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Memorable Moments on Television

"At President Kennedy's funeral when young John-John came out and saluted.... I still think it's the best single, most impressive, most dramatic television shot in the history of television." - Julian Goodman, NBC Executive

Television is a medium that creates shared experience -- whether it's a news event or a compelling storyline, there are certain moments which will always be remembered.

 

  • We Celebrated (such as: Olympics, Beatles on Ed Sullivan, Camryn Manheim wins the Emmy, Fall of the Berlin Wall)
  • We Laughed (Bloopers, Newhart final episode, Sammy Davis Jr. kisses Archie Bunker, Lucy Does a TV Commercial)
  • We Cried (9/11, JFK assassination, Henry Blake dies on M*A*S*H, Challenger explodes)
  • We Considered (Checkers speech, I Have A Dream Speech, Edith has breast cancer, “The Day After”)

Topics

  • Bloopers
  • Creative Influences and Inspiration
  • Emmy Awards
  • Historic Events and Social Change
  • Memorable Moments on Television
  • Pop Culture
  • Technological Innovation
  • Television and the Presidency
  • Television Industry
  • TV’s Golden Age (1940s & ‘50s)
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  • Andy Ackerman
    • Andy Ackerman on being a stage manager/assistant director for a high school production and learning a lot from his teacher (01m 42s)
    • Andy Ackerman on directing his first episode of Seinfeld, "The Chaperone" (03m 25s)
    • Andy Ackerman on censorship on Seinfeld (00m 56s)
    • Andy Ackerman on how Seinfeld phrases made it into the pop culture lexicon (01m 51s)
    • Andy Ackerman on what makes a successful show (02m 56s)
    • Andy Ackerman on Larry David's admiration of the character Sgt. Bilko and how that influenced Curb Your Enthusiasm (00m 46s)
  • Edie Adams
    • Edie Adams on The Ernie Kovacs Show being filmed in lenticular color (03m 27s)
    • Edie Adams on the origin of the famous "Nairobi Trio" sketches on Ernie Kovacs' shows (02m 43s)
  • Robert Adler
    • Dr. Robert Adler on ultrasonic remote control devices and the battery
    • Dr. Robert Adler on working on the first televisions in the early 1950s
    • Wireless TV remote control inventor Dr. Robert Adler on the naming of Zenith's first wireless remote controls: Space Command 200 and Space Command 400 (01m 14s)
  • Ray Aghayan
    • Ray Aghayan on costume design for  The Judy Garland Show (01m 08s)
    • Ray Aghayan on costume design for The Judy Garland Show and Bob Mackie becoming his assistant (18m 57s)
    • Ray Aghayan on getting an Emmy category for costume designers and winning the first Emmy for costume design with Bob Mackie in 1967 (01m 58s)
    • Ray Aghayan on producing Consenting Adult (02m 32s)
    • Ray Aghayan on designing for The 1984 Olympics (07m 15s)
  • Alan Alda
    • Alan Alda on his adoration for the early radio comedians and talk show hosts such as Arthur Godfrey and Steve Allen (04m 19s)
    • Alan Alda on how the burlesque comics and vaudeville influenced him at an early age (02m 45s)
    • Alan Alda on his father Robert Alda's early TV parts. (01m 44s)
    • Alan Alda talks about learning from other performers and actors by standing in the wings, literally, to see the tricks behind their craft (57m 46s)
    • Alan Alda describes working with and being influenced by actor Burgess Meredith with Naked City (03m 32s)
    • Alan Alda defines the connection between the Korean war setting of M*A*S*H and the contemporary conflict in Vietnam (01m 24s)
    • Alan Alda defines the connection between the Korean war setting of M*A*S*H and the contemporary conflict in Vietnam (01m 24s)
    • Alan Alda talks about Standards & Practices' objection to the use the word "virgin" in an episode of M*A*S*H (01m 16s)
    • Alan Alda relates the "family hour" concept of the 1970s to censorship (01m 38s)
    • Alan Alda describes the network's objection to the sight of a jock strap on an episode of M*A*S*H (01m 48s)
    • Alan Alda describes his M*A*S*H character “Hawkeye” Pierce (02m 59s)
    • Alan Alda on Loretta Swit's contribution to making her M*A*S*H character three-dimensional. (01m 37s)
    • Alan Alda on the M*A*S*H episode "Sometimes You Hear the Bullet"-- its dramatic significance and Alda's critique of a scene in which he cries on camera (01m 23s)
    • Alan Alda on writing the M*A*S*H episode "Dear Sigmund" (01m 34s)
    • Alan Alda on doing a handspring down the aisle to accept the Emmy Award for writing (00m 39s)
    • Alan Alda on the craft of writing (00m 42s)
    • Alan Alda on the downsides of fame (03m 50s)
  • Army Archerd
    • Army Archerd on serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II (02m 22s)
    • Army Archerd on being on a lot when he found out about JFK's death and not using his "Good Morning" tagline in his column the day after JFK's assassination (01m 35s)
    • Army Archerd on breaking the story of Rock Hudson's AIDS (05m 18s)
    • Army Archerd on his mentor, Harrison Carroll (01m 38s)
  • James Arness
    • James Arness on the character of Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke (01m 11s)
    • James Arness on the amount of violence on Gunsmoke and show's reaction to the anti-violence campaign (01m 42s)
    • James Arness on the amount of violence on Gunsmoke (01m 42s)
  • Beatrice Arthur
    • Clip 1 : Choose ..
    • Beatrice Arthur on Maude's catchphrase: "God will get you for that!" (00m 21s)
    • Beatrice Arthur on fame and celebrity (01m 26s)
  • Janet Ashikaga
    • Editor Janet Ashikaga on women in the editing field and on knowing particular editing systems (03m 57s)
    • Editor Janet Ashikaga on women in the editing field and on knowing particular editing systems (01m 29s)
    • Editor Janet Ashikaga on farming out special effects  (01m 01s)
    • Editor Janet Ashikaga on different editing systems (01m 10s)
    • Editor Janet Ashikaga on winning the Emmy for cutting "The Subway" episode of Seinfeld (02m 34s)
    • Editor Janet Ashikaga on whether advertisers and Standards & Practices took issue with "The Contest" episode of Seinfeld (02m 59s)
    • Editor Janet Ashikaga on winning an Emmy for the "Small Town" episode of Sports Night (00m 48s)
    • Editor Janet Ashikaga on film versus video (01m 15s)
    • Editor Janet Ashikaga on how computers and digital formats have changed editing (02m 58s)
    • Editor Janet Ashikaga on being a female editor (01m 34s)
  • Edward Asner
    • Edward Asner on The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust" (03m 57s)
    • Edward Asner on The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust" (03m 57s)
  • Reza Badiyi
    • Reza Badiyi on creating the iconic title sequence for The Mary Tyler Moore Show - he came up with her famous hat toss (02m 21s)
    • Clip 3 : Choose ..
    • Reza Badiyi on Leonard Freeman coming up with the phrase "Book him, Dan-o" (01m 52s)
    • Reza Badiyi on the character "Tony Baretta"  (01m 24s)
    • Reza Badiyi on how the Iranian Hostage Crisis affected him and finally getting work on The Incredible Hulk (03m 11s)
    • Reza Badiyi on network interference while directing The Trials of Rosie O’Neill (01m 49s)
    • Reza Badiyi on censorship because of the Blacklist (01m 03s)
  • Rick Baker
    • Rick Baker on working on Michael Jackson's Thrillervideo (09m 54s)
  • Bob Banner
    • Bob Banner on how fans approached TV star Dinah Shore vs. movie star Bette Davis
      (01m 53s)
    • Bob Banner on the genesis of his series It's Showtime at the Apollo (05m 30s)
  • Joseph Barbera
    • Joseph Barbera on Hanna-Barbera’s cost-cutting technique of “limited animation” (01m 11s)
  • Paris Barclay
    • Paris Barclay on directing a pivotal episode of ER and seeing the power of television's reach (04m 43s)
    • Paris Barclay on producing City of Angels
      (02m 48s)
  • Bob Barker
    • Bob Barker on how Truth or Consequences was not affected by the quiz show scandals (01m 24s)
    • Bob Barker on The Price is Right catchphrase "come on down!" (02m 03s)
    • Bob Barker on the most memorable Price is Right contestant (who lost her tube top) (01m 26s)
    • Bob Barker on the most memorable Price is Right contestant (who lost her tube top) (01m 26s)
    • Bob Barker on the success and inclusiveness of The Price is Right (02m 24s)
    • Bob Barker on his multiple Emmy wins (02m 15s)
  • Chuck Barris
    • Chuck Barris on obscene answers on The Newlywed Game (00m 42s)
    • Chuck Barris on a contestant's answer to the question, "What's the most unusual place you've ever made love?" on The Newlywed Game (00m 54s)
    • Chuck Barris on censorship on The Newlywed Game and creating the term "making whoopee" (01m 52s)
    • Chuck Barris on censorship on The Gong Show and the problematic Popsicle Twins (04m 00s)
    • Chuck Barris on getting recognized once he hosted The Gong Show (01m 44s)
    • Chuck Barris on being approached by fans (01m 37s)
  • Cliff Barrows
    • Clip 1 : Choose ..
    • Cliff Barrows on Billy Graham's response to the threat of Communism (04m 35s)
    • Cliff Barrows on Billy Graham's response to the Civil Rights Movement (01m 40s)
    • Cliff Barrows on Billy Graham's response to JFK's Assassination (01m 24s)
    • Cliff Barrows on his response to 9/11
      (02m 10s)
  • Anne Beatts
    • Writer Anne Beatts on original (and sole African-American) Saturday Night Live cast member Garrett Morris and how he was used on the show (02m 10s)
    • Writer Anne Beatts on a Saturday Night Live sketch about Patty Hearst (with guest host Lily Tomlin) that was objected to by Standards and Practices (00m 40s)
    • Writer Anne Beatts on two Saturday Night Live sketches that had Standards and Practices issues— a Jesus sketch and a "Nerds" Christmas pageant sketch (03m 24s)
    • Writer Anne Beatts on Standards and Practices' concerns over slang expressions on Saturday Night Live (00m 40s)
    • Writer Anne Beatts on late night television as an area that still hasn't fully accepted female writers (01m 33s)
  • William Bell
    • William Bell on winning an Emmy for  The Young and the Restless
  • Lewis Bernstein
    • Future executive producer Lewis Bernstein on his impressions of Sesame Street upon seeing the show for the first time circa 1970 (00m 26s)
    • Future executive producer Lewis Bernstein on his impressions of Sesame Street upon seeing the show for the first time circa 1970 (00m 26s)
    • Executive Producer Lewis Bernstein on how executives Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett’s approach to Sesame Street was an outgrowth of Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” (01m 02s)
    • Executive producer/former Director of Research Lewis Bernstein on Sesame Street’s effect on racial tolerance in children (00m 46s)
    • Executive producer Lewis Bernstein on the Sesame Street shows produced immediately following 9/11 that addressed children’s fears and on tolerance (03m 07s)
    • Executive producer Lewis Bernstein on the Sesame Street shows produced immediately following 9/11 that addressed children’s fears and on tolerance (03m 07s)
    • Executive Producer Lewis Bernstein on bringing stories from around the world to Sesame Street with the “Global Grover” segment (in response to 9/11) (02m 28s)
  • Walter Bernstein
    • Writer Walter Bernstein on being listed in "Red Channels" and his subsequent blacklisting (10m 41s)
    • Writer Walter Bernstein on working on television (using fronts) while blacklisted
    • BlacklisWalter Bernstein on the subversive subtext of You Are There; on Edward R. Murrow's See It Now denouncing Senator McCarthy (01m 43s)
    • Walter Bernstein on the use of "fronts" during the Blacklist period and the confusion it created among those who speculated who the real writers were. (02m 51s)
  • Barbara Billingsley
    • Barbara Billingsley on "June Cleaver's" high heels and pearls (01m 01s)
    • Barbara Billingsley on the Blacklist (01m 35s)
  • Steve Binder
    • Steve Binder on producing The T.A.M.I. Show (06m 07s)
    • Steve Binder on Shindig and Hullabaloo (03m 34s)
    • Steve Binder on producing Petula, and the controversy surrounding a segment of it (part 1) (04m 49s)
    • Steve Binder on producing Petula, and the controversy surrounding a segment of it (part 2) (04m 54s)
    • Steve Binder on producing and directiing Elvis: The '68 Comeback Special (09m 49s)
    • Steve Binder on directing Diana Ross in Central Park (1985) (04m 02s)
  • William Blinn
    • William Blinn on the first time he saw television and the impact it made on him
  • Steven Bochco
    • Steven Bochco on his 1971 Emmy nomination for Columbo -- complete with denim tux (02m 38s)
    • Steven Bochco describes joining MTM Enterprises in 1978 (05m 59s)
    • Steven Bochco on the creation of Hill Street Blues and his fight for creative control (05m 47s)
    • Steven Bochco on NBC president Fred Silverman's prediction that Hill Street Blues would win the Emmy Award (01m 01s)
    • Steven Bochco on how MTM Enterprises changed after founder Grant Tinker moved to NBC (02m 12s)
    • Steven Bochco on portraying the death of "Sgt. Phil Esterhaus" after actor Michael Conrad dies during series production (02m 01s)
    • Steven Bochco on "The Venus Butterfly" episode of L.A. Law (01m 39s)
    • Steven Bochco on the difficulties of creating organic storytelling on television (04m 40s)
    • Steven Bochco on negotiating how much language and nudity could appear on his series NYPD Blue (03m 59s)
    • Steven Bochco on City of Angels and the importance of the series' predominantly African-American cast and crew (04m 04s)
    • Steven Bochco on "pushing the envelope" on NYPD Blue (01m 15s)
    • Steven Bochco on adding the character of Jonathan Rollins (played by Blair Underwood) to diversify the fictional firm of L.A. Law
    • Steven Bochco on pushing the boundaries on NYPD Blue and the negotiating it entailed (08m 02s)
    • Steven Bochco on NYPD Blue's"Detective Andy Sipowicz", played by Dennis Franz (01m 29s)
    • Steven Bochco on how the events of 9/11 did not fundamentally alter NYPD Blue (01m 33s)
    • Steven Bochco on the importance of music to his series (01m 59s)
  • Paul Bogart
    • Paul Bogart on directing the All in the Family episode "Edith's 50th Birthday" (airdate: October 16, 1977), where Edith is almost raped by an intruder (03m 24s)
    • Paul Bogart on directing the All in the Family episode "The Draft Dodger" (airdate: December 25, 1976)
      (02m 39s)
    • Paul Bogart on directing the All in the Family episode "The Draft Dodger" (airdate: December 25, 1976)
      (02m 39s)
    • Paul Bogart on directing the All in the Family episode "The Draft Dodger" (airdate: December 25, 1976)
      (02m 39s)
  • Pat Boone
    • Pat Boone on his first experiences being mobbed by fans (02m 38s)
    • Pat Boone on problems he got from sponsors when booking African-American performers on The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom (04m 06s)
    • Pat Boone on controversial performances on The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom and his view of race relations (08m 03s)
    • Pat Boone on rock and roll and R&B music
      (09m 22s)
  • Ernest Borgnine
    • Ernest Borgnine on winning the Oscar for Marty and having a bet with Jerry Lewis (02m 05s)
    • Ernest Borgnine on being "Center Square" on Hollywood Squares (01m 57s)
    • Ernest Borgnine on his character on Airwolf (00m 46s)
  • Tom Bosley
    • Tom Bosley on his Murder, She Wrote character "Sheriff Amos Tupper" (00m 40s)
  • Ed Bradley
    • Ed Bradley on discovering his calling after meeting a Philadelphia disc jockey when Bradley was enrolled at a teacher training college (02m 15s)
    • Ed Bradley on covering a Martin Luther King, Jr. speech during his first field reporting experience for a Philadelphia radio station (03m 09s)
    • Ed Bradley on covering the New York aspect of major news stories like the Vietnam war while a reporter at WCBS radio during the late 1960s and early 1970s (01m 19s)
    • Ed Bradley on covering the fight for control of a local New York school board, while a reporter at WCBS radio in New York in the late 1960s (02m 51s)
    • Ed Bradley on being told by his boss Ed Joyce at WCBS radio not to worry about losing his job after a second African-American man was hired there (01m 28s)
    • Ed Bradley on reporting from Vietnam during the war, his personal experience during that time, and his impressions of the region (03m 50s)
    • Ed Bradley on keeping his personal opinions about war out of the reporting on the Vietnam conflict (00m 48s)
    • Ed Bradley on getting wounded while covering Vietnam (03m 22s)
    • Ed Bradley on seeing activity on the Ho Chi Minh trail and the determination of the Vietcong (02m 02s)
    • Ed Bradley on being among the reporters who left Saigon from the roof of the American embassy (06m 03s)
    • Ed Bradley on the role television played in shaping public opinion about Vietnam (01m 46s)
    • Ed Bradley on the role television played in shaping public opinion about Vietnam (01m 46s)
    • Ed Bradley on covering the 1976 Democratic primary campaign for CBS (02m 25s)
    • Ed Bradley on being one of the "boys on the bus" covering Jimmy Carter, and why Carter was a strong candidate (02m 42s)
    • Ed Bradley on 60 Minutes executive producer Don Hewitt's beneficial influence on Bradley's work, and on his influence on television news programs in general (02m 29s)
    • Ed Bradley on his attitude toward winning awards (00m 34s)
    • Ed Bradley on his mentor Del Shields, from WDAS radio in Philadelphia (01m 33s)
  • Bernie Brillstein
    • Clip 1 : Choose ..
    • Bernie Brillstein on getting Muppet Ralph the dog on The Jimmy Dean Show (02m 16s)
    • Bernie Brillstein on the break up of MCA and Lew Wasserman becoming a producer (06m 41s)
    • Bernie Brillstein on Jim Henson as Muppet Ralph on The Jimmy Dean Show (00m 48s)
    • Manager Bernie Brillstein on The Muppets appearance on Saturday Night Live (00m 44s)
    • Bernie Brillstein on Kermit the Frog (00m 59s)
    • Bernie Brillstein on Miss Piggy being based on Peggy Lee (00m 18s)

    • Bernie Brillstein on censorship Lorne Michaels faced on  Saturday Night Live (01m 47s)
    • Bernie Brillstein on the creation of The Blues Brothers (05m 45s)
    • Bernie Brillstein on the state of television and deal-making in 2002; on the business of show business (09m 11s)
    • Bernie Brillstein on the difference between a manager and an agent (00m 56s)
  • David Brinkley
    • David Brinkley on Senator Joseph McCarthy's "list" of 205 alleged Communists (02m 29s)
    • David Brinkley on teaming up with Chet Huntley (and the origin of their "Good Night" signoffs) (06m 54s)
    • David Brinkley on covering the Civil Rights Movement (00m 56s)
    • David Brinkley on interviewing a young Martin Luther King, Jr. before the Brown vs Board of Education ruling came down (01m 41s)
    • David Brinkley on Jesse Helms, at the time, a local Southern reporter who went on the air to "answer Brinkley's lies" (01m 39s)
    • News Anchor/Correspondent David Brinkley on the atmosphere President Kennedy brought to Washington (00m 47s)
    • David Brinkley on President Nixon (03m 31s)
  • James L. Brooks
    • James L. Brooks on trying to write news copy about JFK's assassination (01m 35s)
    • James L. Brooks on McCarthyism, the Hollywood Blacklist and Edward R. Murrow's influence (03m 14s)
    • James L. Brooks on Room 222 beating Sesame Street as best new show (00m 22s)
    • James L. Brooks on writing for Room 222 - the second show on television starring a person of color (05m 03s)
    • James L. Brooks on dealing with CBS executives during the development of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (05m 41s)
    • James L. Brooks on the feminist revolution and The Mary Tyler Moore Show (03m 27s)
    • Show co-creator/writer James L. Brooks on Grant Tinker supporting taping of an episode of  The Mary Tyler Moore Show that the network was against, and winning an Emmy for it
      (01m 16s)
    • Clip 8 : Choose ..
