Blog Post Ken Corday On “Days of Our Lives” and the Future of Soap Operas Bo and Hope, John and Marlena, Tom and Alice – some of the most beloved soap opera couples stem from Days of Our Lives . In his Archive interview, Days ’ Executive Producer Ken Corday takes us behind-the-scenes of one of America’s favorite soaps. Corday shares that his parents, Ted and Betty, were...
Blog Post Everybody Loves Patricia Heaton With her success on Everybody Loves Raymond and now The Middle , Patricia Heaton is a household name. But that wasn't always so. Heaton spent years as a struggling actress in New York and Los Angeles, doing bit parts and odd jobs to make a living. Her first appearance on a television show was on...
Blog Post From "Marty" to "Mermaid Man": Ernest Borgnine Turns 95! Ernest Borgnine turns the big 9-5 today! One of the most prolific, well-respected character actors of all time, Borgnine has appeared in over 200 films. He's starred in/been an ensemble player in several television series, and thanks to a voiceover role on SpongeBob SquarePants , he's recently...
Blog Post Phil Rosenthal Talks "Everybody Loves Raymond" and the Craft of Writing Phil Rosenthal wanted to be an actor. He and several friends in New York wrote a show called "Tony and Tina's Wedding", in which he acted, and an agent saw his work and told him to come to LA to pursue acting. Rosenthal did, and instead wound up meeting up with high school friend Alan Kirschenbaum...
Blog Post Mary Tyler Moore Honored at SAG Awards Actress Mary Tyler Moore received the Screen Actor's Guild Lifetime Achievement Award at Sunday's SAG Awards. Dick Van Dyke presented the award. In her 1997 Archive interview, Moore reflects on some of her favorite moments with Van Dyke on The Dick Van Dyke Show : The SAG Awards aired on TBS and...
Blog Post "Ladies and Gentlemen ... The Beatles!" The February 9, 1964 audience of The Ed Sullivan Show got the treat of a lifetime. On the stage that night, John, Paul, George and Ringo performed for the first time ever on live, American television. You've seen the footage - the matching dark suits, the screaming teenage fans, the coordinated...
Blog Post It's Ba-ack! New Version of Edward R. Murrow's "Person to Person" Debuts Tonight CBS has revived Person to Person , the 1953-61 interview series hosted by newsman Edward R. Murrow. Charlie Rose and Lara Logan will host the modern-day program, which will air as a series of one-hour specials beginning tonight at 8pm ET/PT. The hosts will get a tour of George Clooney's LA home,...
Blog Post Lessons in Lighting Design from Imero Fiorentino Even if you haven't heard of Imero Fiorentino , chances are you're familiar with his work. He was the lighting designer on may of ABC's earliest programs, including U.S. Steel Hour, Omnibus , Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue , and Tales of Tomorrow . He lit the scene for Telstar I's first live...
Blog Post Mom Always Liked You Best: "The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour" Turns 50! Tom and Dick. Tea with Goldie. Pete Seeger. These are just a few associations one makes at the mention of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour . Some others: controversy, cancellation, law suit. The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour first premiered on CBS on February 5, 1967 with brothers Tom and Dick...
Blog Post Superbowl Showdown: The Art of Televising The Game It's Superbowl Sunday! Time for junk food, expensive commercials, a halftime spectacular, and of course, football! Today the AFC's New England Patriots take on the NFC's New York Giants at Lucas Oil Stadium at 6:30 p.m. ET on NBC. The game will also be streamed online for the first time ever. The...
