Blog Post You weren't the only one whose sister forced you to watch "Little House on the Prairie" The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences hosted "An Evening with Modern Family " on March 3rd. Short interviews with the show's ensemble on the press line are now posted on the Archive's new page for Modern Family . Hear Ed O'Neill comment on how he wasn't looking to do a sitcom, but the...
Blog Post "The Untouchables" Aired a Potent Series Episode Fifty Years Ago Today As so aptly noted by The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows : "With the chatter of machine-gun fire and the squeal of tires on Chicago streets, The Untouchables brought furious controversy— and big ratings— to ABC in the early 1960s." This was no more evident than in the...
Blog Post Stephen J. Cannell on "Wiseguy" Wiseguy: The Collector's Edition gets released on DVD tomorrow. Although short-lived (it ran from 1987-90), Wiseguy garnered Emmy nominations for Best Drama series and acting nominations for star Ken Wahl and supporting player Jonathan Banks; Wahl was awarded the Golden Globe. Harry and Wally's...
Blog Post The Monsters Were Due on Maple Street Fifty Years Ago Today One of The Twilight Zone 's best remembered episodes— and a staple of Twilight Zone marathons— is the first season's "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street." Scripted by Rod Serling, it's one of the series' social commentaries-- on how easily ones neighbors can turn against each other. It stars...
Blog Post "Moonlighting" Silver Anniversary Today 25 years and the Anselmo case is still unsolved. On March 3, 1985 Moonlighting debuted and a beloved television classic was born. Moonlighting fans have remained in such full force that an online petition prompted the release of all five seasons of the show on DVD. And could Bruce & Cybill and...
Blog Post As Leno Returns, a Look Back to Where NBC Late Night Began Starting tonight, Jay Leno returns to his Tonight Show berth, continuing the hosting duties he initially began in 1992. The Tonight Show 's long history started with Steve Allen (photo, left), who hosted the local WNBT-TV Tonight from June of 1953, going national on September 27, 1954. When Allen...
Blog Post "Today" Show Reunites Family Sitcoms Next Week Tune in next week for the Today show's reunions with Eight Is Enough (Monday, March 1), The Partridge Family (Tuesday, March 2), and 227 (Thursday, March 4). Under the banner Great TV Families Reunited , such stars as Dick Van Patten, Shirley Jones , and Marla Gibbs will take to the Today show...
Blog Post "Your Show of Shows" 60th Anniversary Sixty years ago today Your Show of Shows debuted, creating a blueprint for American TV sketch comedy to come. The forerunner of such shows as The Carol Burnett Show and Saturday Night Live , Your Show of Shows is a touchstone of the kind of programming for which the Golden Age of Television is...
Blog Post Jack Benny Puts Up His Own Money Jack Benny was pained to part with his money. So ingrained was this part of the Jack Benny persona that on his radio program, among his biggest laughs came when a robber held him up demanding "Your money or your life?" prompting a long pause from Benny... who finally said "I'm thinking it over!" In...
Blog Post David Canary Retiring from "All My Children" in April Daytime Emmy-winner David Canary, who has played one of soap's most famous dual roles-- twin brothers Adam & Stuart Chandler on All My Children -- is retiring from the series after a 27-year run. Canary is also known for two primetime '60s TV classics: western Bonanza (playing ranch foreman...
