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- Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 429 with guests Carole Wells and Steve Randisi is now available online for listening on demand
- via Decades Network: Spend Christmas Day with Carol Burnett with an all-day Carol-a-thon featuring select episodes of Carol Burnett and Friends, The Lucy Show plus Carol’s appearance as host of The Very Best of The Ed Sullivan Show
- Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: David Steinberg, Robin Williams’ manager for more than forty years, on what Williams looked for whenever he considered a film role, and how he always took direction from the audience whenever he performed his stand-up routines. David is also executive producer of Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, the acclaimed HBO documentary that is just one part of ROBIN WILLIAMS: COMIC GENIUS, the comprehensive 22-DVD collection that will give you an idea of how Robin’s mind worked, how he came to create material, and how that process grew throughout his life and career. ROBIN WILLIAMS: COMIC GENIUS is available exclusively through RobinWilliams.com
- via Beachwood Entertainment Collective: Legendary songwriter and music producer Brian Wilson to be the subject of a definitive documentary that will take viewers into the world of rock ‘n’ roll’s most misunderstood icon. The as-yet untitled film will include interviews with such artists as Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Jim James, and Gustavo Dudamel, plus showcases and rare, unreleased music
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- Ed Asner: Next on TVC « KSAV on Ed Asner will bring his critically acclaimed one-man show A Man and His Prostate to Lafayette, California, Sacramento, California and Grand Rapids, Michigan in early 2019. Ed describes A Man and His Prostate as “The Vagina Monologues, for men.” In addition, he is starring in a new play, God Help Us, a political comedy in which God moderates a debate between two pundits on opposite sides of the spectrum. Ed will talk about both God Help Us and A Man and His Prostate, and more, next weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL
- Ed Asner: Next on TVC « KSAV on Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Leslie Bertram Crane on her career working behind the scenes in network television, both in production and post-production. Leslie spent more than a decade in variety television, not only on weekly series but high profile specials and such live events as the Jerry Lewis telethon and two Oscarcasts, before becoming as a “switcher” on such top shows as Friends, The Drew Carey Show, and Murphy Brown. She’ll tell you what a “switcher” does, plus she’ll give you an idea of just how many plates are spinning behind the camera of most variety TV shows. Our conversation will air in a few weeks. Leslie is also co-author, along with her husband Robert Crane, of Burn The Ice, a book that details the adventures of two bartenders in L.A.
- Ed Asner: Next on TVC « KSAV on Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: The one and only Ed Asner on his approach to playing God Almighty in the new stage play, God Help Us; the inspiration for starting The Ed Asner Family Center, a nonprofit organization that benefits children with special needs; working with Valerie Harper on The Mary Tyler Moore Show; and the differences between playing God and playing Santa Claus. Visit GodHelpUs.net to find out how to bring God Help Us to a playhouse near you
- A Tribute to James Garner: Next on TVC « KSAV on This week on TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actor Sam Medina on working opposite Tom Hardy in the upcoming Marvel adventure Venom. Sam will join us in the first hour of this week’s program. Venom opens in theaters Friday 10/5
- Robert Wagner: Next on TVC « KSAV on via Budd Moss: Robert Wagner to Receive the Hollywood Golden Era Award at the Second Gold Coast International Film Festival, which will be held on Wednesday 10/24
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via BroadwayWorld.com: getTV commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy tonight, Wednesday 6/6, at 9pm ET 6pm PT by rebroadcasting RFK’s appearance on The Merv Griffin Show from October 1967, six months before RFK officially declared himself a candidate in the 1968 presidential election
https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/getTV-Will-Honor-the-50th-Anniversary-of-Robert-F-Kennedys-Death-with-his-Historic-Episode-of-THE-MERV-GRIFFIN-SHOW-20180531
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Tagged 1968 Presidential election, Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles, Attorney General, Bobby Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King, Eugene McCarthy, getTV, John F. Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, June 5 1968, Kennedy dynasty, Lyndon B. Johnson, Merv Griffin, Merv Griffin Show, Richard Nixon, Robert F. Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan
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via Decades Network: Decades remembers the life and legacy of Robert F. Kennedy with an hour-long special premiering Monday 6/4, the fiftieth anniversary of his assassination
May 24, 2018 (Chicago, IL) — DECADES Network, the multicast TV network from Weigel Broadcasting Co. and CBS Television Stations, recalls the heroism and tragedy of Robert F. Kennedy in the sixthh installment of Decades Presents: 1968, which premieres nationwide on Monday, June 4th at … Continue reading
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Tagged 1968 Democratic nomination, 1968 Presidential election, Ambassador hotel, Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles, assassination, Attorney General, Bobby Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy assassination, CBS News Archives, CBS Television Stations, Chris Mathews, Civil Rights Movement, DECADES Network, Decades Presents: 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Ellee Pai Hong, Eugene McCarthy, Jeff Greenfield, John F. Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, Joseph McCarthy, Juan Romero, June 5 1968, Kathleen Kennedy, Kennedy dynasty, Kerry Kennedy, Larry Tye, Lyndon B. Johnson, Michael Cohen, multicast TV network, Presidency, President of the United States, RFK, Richard Nixon, Robert F. Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan, U.S. Senate, Vietnam War, Weigel Broadcasting Co.
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via SFGate: Bobby Kennedy for President, the four-part documentary that premieres Friday 4/27 on Netflix, captures the appeal of RFK, yet fails to capture the intensity of feeling that the Baby Boomer generation experienced after 1968
https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/RFK-doc-misses-the-bigger-picture-for-Baby-12859100.php?t=d6be11417d
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Tagged 1968 Presidential election, Ambassador Hotel Los Angeles, Attorney General, Bobby Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King, Eugene McCarthy, John F. Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy, June 5 1968, Kennedy dynasty, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Robert F. Kennedy, Sirhan Sirhan
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Podcast of last week’s TV CONFIDENTIAL with Joyce Bulifant and Geoffrey Mark is also available for listening on demand via SoundCloud, Stitcher and YouTube
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