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- Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Singer/actress Julie Budd on her journey as an artist; collaborating with the likes of Marvin Hamlisch, Burt Bacharach, Michel Legrand, Herb Bernstein, and Liberace; the importance of honesty in choosing one’s material, which she learned from Frank Sinatra; and what makes REMEMBERING MR. SINATRA, Julie’s new CD, unique among all other Sinatra tributes. REMEMBERING MR. SINATRA is available now at Amazon, iTunes, and CDBaby. For our listeners on the East Coast, Julie Budd will bring her live show THE SONGS OF MY LIFE AND THE COMPOSERS WHO WROTE THEM to the Birdland Theater in New York on Wednesday 5/1 thru Saturday 5/4; she’ll also be honored by The Friars Club in New York on Tuesday 5/14
- Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Singer, actress and producer Kat Kramer on collaborating with Paul Guilfoyle, Beverly Todd, Donna Mills, director Linda Palmer, and the rest of the talented cast and crew of the award-winning indie dramedy TURNOVER; her other upcoming film, MOTHER’S DAY MEMORIES, a drama about Alzheimer’s disease; the pending release of Kat’s album GEMSTONE, which includes her duet with the late Billy Preston; and what to look for in the final season of the popular web comedy series CHILD OF THE ’70s (where Kat plays soap opera diva Frances Rye). TURNOVER will open the Palm Springs International Down Syndrome Film Festival (Friday 5/3 thru Sunday 5/5), the first film fest dedicated to raising awareness for Down Syndrome. Kat Kramer will appear opening night in Palm Springs, Friday 5/3, along with fellow TURNOVER actress Jamie Brewer
- via It’s Alive Media: Attention, Kovacs Fans on the East Coast: May 2019 will bring three more events to celebrate Ernie’s centennial birthday, including a program honoring Ernie and Edie at the Library of Congress on Friday 5/10 and Saturday 5/11, and an Ernie Kovacs tribute at the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission on Wednesday 5/22
- Revival! actor Kirk Taylor on His Real-Life Resurrection: Next on TVC
- Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Screenwriter and Star Trek historian Marc Cushman, author of the critically acclaimed three-volume THESE ARE THE VOYAGES book series, on Gene Roddenberry’s accomplishments in film and television during the ten-year period between the cancellation of the original Star Trek in 1969 and the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979, including The Questor Tapes, Genesis II, his ill-fated effort to reimagine Tarzan for the big screen and, of course, Star Trek: The Animated Series. Marc’s latest book, THESE ARE THE VOYAGES: GENE RODDENBERRY AND STAR TREK IN THE 1970s, VOLUME 1 is now available through Jacobs Brown Media Group
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- Robert Hooks, plus More of the Kovacs Centennial: Next on TVC « KSAV on Coming to DVD on Tuesday 11/13 from Shout! Factory: ERNIE KOVACS: THE CENTENNIAL EDITION, a nine-disc, 22-hour cornucopia of landmark comedy and bonus material highlighting the very best of Television’s Original Genius
- Marilyn Michaels: Next on TVC « KSAV on via @latimes: Golden Globe Award-winning actress Katherine Helmond dies at age 89
- The Little Mermaid, The Man with No Eyes and A Tribute to Garry Marshall: Next on TVC « KSAV on via Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Actor Morgan Woodward dies at age 93
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via KSAV and Susan McCray: Kent McCray, producer of Little House on the Prairie, dies at age 89. Also the husband of network TV casting director (and, later, KSAV Radio personality) Susan McCray, Kent McCray also partnered with Michael Landon on Bonanza, Highway to Heaven and Father Murphy
Kent McCray, a producer and production manager who collaborated with the late Michael Landon on the NBC dramas Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven and Father Murphy, has died. He was 89. McCray died Sunday June 3rd in Los Angeles of natural … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Shows, Television Star
Tagged Bob Hope Show, Buick-Berle Show, Colgate Comedy Hour, Father Murphy, High Chapparal, Highway to Heaven, Kent McCray, KSAV, Little House on the Prairie, Michael Landon, production manager, Red Skelton Show, Susan McCray, The Man Behind the Most Beloved Television Shows, The Miracle Worker, USO specials, Victor French, You Bet Your Life
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via Decades Network: Decades presents Rod, White & Blue, a 24-hour, 46-episode Twilight Zone marathon on Wednesday 7/4 featuring such classic episodes as “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” “The Eye of the Beholder,” “The Invaders,” “It’s a Good Life,” and “The Monsters are Due on Maple Street”
Chicago, IL (June 29, 2018) The DECADES TV Network salutes the land of the unusual and home of the fantastical with Rod, White & Blue: A Twilight Zone Celebration, an all-day July 4th dimension event, bringing fans of the landmark American anthology TV … Continue reading
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Tagged 000 Feet, Agnes Moorehead, Buck Houghton, Burgess Meredith, Buster Keaton, Carol Burnett, Cloris Leachman, Decades Channel, DECADES Network, Decades TV, Dick York, Gladys Cooper, It's a Good Life, Nightmare at 20, Richard Matheson, Robert Redford, Rod, Rod Serling, Ron Howard, Suzy Parker, The Eye of the Beholder, The Invaders, The Monsters are Due on Maple Street, The Twilight Zone, White & Blue, William Reynolds, William Shatner
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via the Toronto Star: Canadian actor Daniel Pilon died Tuesday 6/26 at age 77. Fans of the original Dallas know him as Naldo Marchetta, Jenna Wade’s treacherous ex-husband
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Tagged Dallas, Daniel Pilon, Jenna Wade, Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Priscilla Presley
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Film and television actress Deanna Lund dies at age 81
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 408 with guests Adam Tsekhman and Alan Rode is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 408 with guests Adam Tsekhman and Alan Rode Original Airdate: June 22-25, 2018 First hour: Ed welcomes film historian Alan Rode. Alan’s latest book, Michael Curtiz: A Life in Film, is a comprehensive biography and filmography of the … Continue reading
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