Interview Susan Lacy In her three-hour interview, Susan Lacy recalls her early experience working for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities and discusses how she became deputy director of performance programs at Thirteen/WNET (the New York PBS affiliate) where she was a...
Interview Bill Tush In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Bill Tush discusses his early interest in broadcasting which led to him becoming a disc jockey in Pittsburgh. He recounts his early years at WTCG, Ted Turner's then-local station in Atlanta, and describes his various announcing and production duties. He...
Interview Robert E. Costello In his four-hour interview, Robert E. Costello (1921-2014) discusses his start at NBC as a production manager on many live shows including Mr. Peepers, on which he worked closely with producer Fred Coe. He talks about how he went on to produce The Armstrong Circle Theater and The Patty Duke Show ...
Interview Chris Carter In his nearly two-and-a-half-hour interview, Chris Carter talks about his early years, and working for Jeffrey Katzenberg at Disney. He describes pitching The X-Files to Fox, casting David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in the pilot, and getting the show on the air. He discusses the early seasons of...
Interview Sid Sheinberg In his three-hour interview, Sid Sheinberg (1935-2019) talks about his early life and his years in law school. He describes going to work for Revue Productions, the then-television production arm of MCA, where he shepherded shows like Wagon Train and The Virginian . He chronicles Revue Productions...