    • James L. Brooks on the character of "Rhoda Morgenstern" (00m 20s)
    • James L. Brooks on the inspiration for "Louie De Palma" on Taxi (01m 04s)
    • James L. Brooks on the inspiration for "Alex Reiger" on Taxi
      (02m 18s)
    • James L. Brooks on the character of "Elaine Nardo" on Taxi (00m 42s)
    • James L. Brooks on the character of "Bobby Wheeler" on Taxi
    • James L. Brooks on the Taxi theme instrumental (00m 37s)
    • James L. Brooks on the two part episode of Taxi: "Scenskees From a Marriage" - Latka's affair, for which Carol Kane won an Emmy
      (03m 08s)
    • James L. Brooks on the popularity of "Bart Simpson" (00m 47s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Homer Simpson"
      (01m 23s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Marge Simpson"
      (01m 14s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Bart Simpson"
      (01m 23s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Lisa Simpson"
      (01m 23s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Maggie Simpson"
      (00m 13s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Ned Flanders"
      (00m 32s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Mr. Burns"
      (00m 24s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Smithers"
      (00m 10s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Principal Skinner" (00m 24s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Mo"
      (00m 31s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Apu"
      (00m 38s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Krusty the Clown"
      (01m 45s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Itchy and Scratchy"
      (00m 28s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Sideshow Bob"
      (00m 20s)
    • James L. Brooks on "Nelson"
      (00m 27s)
    • James L. Brooks on catchphrases of The Simpsons (00m 34s)
    • James L. Brooks on winning Emmys for multiple genres (00m 34s)
  • Kirk Browning
    • Director Kirk Browning on doing the first color and videotaped shows for NBC Opera Theatre (05m 12s)
  • Frances Buss Buch
    • Frances Buss Buch on working on the CBS TV news program when Pearl Harbor was attacked (01m 57s)
    • Frances Buss Buch on the press she got for being one of the first women directors at CBS (02m 26s)
    • Frances Buss Buch on early CBS TV technology and directing color tests and demonstrations (04m 33s)
    • Director Frances Buss Buch on being aware of the Hollywood Blacklist and signing a loyalty oath for CBS (01m 06s)
    • Frances Buss Buch on directing "Telecolor Clinics" for The American Cancer Society (06m 23s)
  • Mark Burnett
    • Mark Burnett on his creative influences and inspiration from his mother (08m 59s)
    • Mark Burnett on sponsorship and advertising on Survivor (04m 21s)
    • Mark Burnett on  Survivor  host Jeff Probsts's catchphrase, "the tribe has spoken"
    • Mark Burnett on how 9/11 affected show prep on  Survivor
    • Mark Burnett on the  Survivor  catchphrase, "Out wit, out play, out last"
    • Mark Burnett on reality show contestants and their fame (01m 44s)
  • Ken Burns
    • Documentarian Ken Burns on developing his approach to using photographs in documentaries during the development of Brooklyn Bridge (02m 12s)
    • Ken Burns on The Civil War's effect on public perception of the War in Irag (02m 09s)
    • Ken Burns on his relationship with PBS throughout his career (05m 06s)
    • Ken Burns on his celebrity (03m 11s)
    • Ken Burns on his documentary series Baseball, and his career-long exploration of race in America (06m 35s)
    • Ken Burns on his documentary series Baseball, and his career-long exploration of race in America (06m 35s)
    • Ken Burns on the use of technology in his work (04m 47s)
    • Ken Burns on producing the WWII documentary The War: A Ken Burns Film
      (07m 28s)
    • Ken Burns on producing the WWII documentary The War: A Ken Burns Film
      (07m 38s)
    • Ken Burns on producing the WWII documentary The War: A Ken Burns Film
      (07m 38s)
  • James Burrows
    • James Burrows on his father being called before the House Un-American Activities Commission  (01m 01s)
    • James Burrows on Andy Kaufman's "Latka" and "Tony Clifton" on Taxi (05m 49s)
    • James Burrows on Danny DeVito's "Louie De Palma" on Taxi (00m 59s)
    • James Burrows on NBC Executives being concerned about Cheers being set in a bar (01m 46s)
    • James Burrows on casting George Wendt as "Norm" on Cheers (01m 44s)
    • James Burrows on casting "Cliff Clavin" on Cheers (00m 58s)
    • James Burrows on  Cheers  winning Emmys and feeling like the show was a hit (02m 17s)
    • James Burrows on Cheers winning Emmys (01m 35s)
    • James Burrows on why Will & Grace can get away with some of the topics it covers; on being involved with a somehwat political show (02m 32s)
    • James Burrows on Standards and Practices having issues with some jokes on Will & Grace (03m 18s)
    • James Burrows on Standards and Practices having issues with some jokes on Will & Grace (03m 18s)
    • James Burrows on how Will & Grace has been perceived in the gay community (00m 34s)
  • LeVar Burton
    • LeVar Burton on how Roots  was a seminal event in people's lives and has become part of history (01m 12s)
  • Robert Butler
    • Robert Butler on directing a Defenders episode where an actor was deemed "unacceptable" due to the Blacklist
      (00m 57s)
    • Robert Butler on directing Columbo  
      (06m 15s)
  • Sid Caesar
    • On how, for 1949's Admiral Broadway Revue, the show waited for the cameras to come back from sporting events before they could rehearse (00m 30s)
    • Sid Caesar on NBC's popular Saturday night comedy line-up in 1950 (00m 35s)
    • Sid Caesar on the big budget given to Your Show of Shows (00m 53s)
    • Sid Caesar on the experience of "live TV" and his insistence that no cue cards be used on his shows (00m 46s)
    • Performer Sid Caesar on the first sketch he did that used split screen on Your Show of Shows (01m 35s)
    • Sid Caesar on the camaraderie and mutual respect between the cast and crew of Your Show of Shows (and how quickly scene changes were made in "live TV") (01m 14s)
    • Sid Caesar on skipping a rehearsal to relieve tensions when less experienced crew fill-ins were used during a strike on Your Show of Shows in the 1950s (01m 22s)
    • Sid Caesar on accidentally being dressed in the wrong costume in a sketch "live" on Your Show of Shows (02m 16s)
    • Sid Caesar on how Your Show of Show's parody of From Here to Eternity ("From Here to Obscurity") became the source of a lawsuit (01m 17s)
    • Sid Caesar on standards and practices in 1950s TV  (00m 54s)
    • Sid Caesar on his influences and the importance of being "prepared" for when your break comes along (00m 42s)
    • Sid Caesar on a painful gaffe on "live TV" during a Your Show of Shows parody of High Noon (01m 42s)
    • Sid Caesar on forgetting Basil Rathbone's name while introducing him as the guest star on  Your Show of Shows (00m 43s)
    • Sid Caesar on winning the Emmy Award in 1952 on the same day his son was born— learning he'd won at the hospital (00m 52s)
    • Sid Caesar on his Pagliacci take-off ("Galipacci") on Caesar's Hour and an ad lib he did "live" when his make-up pencil broke (01m 33s)
    • Sid Caesar on his Pagliacci take-off ("Galipacci") on Caesar's Hour and an ad lib he did "live" when his make-up pencil broke (01m 33s)
    • Sid Caesar on the end of "live TV" with the introduction of videotape in the mid-to-late 1950s (01m 33s)
  • Dann Cahn
    • Dann Cahn on the construction of the Hollywoodland sign down the street from where he was born (00m 46s)
    • Dann Cahn on film editing in the 1930s and burning nitrate film for silver (02m 58s)
    • Dann Cahn on Lucky Strike Showtime winning one of the first Emmy awards (00m 26s)
    • Dann Cahn on, "The Necklace," the Emmy Award winning episode of Your Show Time (misquoted as part of Lucky Strike Showtime) (00m 33s)
    • Film editor Dann Cahn on the new technology developed for I Love Lucy (01m 30s)
    • Film editor Dann Cahn on the new technology developed for I Love Lucy (02m 18s)
    • Film editor Dann Cahn on the new technology (multiple moviola) developed for editing I Love Lucy (02m 24s)
    • Film editor Dann Cahn on going from optical to magnetic soundtracks and using the "monster" moviola (05m 27s)
    • Film editor Dann Cahn on the Blacklist era and Lucille Ball facing accusations of being a communist (00m 56s)
    • Film editor Dann Cahn on the Blacklist era and Lucille Ball facing accusations of being a communist (00m 45s)
    • Film editor Dann Cahn on the first process shot for television -- and his first time directing (02m 41s)
    • Editor Dann Cahn on editing the famous candy factory episode of I Love Lucy entitled "Job Switching" (02m 14s)
    • Editor Dann Cahn on editing the famous Vitameatavegamin episode of I Love Lucy entitled "Lucy Does a TV Commercial" (01m 28s)
    • Editor Dann Cahn on his preference for the moviola over flatbed editing system (02m 13s)
    • Editor Dann Cahn on nonlinear editing and computer editing and how they compare to older methods of editing (06m 51s)
    • Editor Dann Cahn on editing the pilot of DEA and being nominated for an Emmy and winning the American Cinema Editors Eddie Award (00m 52s)
  • Vince Calandra
    • Vince Calandra on the Beatles' historic performance on the Ed Sullivan Show and the backstage scene, getting them through the crowd into the studio
  • George Carlin
    • George Carlin on the material he was forced to censor when appearing on The Ed Sullivan Show (03m 29s)
    • George Carlin on the origin of his famous routine "Seven Dirty Words" (04m 09s)
    • George Carlin on the Supreme Court decision on the FCC action against his album "Class Clown"  (03m 46s)
    • George Carlin on the genesis of much of his material (01m 40s)
    • George Carlin on his creative process (03m 22s)
    • George Carlin on preparing for his newest (and posthumous) HBO special It's Bad for Ya (00m 14s)
  • Glenn Gordon Caron
    • Glenn Gordon Caron on tricks he used on Moonlighting to try and get around the censors; you can't say "frig" on television (03m 00s)
  • Diahann Carroll
    • Diahann Carroll on performing in the feature film Carmen Jones
      (12m 40s)
    • Diahann Carroll on her dramatic performance in Naked City which garnered her an Emmy; her continued feelings about the lack of roles for blacks in Hollywood (04m 41s)
    • Diahann Carroll on the "startling" 1968 opening sequence of Julia
      (01m 38s)
    • Diahann Carroll on the "startling" 1968 opening sequence of Julia
      (01m 38s)
    • Diahann Carroll on the "startling" 1968 opening sequence of Julia
      (01m 38s)
    • Diahann Carroll on the essence of the creation of her Dynasty character Dominique Deveraux (00m 28s)
    • Diahann Carroll on diversity in television (02m 33s)
  • Chris Carter
    • Chris Carter on how 9/11 affected the X-Files
  • Nancy Cartwright
    • Nancy Cartwright on "Bart Simpson" (00m 35s)
    • Nancy Cartwright on the character of  "Bart Simpson" during the show's initial sketches (01m 13s)
    • Nancy Cartwright on Sam Simon and James L. Brooks not allowing the network to interfere with scripts (01m 15s)
    • Nancy Cartwright on being anonymous as a voiceover artist and not enjoying some of the perks of celebrity (00m 52s)
    • Nancy Cartwright on "Bart Simpson's" catchphrases (04m 07s)
    • Nancy Cartwright on what makes "Bart Simpson" so lovable (07m 36s)
    • Nancy Cartwright on winning an Emmy in 1992 for Outstanding Voiceover artist (01m 35s)
  • Dan Castellaneta
    • Dan Castellaneta on The Simpsons episode "Homer versus New York" and the timing of airing that show after 9/11
  • Gilbert Cates
    • Gilbert Cates on the quiz show scandal surrounding Dotto (02m 38s)
    • Gilbert Cates on the Quiz Show scandal surrounding Dotto (contd.) (14m 00s)
    • Gilbert Cates on the TV movie Consenting Adult, for which he was nominated for an Emmy (02m 10s)
    • Gilbert Cates on how technology has affected  The Academy Awards (02m 08s)
    • Gilbert Cates on winning an Emmy for producing the Oscars (00m 24s)
  • Leo Chaloukian
    • Leo Chaloukian on Ryder Sound Services working in television with magnetic sound (00m 58s)
    • Leo Chaloukian on sound pioneer Loren Ryder's inventions and innovations
      (08m 50s)
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    • Leo Chaloukian on Ryder Sound being nominated for 6 Emmys in 1977, and for 14 in 1981; on winning and Oscar and Emmy in 1986 (02m 14s)
    • Leo Chaloukian on unknowingly supplying Nixon with the equipment for all of his infamous Watergate recordings (03m 16s)
    • Leo Chaloukian on hearing 4 gunshots in the recording from the motorcycle policeman at JFK's Assassination - indicating at least 2 gunmen (04m 16s)
    • Leo Chaloukian on JFK's assassination (00m 46s)
    • Leo Chaloukian on his thoughts on media consolidation (02m 07s)
    • Leo Chaloukian on demonstrating the Nagra Recorder that Ryder Sound gave to President Nixon (01m 30s)
    • Leo Chaloukian on demonstrating the original Nagra Recorder given to him by Loren Ryder; on the 6 microphone input recorder invented by Ryder (02m 42s)
    • Leo Chaloukian on demonstrating the original magnetic tape manufactured in the 1940s by Ryder Sound (01m 05s)
    • Leo Chaloukian on demonstrating the ribbon microphone (01m 11s)
  • Richard Chamberlain
    • Richard Chamberlain on being a teen idol (02m 31s)
    • Richard Chamberlain on dealing with taboo subjects on Shogun (01m 34s)
    • Richard Chamberlain on being the first person interviewed for Entertainment Tonight, and the role of celebrity (03m 07s)
    • Richard Chamberlain on how the forbidden love story of The Thorn Birds made it so popular (01m 47s)
    • Richard Chamberlain on the portrayal of gay people on film and television (01m 21s)
  • Stan Chambers
    • Stan Chambers on the history and facilities of KTLA and some of the key people who were there at the beginning
      (14m 14s)
    • Stan Chambers on the history and facilities of KTLA and some of the key people who were there at the beginning
      (14m 14s)
    • Stan Chambers on how the definition on the early television cameras almost prevented him from being on-camera (01m 53s)
    • Stan Chambers on reporting at the scene of the 1949 Kathy Fiscus tragedy -- a story that was followed nationwide
      (11m 01s)
    • Stan Chambers the conclusion of the 1949 Kathy Fiscus tragedy and some of the details of the coverage as well as the influence it had for how television covered live news events
      (08m 38s)
    • Stan Chambers on KTLA's remote coverage of the local Southern California troops leaving for Korea and returning from duty  (01m 48s)
    • Stan Chambers on anchoring KTLA's evening news in 1958 (and using an improvised prompting system)
      (02m 04s)
    • Stan Chambers on KTLA's invention and use of the first news helicopter, the "telecopter" in 1958
      (05m 51s)
    • Stan Chambers on announcing the death of President Kennedy on Los Angeles' KTLA station (01m 37s)
    • Stan Chambers on Gene Autry's purchase of KTLA Los Angeles
      (02m 26s)
    • Stan Chambers on covering the Watts Riots in Los Angeles in 1965 (04m 36s)
    • Stan Chambers on covering the Los Angeles riots in 1993 (06m 02s)
    • Stan Chambers on covering the assassination of Robert Kennedy in 1968
      (04m 28s)
    • Stan Chambers on KTLA's breaking the news story of the Rodney King beating by Los Angeles police officers
      (11m 04s)
    • Stan Chambers on KTLA's breaking the news story of the Rodney King beating by Los Angeles police officers
      (11m 04s)
    • Stan Chambers on a photo of a 1952 live remote of an atomic bomb test in Nevada (00m 38s)
    • Stan Chambers on a photo of his coverage of the 1949 Kathy Fiscus tragedy (00m 27s)
    • Stan Chambers on a photo of the maiden voyage of KTLA's telecopter (00m 33s)
    • Stan Chambers on a screen photo of his breaking the Rodney King beating story on KTLA (00m 26s)
  • Julia Child
    • Julia Child on seeing her dishes in color for the first time (01m 29s)
  • Dick Clark
    • Dick Clark on the diversity of American Bandstand (02m 29s)
    • Dick Clark on first realizing he was famous
      (01m 32s)
    • Dick Clark on being targeted in the music -payola- investigation (03m 36s)
    • Dick Clark on producing the TV Movie, "The Woman Who Willed a Miracle" (02m 21s)
    • Dick Clark on producing The Emmys (01m 19s)
  • Bob Claver

  • William Clotworthy
    • William Clotworthy on working on Robert Montgomery Presents (02m 17s)
    • William Clotworthy on language he was allowed to use in an episode of General Electric Theater that he wrote, dealing with therapeutic abortion
      (03m 04s)
    • William Clotworthy on the format of General Electric Theater, produced by William Frye (07m 31s)
    • William Clotworthy on the 1952 political campaign and BBDO representing the Republican party - Eisenhower; on how they got Ike to wear makeup (06m 44s)
    • William Clotworthy on the Hollywood Blacklist
      (03m 24s)
    • William Clotworthy on joining Standards & Practices at NBC
      (07m 58s)
    • William Clotworthy on the importance of context for Standards and Practices; on censorship on Saturday Night Live
      (28m 12s)
    • William Clotworthy on his style as a Standards Executive for Saturday Night Live
      (00m 56s)
    • William Clotworthy on working with Garrett Morris on Saturday Night Live (01m 21s)
    • William Clotworthy on how standards changed from the '70s to '90s
      (02m 18s)
  • Henry Colman
    • Henry Colman on working in live television, where an actor thought the dress rehearsal was the aired show (00m 56s)

    • Henry Colman on his encounter with the Blacklist during his tenure at Robert Montgomery Presents (03m 32s)
    • Henry Colman on covering The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour for the network when Tom Smothers wouldn't relinquish a tape to CBS
      (02m 53s)
    • Henry Colman on a scene of a black man dancing with a white woman on one of Matthew Rapf's shows and the network's decision to cut the scene
      (03m 35s)
    • Henry Colman on an incident early in his career when he was working on The Colgate Comedy Hour (Jimmy Durante)
      (01m 06s)
  • Tim Conway
    • Tim Conway on hosting the notoriously short-lived show (it was canceled during its premiere) Turn-On (02m 34s)
    • Tim Conway on his favorite sketches on The Carol Burnett Show (00m 49s)
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    • Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on "Carol and Sis" on The Carol Burnett Show (00m 39s)
    • Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on the "Went with the Wind!" sketch spoofing Gone with the Wind on The Carol Burnett Show (00m 55s)
    • Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on the dentist sketch on The Carol Burnett Show (03m 06s)
    • Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on being inducted into the TV Hall of Fame and winning Emmys (03m 55s)
  • Joan Ganz Cooney
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on her high school teachers that influenced her (05m 26s)
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on color television (00m 24s)
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on a program she produced on Cuba shortly before the Cuban Missile Crisis (01m 13s)
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on struggling public TV stations -relegated to the undesirable UHF (Ultra High Frequency) range of the broadcast spectrum (00m 43s)
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on her documentary,  Poverty, Anti-Poverty and the Poor and winning an area Emmy for the program (02m 58s)
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on how The Children's Television Network was a beacon of hope after the death of Martin Luther King Jr. (00m 44s)
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on how the character of Susan on Sesame Street was problematic for NOW (National Organization for Women) (00m 38s)
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on the use of Muppets on Sesame Street and initial reaction to the show (02m 02s)
    •  Joan Ganz Cooney on the initial lack of female puppeteers on Sesame Street (01m 34s)
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on the Sesame Street episode following actor Will Lee's death,  "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" (airdate: November 24, 1983) (01m 16s)
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on Emmy awards for Sesame Street (00m 55s)
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    • Joan Ganz Cooney on The Children's Television Workshop's investments in cable systems (02m 14s)
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on the pop culture phenomenon of the Talking Big Bird toy - a sample of what was to come with the Tickle Me Elmo mania (01m 00s)
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on the online services of The Children's Television Workshop and the digital channel in the works with Nickelodeon (02m 58s)
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on the criticism of the health series for adults, Feeling Good (02m 13s)
    • Joan Ganz Cooney on being a woman in a male dominated business (02m 25s)
  • Hal Cooper
    • Hal Cooper on the Blacklist (06m 53s)
  • Ken Corday
    • Ken Corday on how Days of Our Lives is different than other soap operas (01m 01s)
    • Ken Corday on  Days of Our Lives great ratings and characters in the '80s (00m 33s)
    • Ken Corday on the Salem Strangler storyline of  Days of Our Lives (01m 03s)
