"Broadcasting is a personal business. It's an ability to enlist the aid of people, their energy, their brain power, and their creative ability." - Leonard Goldenson, ABC Network President
The Archive of American Television focuses on the people involved in broadcast history, and to that end, interviews TV legends in all professions. Browse the complete list of individuals online, by name below.
See the complete list of Archive interviewees. New online interviews are added regularly.
Rita Moreno on the stereotypical roles she played in filmed TV in the 1950s
Danny DeVito on why he returned to television on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia as "Frank"
Judge Judy Sheindlin on getting across the message that the justice system means business
LeVar Burton on getting cast on Star Trek: The Next Generation
Vince Gilligan on how Breaking Bad got its title and what it means
Walter Cronkite on coming up with his signature signoff "and that's the way it is"
Sherman Hemsley on the creation of the "walk" for George Jefferson's character on The Jeffersons
Kevin Clash on developing the character of "Elmo," including his signature laugh
George Carlin on the advice he would give young comedians
Mary Tyler Moore on Lucille Ball giving her the greatest gift "she ever received in the business" while working on The Dick Van Dyke Show
Melissa Gilbert on the legacy of Little House on the Prairie 
Barbara Walters on coming to terms with Gilda Radner's "Baba Wawa" impression
Marla Gibbs on staying behind at the first table read of The Jeffersons to offer her opinions
David Crane and Marta Kauffman on their proudest achievement, Friends - "it was perfect"
Milton Berle on his costumes on The Texaco Star Theater
Patricia Heaton on the legacy of Everybody Loves Raymond as a classic comedy
