Blog Post James Wall, Longtime CBS Stage Manager, Has Died James Wall served as a stage manager for CBS for nearly 50 years and appeared on camera as teacher "Mr. Baxter" on Captain Kangaroo . It was Wall's idea that Captain Kangaroo should feature an African-American regular, and after serving as the show's stage manager for six years, he was given the on...
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Blog Post "Jive-speaking" TV mom Barbara Billingsley dies at 94 The Archive regrets to report that actress Barbara Billingsley passed away on Saturday, October 16th at the age of 94. Best known for her TV mom role as June Cleaver, Billingsley also did a famous cameo as a jive-speaking woman in "Airplane." Selections from her Archive of American Television...
Blog Post "Moonlighting" Faded to Black & White 25 Years Ago Today Airing on October 15, 1985, one of Moonlighting 's most well-remembered episodes is the film noirish "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice." It was shot and aired (mostly) in black and white, featured a rare early series kiss between the leads, gave Cybill Shepherd a stage to belt out some sultry...
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...
