Blog Post New Archive Newsletter The first of the Archive of American Television's quarterly newsletters is out. If you'd like to be on our mailing list, enter your e-mail information in the box on the right column of our homepage .
Blog Post "Tonight Show" Walk Out Long before the Conan O'Brien-Jay Leno hubbub of the last several weeks, there was a much more famous and dramatic exit of a Tonight Show host: Jack Paar. Fifty years ago today, following his monologue, Jack Paar walked out on The Tonight Show (with his tearful utterance: "...there must be a better...
Blog Post The Archive of American Television Presents: "Orson Welles King Lear" Debuts on DVD The Archive of American Television Presents: King Lear features a "live" TV production of Orson Welles in the title role, in a 1953 Omnibus production directed by Peter Brook. In reviewing the show Variety raved: "Welles scored a notable triumph [and] on an equal level of attainment was Peter Brook...
Blog Post Happy New Year 2010! Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve reaches its 38th annual edition with the Dec. 31, 2009- January 1, 2010 special. Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest will host the special starting at 10:00 p.m. (ET & PT) from New York (with Fergie as Las Vegas co-host). Dick Clark spoke about his first New Year's...
Blog Post Music legend Paul Shaffer's Archive interview is online Watch the Archive's fun and informative interview with David Letterman and early-SNL music guru Paul Shaffer . Among our favorite moments: he plays an impromptu theme song for his new memoir (see the clip below):
Blog Post Charles Van Doren Admitted the Truth about "21"— 50 Years Ago Today Charles Van Doren, the Columbia professor who was at the center of the quiz show scandal of the 1950s, appeared before a congressional committee on November 2, 1959 to admit he'd been given questions and answers in advance when he appeared on the quiz show 21 . In a story for the New Yorker last...
Blog Post Lon Chaney, Jr. in "Frankenstein" on "Tales of Tomorrow" -- Famed "Live" Production that Chaney thought was the Dress Rehearsal Tales of Tomorrow (1951-53) is described by the Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows as "one of TV's earliest adult science-fiction series." These days, the series is known for early performances by such up-and-coming stars as James Dean and Leslie Nielsen, and later...
Blog Post The Barbara Stanwyck Show Now on DVD “She had grit, sex appeal and vulnerability, in spades. No one played a saucy dame better.” -People Magazine E1 ENTERTAINMENT AND THE ARCHIVE OF AMERICAN TELEVISION BRING A CLASSIC, EMMY® AWARD-WINNING ANTHOLOGY SERIES TO DVD FOR THE FIRST TIME -- THE BARBARA STANWYCK SHOW: VOLUME 1 3-DVD Set...
Blog Post Archive Interviewee Soupy Sales has died Soupy Sales was interviewed by the Archive in 2002. Click here to read highlights from his interview .
