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- Vince Van Patten, Laura Niemi, plus a Look at Fall Premieres: Next on TVC « KSAV on Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 461 with guest Lynette Rice is now available online for listening on demand
- Dawn Wells, plus The Bolivian Sammy Hagar and A Tribute to Valerie Harper: Next on TVC « KSAV on The Hollywood Museum blinks up a new exhibit honoring screen legend Barbara Eden that features the original costume that the actress wore on her iconic TV series, I Dream of Jeannie. The latest addition to the Museum’s popular Lobby Series, the Jeannie exhibit is now open to the public and includes the original bottle from the I Dream of Jeannie pilot, plus five screen accurate bottles by Mario Della Cassa
- Dawn Wells, plus The Bolivian Sammy Hagar and A Tribute to Valerie Harper: Next on TVC « KSAV on Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Gilligan’s Island star Dawn Wells on her recent road trip to Provo, Utah with Kathy Garver; filming the classic Western movie Winterhawk on location in Montana, and the appeal of Westerns in general; and why the simple values embodied by Mary Ann are as timely today as ever. The Hollywood Museum will honor Dawn Wells in September with a new lobby tribute that will also commemorate the fifty-fifth anniversary of the premiere of Gilligan’s Island. Meanwhile, Dawn’s book WHAT WOULD MARY ANN DO? A Guide to Life has been re-issued by Bear Manor Media and is now available both in paperback and as an eBook. WHAT WOULD MARY ANN DO? takes a look at the various changes in today’s culture that face single women and single mothers, while also showing that Good Girls Do Finish First
- Remembering Russell Johnson and The Streets of San Francisco: Next on TVC « KSAV on Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Actor and author James Rosin on playing basketball with Peter Falk; the life-changing six months he spent living and working on a kibbutz in Israel; and the advice Tony Randall gave before Jim flew out to L.A. to work with Jack Klugman on Quincy. Jim’s new book, PEOPLE, PLACES & ME, is a memoir of Jim’s life and career as a working actor and a working writer, both in New York and L.A.—a career that includes many great stories of his encounters, on and off camera, with the likes of Paul Newman, Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Bruce Willis, Mike Connors, Michael Douglas, Albert Finney, Steve McQueen, Ivan Goff, and Peter Finch. PEOPLE, PLACES & ME is available exclusively at ClassicTVSeriesBooks.com. Jim Rosin will be at the MidAtlantic Nostalgia Convention in Hunts Valley, Maryland on Sept. 12-14
- David Frankham, plus the News and Documentary Emmy Awards: Next on TVC « KSAV on Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: Adam Sharp, president of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (aka The Daytime Emmys), on why television news remains as viable as ever. The 40th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards will be presented Tuesday 9/24 in New York City
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL, Show No. 435, Hour 1 with guests Michael Learned, Douglas Howard and David Bianculli is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 435, Hour 1 with guests Michael Learned, Douglas Howard and David Bianculli Original Airdates: Jan. 25-27, 2019 Listen to “Show No. 435, Hour 1: Michael Learned, SuperFriends plus More TV Finales” on Spreaker. Emmy Award-winning actress Michael Learned … Continue reading →
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Tagged Academy Awards, Alfred Uhry, Anya Adams, Barney Miller, Cheers, Chrome Entertainment, Daisy Werthan, Dangerously Funny, David Bianculli, Deadwood, Dexter, Douglas L. Howard, Driving Miss Daisy, Earl Hamner, famous final episodes, final episodes, Gerry Pass, Girls, Hoke, Hollywood, Howdy Doody, Icon Awards, interracial couple, interracial relationships, Investigating Cutting Edge Television, Jeff Thompson, Laguna Beach, Laguna Playhouse, Lainie Kazan, Lance Nichols, Legend Award, Life Interrupted, Loretta Swit, Lost, Mad Men, Mark Dawidziak, MASH, Michael Learned, Nichols, Olivia Walton, Oscar Party, Paladium, Patricia Neal, Pulitzer Prize, Ralph Waite, Robert Thompson, Roseanne, Second Acts, Seinfeld, series finales, Sex and the City, Six Feet Under, Smothers Brothers, St. Elsewhere, Television Finales, television history, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Fugitive, The Shield, The Waltons, Travis Liden, Treme, TV moms, TV Worth Watching
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Michael Learned, Titus Welliver, plus More TV Finales: Next on TVC
Actors Michael Learned and Titus Welliver and authors Douglas Howard and David Bianculli will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Jan. 25-27 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 1/25 7pm ET, … Continue reading →
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Hour 1 of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 434, featuring Josh Mills, David Bianculli and Douglas Howard, is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 434, Hour 1 with guests Josh Mills, David Bianculli and Douglas Howard Original Airdates: Jan. 18-20, 2019 Listen to “Show No. 434, Hour 1: Ernie Kovacs Centennial plus Famous TV Series Finales” on Spreaker. Josh Mills, director of … Continue reading →
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Constance Towers, Television Finales, and A Century of Kovacs: Next on TVC
Singer/actress Constance Towers, Ernie Kovacs estate director Josh Mills, and authors Douglas Howard and David Bianculli will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Jan. 18-20 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday … Continue reading →
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Podcast for TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 433 with guests David Steinberg and David Bianculli is now available online for listening on demand
Show No. 433 with guests David Steinberg and David Bianculli Original Airdates: Jan. 11-13, 2019 Listen to “TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 433 with guests David Steinberg and David Bianculli” on Spreaker. First hour: Ed welcomes David Steinberg, Robin Williams’ manager … Continue reading →
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Coming soon to TV CONFIDENTIAL: David Bianculli and Douglas Howard, co-editors of TELEVISION FINALES: From Howdy Doody to Girls, an exploration of some of the most compelling and often controversial final episodes in TV history, including such famous finales as those of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, M*A*S*H, and The Fugitive; infamous ones such as St. Elsewhere, The Sopranos and How I Met Your Mother; plus a few others that you may not have thought of. TELEVISION FINALES is available in hardcover, paperback and as an eBook through Syracuse University Press
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