    • Ken Corday on "Stefano DiMera," Days of Our Lives' first super-villain, and his son Tony (02m 40s)
    • Ken Corday on Kristian Alfonso joining Days of Our Lives' as "Hope" (02m 14s)
    • Ken Corday on Days of Our Lives patriarch Macdonald Carey, "Tom Horton" (05m 30s)
    • Ken Corday on minorities on Days of Our Lives (02m 25s)
    • Ken Corday on censorship on Days of Our Lives (01m 32s)
    • Ken Corday on the "Carly buried alive" storyline (00m 52s)
    • Ken Corday on primetime specials before the Emmys (00m 46s)
    • Ken Corday on the "Marlena is possessed" storyline (01m 47s)
    • Ken Corday on the daytime Emmys (01m 38s)
  • Bob Costas
    • Bob Costas on covering the 1984 and the 1986 World Series when the Red Sox almost beat the curse
  • Alexander Courage
    • Alexander Courage on creating the sound effect for the Enterprise on Star Trek (02m 50s)
  • Warren Cowan
    • Publicist Warren Cowan on the televised Kathy Fiscus tragedy  (00m 48s)
    • Publicist Warren Cowan on representing "High Noon" and Gary Cooper's partnering with suspected Communist Carl Foreman; on some of his clients who appealed to the HUAC; on the atmosphere created by McCarthyism (02m 15s)
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  • David Crane and Marta Kauffman
    • David Crane and Marta Kauffman on being nominated for an Emmy for Dream On; on attending the Emmys (03m 54s)
    • David Crane and Marta Kauffman on the Friends theme song "I'll be there for you"
    • David Crane and Marta Kauffman on the first time Ross and Rachel kiss on Friends
    • David Crane and Marta Kauffman on how Friends affected popular culture
    • David Crane and Marta Kauffman on how 9/11 affected production on Friends
  • Richard Crenna
    • Richard Crenna on the Blacklist (03m 13s)
  • Walter Cronkite
    • Walter Cronkite on seeing a television for the first time at the 1933 World's Fair (01m 51s)
    • Walter Cronkite on how the news went live in 1950 with no script (04m 05s)
    • Walter Cronkite on the 1952 political convention where the term "Anchorman" was first coined; the resentment from radio professionals toward the new television medium (03m 40s)
    • Walter Cronkite on first being aware that newsmen could be recognized in public by their audience; anecdote about Eric Sevareid being recognized at the '52 political convention (02m 00s)
    • Walter Cronkite on covering the first nationally televised political convention in 1952; describes the chaotic, exciting scene and the challenges to broadcast this as-it-happened (04m 02s)
    • Walter Cronkite on the challenges and technological innovations behind covering a live political event (06m 03s)
    • Walter Cronkite on the changes in political coverage of the Presidential conventions between 1952 and the 1980s (02m 26s)
    • Walter Cronkite on covering the 1952 Presidential election of Dwight D. Eisenhower (02m 40s)
    • Walter Cronkite on the use of the Univac to predict election results in the 1952 Presidential election (02m 40s)
    • Walter Cronkite on conducting the first televised tour of the White House, with President Harry S. Truman, whom he calls "one of our better Presidents" (03m 14s)
    • Walter Cronkite on his tour of the White House with President Harry S. Truman (00m 49s)
    • Walter Cronkite on covering the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I in London in 1953, and how it came about that CBS aired the coronation first of all the networks (05m 38s)
    • Walter Cronkite on covering the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I in London in 1953, and the technical challenges that presented, including fighter pilots, and the Canadian Royal Air Force (05m 38s)
    • Walter Cronkite on covering the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I in London in 1953, and the technical challenges that presented (05m 38s)
    • Walter Cronkite on replacing Douglas Edwards on the CBS Evening News, at that time the news broadcast was only 15 minutes long (03m 56s)
    • Walter Cronkite on announcing the assasination of President Kennedy; the emotional impact of that day (02m 23s)
    • Walter Cronkite on announcing the assasination of President Kennedy; the emotional impact of that day (02m 23s)
    • Walter Cronkite on "the great story of our century"; man landing on the moon (01m 33s)
    • Walter Cronkite on "the great story of our century"; man landing on the moon (01m 33s)
    • Walter Cronkite on difficulties of maintaining neutrality while covering the Vietnam War and the "conspiratorial campaign" Spiro Agnew and the Nixon administration waged on the press (02m 54s)
    • Walter Cronkite on the pressures on the press by the White House over the Watergate story, specifically one broadcast of the CBS Evening News (04m 00s)
    • Walter Cronkite on the pressures on the press by the White House over the Watergate story (04m 00s)
    • Walter Cronkite on some of the bloopers that happened when filming live television for the program You Are There involving a historical re-creation of the Hindenburg disaster (03m 00s)
    • Walter Cronkite on some of the bloopers that happened when filming live television for the program You Are There involving a historical re-creation of the Hindenburg disaster (06m 15s)
    • Walter Cronkite on the advent of the Teleprompter on the 50s program You Are There (02m 07s)
    • Walter Cronkite on how the Hollywood Blacklist affected him and the news industry; specifically the writers on the dramatic program You Are There; Abe Polonsky, Walter Bernstein, and Charles Collingwood (08m 43s)
    • Walter Cronkite on the circumstances of being replaced by Jack Paar on The Morning Show; and what it taught him about how the television industry works  (06m 05s)
    • Walter Cronkite on getting fired a second time from The Morning Show; allegedly for insulting new host Dick Van Dyke on-air (06m 09s)
    • Walter Cronkite on some of the fringe benefits of fame; anecdote about a jewelry store while filming in Houston (02m 43s)
    • Walter Cronkite on the question of whether he found it difficult to report the news when CBS itself was the news; as in the Quiz Show Scandals (01m 13s)
    • Walter Cronkite on the question of whether he found it difficult to report the news during the Watergate scandal; how Richard (Dick) Salant negotiated a compromise between the network and the White House (01m 48s)
    • Walter Cronkite on the question of whether he found it difficult to report the news during the Quiz Show scandals and the Watergate scandal; how Richard (Dick) Salant negotiated a compromise between the network and the White House (03m 01s)
    • Walter Cronkite on upsetting John and Bobby Kennedy during an interview when he brought up the Catholic issue during the Presidential campaingn (03m 45s)
    • Walter Cronkite on an awkward moment during the first Telestar sattelite transmission while interviewing Dwight Eisenhower and Marshall Montgomery (03m 01s)
    • Walter Cronkite on an awkward moment during the first Telestar sattelite transmission while interviewing Dwight Eisenhower and Marshall Montgomery (03m 01s)
    • Walter Cronkite on being furious with Pierre Salinger who had leaked to the press that President Kennedy was to make an important announcement about Vietnam on the CBS Evening News (03m 34s)
    • Walter Cronkite on the chaos surrounding getting on-air to announce the assasination of President Kennedy (03m 09s)
    • Walter Cronkite on his on-air editorial that he felt the country should get out of Vietnam; what this meant to the country and the Johnson administration (05m 11s)
    • Walter Cronkite on his on-air editorial that he felt the country should get out of Vietnam; what this meant to the country and the Johnson administration (05m 11s)
    • Walter Cronkite on his on-air editorial that he felt the country should get out of Vietnam; what this meant to the country and the Johnson administration (05m 11s)
  • Robert Culp
    • Robert Culp on his first work for television on You Are There; on how his being new to television during the Blacklist period got him started in television
      (03m 27s)
    • Actor Robert Culp working on a Shirley Temple's Storybook episode when hearing that President Kennedy was shot (01m 23s)
    • Robert Culp on I Spy's having Black and white equal leads (02m 23s)
  • Tyne Daly
    • Tyne Daly on winning her first Emmy for Cagney and Lacey
    • Tyne Daly on being the most-nominated actress for Emmys
    • Tyne Daly on winning her sixth Emmy for Judging Amy for her character Maxine Gray
  • Bill Dana
    • Bill Dana on being influenced by Danny Kaye and music in general
    • Bill Dana on how in the early days of burlesque there was a sign of the "dirty words" you could not say or else be jailed
    • Bill Dana on the Leopoldville disaster; the "Cheshire Cats"; on visiting Dachau concentration camp
    • Bill Dana on being sent to witness the concentration camp at Dachau by President Eisenhower (07m 08s)
    • Bill Dana on breaking in new material on live television
    • Bill Dana on writing the memorable sketches for The Steve Allen Show; "The Nutley-Hinkley-Butley-Winkley Report" and "The Question Man" with Don Hinckley and Leonard Stern
    • Bill Dana on the genesis of the "Man on the Street" segments on The Steve Allen Show; working with Don Knotts, Tom Poston, Louis Nye on those sketches
    • Bill Dana on the birth of his character "Jose Jimenez" on The Steve Allen Show in 1959
    • Bill Dana on how Jose Jimenez became an astronaut, based on a comment by Neil Simon 
    • Bill Dana on his character "Jose Jimenez" who first appeared  as "Jose the Astronaut" on The Garry Moore Show
    • Bill Dana on the relationship of the fictional Jose Jimenez and the real Bill to the NASA Apollo program; Alan Shepard's code name was "Jose"
    • Bill Dana on the perceived backlash to Jose Jimenez
    • Bill Dana on how he came to write the classic All in the Family episode "Sammy's Visit," and how he and producer Norman Lear invented the show's premise (02m 31s)
    • Bill Dana on retiring his Jose Jimenez character
    • Writer Bill Dana on guest star Sammy Davis, Jr. calling him from the set of the All in the Family episode "Sammy's Visit," to compliment him on the script. (00m 50s)
    • Bill Dana on the famous kiss between Archie Bunker and Sammy Davis Jr on the "All in the Family" episode he wrote (00m 46s)
  • Michael Dann
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    • Michael Dann on the coming of digital programming and sets
      (01m 04s)
    • Michael Dann on David Sarnoff's desire to sell color television sets and the importance of shooting variety shows in color
      (01m 56s)
    • Michael Dann on being ordered by Program Practices to intervene with The Smothers Brothers (01m 48s)
    • Michael Dann on taking The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour off the air (02m 31s)
    • Michael Dann on Herbert Brodkin not being censored on The Defenders (00m 33s)
    • Michael Dann on The Hollywood Blacklist (02m 00s)
    • Michael Dann on the cable industry and evolving technology (07m 36s)
    • Michael Dann on the prospect of digital cable (00m 20s)
  • Ann B. Davis
    • Ann B. Davis on her role as "Schulzty" on The Bob Cummings Show, aka Love That Bob, and her appearance on Eddie Cantor Comedy Theater (01m 40s)
    • Ann B. Davis on working with Don Knotts on The Bob Cummings Show, aka Love That Bob (01m 18s)
    • Ann B. Davis on winning two Emmys for  The Bob Cummings Show, aka Love That Bob (01m 03s)
    • Ann B. Davis on her celebrity (03m 39s)
    • Ann B. Davis on the longevity of The Brady Bunch's continuing popularity
      (01m 50s)
  • Ossie Davis
    • Ossie Davis on seeing television for the first time at the Worlds Fair (04m 22s)
    • Ossie Davis on the effect of the Blacklist on him and fellow performers; on being called to testify at the HUAC
      (07m 09s)
    • Ossie Davis on participating in the Civil Rights Movement
      (06m 31s)
    • Ossie Davis on participating in the Civil Rights Movement (06m 31s)
    • Ossie Davis on the impact Roots had: " Roots helped supply America with a truer definition of who black people were than any other work that had come along" (04m 23s)
    • Ossie Davis on the impact Roots had: " Roots helped supply America with a truer definition of who black people were than any other work that had come along" (04m 23s)
  • Richard Dawson
    • Richard Dawson on his Hogan's Heroes character "Peter Newkirk" (01m 04s)
    • Richard Dawson on his Hogan's Heroes character "Peter Newkirk" (02m 19s)
    • Richard Dawson on censorship on The New Dick Van Dyke Show
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  • Danny DeVito
    • Danny DeVito on the value of television and its future on the internet
  • Ruby Dee
    • Ruby Dee on protesting the death penalty for the Rosenbergs and being blacklisted in Red Channels
      (12m 12s)
    • Ruby Dee on her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement (15m 07s)
    • Ruby Dee on her role on Peyton Place (01m 03s)
    • Ruby Dee on her and husband Ossie Davis' involvement in the development of Roots (07m 23s)
    • Ruby Dee on how TV's portrayal of minorities has changed
      (01m 56s)
  • Milton Delugg
    • Bandleader Milton Delugg on NBC exec Pat Weaver's idea to have morning, noon and night shows on NBC; on becoming bandleader on the night show Broadway Open House (precursor to The Tonight Show). (01m 56s)
    • Bandleader Milton Delugg on the rules regarding live music on television and how Dick Clark eventually changed them. (03m 11s)
    • Bandleader Milton Delugg on working on Treasure Hunt; on the show's personnel making deals with potential contestants. (02m 27s)
    • Milton Delugg on composing the theme to What's My Line.
      (01m 34s)
    • Bandleader Milton Delugg on the censorship issues on The Gong Show. (02m 31s)
  • Sam Denoff
    • Sam Denoff on observing the early days of live television while working as a page at NBC's Studio 8H where Kraft Television Theater, Robert Montgomery Presents, and other live anthology series were filmed (02m 57s)
    • Sam Denoff on first seeing television at the 1939 World's Fair (01m 03s)
    • Sam Denoff on how television changed the world; how early TV influenced him (02m 35s)
    • Sam Denoff on the "That's My Boy" episode of  The Dick Van Dyke Show (01m 35s)
    • Sam Denoff on the "That's My Boy" episode of  The Dick Van Dyke Show (01m 35s)
    • Sam Denoff on interference from censors on  The Dick Van Dyke Show (00m 14s)
    • Sam Denoff on winning his first Emmy (for The Dick Van Dyke Show) from a hospital bed (02m 23s)
    • Sam Denoff on winning his second Emmy (for The Dick Van Dyke Show) from a hospital bed (01m 20s)
    • Sam Denoff on how JFK's assassination affected the cast and crew of The Dick Van Dyke Show (02m 04s)
    • Sam Denoff on the Hollywood blacklist (02m 39s)
    • Sam Denoff on specific episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show - "That's my Boy" (04m 06s)
    • Sam Denoff on the Hollywood Blacklist (01m 17s)
    • Sam Denoff on  That Girl's feminist message (00m 42s)
    • Sam Denoff on winning an Emmy for his work on the Sid Caesar Reunion special (01m 31s)
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  • Dixon Dern
    • Dixon Dern on working for the UPA studio during the McCarthyism era and the Hollywood Blacklist; he was asked to submit the names on the list; he calls it "A conspiracy of censorship". Lucille Ball was accused of being a communist. (04m 51s)
    • Dixon Dern on the Payola investigation, which involved taking money for product endorsement; it came about after the Quiz show scandals
    • Dixon Dern on the lawsuit over the Emmy Awards settling by the creation of two separate academys: NATAS in New York and ATAS in Hollywood; the "divorce" of the Emmys into primetime and daytime awards how the Emmy award itself was divvied up in the negotiation between NATAS and ATAS; unusual for a trademark
  • George Spiro Dibie
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    • George Spiro Dibie on the technique for which he won his first Emmy  (00m 51s)
    • George Spiro Dibie on winning his first Emmy  (03m 03s)
    • George Spiro Dibie on winning 2 Emmys for Growing Pains - largely for lighting night scenes (01m 41s)
    • George Spiro Dibie on winning his 5th Emmy for Sister, Sister (01m 09s)
    • George Spiro Dibie on how new technology is always a work in progress (01m 06s)
  • Dick Smothers
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the origin of Tom's "mom always liked you best" catchphrase (01m 18s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the changing social and political views in the sixties as The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour came on the air (02m 14s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the changing social and political views in the sixties as The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour came on the air (02m 14s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the origin of The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour theme song (02m 00s)
    • On some of the confrontations they had with CBS and unions regarding the material on  The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour (05m 45s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on their dealings with CBS, their firing, and their thoughts about the larger political issues which may have contributed to the demise of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (17m 37s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on their dealings with CBS, their firing, and their thoughts about the larger political issues which may have contributed to the demise of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (17m 37s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on their dealings with CBS, their firing, and their thoughts about the larger political issues which may have contributed to the demise of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (17m 37s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on their dealings with CBS, their firing, and their thoughts about the larger political issues which may have contributed to the demise of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (17m 37s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on CBS' cancellation of The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour for breach-of-contract (03m 23s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on some censored portions of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (03m 12s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on their relationship with the Johnson administration (02m 35s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the variety show genre and  working with CBS executives on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (04m 03s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on their lawsuit following the firing of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (03m 13s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the variety show genre and  working with CBS executives on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (03m 13s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the free speech of The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour (02m 09s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on hiring blacklisted singer Pete Seeger (02m 20s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the free speech of The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour
      (02m 09s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on hiring blacklisted singer Pete Seeger (02m 20s)
  • Robert Dickinson
    • Robert Dickinson on his first Emmy win for lighting on Solid Gold (01m 36s)
    • Robert Dickinson on how winning an Emmy changed his career (00m 52s)
    • Robert Dickinson on new lighting technology used for the Atlanta Olympics (03m 20s)
    • Robert Dickinson on lighting Clinton's second inaugural ball and 4 events for Obama's inauguration (00m 28s)
    • Robert Dickinson on lighting Clinton's second inaugural ball and 4 events for Obama's inauguration (04m 40s)
    • Robert Dickinson on the next big thing in lighting and how television lighting has changed (02m 40s)
  • Roy E. Disney
    • Roy E. Disney on the formative years of the Disney company (11m 59s)
    • Roy E. Disney on seeing television in 1939 and his uncle Walt Disney's embracing of the new technology (02m 42s)
    • Roy Disney on the opening of Disneyland (09m 06s)
    • Roy Disney on the continuation of Walt Disney Studios after the deaths of Walt Disney and his brother Roy O. Disney (07m 28s)
    • Roy Disney on becoming the head of Walt Disney Animation and some of the projects and technologies produced during his tenure
      (14m 29s)
    • Roy Disney on Disney's acquisition of ABC in the 1990s (02m 41s)
  • Phil Donahue
    • Phil Donahue on his recollections of Ampex video  (02m 21s)
    • Phil Donahue on how the television industry was affected by the Quiz Show Scandals (01m 44s)
    • Phil Donahue on his television talk show, Donahue, and the controversial topics covered (13m 43s)
    • Phil Donahue on how syndication allowed him to cover more controversial topics than if he aired as a network owned show (02m 53s)
    • Phil Donahue on celebrity  (02m 03s)
    • Phil Donahue on interviewing boxer Joe Frazier and doing the show from Attica Street prison (07m 31s)
    • Phil Donahue on the controversial topics covered on Donahue and complaints by individual stations (04m 36s)
    • Phil Donahue on winning his first Emmy (01m 17s)
    • Clip 9 : Choose ..
