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"I've always felt that this business is, at its best, a great collaboration." - Richard Crenna, Actor and Director

Television, in all of its forms and genres, has always depended on the cooperation of innumerable individuals. That collaboration includes everyone from the show creator who provides the concept, to the network executive who greenlights it, to the writers, casting professionals, propmasters, set designers, camera operators and the many others who bring that vision to the screen.

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Watch Interview Highlights

  • Walter Cronkite on the definition, as he was told, of the term "anchorman" as coined by Paul Levitan
  • John Rich on directing Gunsmoke  when he wanted to switch to drama from comedy directing
  • Alan Alda on seeing early vaudeville acts and the comedy of George Burns and Gracie A
  • Beatrice Arthur on feeling she's an "exposed nerve"
  • Mary Tyler Moore on her childhood talent

From the Collection

  • Carroll O'Connor - Director

    CARROLL O’CONNOR not only starred in, but also wrote and directed episodes of Archie Bunker’s Place and In the Heat of the Night.

  • Jay Sandrich

    JAY SANDRICH directed 119 of the 168 episodes of The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

  • Fred Silverman - Executive

    FRED SILVERMAN served as the programming head of CBS, ABC, and NBC during his long career as a television executive.

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