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

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

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

Edie Falco on the finale of The Sopranos

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

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)

Who talked about this topic

Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht on the ending of The Sopranos

Alan A. Armer

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

Charles Cappleman

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

Edie Falco

Edie Falco on the finale of The Sopranos

Dorothy Fontana

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

Tom Fontana

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

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

Sandra Gimpel

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

Lesli Linka Glatter

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

Sharon Gless

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

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

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

Larry Hagman

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

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)

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)

Elodie Keene

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

Norman Lloyd

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

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

William H. Macy

William H. Macy on the live episode of ER

Richard Matheson

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

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

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

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

Leonard Nimoy

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

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

Timothy Van Patten

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

Cliff Robertson

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

Barney Rosenzweig

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

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

Neil Travis

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

Terence Winter

Terence Winter on the series finale of The Sopranos

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