    • Phil Donahue on not believing in censorship (01m 03s)
    • Phil Donahue on the deterioration of daytime television (03m 21s)
  • Sam Donaldson
    • Sam Donaldson on being a child during WWII (00m 45s)
    • Sam Donaldson on how political conventions have changed since the first one he covered in 1964 (00m 57s)
    • Sam Donaldson on President Kennedy's appeal to his generation (01m 41s)
    • Sam Donaldson on witnessing Senator Edward Kennedy hear of JFK's being shot (00m 17s)
    • Sam Donaldson on how Leonard Goldenson's budget cuts affected ABC news coverage of the 1968 political conventions (02m 56s)
    • Sam Donaldson on almost getting an interview with President Nixon at the 1972 Republican National Convention (01m 12s)
    • Sam Donaldson on covering the Vietnam War for ABC News (10m 26s)
    • Sam Donaldson on how press access changed between the Vietnam and the Gulf Wars (01m 26s)
    • Sam Donaldson on covering the 1971 Fulbright Hearings on Vietnam  (01m 48s)
    • Sam Donaldson on covering Watergate for ABC News (06m 52s)
    • Sam Donaldson on his coverage of Watergate and how the later growth of cable fragmented news audiences (02m 15s)
    • Sam Donaldson on losing a scoop during Watergate (02m 04s)
    • Sam Donaldson on covering Jimmy Carters presidential campaign for ABC News (07m 35s)
    • Sam Donaldson on covering Jimmy Carter's presidency as ABC's White House correspondent (14m 02s)
    • Sam Donaldson on the differences in how the Carter and Reagan administrations treated the press (00m 48s)
    • Sam Donaldson on the differences in how the Carter and Reagan administrations treated the press (00m 48s)
    • Sam Donaldson on covering the Iran Hostage Crisis  (04m 44s)
    • Sam Donaldson on Ronald Reagan (02m 05s)
    • Sam Donaldson on covering the assassination attempt on President Reagan as ABC White House correspondent (06m 34s)
    • Sam Donaldson on questionning Ronald Reagan about the failure of O-rings in the Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy (01m 04s)
    • Sam Donaldson on President Reagan lying about Iran-Contra (01m 14s)
    • Sam Donaldson on reporting on the fall of the Berlin Wall on Primetime Live (02m 03s)
    • Sam Donaldson on returning as chief ABC White House correspondent to cover the Clinton administration  (03m 25s)
    • On the September 11, 2001 attacks and his view of generational historical moments (04m 20s)
    • On the September 11, 2001 attacks and his view of generational historical moments (04m 20s)
    • Sam Donaldson on battles with Reagan White House spokesman Larry Speakes (02m 00s)
    • Sam Donaldson on criticism of his aggressive journalistic style (02m 49s)
  • Mike Douglas
    • Mike Doulgas on how television hurt the Presidential candidacy of Richard Nixon (00m 58s)
    • Mike Doulgas on the CBS censor on the early days of The Mike Douglas Show (01m 31s)
    • Mike Douglas on the assassination of President Kennedy while he was on-air with The Mike Douglas Show (04m 57s)
    • Mike Douglas on "the mix" (01m 20s)
    • Mike Douglas on booking African-American acts for The Mike Douglas Show (03m 03s)
    • Mike Douglas on interviewing Martin Luther King, Jr. and the day he was assassinated (01m 28s)
    • Mike Douglas on his catchphrase "I'll be right back" and The Mike Douglas Show"asterisk" sets (01m 44s)
  • Charles Dubin
    • Director Charles Dubin on being called to testify before the HUAC and being blacklisted for five years
  • Betty Cole Dukert
    • Producer Betty Cole Dukert on John F. Kennedy's appearances on Meet the Press (04m 07s)
    • Betty Cole Dukert on being a rare female producer in the news at the time she started on Meet the Press (01m 25s)
  • Dick Ebersol
    • Dick Ebersol on the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France (10m 46s)
    • Dick Ebersol on the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico (02m 02s)
    • Dick Ebersol on the 1972 Munich Olympics (23m 56s)
    • Dick Ebersol on  Saturday Night Live  winning 4 Emmys at the end of the first season (01m 18s)
    • Dick Ebersol on "I'm Gerlad Ford and you're not" (01m 18s)
    • Dick Ebersol on Julia Louis-Dreyfus' time on Saturday Night Live (03m 12s)
    • Dick Ebersol on Richard Pryor's word association skit when hosting Saturday Night Live (00m 43s)
    • Dick Ebersol on how Muhammed Ali came to be involved with the Atlanta Olympics (05m 22s)
    • Dick Ebersol on how Muhammed Ali came to be involved with the Atlanta Olympics (05m 22s)
    • Dick Ebersol on censorship issues on  Saturday Night Live (05m 21s)
    • Dick Ebersol on Eddie Murphy wanting to kill "Buckwheat" (01m 19s)
    • Dick Ebersol on Eddie Murphy wanting to kill "Buckwheat" (01m 19s)
    • Dick Ebersol on the birth of the Blues Brothers (00m 28s)
    • Dick Ebersol on making clear to his employees at NBC that sports was still a passion (05m 40s)
    • Dick Ebersol on the Beijing Olympics   (15m 05s)
  • Barbara Eden
    • Barbara Eden on her interpretation of "Jeannie" on I Dream of Jeannie (01m 51s)
    • Barbara Eden on criticism of  "Jeannie" on I Dream of Jeannie (02m 34s)
    • Barbara Eden on the "belly button controversy" on I Dream of Jeannie (02m 13s)
    • Barbara Eden on touring with Bob Hope's USO tour in the Persian Gulf (01m 34s)
  • Stephanie Edwards
    • Clip 1 : Choose ..
    • Stephanie Edwards on being nominated for a daytime Emmy for Everyday with John Bennett Perry  (02m 30s)
    • Stephanie Edwards on the 2002 Tournament of Roses Parade  - the first after 9/11 (01m 11s)
    • Stephanie Edwards on gender discrimination she see's in the business (00m 53s)
  • Michael Eisner
    • Michael Eisner on how the Vietnam War impacted him while he was working at ABC
    • Michael Eisner on the theories of ownership of programs on the major networks in the 1960s
    • Michael Eisner on lessons learned about broadcasting from his tenure at ABC
    • Michael Eisner on how Ellen DeGeneres approached him about coming out on television; and how he pushed her to define what more the  Ellen  series would be about
  • Linda Ellerbee
    • Journalist Linda Ellerbee on a comical attempt to find out who the 1976 Democratic Vice-Presidential nominee would be (03m 36s)
    • Journalist Linda Ellerbee on her failed attempt to get footage of the hostages' return to the U.S. (05m 24s)
    • Linda Ellerbee on Nick News' coverage of 9/11 (02m 58s)
  • Ruth Engelhardt
    • Ruth Engelhardt on the Hollywood Blacklist, "the great witch hunt" (09m 50s)
    • Business affairs executive Ruth Engelhardt on how the quiz show scandals impacted sponsors (02m 42s)
    • Business affairs executive Ruth Engelhardt on how The Mod Squad  was the first series financed using cost-plus financing (05m 43s)
    • Business affairs executive Ruth Engelhardt on the treatment of women executives in the industry (during the mid-20th century) (04m 24s)
  • Diane English
    • Diane English on her childhood and early influences; on her talent for writing (09m 12s)
    • Diane English on naming the character of "Murphy Brown" (00m 55s)
    • Diane English on what Candice Bergen brought to the role of "Murphy Brown" (00m 59s)
    • Diane English on the network's thoughts on having a 40 year old woman as the main character of Murphy Brown (03m 07s)
    • Diane English on the strong, believable character, "Murphy Brown" (02m 29s)
    • Diane English on character "Murphy Brown" becoming a single mother and Dan Quayle's response (07m 24s)
    • Diane English on "Eldin Bernecky" as "Murphy Brown's" Jiminy Cricket (01m 57s)
    • Diane English on Candice Bergen's contributions to her character, "Murphy Brown" (03m 44s)
    • Diane English on winning her first Emmy Award (00m 54s)
  • Bob Eubanks
    • Host Bob Eubanks on the origin of The Newlywed Game's euphemism "makin' whoopee" (01m 05s)
    • Host Bob Eubanks on the origin of The Newlywed Game'seuphemism "makin' whoopee" (01m 05s)
    • Host Bob Eubanks on the true story behind The Newlywed Game urban myth, "in the butt, Bob" (01m 44s)
  • Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
    • Ray Evans and Jay Livingston on how WWII affected them (00m 36s)
    • Ray Evans and Jay Livingston on writing the theme to Bonanza (05m 33s)
    • Ray Evans and Jay Livingston on writing the theme song for Mister Ed (05m 07s)
    • Ray Evans and Jay Livingston on "Que Sera, Sera" becoming the theme to The Doris Day Show (01m 46s)
  • George Faber
    • George Faber on getting the news scoop that President Harry S. Truman would not run again (04m 32s)
  • Nanette Fabray
    • Nanette Fabray on working on The Carol Burnett Show and getting sign language on television   (02m 20s)
  • Elma “Pem” Farnsworth
    • Elma Farnsworth on the reaction of her and her husband, inventor Philo T. Farnsworth (and colleagues Cliff Gardner and Carl Christensen), on September 7, 1927 when he produced the first all-electronic TV picture (a simple straight line) with his Image Dissector tube (02m 27s)
  • Irving Fein
    • Clip 1 : Choose ..
    • Manager/Producer Irving Fein on trying to serve as a publicist for a General during World War II (03m 40s)
    • Manager/Producer Irving Fein on Jack Benny's radio/TV persona and real life personality
      (02m 11s)
    • Manager/Producer Irving Fein on Jack Benny's guest appearance on The $64,000 Question (that led to a subsequent appearance of $64,000 Question host Hal March on The Jack Benny Program) (02m 04s)
    • Manager/Producer Irving Fein on Jack Benny's classic comedy bits: Maxwell, the vault and the feud with Fred Allen (06m 13s)
    • Manager/Producer Irving Fein on The Jack Benny Program's Eddie “Rochester” Anderson
      (02m 16s)
    • Manager/Producer Irving Fein on Jack Benny's violin bit (02m 04s)
    • Manager/Producer Irving Fein on Jack Benny doing a concert for Harry Truman and getting the president on The Jack Benny Program (02m 01s)
    • Irving Fein on President Harry Truman doing a special episode of The Jack Benny Program
      (02m 20s)
    • Manager/Producer Irving Fein on being surprised and unprepared for his Emmy win for producing The Jack Benny Program (01m 24s)
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  • Norman Felton
    • Clip 1 : Choose ..
    • Director Norman Felton on the "Chicago School" of Broadcasting, which included shows Garroway-at-Large and Studs' Place, crediting the philosophy to writers Charlie Andrews and Paul Rhymer (02m 34s)
    • Director Norman Felton on his long association with Robert Montgomery Presents [Part 1] (26m 52s)
    • Norman Felton on his experiences with the Blacklist (08m 00s)
    • Norman Felton on his experiences with sponsor censorship on  Robert Montgomery Presents   (02m 32s)
    • Director Norman Felton on Robert Montgomery Presents winning its first Emmy (01m 29s)
    • Norman Felton on  Studio One going from live to video tape and live television falling out of favor (02m 19s)
    • Norman Felton on censorship on Playhouse 90's"Judgment at Nuremberg" (03m 06s)
    • Norman Felton on Ian Fleming coming up with the name "Napoleon Solo" for The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (00m 42s)
    • Norman Felton on the need for media literacy (06m 18s)
  • Bob Finkel
    • Bob Finkel on directing the first televised Emmy Awards broadcast (03m 44s)
    • Bob Finkel on his experience with color television (02m 42s)
    • Clip 3 : Choose ..
    • Bob Finkel on The Andy Williams Show winning Emmy Awards (00m 46s)
    • Bob Finkel on producing and directing Emmy broadcasts, and winning an Emmy while producing the Emmys (06m 11s)
    • Bob Finkel on what he learned from producing and directing Emmy broadcasts, and applying it to other Awards broadcasts (00m 51s)
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  • Gerald Perry Finnerman
    • Cinematographer Gerald Perry Finnerman on filming the black and white Moonlighting episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" (Part 1 of 2)
      (04m 23s)
    • Cinematographer Gerald Perry Finnerman on filming the black and white Moonlighting episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice" (Part 2 of 2)
      (04m 23s)
    • Cinematographer Gerald Perry Finnerman on Orson Welles arriving on the set for the Moonlighting episode "The Dream Sequence Always Rings Twice"
      (03m 33s)
  • Imero Fiorentino
    • Imero Fiorentino on the equipment with which he worked in the early days (03m 19s)
    • Imero Fiorentino on the tools of a lighting director and how the tools have changed over the years (09m 21s)
    • Imero Fiorentino on lighting The U.S. Steel Hour at ABC
      (02m 24s)
    • Lighting Director Imero Fiorentino on Paul Whiteman's Goodyear Revue, with Glenn Osser (conducting) and Paul Whiteman; a story about an opera singer who refused to sing the show's finale (04m 26s)
    • Lighting Director Imero Fiorentino on a shadow thrown on the actors from a microphone on live TV, during the first U.S. Steel Hour production "P.O.W." with Richard Kiley (03m 05s)
    • Lighting Director Imero Fiorentino on Telstar I, the satellite that relayed the first live transatlantic transmission on July 10, 1962— the American flag outside the sending station at Andover, Maine (03m 28s)
    • Lighting Director Imero Fiorentino on lighting the 1960 Presidential debates starting with the second one, following the first debate wherein Richard Nixon looked badly, making the best improvements he could; also the issues he had lighting JFK due to RFK's interference (06m 04s)
    • Lighting Director Imero Fiorentino on working with new technology (22m 36s)
  • Dorothy Fontana
    • Dorothy Fontana on being mentored in television writing by Samuel Peeples
      (01m 11s)
    • Dorothy Fontana on working at Revue Studios during the actor and writers' strikes in 1960 (01m 24s)
    • Dorothy Fontana on the challenges of being a woman writer and using D.C. Fontana on her scripts so that she would be given a chance
      (03m 01s)
    • Dorothy Fontana on the status of Desilu Studios at the time Star Trek was being developed (01m 02s)
    • Dorothy Fontana on the original concept and vision of Star Trek, the pilot process, and the sale of the series to NBC
      (01m 02s)
    • Dorothy Fontana on Star Trek's creation of aliens using "the Horta" from "The Devil in the Dark" episode as an example
      (01m 52s)
    • Dorothy Fontana on the technology used in Star Trek's world
      (02m 41s)
    • Dorothy Fontana on the minimal censorship issues on Star Trek (00m 40s)
    • Dorothy Fontana on "Uhura" and "Number One"- one of the first major female black characters, on Star Trek (01m 29s)
    • Dorothy  Fontana on the Star Trek episode "Friday's Child", over which she argued with Gene Rodenberry about the portrayal of women; she had a different ending (01m 55s)
    • Dorothy Fontana on Star Trek's "Klingons" (01m 23s)
    • Dorothy Fontana on writing for The Streets of San Francisco
      (03m 13s)
    • Dorothy Fontana on updating the 1960s Star Trek worldview when making Star Trek: The Next Generation
      (01m 34s)
  • Tom Fontana
    • Tom Fontana on being in New York City on 9/11 (02m 14s)
    • Creator/Writer Tom Fontana on incidents of censorship of his shows  (03m 05s)
  • Horton Foote
    • Writer Horton Foote on the Blacklist (02m 18s)
  • June Foray
    • Voice artist June Foray on providing the voice for "Talky Tina" on The Twilight Zone: "Living Doll" (01m 09s)
  • Charles Fox
    • Composer Charles Fox on Ed Ames' famous tomahawk stunt on The Tonight Show
      (02m 33s)
    • Charles Fox on composing the theme to ABC's Wide World of Sports (07m 30s)
    • Charles Fox on composing the theme to Laverne & Shirley (08m 10s)
    • Composer Charles Fox on composing the theme for Angie (01m 42s)
    • Composer Charles Fox on composing the theme for Wonder Woman (03m 29s)
    • Composer Charles Fox what a composer does in terms of creating the style of a show; on composing the theme for The Love Boat (08m 34s)
    • Composer Charles Fox plays piano medley of some of his compositions (Love American Style, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Angie, Hogan Family, Wonder Woman, The Love Boat); Killing Me Softly with His Song (08m 41s)
  • Michael J. Fox
    • Michael J. Fox on his childhood influences (09m 44s)
    • Michael J. Fox on the character "Archie Bunker" from All in the Family (01m 38s)
    • Michael J. Fox on how his brother was his inspiration for "Alex P. Keaton" on Family Ties (00m 48s)
    • Michael J. Fox on "Alex P. Keaton" on Family Ties; what Gary David Goldberg intended with the character (03m 35s)
    • Michael J. Fox on how the Republican party embraced his character on Family Ties; Ronald Reagan wanted to appear on the show (02m 06s)
    • Michael J. Fox on winning an Emmy Award for his role of "Alex P. Keaton" on Family Ties (02m 34s)
    • Michael J. Fox on fame and celebrity
  • Sonny Fox
    • Sonny Fox on the primitive technology on Candid Microphone (01m 51s)
    • Sonny Fox on the beginning of television (01m 23s)
    • Host Sonny Fox on the Quiz Show Scandals (05m 42s)
    • Sonny Fox on the Television Academy serving the purposes of the Emmy (00m 45s)
    • Sonny Fox on producing The Golden Age of Television (07m 08s)
  • Fred Foy
    • Fred Foy on the advent of radio in the early 20th century; and the influences shows such as "The Shadow" had on him as a youth (01m 20s)
    • Fred Foy on developing the voice as The Lone Range r's announcer; his influences (03m 25s)
    • Fred Foy on the first broadcast of The Lone Ranger when he says "A fiery horse with a speed of cloud and dust, and a hearty Hi Ho Silver, the Lone Ranger!" (01m 26s)
    • Fred Foy on "The Lone Ranger"' he was never portrayed as a killer
    • Announcer Fred Foy performs the memorable opening narration that he did for both radio and TV's "The Lone Ranger" (00m 58s)
  • John Frankenheimer

    • John Frankenheimer on getting into directing while working on Danger (12m 11s)
    • John Frankenheimer on the Hollywood Blacklist (00m 40s)
    • John Frankenheimer on the Hollywood Blacklist and The Senator McCarthy episode of See It Now (03m 38s)
    • John Frankenheimer on the Hollywood Blacklist and The Senator McCarthy episode of See It Now (03m 38s)
    • John Frankenheimer on the Hollywood Blacklist and the blacklisted writers of You Are There (00m 49s)
    • John Frankenheimer on the challenges of color television (03m 33s)
    • John Frankenheimer on winning an Emmy with Martin Manulis for Rod Serling's "Portrait in Celluloid" episode of Climax!   (00m 29s)
    • John Frankenheimer on sponsor interference on Climax!   (01m 58s)
    • John Frankenheimer on every 3rd episode of Climax! being in color (03m 32s)
    • John Frankenheimer on directing tips from mentor David O. Selznick (03m 49s)
    • John Frankenheimer on the influence of movie directors on him (01m 08s)
    • John Frankenheimer on directing the Emmy-winnig episode of Playhouse 90"The Comedian" (06m 44s)
    • John Frankenheimer on videotape (01m 42s)
    • John Frankenheimer on the end of the Golden Age of Television (01m 24s)
  • Dennis Franz
