Blog Post Richard Chamberlain On Stage in "The Heiress" Richard Chamberlain fans: Dr. Kildare himself will be starring as Dr. Austin Sloper in a production of "The Heiress" starting today at the Pasadena Playhouse. Heather Tom and Julia Duffy star alongside Chamberlain in the show, which runs from April 24 - May 20, 2012.] Here's a description of the...
Blog Post From Al Bundy to Lucious Lyon: FOX Turns 30! For years it was just the big three: CBS, NBC, and ABC. Dumont was a fledgling 4th during the early years of television, but collapsed in the 1950s. Then on April 5, 1987 the FOX Network launched into primetime and stuck. FOX had trickled into the airwaves six months earlier with only 95 stations,...
Blog Post "Dark Shadows" Star Jonathan Frid Dies at 87 The Archive just learned of the death of actor Jonathan Frid, who passed away on April 13, 2012. Frid was best known for playing vampire "Barnabas Collins" in the gothic melodrama Dark Shadows , and also held an M.A. in Directing from the Yale School of Drama. Frid's final acting role was a cameo...
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!
