Interview Lesley Stahl Lesley Stahl knew she had what it took to be a reporter: "I think I knew by instinct that the door kicking part was necessary, the idea that you make a hundred calls instead of just fifty, and that you don't take no for an answer. I knew that my energy was going to be there, my urge to get to the...
Interview Tim Russert In his twenty-minute interview (which was the be the first part of a multi-part interview), Tim Russert (1950-2008) speaks about his early years growing up in Buffalo, NY and his decision to go to law school. He talks about his transition to television news, joining NBC News in 1984 as a vice...
Show Meet the Press Meet The Press , America's longest-running television series premiered on NBC-TV 6 November 1947. This exceptionally successful program was the first to bring Washington politics into American living-rooms. Lawrence E. Spivak debuted the program in 1945 as a radio program to promote his magazine...
Interview Sam Donaldson Of his career as a journalist, Sam Donaldson says, "I say to people, only half-facetiously, in questioning public officials who owe an explanation to the public, 'I try to be equally vicious to all of them.'" In his two-and-a-half hour Archive interview Donaldson talks about his tenure at WTOP-TV...
Show Saturday Night Live Saturday Night Live first aired on 11 October 1975 on NBC and has continued since to hold that spot in the line-up despite major cast changes, turmoil in the production offices and variable ratings. A comedy-variety show with an emphasis on satire and current issues, the program has been a staple...
Interview Leslie Moonves In his two-and-a-half hour Archive interview, Leslie Moonves discusses his early years working as an actor, before producing for the theatre. He then details his early executive jobs at Twentieth Century Television and Lorimar, culminating in Lorimar's merger with Warner Bros. Television, where...
Interview James Arness In his two-and-a-half-hour Archive interview, James Arness (1923-2011) speaks about his early years and experiences, which included serving in the army during World War II, and recalls his start in local radio in Minneapolis. He notes his break into acting in movies and lists several in which he...
Interview Barbara Eden In her two-and-a-half hour Archive interview, Barbara Eden chronicles her start in television and her work on early television series including I Love Lucy. She discusses her first regular series role as "Loco Jones" in How to Marry a Millionaire . She then goes on to talk about her starring roles...
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...