    • Dennis Franz on how NYPD Blue was impacted by 9/11 (01m 53s)
  • Stanley Frazen
    • Stanley Frazen on the mutli-head movieloa innovation, which he used while editing early television shows
  • Tom Freston
    • Tom Freston on the launch of MTV and the MTV logo (02m 27s)
    • Tom Freston on the Carter administration's clothing embargo that crippled Freston's foreign business (00m 59s)
    • Tom Freston on criticism that MTV had no black artist in the early days  (01m 07s)
    • Tom Freston on Viacom taking over MTV (01m 00s)
    • Tom Freston on MTV's Standards & Practices (02m 20s)
    • Tom Freston on MTV News covering the 1992 election (Clinton) and the "Choose or Lose" campaign - building upon "Rock the Vote" (03m 09s)
    • Tom Freston on how 9/11 affected MTV (01m 30s)
    • Tom Freston on digital channels and branding (02m 13s)
  • Gerald Fried
    • Composer Gerald Fried on blacklisted musicians (01m 43s)
  • James Garner
    • James Garner on Maverick as the anti-hero (01m 41s)
  • Betty Garrett
    • Betty Garrett on how McCarthyism and the Blacklist deeply affected her and husband Larry Parks (16m 36s)
  • Anthony Geary and Genie Francis
    • Anthony Geary and Genie Francis on the beginning of the "Luke and Laura" storyline phenomenon on General Hospital (06m 13s)
    • Anthony Geary and Genie Francis on the wedding of "Luke and Laura" on General Hospital (05m 23s)
  • Anthony Geary
    • Actor Anthony Geary on his celebrity during the time of the "Luke and Laura" craze on General Hospital (04m 17s)
  • Larry Gelbart
    • Larry Gelbart on working with Ed Garnder on Duffy's Tavern on the radio as a young writer; learning to have fun with language, the biggest lesson he took from Ed (03m 32s)
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    • Larry Gelbart on making the transition from radio to television with the Red Buttons Show (02m 57s)
    • Larry Gelbart on touring with Bob Hope during the war, and how Hope was almost a victim of a bombing attack while in Vietnam (01m 32s)
    • Larry Gelbart on the new challenges of television, and how the shows were shot in "legitimate" houses (01m 48s)
    • Larry Gelbart on the rigorous work ethic and camraderie of the writers of Caesar's Hour (02m 04s)
    • Larry Gelbart on his memories of the Hollywood Blacklist; the seriousness of it (00m 55s)
    • Larry Gelbart on the changes in the profession since TV's "Golden Age" (01m 19s)
    • Larry Gelbart on the differences between television in the UK versus the US in the '60s (01m 45s)
    • Larry Gelbart on how the Korean conflict was the real backdrop for the fictional M*A*S*H television series (04m 27s)
    • Larry Gelbart on balancing CBS's concerns and censorship issues on M*A*S*H; specifically with the "virgin" episode  (01m 54s)
    • Larry Gelbart on an infamous script written by Stanley Ralph Ross that was the only one to get rejected by CBS in the entire run of  M*A*S*H (00m 44s)
    • Larry Gelbart on his fight to keep a laugh track off of  M*A*S*H (02m 09s)
    • Larry Gelbart on how Jamie Farr was cast as the cross-dressing "Klinger" on  M*A*S*H (02m 25s)
    • Larry Gelbart on the effect the Writer's Guild Strike in 1973 had on the production of  M*A*S*H (00m 33s)
    • Larry Gelbart on the episode "Abyssinia, Henry" of where one of the main characters dies which they kept a secret from cast and crew; and the response to the episode; Gelbart explains  " M*A*S*H was not all happy endings" (09m 58s)
    • Larry Gelbart on this unsuccessful followup to M*A*S*H which he says took the "wrong take" on what should never have been a comedy, about veterans of foreign wars (01m 19s)
    • Larry Gelbart on the 1985 Academy Awards show, which he was asked to write, but during which there was a Writer's Guild strike; his comittment to the WGA during this time (03m 14s)
    • Larry Gelbart on how he feels lucky to have had the opportunity to have a soap box on national television with M*A*S*H where he could speak his mind (01m 08s)
    • Larry Gelbart on what to him represented the best of television; those moments when it brought the country together as a family, as in the Kennedy funeral, or the Challenger launch (02m 10s)
    • Larry Gelbart on what to him represented the best of television; those moments when it brought the country together as a family, as in the Kennedy funeral, or the Challenger launch, and how we're in danger of losing that ability in favor of 'the bottom line' (03m 18s)
  • Marla Gibbs
    • Marla Gibbs on staying behind at the first table read of The Jeffersons to offer her opinions on such things as naturalistic dialogue (01m 34s)
    • Marla Gibbs on creating the memorable sequence from classic The Jeffersons episode "Mr. Piano Man," which had her crawling under the piano in a crowded party to try to answer the front door before George Jefferson (01m 41s)
    • Marla Gibbs on creating the memorable sequence from classic The Jeffersons episode "Mr. Piano Man," which had her crawling under the piano in a crowded party to try to answer the front door before George Jefferson (01m 41s)
    • Marla Gibbs on Sherman Hemsley's request to take "honky" out of the script when referring to George Jefferson's now-friend Tom Willis (00m 13s)
  • Melissa Gilbert
    • Melissa Gilbert on playing "Laura Ingalls" on Little House on the Prairie (03m 19s)
    • Melissa Gilbert on her character "Laura Ingalls" on Little House on the Prairie (06m 20s)
    • Melissa Gilbert on realizing she was famous; on her fans
      (04m 47s)
    • Melissa Gilbert on being nominated for an Emmy for The Miracle Worker (01m 31s)
    • Melissa Gilbert on 9/11 happening in the middle of her SAG campaign for President
      (02m 07s)
  • Vince Gilligan
    • Vince Gilligan on  his interaction with Standards & Practices and what he was able to show on  X-Files  versus  Breaking Bad; he couldn't show a gun held to a head during a game of Russian Roulette
    • Vince Gilligan on his memories of 9/11 and how it affected the X-Files' cast and crew
    • Vince Gilligan on pitching the idea of a middle-aged family man cooking a meth lab to cable networks
  • Sharon Gless
    • Sharon Gless on advice she cherishes from Cagney & Lacey co-star John Karlen, who played Harvey Lacey (00m 56s)
    • Sharon Gless on being more interested in the complicated character of "Christine Cagney" than being a "role model for the '80s" (03m 26s)
    • Sharon Gless on presenting alcoholism in the two-part "Turn Turn Turn" episode on Cagney & Lacey, and winning an Emmy for it (01m 47s)
    • Sharon Gless on the controversial Cagney & Lacey episode "The City is Burning" and her character's sometimes offensive attitudes (01m 55s)
    • Sharon Gless on using Judi Dench's autobiography to inspire her villainous guest starring role on Nip/Tuck (01m 45s)
    • Sharon Gless and Cagney & Lacey executive producer Barney Rosenzweig on developing the theme of alcoholism for "Christine Cagney" and her father on the show (01m 48s)
    • Sharon Gless and Barney Rosenzweig on Gless "finally" winning an Emmy for Cagney & Lacey (02m 23s)
  • Gary David Goldberg
    • Gary David Goldberg on how "sha-la-la-la" was added to the Family Tiestheme song (00m 34s)
  • Mary Lynn Gottfried
    • Mary Lynn Gottfried on working as a receptionist for  The Ed Sullivan Show (17m 32s)
    • Mary Lynn Gottfried on The Ed Sullivan Show (26m 30s)
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  • Curt Gowdy
    • Curt Gowdy on Yankee player Joe DiMaggio when he first started announcing for the Yankees (00m 52s)
    • Curt Gowdy on Joe DiMaggio's comeback at the '49 World Series (01m 29s)
    • Curt Gowdy on legendary announcer Mel Allen (00m 40s)
    • Curt Gowdy on Ted Willams last game (02m 58s)
    • Curt Gowdy on Ted Willams last game (02m 58s)
    • Curt Gowdy on the 1964 and 1968 Olympic games and the importance of satellite feeds (04m 10s)
    • Curt Gowdy on the 1964 and 1968 Olympic games and the importance of satellite feeds (03m 23s)
    • Curt Gowdy on The Hollywood Blacklist (01m 51s)
    • Curt Gowdy on JFK's assassination (01m 34s)
    • Sportscaster Curt Gowdy on the first Super Bowl, broadcast by both NBC and CBS (01m 55s)
    • Sportscaster Curt Gowdy on the first Super Bowl, broadcast by both NBC and CBS (01m 55s)
    • Curt Gowdy on covering 16 World Series (09m 35s)
    • Curt Gowdy on how World Series differ from All-Star games (02m 16s)
    • Curt Gowdy on international broadcasters (01m 35s)
    • Curt Gowdy on broadcasters becoming celebrities (00m 54s)
    • Curt Gowdy on preparing to cover hockey for the Olympics (02m 10s)
    • Curt Gowdy on his Emmy wins and being the first sportscaster to win a Peabody (00m 58s)
  • Lee Grant
    • Lee Grant on being blacklisted (10m 25s)
    • Lee Grant on testifiying before HUAC; on not working in television due to the Blacklist; on the end of her blacklisting; on working in television
    • Actress Lee Grant on appearing in Search for Tomorrow;on being fired due to the Blacklist
      (04m 41s)
    • Actress/Director Lee Grant on how working in television has changed over the years (02m 12s)
  • Walter E. Grauman
    • Producer-director Walter Grauman on the flubs made by Lights, Camera, Action (1950) emcee Walter Woolf King on "live" TV  (01m 24s)
    • Director Walter Grauman on working with boxer Primo Carnera on Matinee Theater: "Frankenstein" (airdate: 2/5/57), in which an overzealous and unrehearsed Carnera (playing Frankenstein's monster) threw a stuntman through the scenery (03m 28s)
    • Director Walter Grauman on how a superstition led Sylvia Sidney to forget the final line on "live" TV for a Matinee Theater show [tentatively identified by Grauman as "Death of a Salesman" but possibly "The Gift and the Giver" (airdate: 12/16/57)] (01m 23s)
    • Director Walter Grauman on hiring formerly blacklisted actor Jeff Corey on The Untouchables (and how Corey nearly lost the job) (03m 23s)
    • Director Walter Grauman on the Naked City episode "Hold for Gloria Christmas," recalling it for early appearances by Alan Alda and Jessica Walter, as well as for "Joel Carpenter" who he discovered was blacklisted Arnold Manoff's pseudonym (03m 22s)
    • Director Walter Grauman on finding a way to appease the censor in filming a massacre scene for The Untouchables episode "The White Slavers" (03m 21s)
    • Director Walter Grauman on how Blake Edwards (ironically) advised him on not making artistic compromises on Peter Gunn (00m 58s)
    • Director Walter Grauman on losing his Asian extras at 4 PM, while shooting the TV movie The Forgotten Man (01m 26s)
  • Andy Griffith
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  • Robert Guillaume
    • Robert Guillaume on the difficulty of black actors getting on television (02m 42s)
    • Robert Guillaume on his pursuit to be funny without being a buffoon or playing a part with “dignity” on Soap (03m 16s)
    • Robert Guillaume on not emphasizing racial issues directly with his character "Benson" on Soap; but finding ways to make a statement his first television role on Julia (03m 52s)
    • Robert Guillaume on audience response to his character "Benson" on Soap (01m 49s)
    • Robert Guillaume on changes to the character of "Benson" when transitioning from Soap to Benson (00m 50s)
    • Robert Guillaume on how the show Benson and the main character were categorized (04m 59s)
    • Robert Guillaume on winning two Emmy awards (00m 16s)
    • Robert Guillaume on other African-American actors on television in the late 1970s and early 1980s (00m 51s)
    • Robert Guillaume on playing "Benson" in a way in which things would be funny to him and not just have "Benson" be a buffoon
      (03m 41s)
    • Robert Guillaume on multiculturalism  (01m 19s)
    • Robert Guillaume on his character in Sports Night (00m 22s)
  • Earle Hagen
    • Earle Hagen on the Danny Thomas Show / Make Room for Daddy theme song (00m 46s)
    • Earle Hagen on writing the theme to The Andy Griffith Show (03m 21s)
    • Composer Earle Hagen on writing the theme for I Spy (05m 00s)
    • Composer Earle Hagen on NBC initially not approving Bill Cosby to co-star in I Spy because it feared repercussions from Southern affiliates (02m 02s)
  • Larry Hagman
    • Larry Hagman on a mistake made by a fellow actor on a live broadcast of The Edge of Night (02m 45s)
    • Larry Hagman on joining the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War and handling troop entertainment in NCO clubs
    • Larry Hagman on a joke played on him by Patrick Duffy during Dallas
      (00m 34s)
    • Larry Hagman on the "navel" controversy on I Dream of Jeannie (01m 37s)
    • Larry Hagman on his Dallas character, J.R. Ewing (01m 41s)
    • Larry Hagman on the infamous "Who shot J.R.?" storyline of Dallas (07m 10s)
  • Monty Hall
    • Monty Hall on briefly hosting Twenty-One and the subsequent quiz show scandals that emerged (04m 33s)
    • Monty Hall on the impact of the quiz show scandals on game shows (03m 23s)
    • Monty Hall on how the concept of contestants in costumes on Let's Make a Deal (03m 22s)
    • Monty Hall on the diversity of Let's Make a Deal contestants (01m 58s)
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  • Valerie Harper
    • Valerie Harper on the character of "Rhoda Morgenstern" (01m 01s)
    • Valerie Harper on the elements she brough to the character of "Rhoda Morgenstern" (06m 10s)
    • Valerie Harper on "Rhoda Morgenstern's" fashion sense v. that of "Mary Richards" (02m 54s)
    • Valerie Harper on how marriage changed "Rhoda" (00m 38s)
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  • Jonathan Harris
    • Jonathan Harris on mistakes made on live television
    • Jonathan Harris on advice to aspiring actors
  • Don Hastings
    • Don Hastings on being cast on Captain Video; and the theatre and film community looking down on TV (02m 54s)
    • Actor Don Hastings on the Du Mont network (01m 47s)
    • Don Hastings on some live-TV mishaps on Captain Video (02m 29s)
    • Don Hastings on doing a scene on As the World Turns which was pre-empted by the Kennedy assassination (04m 19s)
  • Patricia Heaton
    • Patricia Heaton on "Debra Barone," her character on Everybody Loves Raymond (08m 55s)
    • Patricia Heaton on the relationship between "Debra Barone" and her family on Everybody Loves Raymond (04m 37s)
    • Patricia Heaton on the final episode of Everybody Loves Raymond as a "brilliant way to end the series" (02m 06s)
    • Patricia Heaton on winning an Emmy for the "Bad Moon Rising" episode of Everybody Loves Raymond   (01m 14s)
    • Patricia Heaton on winning her first and second Emmy for Everybody Loves Raymond (01m 49s)
  • Katherine Helmond
    • Katherine Helmond on Billy Crystal's role on Soap; he was only known for standup comedy before that role, in which he played a homosexual (02m 13s)
    • Kathering Helmond on her character "Mona" on Who's the Boss? and the way she played that risque role; and what the role taught about widowers having a full life (05m 56s)
  • Sherman Hemsley
    • Sherman Hemsley on his first entrance as "George Jefferson" on All in the Family (02m 04s)
    • Sherman Hemsley on the creation of the "walk" for George Jefferson's character on The Jeffersons (01m 36s)
    • Sherman Hemsley on how Isabel Sanford's character's "Weezy" nickname came about on The Jeffersons (01m 04s)
    • Sherman Hemsley on some of his favorite episodes of The Jeffersons (01m 28s)
  • Florence Henderson
    • Florence Henderson on "Carol Brady" and the concept of The Brady Bunch (05m 58s)
  • Paul Henning
    • Producer Paul Henning on ending cigarette ads on The Beverly Hillbillies (01m 58s)
  • Buck Henry
    • Buck Henry on his Saturday Night Live character "Uncle Roy" (02m 42s)
  • Don Hewitt
    • Don Hewitt on the 1960 televised Presidential Debates
    • Don Hewitt on how television changed the public's opinion of the Vietnam War ("if I've lost Cronkite, I've lost the war")
  • James Hong
    • Actor James Hong on the cliched/novelty roles offered to Asian-American actors
      (00m 30s)
    • Actor James Hong on how little change he's seen in the types of roles offered Asian-Americans in his lifetime (02m 04s)
    • Actor James Hong the criticisms of David Carradine's depiction of an Asian character on Kung Fu (01m 58s)
    • Actor James Hong on his approach to the role of the Maitre d' on the classic Seinfeld episode "The Chinese Restaurant" (04m 21s)
  • Louis J. Horvitz

    • Louis J. Horvitz on Cuba Gooding Jr.'s acceptance speech at The Academy Awards (01m 10s)
    • Louis J. Horvitz on Adrien Brody's acceptance speech at The Academy Awards (00m 48s)
    • Louis J. Horvitz on Elia Kazan's Honorary Oscar in 1999 (03m 12s)
    • Louis J. Horvitz on the 2002 Academy Awards  - the first after 9/11 (03m 59s)
    • Louis J. Horvitz on the 2002 Academy Awards  - the first after 9/11 (cont.) (03m 27s)
    • Louis J. Horvitz on the 2002 Academy Awards  - the first after 9/11 (cont.) (03m 27s)
    • Louis J. Horvitz on the 2002 Academy Awards  - the first after 9/11 (03m 59s)
  • Ron Howard
    • Ron Howard on the first acting lesson his father taught him (00m 41s)
    • Ron Howard on the migration of TV production from New York to Los Angeles in the 1950s, and his father Rance Howard's natural gravitation to western roles (00m 59s)
    • Ron Howard on a mistake he made on "live" TV as a child actor on Playhouse 90 (01m 32s)
    • Ron Howard on a mistake he made on "live" TV as a child actor on Playhouse 90 (01m 32s)
    • Ron Howard on how his Andy Griffith Show character "Opie Taylor" developed from his real-life father's talks with Andy Griffith (02m 03s)
    • Ron Howard on his Andy Griffith Show character "Opie Taylor's" relationship with his father  (01m 47s)
    • Ron Howard on using the death of a pet in real life to reach the emotions needed in the Andy Griffith Show episode "Opie the Birdman" (01m 56s)
    • Ron Howard on using the death of a pet in real life to reach the emotions needed in the Andy Griffith Show episode "Opie the Birdman" (01m 56s)
    • Ron Howard on The Andy Griffith Show's "The Pickle Story" (01m 16s)
    • Ron Howard on the Andy Griffith Show episode "Mr. McBeevee" (01m 48s)
    • Ron Howard on accepting a role in the pilot of Happy Days (aired as an episode of Love, American Style) to avoid the Vietnam War draft (02m 11s)
    • Ron Howard on his first recollection of a big cultural change when the Beatles became popular (00m 23s)
    • Ron Howard describes the premise of Happy Days and breakout character “Fonzie” (01m 32s)
    • Ron Howard on how “Fonzie” on Happy Days was being groomed to compete with Good Times’ “J.J.” (01m 40s)
    • Ron Howard on the network and studio’s waning interest in him on Happy Days in light of breakout character "Fonzie" (02m 29s)
    • Ron Howard on his Happy Days character “Richie Cunningham” (01m 14s)
    • Ron Howard on the “Howdy Doody” episode of Happy Days (00m 53s)
    • Ron Howard on playing a drunk scene in the Happy Days episode “Richie’s Cup Runneth Over” (00m 48s)
    • Ron Howard on the Happy Days episode “Hollywood” which ushered in the TV term “jump the shark” (02m 07s)
