Drama

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Presents

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“We did a thing at the Palladium and the Queen Mother - it was her 80th birthday - and I came backstage to meet her and she says, ‘I don’t suppose you could tell me who shot J.R.?’ I said, ‘No, ma’am. Not even for you.'" - Larry Hagman, Actor

Interviewees discuss classic episodes of television dramas.

Highlights

Larry Hagman on the infamous "Who shot J.R.?" storyline of Dallas

07:10

Neil Travis on editing "Kunta Kinte's" capture in part one of Roots

02:22

Dorothy Fontana on Star Trek's creation of aliens using "the Horta" from "The Devil in the Dark" episode as an example

01:52

Edie Falco on the finale of The Sopranos

05:21

Sharon Gless on the controversial Cagney & Lacey episode "The City is Burning" and her character's sometimes offensive attitudes

01:55

Jon Hamm on going to dark places while playing "Don Draper" on Mad Men and how "Don's" journey ends in the final episode (the Coca-Cola commercial)

05:48

Who talked about this topic

Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht on the ending of The Sopranos

02:43

Alan A. Armer

Alan Armer on the finale of The Fugitive, and on how it was received

02:03

Charles Cappleman

Charles Cappleman on his duties as a stage manager, and on working on Climax! and Playhouse 90

05:58

Ane Crabtree

Ane Crabtree on "Tony Soprano's" robe in The Sopranos pilot and on "Tony" feeding the ducks

03:04

Edie Falco

Edie Falco on the finale of The Sopranos

05:21

Dorothy C. Fontana

Dorothy Fontana on Star Trek's creation of aliens using "the Horta" from "The Devil in the Dark" episode as an example

01:52

Tom Fontana

Tom Fontana on his favorite St. Elsewhere episodes and the finale of the show

05:50

Tom Fontana on the Homicide: Life on the Street episode "The Subway"

01:46

Sandra Gimpel

Sandra Gimpel on playing the Salt Vampire on the Star Trek episode "The Man Trap"

07:10

Lesli Linka Glatter

Lesli Linka Glatter on directing the classic Mad Men episode "Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency"

02:49

Sharon Gless

Sharon Gless on presenting alcoholism in the two-part "Turn Turn Turn" episode on Cagney & Lacey, and winning an Emmy for it

01:47

Sharon Gless on the controversial Cagney & Lacey episode "The City is Burning" and her character's sometimes offensive attitudes

01:55

Sharon Gless and Cagney & Lacey executive producer Barney Rosenzweig on developing the theme of alcoholism for "Christine Cagney" and her father on the show

05:36

Larry Hagman

Larry Hagman on the infamous "Who shot J.R.?" storyline of Dallas

07:10

Jon Hamm

Jon Hamm on going to dark places while playing "Don Draper" on Mad Men and how "Don's" journey ends in the final episode (the Coca-Cola commercial)

05:48

Jeffrey Hayden

Jeffrey Hayden on Quincy's plots, including the episode "Seldom Silent, Never Heard," that influenced the passing of the Orphan Drug Act (ODA)

04:20

Elodie Keene

Elodie Keene on directing Claire Danes and Jared Leto on My So-Called Life

03:21

Norman Lloyd

Norman Lloyd on directing the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Jar"

03:08

Norman Lloyd on what he thought of the final episode of St. Elsewhere

01:02

William H. Macy

William H. Macy on the live episode of ER

02:17

Richard Matheson

Richard Matheson on writing for The Lawman, including the suspenseful "Thirty Minutes"

02:52

Richard Matheson on The Twilight Zone episodes "Nick of Time" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," both of which starred William Shatner

02:02

Richard Matheson on the Twilight Zone episode "Little Girl Lost" and how real life inspired the story

01:06

Richard Matheson on his surprise that The Twilight Zone episode "The Invaders" has become a classic

00:56

Leonard Nimoy

Leonard Nimoy on his creation of "Mr. Spock's" Vulcan salute and its use in the episode "Amok Time"

01:51

Leonard Nimoy on the Star Trek episode "The Devil in the Dark," and "Spock's" mind meld ability

02:11

Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson on the classic Twilight Zone episode "The Dummy" (SPOILERS!)

01:07

Barney Rosenzweig

Sharon Gless and Barney Rosenzweig on developing the theme of alcoholism for "Christine Cagney" and her father on Cagney and Lacey

05:36

Maxine Stuart

Maxine Stuart on [SPOILER ALERT!] The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder" and the irony in the show's casting, considering the show's message about conformity

03:19

Neil Travis

Neil Travis on editing "Kunta Kinte's" capture in part one of Roots

02:22

Timothy Van Patten

Timothy Van Patten on his "story by" credit for the "Pine Barrens" episode of The Sopranos

03:53

Terence Winter

Terence Winter on the series finale of The Sopranos

03:27

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