Blog Post Remembering Dick Clark The Archive is sad to report the death of beloved producer/host Dick Clark . Clark passed away today at the age of 82 from a heart attack. Best known for hosting American Bandstand and New Year's Rockin' Ev e , Clark also hosted $10,000 Pyramid , and produced the American Music Awards and several...
Blog Post Director Paul Bogart Dies at 92 The Archive of American Television is sad to report that director Paul Bogart passed away on Sunday, April 15th of age-related causes. He was 92. Bogart started his career in live television in New York, directing episodes of Kraft Television Theatre , and Armstrong Circle Theatre . From there he...
Blog Post Dancing with Melissa Gilbert Tonight Week Three of Dancing with the Stars Season 14 kicks off, with Archive interviewee Melissa Gilbert and professional partner Maksim Chmerkovskiy doing the jive. Tennis star Martina Navratilova was the first of the twelve contestants to go home last week, but the remaining dancers return...
Blog Post Remembering Legendary Actor Ernest Borgnine We're sad to report that legendary actor Ernest Borgnine died today, July 8th, at the age of 95. The prolific Oscar-winning (for Marty ) and Emmy-nominated actor (for McHale's Navy and ER ), began his carer in early live television, and is best known on TV for his starring roles in McHale's Navy...
Blog Post Talking with Trixie Norton: Joyce Randolph Remembers "The Honeymooners" She played one of America's all-time favorite neighbors. As "Trixie Norton" on The Honeymooners , Joyce Randolph was that pal that you wished lived upstairs. She was friend to Audrey Meadows' "Alice Kramden," other half to Art Carney's "Ed Norton," and along with Jackie Gleason, made up one of the...
Blog Post Love Is On the Air (Reposted from 2/13/13 MediaPost article by Karen Herman with permission ) In time for Valentine’s Day, the Archive of American Television opens its vault to find out what our interviewees had to say about some of TV’s classic relationships: Writer Sam Denoff on “That Girl” -- Here were these two...
Blog Post Your Favorite TV Couples! Celebrate Valentine's Day with some of television's favorite couples!
Blog Post TV Academy Announces 22nd Hall of Fame Inductees The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame Committee has selected actor/director/producer Ron Howard , sportscaster Al Michaels , executive Leslie Moonves , journalist Bob Schieffer , and producer Dick Wolf as the newest inductees into the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame ...
Blog Post Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Was A Trekkie (Reposted from MediaPost article by Archive Director Karen Herman with permission.) As the nation celebrates Martin Luther King Day on Jan. 21, it's a good time to remember how television can play a critical role in challenging and changing public opinion. As the journalist Howard K. Smith said of...
Blog Post To the Batmobile! Batman's car is up for Auction! The Caped Crusader's iconic car goes on the auction block today, January 19th, 2013 at Barrett-Jackson classic auto auction house in Scottsdale, Arizona. Watch Batmobile owner George Barris describe how he transformed a 1955 Lincoln Futura concept car into one of the most identifiable automobiles...