    • Ron Howard on the Happy Days episode “Richie Almost Dies” and Henry Winkler’s contribution (01m 01s)
    • Ron Howard on the Happy Days episode “My Favorite Orkan” (which introduced "Mork") and Robin Williams’ talent
      (03m 43s)
    • Ron Howard on the Happy Days episode “My Favorite Orkan” (which introduced "Mork") and Robin Williams’ talent
      (03m 43s)
    • Ron Howard on "Richie's" memorable rendition of “Blueberry Hill” on Happy Days (00m 36s)
    • Ron Howard on the inspiration for his trademark laugh from Happy Days
      (00m 13s)
    • Ron Howard on the inspiration for his trademark laugh from Happy Days
      (00m 13s)
    • Ron Howard speculates on what would have been Richie Cunningham’s career trajectory following Happy Days (00m 27s)
    • Ron Howard on the television movie Skyward and the casting of a disabled ingenue (01m 47s)
    • Ron Howard on his struggle to gain the acceptance of Bette Davis, while directing her in the TV movie Skyward (03m 58s)
    • Ron Howard on Henry Winkler's role as oddball lawyer "Barry Zuckerhorn" of Arrested Development (01m 12s)
    • Ron Howard describes his role as the narrator of Arrested Development (01m 52s)
    • Ron Howard on Arrested Development’s Emmy win for Outstanding Comedy Series (01m 20s)
    • Ron Howard on how actors should always consider television as a source of good roles (00m 52s)
  • Roy Huggins
    • Roy Huggins on being blacklisted, but managing to still write during the time of the Hollywood Blacklist
  • David Jacobs
    • Dallas creator David Jacobs on the character of J.R. Ewing (05m 12s)
    • David Jacobs on casting Dallas
      (00m 35s)
    • Dallas creator David Jacobs on the characters of Dallas (00m 44s)
    • David Jacobs on the "Who Shot J.R.?" storyline on Dallas (03m 48s)
    • David Jacobs on the Bobby out of the shower/last season was all a dream storyline on Dallas (02m 43s)
  • Jeffrey Hayden
    • Director Jeffrey Hayden on directing for "live" TV as similar to directing theater (versus the rushed schedule of filmed TV) (01m 32s)
    • Director Jeffrey Hayden on the Hollywood Blacklist and how he helped actor Will Geer (00m 37s)
    • Director Jeffrey Hayden on how he and the cast would work on new ideas for their current scripts at lunch on 77 Sunset Strip (01m 49s)
    • Director Jeffrey Hayden on Quincy's plots, including the episode "Seldom Silent, Never Heard," that influenced the passing of the Orphan Drug Act (ODA) (04m 20s)
    • Director Jeffrey Hayden on Quincy's plots, including the episode "Seldom Silent, Never Heard," that influenced the passing of the Orphan Drug Act (ODA) (04m 20s)
    • Director Jeffrey Hayden on how filming Palmerstown, U.S.A. at the Disney ranch led to a Directors Guild rule about providing drivers to locations (03m 02s)
  • Lamont Johnson
    • Lamont Johnson on his film on the Hollywood Blacklist (01m 58s)
    • Lamont Johnson on the Blacklist (08m 18s)
    • Lamont Johnson on Matinee Theater and aspect of live television (04m 31s)
  • Russell Johnson
    • Actor Russell Johnson on being questioned about his politics because of his name (05m 27s)
  • Chuck Jones
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    • Chuck Jones on the creation of "Daffy Duck"; on "Bugs Bunny's" catch phrase "What's up, doc?" - on where the "doc" came from, and how "Bugs Bunny" got his name (02m 44s)
    • Chuck Jones on the difference between Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck (02m 15s)
    • Chuck Jones on the creation of Daffy Duck (02m 38s)
    • Chuck Jones on How the Grinch Stole Christmas (09m 05s)
    • Chuck Jones on How the Grinch Stole Christmas (09m 05s)
    • Chuck Jones on Pepe Le Pew and confidence; on the difference between nude and naked (03m 50s)
    • Chuck Jones on Wile E. Coyote and the parody of a chase (03m 57s)
  • Quincy Jones
    • Quincy Jones on first working on Holllywood films (03m 05s)
    • Quincy Jones on composing the theme and incidental music for The Bill Cosby Show (05m 21s)
    • Quincy Jones on composing the theme for  Sanford & Son (04m 05s)
    • Quincy Jones on the impact of Roots (01m 28s)
    • Quincy Jones on the impact of Roots (01m 28s)
    • Quincy Jones on MTV and Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video (03m 39s)
  • Robert Justman
    • Robert Justman on the Hollywood Blacklist (01m 28s)
    • Robert Justman on "The Zanti Misfits" episode of The Outer Limits (02m 24s)
    • Associate producer Robert Justman on notes from Standards & Practices for Star Trek (01m 41s)
    • Robert Justman on Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley and William Shatner and their Star Trek characters (04m 07s)
    • Robert Justman on the development of Star Trek: The Next Generation (00m 30s)
    • Robert Justman on LeVar Burton's character on  Star Trek: The Next Generation (01m 01s)
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  • Lucille Kallen
    • Writer Lucille Kallen on being the only female staff writer on the classic '50s variety series Your Show of Shows (and contrasting herself with then-contemporary female comedy writer Selma Diamond) (01m 57s)
    • Writer Lucille Kallen on an undercurrent of bias she felt as the only female staff writer on Your Show of Shows (01m 56s)
    • Writer Lucille Kallen on being in a meeting for The Bell Telephone Hour and learning President Kennedy had been shot  (01m 01s)
  • Hal Kanter
    • Hal Kanter on how his show Julia originated out of his feeling a responsibility to help the image of Black Americans (03m 37s)
  • Katie Couric
    • Katie Couric on feeling like most of the women at ABC News were in subservient positions (01m 37s)
    • Katie Couric on what being a female journalist means to her (02m 39s)
    • Katie Couric on becoming the first solo female news anchor (01m 22s)
    • Katie Couric on why a solo female news anchor may not work for some people (01m 43s)
    • Katie Couric on wanting a solo female anchor to be an accepted norm on television (00m 26s)
    • Katie Couric on being criticized for her role as anchor of CBS Evening News (01m 21s)
  • Eddie Kean
    • Eddie Kean on writing the Howdy Doody theme song (00m 58s)
    • Writer Eddie Kean on coining the word "cowabunga" on Howdy Doody
      (07m 55s)
  • Larry King
    • Larry King on his legal troubles involving conspiracy in a later investigation of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (11m 46s)
    • Larry King on his trademark suspenders
      (02m 11s)
    • Larry King on meeting Paul McCartney; on Arthur Fiedler's remarks about The Beatles
      (02m 36s)
    • Larry King on interviewing U.S. Presidents
      (06m 32s)
    • Larry King on President George W. Bush
      (01m 19s)
    • Larry King on the Bill Clinton - Monica Lewinsky story (03m 29s)
    • Larry King on his experiences during 9/11 (02m 16s)
    • Larry King on the election of President Barack Obama (02m 22s)
    • Larry King on his distaste for tabloid news (02m 01s)
    • Larry King on the public's fascination with tabloid news; he prefers sports (02m 10s)
    • Larry King on playing himself in movies, television shows (01m 25s)
    • Larry King on the future of the television medium (00m 40s)
    • Larry King on his advice to anyone who wants to become an interviewer "you never learn a thing when you're talking"; on being interviewed (01m 24s)
  • Lynwood King
    • Stage manager/director Lynwood King on the "Chicago School" of Broadcasting that emphasized the 'idea' as with Kukla, Fran, & Ollie (01m 21s)
  • William Klages
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    • William Klages on early color TV
      (01m 56s)
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    • William Klages on lighting equipment and technology; on video vs. film
      (06m 25s)
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    • William Klages on how color TV changed lighting
      (02m 59s)
    • William Klages on working on JFK's inauguration, which Frank Sinatra produced (03m 59s)
    • William Klages on working on JFK's inauguration, which Frank Sinatra produced (03m 59s)
    • William Klages on his Emmy nominations and wins
      (02m 17s)
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  • Jack Klugman
    • Jack Klugman on the Blacklist
    • Jack Klugman on his recollections about the Hollywood Blacklist
  • Don Knotts
    • Don Knotts on a moment in "live" TV in the 1950s when fellow actor Les Damon went up on his lines on soap opera Search for Tomorrow (00m 56s)
    • Don Knotts on a moment in "live" TV in the 1950s when fellow actor Les Damon went up on his lines on soap opera Search for Tomorrow (00m 56s)
    • Don Knotts on the challenges of performing on "live TV" in the 1950s (01m 01s)
    • Don Knotts on the eventual overtaking of TV over radio as the dominant medium for entertainment (00m 50s)
    • Don Knotts on TV actors not needing agents during the early days of TV in New York City (00m 50s)
    • Don Knotts on The Andy Griffith Show's setting of Mayberry (and the episode "Man in a Hurry") (00m 58s)
    • Don Knotts on Andy Griffith Show co-star Howard McNear ("Floyd, the Barber") and the episode "Convicts-at-Large" (02m 00s)
    • Don Knotts on performing his Three's Company character "Ralph Furley's" 'fainting spell' backward falls (00m 17s)
  • Kay Koplovitz
    • Kay Koplovitz on discovering the potential of satellite technology after hearing a lecture by Arthur C. Clarke (03m 39s)
    • Kay Koplovitz on realizing in 1973 that cable television would offer opportunities and joining UA-Columbia (02m 13s)
    • Kay Koplovitz on being one of the few women executives in the cable industry in the 1970s (01m 20s)
    • Kay Koplovitz on HBO's early years in the 1970s (02m 56s)
    • Kay Koplovitz on how HBO's Thrilla from Manila changed television history  (01m 52s)
    • Kay Koplovitz on launching Madison Square Garden Sports Network, the first basic cable network (09m 00s)
    • Kay Koplovitz on launching Madison Square Garden Sports Network , the first basic cable network (09m 00s)
    • Kay Koplovitz on changing the name of her network Madison Square Garden Sports Network to USA in 1979 (03m 12s)
    • Kay Koplovitz on changing the name of her network Madison Square Garden Sports Network to USA in 1979
      (03m 12s)
    • Kay Koplovitz on the creation of the Sci-Fi Channel (now SyFy) (04m 49s)
    • Kay Koplovitz on her proudest achievements (01m 21s)
  • Harvey Korman
    • Harvey Korman on voicing "The Great Gazoo" on The Flintstones (03m 32s)
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    • Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on "Carol and Sis" on The Carol Burnett Show (00m 39s)
    • Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on the "Went with the Wind!" sketch spoofing Gone with the Wind on The Carol Burnett Show (00m 55s)
    • Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on the dentist sketch on The Carol Burnett Show (03m 06s)
    • Tim Conway and Harvey Korman on being inducted into the TV Hall of Fame and winning Emmys (03m 55s)
  • Mario Kreutzberger
    • Mario Kreutzberger on being influenced by early television hosts Jack Paar, Steve Allen, Johnny Carson, and Art Linkletter and how they influenced his Spanish-language show Sabato Gigante
    • Mario Kreutzberger on his character "Don Francisco" who has hosted Sabado Gigante since 1962 (30m 48s)
    • Mario Kreutzberger on working for the biggest minority in the US vs. representing a whole country in Chile; on how the content of  Sabado Gigante  "has to go with the needs of the community" (16m 48s)
    • Mario Kreutzberger on  Sabado Gigante' s show on 9/11
    • Mario Kreutzberger on the future of television as driven by content (01m 24s)
    • Mario Kreutzberger on embracing social media in his programs (00m 24s)
  • Mort Lachman
    • Mort Lachman on writing for network shows, like the Bob Hope Specials, and the restrictions from the network S&P
  • Susan Lacy
    • Susan Lacy on passion and committment (with American Masters) and why it's so essential for artists to have both 
    • Susan Lacy on the challenges of funding the American Masters documentary series and negotiating rights for such a series
    • Susan Lacy on the improvements in technology for filming documentaries (cameras and AVIDs) since American Masters premiered
  • John Langley
    • Show creator/executive producer John Langley on working to reverse negative stereotyping of people of color as criminal suspects (and hitting their demo) on Cops, by going against the grain of actual percentages (02m 12s)
  • Angela Lansbury
    • Angela Lansbury on her recollections of the outbreak of World War II
      (13m 55s)
    • Angela Lansbury on the odd makeup one had to wear in early television (because of the lights and camera quality) (00m 47s)
    • Angela Lansbury on the experience of doing "live TV" (03m 36s)
    • Angela Lansbury on getting a case of the giggles in rehearsal on a show with Richard Kiley, likely Lux Video Theatr e 's  "Operation Weekend" (02m 01s)
    • Angela Lansbury on being asked to curtail violence on TV (01m 33s)
    • Angela Lansbury on her Murder, She Wrote character "Jessica 'J. B.' Fletcher" (01m 59s)
    • Angela Lansbury on her many nominations, but no wins, of the Emmy Award (00m 43s)
  • Ring Lardner, Jr.
    • Writer Ring Lardner Jr. describes the moment in his testimony before the House Un-American Activities Committee when he uttered his now-famous line, ""I could answer exactly the way you want, Mr. Chairman... I could answer it, but if I did, I would hate myself in the morning." (01m 36s)
    • Writer Ring Lardner Jr. on his experiences writing for The Adventures of Robin Hood using a pseudonym during the Hollywood Blacklist era (11m 41s)
  • Jack Larson
    • Jack Larson on working on a live drama, where line cuts were made hours before airtime (03m 19s)
    • Jack Larson on the instant popularity of Jimmy Olsen and being typecast as an actor (02m 30s)
    • Jack Larson on why the Superman character has remained popular (02m 33s)
  • Geraldine Laybourne
    • Geraldine Laybourne on 9/11 and how the the Oxygen network addressed the tragedy
  • Norman Lear
    • Norman Lear explains how his own parents were the inspiration for the lead characters on All in the Family (00m 50s)
    • Norman Lear explains the challenges of working all day and night in the days of live television (11m 16s)
    • Norman Lear describes how he turned down requests to front for blacklisted writers during the Hollywood Blacklist scandal (01m 52s)
    • Norman Lear describes how William Tankersley, then head of S&P at CBS, fought him over a line on Maude, but in the end let him get away with it (02m 56s)
    • Norman Lear on the controversial abortion episode of Maude (03m 13s)
    • Norman Lear on what prompted him to create shows about upwardly mobile black families with Good Times and The Jeffersons (04m 34s)
    • Norman Lear on the culture of profit-making in television to the detriment of the medium (04m 50s)
    • Norman Lear describes what he sees as the best of television, from the days of Edward R. Murrow and the "golden age" of television (01m 48s)
  • Stan Lee
    • Stan Lee on comic strips he read as a child (01m 33s)
    • Stan Lee on wanting to be an actor when he was young (01m 03s)
    • Stan Lee on the enduring nature of the Spider-Man character (02m 16s)
    • Stan Lee on how technology has affected animation (01m 00s)
  • Jack Lemmon
    • Jack Lemmon on working on early Studio One series with Worthington Minor; the early days of live television
    • Jack Lemmon on some techniques of working in live television; "hitting your marks"
  • Sheldon Leonard
    • Producer Sheldon Leonard on Andy Griffith's willingness to subdue his comedy talents being the secret of The Andy Griffith Show's  success (00m 40s)
    • The Dick Van Dyke Show producer Sheldon Leonard on the network rules regarding separate beds and Mary Tyler Moore's capri pants (01m 05s)
    • Producer Sheldon Leonard on the classic Dick Van Dyke Show episode "That's My Boy?" (airdate: September 25, 1963) (02m 15s)
    • Producer Sheldon Leonard on the classic Dick Van Dyke Show episode "That's My Boy?" (airdate: September 25, 1963)
      (02m 15s)
    • Producer Sheldon Leonard on the classic Dick Van Dyke Show episode "That's My Boy?" (airdate: September 25, 1963)
      (02m 15s)
    • Producer Sheldon Leonard on the impact of casting of Bill Cosby in I Spy (02m 24s)
    • Producer Sheldon Leonard on the Hollywood Blacklist; how he got some writers reinstated (04m 33s)
    • Producer Sheldon Leonard gives an example of network script notes on I Spy
      (01m 02s)
  • Jerry Lewis
    • Jerry Lewis on his father and grandmother (02m 29s)
    • Jerry Lewis on his father's influence on his career
      (01m 35s)
    • Jerry Lewis on appearing on color TV tests in 1942 and meeting Albert Einstein in the process (01m 56s)
    • Jerry Lewis on creative control on The Colgate Comedy Hour (00m 57s)
    • Jerry Lewis on the creation of the video assist (02m 07s)
    • Jerry Lewis on celebrity (03m 47s)
  • William Link
    • On Lt. Columbo's trademark raincoat, car and cigars (03m 26s)
    • William Link on writing and producing That Certain Summer (07m 55s)
    • William Link on writing and producing That Certain Summer (07m 55s)
  • Art Linkletter
    • Art Linkletter on his friendship with Walt Disney and on hosting the live broadcast of the opening of Disneyland ("Dateline: Disneyland") (airdate: July 17, 1955)
      (05m 35s)
    • Art Linkletter on his friendship with Walt Disney and on hosting the live broadcast of the opening of Disneyland ("Dateline: Disneyland") (airdate: July 17, 1955)
      (05m 35s)
  • Charles Lisanby
    • Charles Lisanby on designing sets for  Dotto
      (00m 50s)
    • Charles Lisanby on designing color tests for CBS (04m 25s)
    • Art Director Charles Lisanby on CBS' early experimentation with color (01m 34s)
    • Charles Lisanby on his multiple Emmy wins for production design (01m 15s)
    • Charles Lisanby on his close friendship with Andy Warhol (15m 48s)
  • Christopher Lloyd (writer)
    • Christopher Lloyd on winning an Emmy for Frasier for Best Series
    • Christopher Lloyd on learning that writer David Angell had been killed on 9/11; on his contribution to Cheers, Frasier, and Wings. (03m 00s)
    • Christopher Lloyd on the effect of the internet on his career as a content creator
  • Loretta Long
    • Loretta Long on the diversity of Sesame Street (01m 30s)
  • Sidney Lumet
    • Sidney Lumet on being assistant director on Danger; on the technical challenges of early live television (13m 33s)
    • Sidney Lumet on working on You Are There; on his encounter with the Blacklist
    • Sidney Lumet on his encounters with the Blacklist (continued) (24m 21s)
  • A.C Lyles
    • A.C. Lyles on the early years of KTLA and the impact of the Kathy Fiscus tragedy (04m 03s)
    • A.C. Lyles on his association with the Reagan and Bush administrations
      (13m 34s)
  • Gavin MacLeod
    • Gavin MacLeod on the series finale of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (01m 59s)
