Show M*A*S*H: "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" After eleven seasons on CBS, M*A*S*H finally came to an end on Monday, February 28, 1983. The two-and-a-half hour series finale,"Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" was directed by Alan Alda and opens with Hawkeye Pierce in an Army Psychiatric hospital. Throughout the episode Hawkeye fights...
Show M*A*S*H M*A*S*H , based on the movie of the same name (Director Robert Altman, 1970), aired on CBS from 1972-1983 and has become one of the most celebrated television series in the history of the medium. During its initial season, however, M*A*S*H was in danger of being canceled due to low ratings. The...
Show Roots: The Next Generations From Wikipedia: Roots: The Next Generations is a 1979 (February 18, 1979 – February 24, 1979) 7-part television miniseries produced by Stan Margulies, that continues the story of the family of Alex Haley from the 1880s, and their life in Henning, Tennessee, to the 1960s, with Haley researching his...
Blog Post The Interviews Receives Grant from the NEH $350,000 award to go toward preservation efforts.
Interview Louise Lasser In her two-hour interview, Louise Lasser talks about her early years, and her early interest in performing, which led her to study acting with Sanford Meisner. She describes working with Woody Allen, to whom she was married, on several projects including a pilot called The Laugh Makers and several...
Interview Nichelle Nichols In her nearly three-and-a-half-hour interview, Nichelle Nichols (1932-2022) talks about her work as a cast member on the original Star Trek (NBC, 1966-69) playing "Lieutenant Uhura." Nichols discusses how this role broke many barriers, including portraying the first African American woman as a high...
Blog Post Remembering Nichelle Nichols The groundbreaking Star Trek actress passes away at the age of 89.
