Show Bonanza Bonanza , the first Western televised in color, premiered on a Saturday night in the fall of 1959. After Gunsmoke , Bonanza was the longest-running and most successful Western in U.S. television, airing for fourteen seasons. The series related the story of Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his...
Show Breaking Bad “I am not in danger; I am the danger.” Walter White was introduced to the world on January 20, 2008 as a mild-mannered high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico, living a quiet life with his wife and son. Over the next five seasons, the character would dramatically transform from a...
Interview Robert Vaughn In his two-hour Archive interview, Robert Vaughn (1932-2016) talks about growing up as the son of actors and speaks of his own early stage and radio performances during the 1940s. He outlines his academic studies and his move to Los Angeles, his first television appearances on Medic and Playhouse...
Interview Ed Bradley Ed Bradley says of his interviewing style: "My job is to put someone in a chair and get them to talk and tell their story, as if there are no cameras, no lights, not seven people in the room, just the two of us sitting there talking." Ed Bradley spent over three decades as a correspondent for CBS...
Interview Morley Safer In his four-hour Archive interview, Morley Safer (1931-2016) describes his early years in print journalism, recounts his initial broadcast work in Canada, and details his first job for CBS. He recalls inheriting Edward R. Murrow's office when he became CBS London Bureau Chief, and discusses his...
Interview Dan Rather In his nearly eight-hour interview (in two sessions), Dan Rather talks at length about growing up in Houston, Texas and his early years as a radio and television journalist in the local market. He describes in detail his work at KHOU-TV, where his dramatic continuous coverage of "Hurricane Carla"...
