Blog Post 2012 TV Hall of Fame Gala: A Night of Glamour and Giggles As the social media guru for the Archive of American Television, I was honored to attend last night's 21st Annual Television Hall of Fame Gala at the Beverly Hills Hotel on behalf of the Archive. As a television history scholar and a huge fan of pretty much all things TV, I was blown away by the...
Blog Post Danny DeVito Speaks For the Trees Dr. Seuss' The Lorax hits the big screen today, with Archive Interviewee Danny DeVito starring as the voice of the Lorax, a furry little fellow who fights for the forest. The film also stars the voice talents of Zac Efron, Taylor Swift, Ed Helms, and fellow Archive Interviewee Betty White as Grammy...
Blog Post 2012 Television Academy Hall of Fame Two and a Half Men star and Emmy winner Jon Cryer will host tonight's 21st Annual Television Hall of Fame Gala at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Performers Vivian Vance and Bill Frawley, executive Michael Eisner , show creator-producer Chuck Lorre , executive producers Mary-Ellis Bunim and Jonathan...
Blog Post It's Garry Shandling! Garry Shandling : electrical engineer turned comedian. Shandling switched from majoring in electrical engineering to business at the University of Arizona, and simultaneously began pursuing his interest in comedy writing. He soon moved to Los Angeles, where he found success writing for Sanford and...
Blog Post The Academy Awards: "One Big TV Show" Though The Academy Awards celebrate movies, the ceremony also makes for one of television's biggest events: the Oscars are "one big TV show" according to Archive interviewee Ron Howard . The televised awards show provides one of those now-rare communal-TV-watching experiences that the medium used...
Blog Post Getting Real with Producer Jonathan Murray He's responsible for those seven strangers, picked to live in a house and have their lives taped, to find out what happens when people stop being polite, and start getting real. Jonathan Murray , together with production partner Mary-Ellis Bunim, produced MTV's hit reality show, The Real World ,...
Blog Post Sammy Smooches Archie: All in the Family's "Sammy's Visit" Turns 45 It's been called "the kiss of infamy." Sure, there have been many great on-screen kisses over the years -- Scarlett and Rhett in Gone with the Wind , Milton and Karen in From Here to Eternity , Winnie and Kevin on The Wonder Years ... but the most unexpected and down-right hilarious kiss of all...
Blog Post A Whistleblower in Springfield: "The Simpsons" 500th Episode It started as a series of shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987. It's now the winner of 27 primetime Emmys, has been licensed in more than 100 countries, been syndicated domestically for 18 years, is the longest-running American sitcom in television history, and beat out Gunsmoke to become the...
Blog Post Chuck Lorre: From Songwriter to Showrunner You probably know that Chuck Lorre is the co-creator of Two and a Half Men , Mike and Molly , and The Big Bang Theory . You may not know that he also wrote the Debbie Harry song, "French Kissin' in the U.S.A." and co-wrote the theme song to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles . He is a man of many talents...
Blog Post Rita Moreno To Receive Jackie Robinson Foundation's Lifetime Achievement Award Tonight Archive interviewee Rita Moreno will receive the Lifetime Achievement ROBIE Award from the Jackie Robinson Foundation. The ceremony will take place at New York's Waldorf Astoria hotel at 6:30pm, with Bill Cosby as host. The ROBIE Awards recognize "individuals who embody the humanitarian...
