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- 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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via Comedy Hall of Fame: Premiering tonight on WNET Channel 13 in New York: SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, a new documentary featuring intimate, never-before-seen interviews with Caesar from the archives of the Comedy Hall of Fame. SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY will also become available for viewing on demand on PBS Passport beginning Monday 7/22
New York, NY — For more than 50 years, public television has provided unsurpassed access to the performing arts, including the very best of theater, dance, opera, classical, jazz, popular music, and comedy. Now, New York metro-area public television station … Continue reading →
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Tagged 20th century comedic television, Admiral Broadway Revue, Billy Crystal, Broadway, Caesar’s Hour, Calvin Trillin, Carl Reiner, comedic variety programming, Comedy Hall of Fame, comic trailblazer, Golden Age of Television, Imogene Coca, Jack Benny, Larry Gelbart, Laughter on the 23rd Floor, Mel Brooks, Milton Berle, My Favorite Year, Nanette Fabray, NASCAR, Neil Simon, Paley Center, Saturday Night Live, Shout! Factory, Sid Caesar, Sid Caesar: Extra Portion, SID CAESAR: ON THE LANGUAGE OF COMEDY, Sid Caesar: The Works, Sid's groundbreaking series, social satirist, Studs Terkel, superstar comedian, Ten from Your Show of Shows, The Chevy Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Woody Allen, Your Show of Shows
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Podcast of TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 449: Inside The Hollywood Museum’s New Tribute to Lucille Ball is now available online for listening on demand
Inside The Hollywood Museum’s New Tribute to Lucille Ball Original Airdates: May 3-5, 2019 Listen to “Inside The Hollywood Museum’s New Tribute to Lucille Ball” on Spreaker. TVC 449.4: TV Confidential takes its listeners to the Hollywood Museum for the … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amy Schumer, Barbara van Orden, Barry Livingston, Bob Bergen, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, comedienne Judy Tenuta, Desi Arnaz, Desilu Productions, Desilu Studios, Dick Van Dyke Show, Donelle Dadigan, Ellen DeGeneres, Family Affair, First Couple of Comedy, first female executive television executive, first female television executive, Geoffrey Mark, Here's Lucy, Hollywood Museum, I Had a Ball: My Friendship with Lucy, I Love Lucy, Jamestown, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Rivers, Journey Gunderson, Kate Linder, Kate Luckinbill-Connor, Kathy Garver, LA's Next Big Stage Show, largest independent television production company in the United States, Lawrence Luckinbill, Lewis Black, Lily Tomlin, Lucie Arnaz, Lucie Arnaz Luckinbill, Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz, Lucille Ball exhibit, Lucille Ball tribute, Max Factor Building, Melody Thomas-Scott, Michael Stern, Mission: Impossible, My Three Sons, National Comedy Center, New York, Paula Poundstone, public Thank You Lucille Ball, Queen of Comedy, Ray Romano, Redheads Only Room, Remembering Lucy, Remembering Lucy exhibit, Star Trek, Susan Olsen, The Andy Griffith Show, The Brady Bunch, The Danny Thomas Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, the first female head of a major Hollywood production studio, The Jack Benny Program, The Lucy Book, The Lucy Legacy, The Lucy Show, The Smothers Brothers, The Untouchables, the voice of Porky Pig, The Young and the Restless, Tom Watson, Trevor Noah
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via National Comedy Center and Jonas PR: The National Comedy Center Honors Lucille Ball on the 30th Anniversary of Her Passing with a New Initiative to Digitally Preserve the Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz Museum Archives
Jamestown, New York – April 26, 2019 – As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the passing of Lucille Ball, the new National Comedy Center — a state-of-the-art museum in Jamestown, New York that embodies Ball’s vision for a destination for the celebration … Continue reading →
