excerpt:
Blog Post Dominick Dunne Dies at Age 83-- Archive Interview Online Soon Known for his journalism in such publications as Vanity Fair , Dunne's early career was spent in "live television" in New York and Los Angeles and later filmed TV and feature films. Dunne' Archive interview was conducted by Allan Neuwirth on May 3, 2006 and will be posted soon. Interview...
Blog Post TV Academy Foundation Auction - IT'S ON! Where in the World is Emmy Magazine? | Emmys.com It's on! The TV Academy Foundation's auction benefiting the education and preservation programs of the Foundation has begun. Bid on celebrity-signed items and unique TV experiences -- including our personal favorite, attending a table reading of "...
Blog Post Legendary News Producer Don Hewitt Has Died Don Hewitt, who created and executive produced 60 Minutes , and whose early credits include producing and directing the "Great Debates" in 1960 between Nixon and Kennedy, has died at the age of 86.
Blog Post Legendary Make-up Artist Howard Smit Has Died at age 98-- Archive interview online Howard Smit helped found IATSE Local 706 and had a fifty year career in the make-up field, starting in television in the mid-1930s at experimental station W6XAO. He was profiled earlier this year by Byrd Holland in the Make-Up & Hair Stylists Guild's journal The Artisan . Holland also conducted...
Blog Post Legendary Newsman Walter Cronkite Dies at 92-- Archive Interview Excerpts Online Walter Cronkite received the moniker, “the most trusted man in America” when he served as the anchorman and managing editor of the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981, due to his honesty, integrity, and, occasionally, his emotional delivery of the day’s news. Below, from his Archive interview,...
Blog Post Don Mischer at the 2009 Emmy Nominations Executive Producer of this year's Primetime Emmy Awards & Archive Interviewee, Don Mischer, was interviewed this morning at the nomination ceremony (at 6am!). He was happy to discuss the upcoming broadcast and the talents of this year's hosts, Neil Patrick Harris:
Blog Post Quincy Jones - on working with Michael Jackson Composer and Music Producer Quincy Jones was interviewed for the Archive in 2002. In this excerpt from his 2 hour interview, he remembers when MTV first formed and how influential Michael Jackson's videos were to the network, and the impact of Thriller on the medium of music videos.