  • Robert MacNeil
    • Robert MacNeil recalls the Kennedy assasination
  • Bob Mackie
    • Bob Mackie on working with producer Alan Handley on Alice Through the Looking Glass - first show to win an Emmy for costume design (01m 45s)
    • Bob Mackie on finding inspiration for costume designing on television (00m 39s)
    • Bob Mackie on the famous curtain-rod dress he made for Carol Burnett "Went With the Wind", a spoof of Gone With the Wind on The Carol Burnett Show (02m 17s)
    • Bob Mackie on winning an Emmy for  Alice Through The Looking Glass (00m 25s)
    • Bob Mackie on the famous curtain-rod dress he made for Carol Burnett "Went With the Wind", a spoof of Gone With the Wind on The Carol Burnett Show (02m 17s)
    • Bob Mackie on censorship of designs
      (03m 25s)
    • Bob Mackie on designing the Queen Elizabeth gown for Whoopi Goldberg for the 1999 Academy Awards
      (01m 23s)
  • Sonia Manzano
    • Sonia Manzano on being cast on Sesame Street (04m 13s)
    • Sonia Manzano on watching TV as a child and not seeing "herself" depicted in the media (01m 48s)
    • Sonia Manzano on adding aspects of feminism to her character on Sesame Street (02m 28s)
    • Sonia Manzano on writing Sesame Street stories on cultural change (03m 04s)
    • Sonia Manzano on the Sesame Street episode "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" (airdate: November 24, 1983) (03m 08s)
    • Sonia Manzano on the Sesame Street episode "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" (airedate: November 24, 1983) (03m 08s)
    • Sonia Manzano on the death of Muppet creator Jim Henson (01m 37s)
    • Sonia Manzano on the difficulty for an Hispanic actor to find non-stereotypical roles (01m 13s)
  • Rose Marie
    • Rose Marie on her Dick Van Dyke Show character Sally Rogers (00m 45s)
    • Rose Marie on her Dick Van Dyke Show character Sally Rogers
      (00m 45s)
    • Rose Marie on learning of JFK's assassination during a rehearsal of The Dick Van Dyke Show (02m 11s)
  • Garry Marshall
    • Producer Garry Marshall on being a child in New York during WWII (02m 32s)
    • Producer Garry Marshall on his service during the Korean War, where he ran Army radio stations (04m 19s)
    • Garry Marshall on Jack Paar walking off the set of the Tonight show in 1960 (00m 20s)
    • Garry Marshall on Jack Paar walking off the set of the Tonight show in 1960 (00m 21s)
    • Garry Marshall on the dearth of female comedy writers during The Dick Van Dyke Show era (00m 14s)
    • Garry Marshall on network censorship experienced writing the I Spy episode "No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise" (airdate: November 10, 1965) (02m 04s)
    • Garry Marshall on network censorship experienced writing the I Spy episode "No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise" (airdate: November 10, 1965) (02m 04s)
    • Garry Marshall on The Odd Couple episode "The Odd Monks" (airdate: October 13, 1972) (01m 36s)
    • Garry Marshall on The Odd Couple episode "Password" (airdate: December 1, 1972) (00m 44s)
    • Garry Marshall on the creation of the Fonz on Happy Days (01m 31s)
    • Garry Marshall on The New Odd Couple, which used the original series' scripts with an African-American cast (03m 03s)
    • Garry Marshall on negotiating with ABC so Fonzie could wear a leather jacket on Happy Days (02m 19s)
    • Garry Marshall on the lack of African-American characters on Happy Days (01m 11s)
    • Garry Marshall on network censorship on Happy Days (02m 04s)
    • Garry Marshall on violinist Itzhak Perlman not being approved to guest on an Odd Couple episode because of his physical disability (00m 44s)
    • Garry Marshall on the Happy Days episode "Richie Almost Dies" (airdate: January 31, 1978) (Fonzie cries) (01m 28s)
    • Garry Marsahall on the Happy Days episode "Hard Cover" (airdate: September 27, 1977) (Fonzie gets a library card) (01m 11s)
  • Dick Martin
    • Dick Martin on dealing with the censors on Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In (04m 38s)
  • Richard Matheson
    • Richard Matheson on the movies influencing and inspiring his writing, and the letter he wrote to producer Val Lewton praising his work
      (02m 01s)
    • Richard Matheson on writing for The Lawman, including the suspenseful “Thirty Minutes”
      (02m 52s)
    • On being censored from using the word “God” in his scripts on The Twilight Zone, despite the fact that Rod Serling did in his scripts (00m 42s)
    • Richard Matheson on The Twilight Zone episodes “Nick of Time” and “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” both of which starred William Shatner (02m 02s)
    • Richard Matheson on the Twilight Zone episode “Little Girl Lost” and how real life inspired the story (01m 06s)
    • Richard Matheson on the Twilight Zone episode “Little Girl Lost” and how real life inspired the story (01m 06s)
    • Richard Matheson on the seed idea for Duel on the day of JFK's assassination (00m 57s)
    • Richard Matheson on the seed idea for Duel (00m 57s)
    • Richard Matheson on his surprise that The Twilight Zone episode “The Invaders” has become a classic
      (00m 56s)
    • Richard Matheson on coming up with the idea for the story of Dying Room Only (00m 47s)
    • Richard Matheson on the TV movie Scream of the Wolf and his script’s suggestion of homoeroticism that didn’t translate to screen (00m 42s)
    • Richard Matheson on appearing in the miniseries Captains and the Kings as President Garfield (02m 41s)

  • Rue McClanahan
    • Rue McClanahan on feminism during the Maude years (00m 35s)
  • Bob McGrath
    • Bob McGrath on filming the emotional scene of epsiode "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" when Big Bird comes to understand that Mr. Hooper has died
      (00m 47s)
  • Jim McKay
    • Jim McKay on the new television medium: seeing a boxing match on TV for the first time (01m 14s)
    • Jim McKay on the new television medium: seeing a boxing match on TV for the first time (01m 14s)
    • Jim McKay on the advent of videotape and the method of recording television and how it affected his schedule (05m 33s)
    • Jim McKay on how technology changed things for sports television: tape versus live TV in auto-racing
    • Jim McKay on having to tell the world that the Israeli hostages taken at the 1972 Olympic games, were "all gone"
    • Jim McKay on the Israeli hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics
    • Jim McKay on the challenge for TV to fill thousands of hours with quality programming (00m 28s)
    • Jim MKay on his interview with Fidel Castro; asking him how close we came to nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Jayne Meadows
    • Jayne Meadows on the Hollywood Blacklist; sister Audrey meeting Sen. McCarthy; how Mark Goodson protected his actors
    • Jayne Meadows on how her sister Audrey Meadows got hire on The Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason; because of the Hollywood Blacklist
  • Lee Mendelson
    • On the deep impact of Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts characters on American culture
  • Burt Metcalfe
    • Producer Burt Metcalfe on the most effective line in M*A*S*H: "The Interview" (delivered by William Christopher's "Father Mulcahy") 
      (01m 23s)
  • Al Michaels
    • Al Michaels on covering the 1980 Olympics "Miracle on Ice", when the US team beat the Soviet team, considered to be the best in the world (04m 21s)
    • Al Michaels on how he came up with "Do you believe in miracles?" when covering the 1980 Olympics (04m 41s)
    • Al Michaels on reporting the earthquake during the 1989 World Series Game 3 in San Francisco (06m 37s)
    • Al Michaels on sports reporting during national tragedies; 9/11 (05m 14s)
  • Sig Mickelson
    • CBS News President Sig Mickelson on organizing the details of the Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debates (03m 36s)
    • CBS News President Sig Mickelson on selecting Howard K. Smith as the moderator of the first of the Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debates (01m 00s)
    • CBS News President Sig Mickelson on his reaction to the Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debates; talking with Nixon (01m 43s)
    • CBS News President Sig Mickelson on his reaction to the Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debates; talking with Nixon
      (01m 43s)
  • Mitch Miller
    • Columbia Records executive Mitch Miller on providing Studio One with the title song for the production "Let Me Go, Lover" which became an instant hit for unknown singer Joan Weber (05m 34s)
    • Host Mitch Miller on Sing Along with Mitch regular Leslie Uggams and her talent (and the negative letters he received regarding his having an African-American regular on his show) (01m 56s)
  • Newton N. Minow
    • Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on John F. Kennedy's vision for satellite communications (02m 32s)
    • Newton Minow on being appointed Chairman of the FCC by John F. Kennedy (13m 18s)
    • Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on the history of the FCC (04m 42s)
    • Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on President John F. Kennedy's opinion of ranking the best presidents (02m 31s)
    • Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on President John F. Kennedy's 1961 speech to the National Association of Broadcasters, where he focused on the openness of the United States' space program to the media
      (06m 37s)
    • Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on what he was trying to convey in his 1961 "Vast Wasteland" speech
      (02m 21s)
    • Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on Joseph Kennedy and Edward R. Murrow's reaction to his 1961 "Vast Wasteland" speech
      (01m 59s)
    • Former FCC Chairman Newton Minow on arranging for Voice of America broadcasts on commercial stations during the Cuban Missile Crisis
      (05m 48s)
    • Newton Minow on his role as FCC chair, his views on American programming and the FCC's television policies; on his work with children's television and news; on working with the networks; on the legislation he worked to enact: the All Channel Act requiring a UHF tuner as well as a VHF tuner on all television set, the Aid To Educational Television. and the Communications Satellite Act; on his contributions to public television
    • Former FCC chair Newton Minow on serving on CBS' board (starting in 1983) (04m 27s)
    • Newton Minow on whether he still sees television as 1961's "vast wasteland" in 1999
      (00m 55s)
    • Newton Minow on his opinion of the television industry and its failure to remain in the public interest (02m 49s)
    • Newton Minow on an argument he had at public station WTTW in Chicago during the 1970 development of the first Black-produced television drama B ir ds of the Iron Feather, where Jesse Jackson and other Civil Rights leaders demanded an all-Black crew (02m 22s)
  • Don Mischer
    • Don Mischer on JFK's assassination and starting in television (03m 17s)
    • Don Mischer on President Carter attending Kennedy Center Honors (00m 51s)
    • Don Mischer on winning his first Emmy for directing Donahue and Kids  (01m 14s)
    • Don Mischer on how the emergence on cable in the 1980s affected the industry (02m 34s)
    • Don Mischer on  Super Bowl 49 - how Janet Jackson's "wardrobe malfunction" led him back to the halftime show (01m 57s)
    • Don Mischer on producing the 2002 Winter Olympics and how 9/11 affected the games (07m 52s)
    • Don Mischer on producing the 1996 Atlanta Olympics with Muhammad Ali carrying the torch (02m 53s)
    • Don Mischer on the difficult decision to cancel the Emmys after 9-11 (07m 01s)
    • Don Mischer on producing the Emmy Awards (20m 19s)
    • Don Mischer on Senator Barack Obama's speech at the 2004 DNC (01m 46s)
    • Don Mischer on the technological advances that enhance production (01m 49s)
  • John Moffitt
    • John Moffitt on admiring Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin  (00m 26s)
    • John Moffitt on censorship of The Rolling Stones on The Ed Sullivan Show (01m 25s)
    • John Moffitt on censorship of The Rolling Stones on The Ed Sullivan Show (01m 25s)
    • John Moffitt on The Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show (03m 55s)
    • John Moffitt on The Ed Sullivan Show  going to color in 1965 (02m 27s)
    • John Moffitt on The Beatles' appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show  (cont.) (06m 50s)
    • John Moffitt on working on The Ed Sullivan Show during the time of the assassination and funeral of John F. Kennedy (02m 48s)
    • John Moffitt on how The Ed Sullivan Show reflected the Civil Rights Movement (00m 55s)
    • John Moffitt on how The Ed Sullivan Show reflected the Civil Rights Movement (00m 55s)
    • John Moffitt on how The Ed Sullivan Show did not reference the Vietnam War (00m 39s)
    • John Moffitt on directing music on The Ed Sullivan Show (i.e. Rolling Stones; Dave Clark Five) (04m 58s)
    • John Moffitt on  Van Dyke and Company  winning an Emmy and Bob Einstein's acceptance comment (00m 37s)
    • John Moffitt on Andy Kaufman's notorious surprise fight sketch on Fridays (06m 08s)
    • John Moffitt on his long association with the Primetime Emmy Awards and the Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards (13m 45s)
    • Clip 15 : Choose ..
  • Bill Monroe
    • Bill Monroe on the question of integrity in early television news journalism (01m 54s)
    • News Correspondent Bill Monroe on President Kennedy's media savvy (01m 35s)
    • Bill Monroe on the ethics surrounding news coverage of the Vietnam war
    • Bill Monroe on the Iran Hostage crisis covered on Meet the Press
  • Ricardo Montalban
    • Ricardo Montalban on the portrayal of Mexicans in film and television (04m 09s)
    • Ricardo Montalban on Gene Lockhart's advice to him about maintaining an acting career (01m 51s)
    • Ricardo Montalban on playing his characters with dignity (01m 12s)
    • Ricardo Montalban on his Emmy-winning performance as an American Indian in How the West was Won (1978)
      (03m 54s)
    • Ricardo Montalban on his Emmy-winning performance as an American Indian in How the West was Won (1978)
      (03m 54s)
    • Ricardo Montalban on the Fantasy Island character "Tattoo" and actor Herve Villechaize
      (02m 18s)
    • Ricardo Montalban on the opening sequence of Fantasy Island (01m 27s)
    • Ricardo Montalban on the founding of Nosotros (10m 36s)
    • Ricardo Montalban on his ads for Chrysler's Cordoba
      (01m 22s)
  • Leslie Moonves
    • Leslie Moonves on the process of audience testing for ER (04m 48s)
    • Leslie Moonves on the state of CBS when he arrived in 1995 (06m 14s)
    • Leslie Moonves on his role as CBS network president
      (03m 04s)
    • Leslie Moonves on the changing ownership of CBS over his tenure (06m 15s)
    • Leslie Moonves on the controversy over dividing the teams on the reality show Survivor by race (04m 30s)
    • Leslie Moonves on the CBS News "Memogate" controversy about George W. Bush's military service (04m 13s)
    • Leslie Moonves on 9/11 and CBS' coverage (04m 38s)
    • Leslie Moonves on running a network (03m 23s)
  • Mary Tyler Moore
    • Mary Tyler Moore on initially disliking The Dick Van Dyke Show episode "Never Bathe on Saturday" (airdate: March 31, 1965) (Laura's toe gets stuck in a faucet) (02m 03s)
    • Mary Tyler Moore on restrictions including the objection to her wearing pants on The Dick Van Dyke Show (01m 14s)
    • Mary Tyler Moore on her "Oh Rob!" catchphrase on The Dick Van Dyke Show (00m 39s)
    • Mary Tyler Moore on filming The Dick Van Dyke Show episode "Turtles, Ties, and Toreadors" (airdate: December 4, 1963) without an audience due to JFK's assassination (01m 29s)
    • Mary Tyler Moore on the formation of MTM (01m 56s)
    • Mary Tyler Moore on CBS refusing to allow her character to be a divorcee on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (01m 20s)
    • Mary Tyler Moore on The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust" (airdate: October 25, 1975) (03m 48s)
    • Mary Tyler Moore on The Mary Tyler Moore Show episode "Chuckles Bites the Dust" (airdate: October 25, 1975) (02m 18s)
    • Mary Tyler Moore on The Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song (00m 58s)
    • Mary Tyler Moore on tossing hat in the air for the opening of The Mary Tyler Moore Show (00m 45s)
    • Mary Tyler Moore on Grant Tinker's leadership of MTM Productions (01m 11s)
    • Mary Tyler Moore on the sale of MTM Productions (02m 12s)
  • Thomas W. Moore
    • ABC Executive Thomas W. Moore on the Kennedy-Nixon debates of 1960 (05m 48s)
  • Rita Moreno
    • Rita Moreno on the stereotypical roles she played in filmed TV in the 1950s (00m 58s)
    • Rita Moreno on her attempts to create an accent for the Native American roles she played in 1950s television (01m 33s)
    • Rita Moreno on her Emmy-winning guest appearances as "Rita Capkovic" on The Rockford Files (02m 06s)
  • Harry Morgan
    • Harry Morgan briefly on the Blacklist (he was neighbors with Lionel Stander in later years) (00m 45s)
    • Harry Morgan on playing "Bill Gannon" on Dragnet (00m 50s)
    • Harry Morgan on his M*A*S*H character, Colonel Sherman Potter
      (07m 10s)
    • On winning an Emmy for M*A*S*H
      (01m 03s)
  • Howard Morris
    • Actor Howard Morris on getting cast on The Andy Griffith Show and creating his memorable recurring character "Ernest T. Bass" (01m 18s)
  • Bill Moyers
    • Bill Moyers on meeting Senator Lyndon Johnson (07m 30s)
    • Bill Moyers on the very beginning of the Vietnam conflict (00m 32s)
    • Bill Moyers on his part in the Kennedy/Johnson campaign and Kennedy asking him to come to Washington (03m 03s)
    • Bill Moyers on being Assistant Director, then Deputy Director of the Peace Corps and reporting to Sgt. Shriver (03m 18s)
    • Bill Moyers on JFK's assassination (03m 01s)
    • Bill Moyers on JFK's assassination (03m 01s)
    • Bill Moyers on becoming White House Press Secretary (01m 45s)
    • Bill Moyers on the "Daisy" ad for the 1964 Presidential campaign (05m 31s)
    • Bill Moyers on Lyndon Johnson not being good on television (03m 31s)
    • Bill Moyers on Lyndon Johnson having a good moment on television (00m 33s)
    • Bill Moyers on the relationship between the Johnson administration and the press during the Vietnam War (06m 29s)
    • Bill Moyers on the relationship between the Johnson administration and the press during the Vietnam War (06m 29s)
    • Bill Moyers on Lyndon Johnson and television  (06m 27s)
    • Bill Moyers on Lyndon Johnson and the Civil Rights Movement, and dealing with the FBI trying to discredit Martin Luther King, Jr. (07m 45s)
    • Bill Moyers on who he believes killed JFK (01m 46s)
    • Bill Moyers on his own beliefs about the Vietnam War (04m 52s)
    • Bill Moyers on Lyndon Johnson's thoughts on public television (06m 23s)
    • Bill Moyers covering Watergate and the Nixon administration's reaction - to cripple public broadcasting (05m 03s)
  • Diana Muldaur
    • Clip 1 : Choose ..
