Blog Post Dallas 2012: The Ewing Boys are Back in Town It's been 21 years since Dallas left the air, but tonight, the boys of Southfork Ranch return in a reboot of the popular series. J.R. and Bobby Ewing are back, along with their sons, John Ross and Christopher, and of course, Sue Ellen ( Dallas just wouldn't be Dallas without her.) The original...
Blog Post Chicago's Museum of Broadcast Communications Reopens! After 6 years in the making, the Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) in Chicago will have its Grand Opening and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony tomorrow, Wednesday, June 13th at 10am! Tonight, Chicagoans Betty White , Hugh Downs , and John Mahoney will be in the Windy City to celebrate at a gala for...
Blog Post Connie Chung Talks Maury Povich, "Murphy Brown", and More! She occupied half of Walter Cronkite 's anchor chair on CBS Evening News (she co-anchored with Dan Rather ); she famously interviewed Newt Gingrich's mother, and she is married to Maury Povich. In her 2009 Archive Interview, Connie Chung talks of being a serious journalist, covering national...
Blog Post The Truth is Out There: "The X-Files" Ended 10 Years Ago & Predicts the End of the World It's been 10 years since the small screen bid adieu to Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, the FBI agents who investigated paranormal activity on the FOX hit, The X-Files . The sci-fi show premiered on September 10, 1983 and aired its final episode on May 19, 2002. When the series ended, it was the longest...
Blog Post TV's First Anthology Drama Turns 65: Happy Anniversary, Kraft Television Theatre! It was the first of the Golden Age, classic anthology dramas. Kraft Television Theatre was born out of Television Theatre , the 1946 monthly showcase of plays courtesy of WNBT, NBC's New York station. Once the monthly program proved a success, NBC found a regular sponsor for the show and officially...
Blog Post Comedian Brad Garrett on "Raymond," "Ratatouille," and Robert Barone He's best known for playing "Robert Barone" on CBS' Everybody Loves Raymond , but he's also a prolific voiceover artist (he's "Gusteau" in Ratatouille !), and co-star of another successful sitcom, 'Til Death , with Joely Fisher. Brad Garrett sat down with us in 2007 for quite an entertaining...
Blog Post Happy Birthday to Mister Rogers' King Friday XIII! A very special someone celebrates a birthday today. The honorable King Friday XIII, ruler of Calendarland in Mister Rogers' Neighborhood .
Blog Post The Hollywood Reporter Names 35 Most Powerful People in Media The Hollywood Reporter just named the 35 Most Powerful People in Media and Archive interviewees Bob Costas , Katie Couric , Steve Kroft, Barbara Walters , and Brian Williams made the list. Click here to see the full list, which includes notables like Anderson Cooper, Jon Stewart, Kelly Ripa,...
Blog Post Gwen Ifill on NBC, PBS, and VPs You can regularly catch her on Washington Week and PBS Newshour , and she's been known to moderate a Vice-Presidential Debate or two. Journalist Gwen Ifill has been reporting on The Hill for years now, and not just for TV news - she spent years in print journalism working for The Washington Post...
Blog Post Journalist Mike Wallace Dies at 93 The Archive is sad to report that journalist Mike Wallace passed away last night, on April 7, 2012 at the age of 93. Wallace suffered from heart problems in recent years and retired from his long-time role as a regular correspondent on 60 Minutes in 2006. He was producer Don Hewitt 's first hire at...
