Show St. Elsewhere St. Elsewhere was one of the most-acclaimed of the upscale serial dramas to appear in the 1980s. Along with shows like Hill Street Blues , L.A. Law , and thirtysomething , St. Elsewhere was a result of the demographically-conscious programming strategies that had gripped the networks during the...
Show Real People Real People was an NBC reality television series that aired from 1979 to 1984, on Wednesday and then Sunday nights. Its initial episodes aired live in the East. Real People had the format of a comedy talk show taped in front of a large studio audience. Each segment featured a news report consisting...
Interview Al Michaels In his nearly three-hour Archive interview, Al Michaels speaks about his early years as a sports enthusiast who, as a child, wanted to become an announcer. He talks about the practical experience he gained announcing college games before becoming a professional. He also discusses one of his first...
Interview Andy Ackerman In his three-hour interview, Andy Ackerman talks about his break into the industry as an assistant editor on the series Welcome Back, Kotter . He relates how he came to work for MTM Enterprises and discusses working on WKRP in Cincinnati as an editor (for which he won an Emmy award). He describes...
Show Seinfeld Jerry Seinfeld, American standup comedian and author of the best-selling book SeinLanguage (1993), is now best known as the eponymous hero of Seinfeld , a sitcom that has been a great success for NBC for the last five years. Yet hero, for the show's fans in the US and around the world, is not the...
Interview Alan Young In his three-hour Archive interview, Alan Young (1919-2016) discusses his Scottish and Canadian upbringing and starting his show business career as a teenager on radio. He speaks of "The Alan Young Show" radio program and the television version, and recalls his experiences doing a 'live' television...
Interview Sonia Manzano In her one-and-a-half-hour Archive interview, Sonia Manzano talks about her role as "Maria" on the classic children series Sesame Street , which she had played continuously for the entire 35-year run of the show up to the time of the interview. She describes her audition for the show, a typical...
Interview Dorothy Fontana In her three-and-a-half hour Archive interview, Dorothy C. Fontana (1939-2019) recalls her early career working for producers such as Samuel Peeples and Del Reisman, and describes how she came to work for writer/producer Gene Roddenberry as his assistant on The Lieutenant . Next, she speaks about...
Show Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Scooby-Doo is an American media franchise based around several animated television series and related works produced from 1969 to the present day. The original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, was created for Hanna-Barbera Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears in 1969. This Saturday...