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Tagged Amy Schumer, Bob Newhart, Carl Reiner, Desi Arnaz, Desilu Productions, Dick Van Dyke Show, Ellen DeGeneres, First Couple of Comedy, first female television executive, I Love Lucy, Jamestown, Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, Jim Gaffigan, Joan Rivers, Journey Gunderson, largest independent television production company in the United States, Lewis Black, Lily Tomlin, Lucille Ball, Lucille Ball Comedy Festival, Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz, Mission: Impossible, National Comedy Center, New York, Paula Poundstone, Ray Romano, Star Trek, The Andy Griffith Show, The Danny Thomas Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, the first female head of a major Hollywood production studio, The Jack Benny Program, The Lucy Show, The Smothers Brothers, The Untouchables, Trevor Noah
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Joyce Bulifant, Cloak & Dagger, and the Untold Mary Tyler Moore: Next on TVC
Actress and author Joyce Bulifant, author Herbie J Pilato, and actress Cecilia Leal will join us this weekend on TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Apr. 12-14 at the following times and venues: Share-a-Vision Radio San Francisco Bay Area Friday 4/12 7pm ET, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 90 Bristol Court, addictive behavior, Airplane, alcoholism, Andrea Roth, Ashley, Audience Network, Bad News Bears, Bewitched Forever, Big John Little John, Bill Bixby, Bouffon, Breeda Wool, Bye Yum Pum Pum, Camila, Carl Reiner, CBS Films, CBS Match Game, Cecilia Leal, classic TV, Cloak & Dagger, co-dependency, Crosswits, diabetes, Diamonds, Dick Van Dyke, Disney’s Freeform, Disney’s The Happiest Millionaire, domestic abuse, dyslexia, Edward Mallory, Elizabeth Montgomery, Fairy Godmother, feelings of self worth, First Lady of American Theater, Five Feet Apart, French clowning, game shows, Gene Rayburn, George Bernard Shaw, Goodson Todman, Grant Tinker, Haley Lu Richardson, Hans Christian Anderson Award, Happiest Millionaire, Harper Valley, Helen Hayes, Henry Fonda, Herbie J Pilato, Jack Warden, Jack Weston, James MacArthur, Jane Fonda, Jesus Christ Superstar, John Asher, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Joyce Bulifant, Kirk Douglas, Lesley Ann Warren, Lillian Gish, Love Thy Neighbor, Marie Slaughter, Marvel's Cloak & Dagger, Mary Tyler Moore, Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story, Match Game, Mikayla, Mr. Mercedes, My Four Hollywood Husbands, Neil Simon, Netflix, New Beverly Cinema, Olivia Holt, Password, Perry Mason, plastic surgery, Professor Sophie Amieva, Pyramid, Raymond Burr, Robert Redford, Roger Perry, Ron Masak, Stella, Stephen J. Cannell, stethoscope, Tandy Bowen, Tattletales, The Bewitching Life and Career of Elizabeth Montgomery, The Bill Cosby Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Dyslexia Awareness program, The Dyslexia Foundation, The First Lady of the American Theater, The Happiest Millionaire, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Purge, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Tituss Burgess, To Tell the Truth, Tom Dick and Mary, Tom Everett Scott, TV historian, Twitch Upon a Star, Walter Pidgeon, We Are All in Paradise, Whoopi Goldberg, William Asher, You Never Can Tell, zucker abraham zucker, zucker brothers
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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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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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Tagged Barney Miller, Cheers, Dangerously Funny, David Bianculli, Deadwood, Dexter, Douglas L. Howard, famous final episodes, final episodes, Girls, Howdy Doody, Investigating Cutting Edge Television, Jeff Thompson, Lost, Mad Men, Mark Dawidziak, MASH, Nichols, Robert Thompson, Roseanne, 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, TV Worth Watching
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Our colleague Greg Ehrbar reviews Sitcom Writers Talk Shop: Behind the Scenes with Carl Reiner, Norman Lear and Other Geniuses of TV Comedy, a new book by Paula Finn that sheds light into the craft of writing itself
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Tagged All in the Family, Carl Reiner, Everybody Loves Raymond, Get Smart, Herbert Finn, James Brooks, Larry Charles, Leonard Stern, Matt Williams, Maude, Mike Reiss, Norman Lear, Paula Finn, Phil Rosenthal, Roseanne, Seinfeld, Sitcom Writers Talk Shop, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Flintstones, The Honeymooners, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Simpsons, Treva Silverman
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