Blog Post Uncovering CSI: Creator Anthony E. Zuiker's Interview is Now Online The Archive of American Television "interrogated" CSI creator Anthony E. Zuiker in 2010. His full interview is now online. See some video excerpts, below: Anthony Zuiker wrote the pilot in two days CSI was one of those scripts where I did research for three days. I wrote the teleplay in two days. I...
Blog Post If Hips Could Kill: Elvis' Lower Half is Censored on "The Ed Sullivan Show" 60 years ago today, on January 6, 1957, Elvis Presley's hips were deemed too hot for TV by The Ed Sullivan Show . Elvis had already appeared on the program twice before, in all of his hip-shaking glory, but on his third appearance he was shot only from the waist up. Of course, just by listening to...
Blog Post Kevin Eubanks and "The Tonight Show" Band! For years he was Jay Leno's right-hand-man, on both The Tonight Show and the short-lived Jay Leno Show . Though Kevin Eubanks may best be known as the former Tonight Show with Jay Leno bandleader, he's also an accomplished musician in his own right. He attended the Berklee College of Music in...
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...
