Blog Post CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker's interview is now online Anthony E. Zuiker's second digi-novel, Dark Prophecy A Level 26 Thriller Featuring Steve Dark debuted in bookstores today. The Archive has just posted his full interview , where he discusses his television work as well as his very successful foray into new media and publishing. Here's a clip about...
Blog Post Chicago Broadcasting Legend Ward Quaal Has Died Ward Quaal was a broadcasting pioneer who transitioned from radio to television at the advent of the medium and became president of WGN, Chicago. He died on September 24, at the age of 91. Interview Description: Ward Quaal was interviewed for three hours in Chicago, IL. Quaal described his lifelong...
Blog Post "The Andy Griffith Show" 50th Anniversary After a pilot episode aired on The Danny Thomas Show ("Danny Meets Andy Griffith," airdate: 2/15/60), The Andy Griffith Show landed on CBS' following fall schedule, debuting on October 3, 1960. It led to a group of successful "rural-themed" sitcoms ( The Beverly Hillbillies , Green Acres ) that...
Blog Post Show Creator Stephen J. Cannell has died— Archive interview Online Stephen J. Cannell spanned many decades as a writer-producer, where he helmed such series as The Rockford Files , The Greatest American Hero , 21 Jump Street , Wiseguy , and The Commish . He won the Emmy Award in 1978 for The Rockford Files (Outstanding Drama Series). Interview description: Stephen...
Blog Post TV Executive & Producer William Self Has Died William Self served as an executive at 20th Century Fox where he oversaw such now-classic TV series as Batman , Julia , and M*A*S*H and was an Emmy-nominated producer of the 1991 Hallmark Hall of Fame production Sarah, Plain and Tall . Self died on November 15 at the age of 89. William Self's...
Blog Post Norman Lloyd Marks 70 Years on TV with "Modern Family" Norman Lloyd is best known for playing kindly "Dr. Auschlander" on St. Elsewhere (photo below, right) and as the titular character in Alfred Hitchcock's classic 1942 film Saboteur ; he also produced for Alfred Hitchcock Presents and KCET's Hollywood Television Theater and appeared in movies for...
Blog Post Happy Thanksgiving! Have some classic TV with your Thanksgiving dinner this year... Watch The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 's"Thanksgiving" episode from 1951, and see Archive interview excerpts with writers Paul Henning and Aaron Ruben featured on the Archive's show page for The George Burns and Gracie Allen...
Blog Post Versatile actress Betty Garrett dies at 91 Betty Garrett, star of stage, film and television passed away at 91 in Los Angeles on Saturday. She was best known in television as Archie Bunker's energetic neighbor Irene Lorenzo on All in the Family , then later as Laverne & Shirley's landlady (and later Laverne's mother-in-law) Edna Babish...
Blog Post Archive's February Newsletter is out The Archive's newsletter can be sent to you: click on the "join the Archive's mailing list" icon on the right column of our home page. Click the photo on left to see the Archive's February newsletter .
Blog Post Longtime "Sesame Street" Writer Tony Geiss Has Died Tony Geiss, a key collaborator on Sesame Street for which he was awarded several Emmy Awards, has died at the age of 86. Click here for his New York Times obituary . Click here for Tony Geiss' full Archive interview . Interview description: Tony Geiss was interviewed for one-and-a-half hours at the...
