Blog Post Happy New Year and Happy 40th to "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve!" Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin' Eve with Ryan Seacrest reaches its 40th annual edition with tonight's Dec. 31, 2011- January 1, 2012 special. Dick Clark and Ryan Seacrest will host the program starting at 10:00 p.m. (ET & PT) on ABC, and New Year's Rockin' Eve: The 40th Anniversary Party ,...
Blog Post Happy 75th Birthday, Mary Tyler Moore! The lovely Mary Tyler Moore is 75 years young today! The actress, best known for her roles as "Laura Petrie" on The Dick Van Dyke Show , as "Mary Richards" on The Mary Tyler Moore Show , and as "Beth Jarrett" in the film Ordinary People, spoke in depth about playing these characters in her Archive...
Blog Post It Ain't Easy Being Green and Yellow: Carroll Spinney on playing "Oscar the Grouch" and "Big Bird" Carroll Spinney portrays two of the most recognizable characters on television, yet his face might not be a familiar one. He spends most of his time either in a yellow, feathered suit, or hidden behind a trash can. For over 40 years now, Spinney has performed both "Big Bird" and "Oscar the Grouch"...
Blog Post Chuck Jones' "Merrie Melodies" and More Our three-hour interview with Chuck Jones is now online! The legendary animator spoke in great detail about the animation process and the creation of many of his memorable characters, including the lovable "Bugs Bunny," "Daffy Duck," and "Wile E. Coyote." He shared tales of his boyhood - of growing...
Blog Post You're Still a Mean One, Mr. Grinch: "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" Turns 50! He's a curmudgeon, he steals presents, he squelches Christmas cheer ... and then his heart grows three sizes and we all hold him dear! "The Grinch" has become an integral part of the holiday season, for How the Grinch Stole Christmas is now the lead-off holiday special on network television,...
Blog Post Catching up with "Half-Pint:" Melissa Gilbert Talks "Little House," "The Miracle Worker," and Michael Landon In her newly released Archive Interview, Melissa Gilbert describes her experiences as a child actress, playing "Laura Ingalls" on the much beloved series Little House on the Prairie . She details the show's production schedule, discusses her co-stars (including the bond she shared with her on-...
Blog Post "Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" To Hit the Big Screen George Clooney and Smokehouse Pictures are set to produce a movie about Smothers Brothers Tom and Dick, in an adaptation of David Bianculli's book, Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour . The film will follow the controversy surrounding the Smothers Brothers'...
Blog Post 20 Years Later - Is Seinfeld Still Stuck in that Parking Garage? "The problem with the mall garage is that everything looks the same. They try to differentiate between levels. They put up different colors, different numbers, different letters. What they need to do is name the levels, like, 'Your mother's a whore.' You would remember that." So proclaimed Jerry...
Blog Post TV Builds Character: "America in Primetime" Premieres Sunday on PBS Since its inception, television has served as a lens on American society, and in the expansive world of modern TV, today’s heroes and villains have come a long way from their predecessors. America in Primetime showcases this iconic American art form, which has both reflected and shaped our national...
Blog Post "The Electric Company" Turns F-O-R-T-Y You gotta love a show with a character named "Easy Reader." Morgan Freeman portrayed him, a laid back Easy Rider -esque guy who loved reading on PBS' The Electric Company . Bill Cosby and Rita Moreno joined Freeman on the program - the first show from The Children's Television Workshop (CTW) after...
