Blog Post Sid Caesar on "Your Show of Shows," and "Caesar's Hour" Sid Caesar's Archive of American Television Interview is now fully catalogued. Caesar is a seminal figure in early TV comedy and one of the first recipients of the Emmy Award for Best Actor (in 1952). Interview description: Sid Caesar emphasizes the challenge of doing live TV in the early days of...
Interview Larry Gelbart On his reputation as a writer with deep social conscience, Larry Gelbart (1928-2009) says, "I was very lucky. It is not everybody that gets a vehicle like M*A*S*H , in which for four straight years you can be on a soapbox and hopefully not abuse that position." Gelbart was an Emmy Award-winning...
Show America in Primetime Since its inception, television has served as a lens on American society, and in the expansive world of modern TV, today’s heroes and villains have come a long way from their predecessors. America in Primetime showcases this iconic American art form, which has both reflected and shaped our national...
Show Emmy Awards, The: 70th Primetime (2018) The 70th Primetime Emmy Awards were held on Sunday, September 17, 2018 at the Microsoft Theater in downtown Los Angeles and broadcast live on NBC. Michael Che and Colin Jost hosted the event. The Creative Arts Emmys were held on September 8th and 9th. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners...
Blog Post Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Announces Hall of Fame Inductees The Television Academy of Arts & Sciences has named five new inductees to its Hall of Fame. Included are: producer/executive Leonard Goldberg, actor William Shatner, director James Burrows, host Regis Philbin, and newsman Tom Brokaw. Academy Chairman Dick Askin stated that this year's inductees...
Blog Post Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Hall of Fame Honorees 2008 Are Announced The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Hall of Fame Committee has selected Beatrice Arthur, Dan Burke, Larry Gelbart, Merv Griffin, Thomas Murphy and Sherwood Schwartz to be inducted into the Television Academy’s Hall of Fame, it was announced yesterday by John Shaffner, Chairman/CEO of the...
Blog Post Celebrate TV Legend Sheldon Leonard's Centennial The Archive celebrates the 100-year anniversary of Sheldon Leonard's birth today. Sheldon Leonard (1907-97) was one of the first people interviewed when the Archive of American Television began its pilot project in 1996. Although his interview is not yet online, here's a preview of part 3 of...
Blog Post TV Comedy Writing Legend Sam Denoff has Died Very sad news, the Archive of American Television has learned that TV Legend Sam Denoff , not only an Archive interviewee, but someone who passionately supported the Archive as an interviewer, passed away on July 8th at the age of 8 3. Sam began his prolific career in radio at WNEW in New York and...
Blog Post TV Builds Character: "America in Primetime" Premieres Sunday on PBS Since its inception, television has served as a lens on American society, and in the expansive world of modern TV, today’s heroes and villains have come a long way from their predecessors. America in Primetime showcases this iconic American art form, which has both reflected and shaped our national...
Blog Post And the 2018 Emmy Nominees Are... The 2018 Emmy Award season began today with the official nomination announcement at 8:30 AM PST