    • Diana Muldaur on her L.A. Law character Rosalind Shays (00m 39s)
    • Diana Muldaur on her L.A. Law character Rosalind Shays falling down the elevator shaft (01m 13s)
  • Alan Neuman
    • Producer/Director Alan Neuman on President Kennedy's command of television (03m 11s)
  • Nichelle Nichols
    • Nichelle Nichols on watching the test pattern on early television
    • Nichelle Nichols describers her character "Uhura" on Star Trek; how the studio didn't want a black female character on the series; Gene Rodenberry defended it as "that's what America looks like"
    • Nichelle Nichols describers her character "Uhura" on Star Trek; how the studio didn't want a black female character on the series; Gene Rodenberry defended it as "that's what America looks like"
    • Nichelle Nichols on how Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr pursuaded her to remain on Star Trek
    • Nichelle Nichols on what her character's name "Uhura" meant in Swahili - freedom
    • Nichelle Nichols on her reaction to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr being killed in 1964
    • Nichelle Nichols on the famous Star Trek scene where her character kisses William Shatner's character in TV's first interracial kiss; the response from the South
    • Nichelle Nichols on the famous Star Treks cene where her character kisses William Shatner's character in TV's first interracial kiss; the response from the South
  • Leonard Nimoy
    • Leonard Nimoy recalling that Lloyd Bridges accidentally swore on live TV (00m 28s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on his guest appearances on Sea Hunt, and how this series compared budget and salary-wise to other series produced by syndication giant Ziv Television Programs (01m 43s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on his guest appearances on Sea Hunt, and how this series compared budget and salary-wise to other series produced by syndication giant Ziv Television Programs (01m 43s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on his penchant for playing ethnic roles in his early TV career (01m 05s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on why villains were not allowed to smoke on Ziv Television Programs’ syndicated shows, due to sponsorship
      (01m 42s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on James Coburn oversleeping for a call on M Squad but stardom was around the corner (01m 41s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on actor Jeff Corey’s blacklisting, and how Nimoy became involved in teaching as an indirect result (00m 42s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on Star Trek producer Gene Roddenberry’s description of “Spock” and the concern that “Spock’s” initial skin coloring of red might read black on black and white TV sets (00m 59s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on Star Trek producer Gene Roddenberry’s description of “Spock” and Nimoy’s admiration for Lon Chaney in immersing himself into characters
      (00m 59s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on his discover that the original marketing campaign of Star Trek tried to de-emphasize his character "Mr. Spock’s" “devilish” look (02m 30s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on his Star Trek character "Mr. Spock’s" inclusion being questioned within a network television system that relied on the norm (01m 28s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on his make-up as Star Trek’s “Mr. Spock” and how it eventually gravitated toward a “cooler, more controlled” look (01m 47s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on his Star Trek character “Mr. Spock” (04m 28s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on being influenced in his Star Trek"Mr. Spock" characterization by something he saw Harry Belafonte do on stage circa the 1950s (01m 45s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on his Star Trek character "Mr. Spock’s" trademark eyebrow arching (00m 39s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on the Star Trek episode “The Devil in the Dark," and Spock's "mind meld" ability (02m 11s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on his creation of Mr. Spock's Vulcan nerve pinch (02m 08s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on his creation of Mr. Spock's Vulcan salute and its use in the episode “Amok Time” (01m 51s)
    • Leonard Nimoy on the ups and downs of fame (01m 18s)
  • Agnes Nixon
    • Agnes Nixon on a then-recent (1997) introduction of a gay character on All My Children (01m 19s)
  • Carroll O'Connor
    • Carroll O’Connor on learning how to play comedy from Micheál MacLiammóir, at the Gate Theatre, which he later used in his characterization of Archie Bunker in All in the Family (02m 29s)
    • Carroll O’Connor on the role dramatic anthologies played for New York actors during the 1950s-60s (01m 07s)
    • Carroll O’Connor on his character “Archie Bunker” on All in the Family (02m 53s)
    • Carroll O’Connor on his contribution to the  All in the Family episode “Two’s A Crowd,” and the ad-libbing by he and co-star Rob Reiner (02m 43s)
    • Carroll O’Connor on his contribution to the  All in the Family episode “Two’s A Crowd,” and the ad-libbing by he and co-star Rob Reiner (02m 43s)
    • Carroll O’Connor on the perception of "Archie Bunker" by the viewing public. (02m 16s)
    • Carroll O’Connor on the source of "Archie Bunker’s" malaprops and on series developer/ executive producer Norman Lear’s contribution to the nicknames Archie used (01m 36s)
    • Carroll O’Connor on All in the Family episodes: “Edith’s Problem” (Edith enters menopause), “Gloria Has a Belly Full” (Gloria has a miscarriage), “Edith’s Crisis of Faith” (Edith shuns her faith when friend Beverly LaSalle is killed), “Sammy’s Visit (Sammy Davis, Jr. appears as himself), and “Archie’s Brief Encounter” (Archie has an affair) (03m 33s)
    • Carroll O’Connor on the donation of Archie and Edith’s chairs from the set of All in the Family to the Smithsonian Institution (00m 29s)
    • Carroll O’Connor on his acting with Danielle Brisebois in the Archie Bunker’s Place episode "Archie Alone," that reveals Edith Bunker’s death (01m 29s)
    • Carroll O’Connor on his acting with Danielle Brisebois in the Archie Bunker’s Place episode "Archie Alone," that reveals Edith Bunker’s death (01m 29s)
    • Carroll O’Connor on receiving accommodation from the NAACP for casting African-American actors on In the Heat of the Night (01m 42s)
    • Carroll O’Connor on his theory as to why CBS Chairman William S. Paley never socialized with him (03m 01s)
  • Don Ohlmeyer
    • Don Ohlmeyer on becoming an associate director on The 1968 Olympics (03m 06s)
    • Don Ohlmeyer on pushing the industry forward on Monday Night Football (11m 52s)
    • Don Ohlmeyer on winning an Emmy in 1975 for  Monday Night Football and on winning an Emmy for the recap of the 1972 Munich Olympics (06m 50s)
    • Don Ohlmeyer on Jim McKay's amazing job covering the 1972 Munich Olympics (02m 01s)
    • Don Ohlmeyer on producing the World Series (02m 02s)
    • Don Ohlmeyer on the U.S. boycotting the 1980 Olympics in Moscow (01m 44s)
    • Don Ohlmeyer on producing the 1977 Emmy Awards (03m 20s)
    • Don Ohlmeyer on "Must See TV" (03m 43s)
    • Executive Don Ohlmeyer on the final episode of Seinfeld (02m 32s)
    • Executive Don Ohlmeyer on the final episode of  Cheers (01m 52s)
  • Roscoe Orman
    • Roscoe Orman on his awareness of the lack of diversity on television during his childhood (01m 19s)
    • Roscoe Orman on meeting Martin Luther King, Jr. and other Civil Rights Leaders in the South; on TV news coverage of the movement
      (05m 41s)
    • Roscoe Orman on his audition for "Gordon" on Sesame Street and meeting with writer Jon Stone (04m 38s)
    • Roscoe Orman on his Sesame Street character "Gordon" (03m 46s)
    • Roscoe Orman on "Gordon's" relationship with "Susan" on Sesame Street (02m 26s)
  • Don Pardo
    • Don Pardo on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and having to read the announcement of his death: "Horror.  I mean, I couldn’t believe it, you know..we had a program that was on the air, I was monitoring, it was somewhere around 1:43 or something like that.  And they dashed in, you know, they tear it off the machine, the AP wires.  And you know it’s all capitalized and all that... And now, and of course the editor or whoever it was that ran in from the newsroom and came in says, we’re going to break into the program and mention this.  President Kennedy was shot." (03m 24s)
  • Arthur Penn
    • Arthur Penn on the coaxial cable which connected the two coasts
    • Arthur Penn on the Nixon-Kennedy debates. When asked by a Kennedy friend his advice on shooting the televised debate, he and Fred Coe made the suggestion "close-ups"; on the potency of television (06m 00s)
    • Arthur Penn on the Nixon-Kennedy debates. When asked by a Kennedy friend his advice on shooting the televised debate, he and Fred Coe made the suggestion "close-ups"; on the potency of television (06m 00s)
    • Arthur Penn on the Nixon-Kennedy debates. When asked by a Kennedy friend his advice on shooting the televised debate, he and Fred Coe made the suggestion "close-ups"; on the potency of television (06m 00s)
  • Bill Persky
    • Bill Persky on filming the Dick Van Dyke show on the day John F. Kennedy was shot
    • Bill Persky on the legacy of That Girl and the birth of liberated women on TV
    • Bill Persky on why he cancelled Kate & Allie
  • Peter Bonerz
    • Director Peter Bonerz on ordering a rigged up iron to create a special effect on The Bob Newhart Show episode "A Love Story" (01m 01s)
    • Director Peter Bonerz on the Ross/Rachel kiss from Friends season two episode "The One Where Ross Finds Out" (01m 17s)
    • Director Peter Bonerz on the Ross/Rachel kiss from Friends season two episode "The One Where Ross Finds Out" (01m 17s)
    • Director Peter Bonerz on the Murphy Brown episode "Uh, Oh, Part 2," and the criticism of Murphy's single motherhood by then U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle (08m 48s)
    • Director Peter Bonerz on the Murphy Brown episode "Uh, Oh, Part 2," and the criticism of Murphy's single motherhood by then U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle (08m 48s)
  • Regis Philbin
    • Regis Philbin on syndicating his local New York morning show nationally (01m 26s)
    • Regis Philbin on  Who Wants to be a Millionaire's: "Is that your final answer?" (00m 29s)
  • Abraham Polonsky
    • Abraham Polonsky on his encounter with the Blacklist
    • Abraham Polonsky on his work on  You Are There, and his continued blacklisting
  • Mike Post
    • Mike Post on working on the Hill Street Blues theme and the emotion of music (02m 57s)
  • David Pressman
    • David Pressman on learning his was blacklisted and on being fired from Treasury Men in Action (05m 02s)
    • David Pressman on being blacklisted; on teaching at Boston University from 1954-1959 during his unemployment; on then running the Neighborhood Playhouse; on the end of the blacklist; on trying to get jobs in television during the blacklist period; on David Susskind hiring him for television (08m 53s)
    • David Pressman on how he was personally affected by his blacklisting (04m 47s)
    • David Pressman on "secretly" directing The Philip Morris Playhouse while he was blacklisted
      (06m 27s)
    • David Pressman on his first television job (and his first use of videotape) after being blacklisted: directing Esso Repertory Theatre for David Susskind
      (00m 20s)
    • Director David Pressman on some of the social issues (i.e. drugs, racial issues) covered on One Live to Live
      (03m 22s)
    • Director David Pressman on some of the social issues (i.e. drugs, racial issues) covered on One Live to Live
      (03m 22s)
  • Madelyn Pugh Davis
    • Madelyn Pugh Davis on working on the “social page” as opposed to news in radio (02m 31s)
    • Madelyn Pugh Davis on being one of the first female writers hired at CBS radio (01m 18s)
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis briefly on working at Desilu (01m 19s)
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy is Enciente," where she tells Ricky she's pregnant (00m 47s)
    • Madelyn Pugh Davis (with Bob Carroll, Jr.) on the early treatment of female radio and television writers and producers (01m 57s)
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the Blacklist and Lucille Ball's being branded a Communist during I Love Lucy (02m 40s)
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on producer I Love Lucy and the Emmy Awards (01m 38s)
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy Does a Commercial" (Vitameatavegamin) (00m 39s)
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy Does a Commercial" (Vitameatavegamin) (00m 39s)
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the birth of "Little Ricky" on I Love Lucy (00m 57s)
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on writing the I Love Lucy episode "Job Switching" (candy factory) (01m 03s)
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on writing the I Love Lucy episode "Job Switching" (candy factory) (01m 03s)
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy's Italian Movie" (grape stomping) (00m 52s)
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy's Italian Movie" (grape stomping) (00m 52s)
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the I Love Lucy episode "L.A. at Last" (nose catches fire) (01m 33s)
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the I Love Lucy episode "L.A. at Last" (nose catches fire) (01m 33s)
    • Bob Carroll, Jr. & Madelyn Pugh Davis on the treatment of female producers (00m 43s)
  • Hector Ramirez
    • Hector Ramirez on technological developments in the 1970s and how they changed shooting (02m 27s)
    • Hector Ramirez on working on Elvis Presley's concerts for television (01m 53s)
    • Hector Ramirez on working in HD (02m 55s)
    • Hector Ramirez on his Emmy win for the "Steadicam Tango" (02m 50s)
    • Hector Ramirez on 9/11 (02m 58s)
    • Hector Ramirez on the most significant advancement to his field - the mini-cam (00m 44s)
    • Hector Ramirez on holding the record for the most Emmy nominations; on attending the ceremony (02m 34s)
    • Hector Ramirez on the most important image he's ever captured (01m 14s)
  • Joyce Randolph
    • Joyce Randolph on doing experimental television for GE in Schenectady, NY (02m 08s)
    • Joyce Randolph on Audrey Meadows replacing Pert Kelton in the cast of The Honeymooners (00m 42s)
    • Joyce Randolph on her role as "Trixie" on The Honeymooners (00m 30s)
    • Joyce Randolph on the "TV or not TV" episode of  The Honeymooners (00m 49s)
    • Joyce Randolph on the "The Sleepwalker" episode of  The Honeymooners (00m 26s)
    • Joyce Randolph on the "Better Living Through TV" episode and other episodes of The Honeymooners (01m 14s)
    • Joyce Randolph on her favorite episodes of The Honeymooners (00m 55s)
  • Phylicia Rashad
    • Phylicia Rashad on her role as “Courtney Wright” on One Life to Live in the early 1980s, and how character Asa Buchanan (played by Philip Carey) appeared to have been married at some point to every character but her’s (01m 35s)
    • Phylicia Rashad on how The Cosby Show reflected reality (01m 19s)
    • Phylicia Rashad on favorite moments/ guest stars from The Cosby Show episodes (01m 06s)
    • Phylicia Rashad on fan favorite episodes from The Cosby Show (00m 55s)
    • Phylicia Rashad about her interaction with fans of The Cosby Show, including Nelson Mandela who informed her that he watched it while incarcerated at Robben Island Prison (01m 09s)
    • Phylicia Rashad on the final moments of taping of The Cosby Show (00m 44s)
    • Phylicia Rashad to why The Cosby Show was so popular (01m 34s)
  • Dan Rather
    • Dan Rather on how news television was transmitted in the early 1960s via telephone lines and microwaves
    • Dan Rather on covering the Civil Rights Movement in the mid-1960s
    • Dan Rather on reporting in Mississippi when James Meredith entered the University of Mississippi
    • Dan Rather on the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated (08m 03s)
    • Dan Rather on JFK's assassination (05m 48s)
    • Dan Rather on how the coverage of JFK's assassination changed television news (02m 31s)
    • Dan Rather on Lee Harvey Oswald's assassination and why it was not televised on CBS (04m 24s)
    • Dan Rather on the Zapruder film (10m 52s)
    • Dan Rather on reporting on President Johnson (08m 44s)
    • Dan Rather on reporting on the Vietnam War (10m 25s)
    • Dan Rather on covering the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and Lyndon Johnson
      (07m 44s)
    • Dan Rather on Nixon's relationship with television (18m 57s)
    • Dan Rather on Nixon's 1974 press conference in Houston
      (08m 39s)
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    • Dan Rather on the changing media landscape in the early 1980s (06m 10s)
    • Dan Rather on his sign-off, "And that's a part of our world" (01m 26s)
    • Dan Rather on covering 9/11 (04m 06s)
    • Dan Rather on the controversial story about President George Bush Jr's military service (01m 43s)
    • Dan Rather on his first interview with Saddam Hussein (08m 03s)
    • Dan Rather on his second interview with Saddam Hussein (04m 05s)
    • Dan Rather on the future of television news (01m 25s)
  • Alan Raymond and Susan Raymond
    • Susan Raymond on memories of early, live television
  • Sumner M. Redstone
    • Sumner Redstone on code breaking during World War II (04m 45s)
    • On the Paramount battle and Viacom becoming the number one software-driven media company in the world (08m 53s)
    • Sumner Redstone on digital television and challenging cable; on HDTV and fragmentation (05m 14s)
    • Sumner Redstone on media consolidation
  • Frances Reid
    • Frances Reid on being cast as Portia Blake Manning on Portia Faces Life (00m 50s)
  • Carl Reiner
    • Carl Reiner on his love of radio and film comedies (03m 12s)
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    • Performer/writer Carl Reiner on winning his first Emmy on Casear's Hour (02m 27s)
    • Performer/writer Carl Reiner on censorship on Caesar's Hour (00m 54s)
    • Performer/writer Carl Reiner on Your Show of Shows and Caesar's Hour (16m 37s)
    • Carl Reiner on blacklisted writer, Frank Tarloff and his own experience with the blacklist (03m 39s)
    • Carl Reiner on how his decision to rerun episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show led to the show's rise in popularity (00m 43s)
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    • Carl Reiner on Desi Arnaz's revolutionary 3 camera system used on The Dick Van Dyke Show (01m 22s)
    • Carl Reiner on Emmy Awards for The Dick Van Dyke Show (00m 27s)
    • Carl Reiner on keeping The Dick Van Dyke Show in black and white (00m 35s)
    • Carl Reiner on problems from Standards & Practices regarding an episode of The New Dick Van Dyke Show in which the daughter walks in on her parents making love (03m 27s)
    • Carl Reiner on difficulty from Standards & Practices regarding an episode of The New Dick Van Dyke Show about a daughter who walks in on her parents making love (02m 01s)
    • Carl Reiner on wishing he had worn his hair for his first Emmy win (01m 31s)
  • Rob Reiner
    • Rob Reiner on his All in the Family character "Mike 'Meathead' Stivic" (01m 26s)
    • Rob Reiner on how his All in the Family character's nickname "Meathead" has stuck with him since the show ended (00m 43s)
  • Del Reisman
    • Story editor Del Reisman on the advent of the Blacklist; on loyalty oaths; on "fronts" (18m 27s)
    • Del Reisman on the end of the Blacklist era (06m 16s)
    • Story editor Del Reisman on how censorship of Rod Serling's social stories on Playhouse 90led to his creation of The Twilight Zone, where his social commentary could be masked by graying time and place
      (01m 44s)
    • The Untouchablesstory editor/associate producer on TV violence; on the show's end (01m 40s)
    • Del Reisman on the 1960 writers' strike; on joining the Writers Guild of America, West and becoming deeply involved in its work (01m 43s)
  • Gene Reynolds
    • Gene Reynolds on the Hollywood Blacklist
    • Gene Reynolds on how the Hollywood Blacklist affected casting, when he was a casting director on Matinee Theater
    • Producer Gene Reynolds on classic M*A*S*H episode "The Interview": how it was an added show to season four, the way it was conceived, and some memorable moments from it
      (04m 40s)
  • John Rich
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    • John Rich on working with Gunsmoke producer Norm McDonnell and assisting the editor, who won the Emmy that year
      (03m 02s)
    • John Rich on the live broadcast of the opening of Disneyland ("Dateline: Disneyland")(airdate: July 17, 1955) (05m 44s)
    • John Rich on the live broadcast of the opening of Disneyland ("Dateline: Disneyland")(airdate: July 17, 1955) (05m 44s)
    • John Rich on the Hollywood Blacklist (and witnessing an actor being fired during a reading of an episode of I Married Joan) (03m 15s)
    • Director John Rich on the creation of the classic "ottoman" opening of The Dick Van Dyke Show (01m 55s)
    • John Rich on Proctor & Gamble and CBS having issues with the "That's My Boy?" episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show (03m 51s)
    • John Rich on memorable episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show (05m 04s)
    • John Rich on casting Mike Evan as "Lionel Jefferson" on All in the Family (06m 42s)
    • John Rich on problems with Standards & Practices on All in the Family (03m 23s)
    • John Rich on All in the Family's "Archie Bunker" (00m 40s)
    • Director John Rich on Sammy Davis Jr.'s suggestion, as a guest on The Tonight Show, that he would make a funny guest star on All in the Family (leading to his appearance on the classic episode "Sammy's Visit") (01m 04s)
    • Director John Rich on Sammy Davis Jr.'s suggestion, as a guest on The Tonight Show, that he would make a funny guest star on All in the Family (leading to his appearance on the classic episode "Sammy's Visit") (01m 04s)
    • Director John Rich on the audience's reaction to the kiss in the All in the Family episode "Sammy's Visit" (00m 42s)
    • Director John Rich on using props to tell backstory of characters - as he did with Sherman Hemsley's "George Jefferson" (01m 06s)
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  • Lee Rich
    • Lee Rich on the 3-camera system used at Desilu studios (00m 50s)
    • Lee Rich on how the advertising agencies worked with the television networks and sponsors during early television (03m 18s)
    • Lee Rich on the Quiz Show Scandals and the subsequent impact on the networks and advertising agencies (00m 56s)
    • Lee Rich on the Hollywood Blacklist (01m 47s)
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    • Lee Rich on the episode of The Waltons that dealt with race (00m 28s)
    • Lee Rich on the "House Divided" episode of Dallas which generated the question, "Who Shot J.R.?"
      (01m 50s)
    • Lee Rich on the "House Divided" episode of Dallas which generated the question, "Who Shot J.R.?" (01m 50s)
    • Lee Rich on Patrick Ewing leaving and returning to Dallas - the previous season was all a dream (01m 30s)
    • Lee Rich on Patrick Ewing leaving and returning to Dallas - the previous season was all a dream (01m 30s)
    • Lee Rich on criticism about Dallas (01m 29s)
    • Lee Rich on the changing media landscape and consolidation (02m 24s)
    • Lee Rich on the network creators: David Sarnoff (NBC), William S. Paley (CBS), and Leonard Goldenson (ABC) (02m 00s)
    • Lee Rich on the advantages and disadvantages of cable  (02m 48s)
  • Heino Ripp
    • Heino Ripp on his work as a Technical Director on various Apollo missions (04m 20s)
  • Maria Riva
    • Actress Maria Riva on the Golden Age of "live" TV in New York in the 1950s, exemplified by such classic anthology series as Studio One (01m 04s)
    • Actress Maria Riva on making costume changes in "live" TV in the 1950s (01m 14s)
    • Actress Maria Riva on how she became a contract player for CBS in the early 1950s, along with actress Mary Sinclair, John Newland, and (possibly) John Forsythe all of whom then worked on such CBS series of the day as Studio One and Danger (01m 43s)
    • Maria Riva on establishing herself as a TV star in the 1950s, and how little TV demanded of acting "talent" in the early days of the medium (01m 28s)
    • Actress Maria Riva on a gaffe that happened on "live" TV in the 1950s when the prop gun that actor Rod Steiger was using didn't fire— prompting him to instead say "bang" (possibly on Lux Video Theater: "Cafe Ami" [their only confirmed co-starring TV show]) (01m 26s)
    • Actress Maria Riva on appearing on a series of cerebral palsy telethons in the 1950s at the request of Yul Brynner (the airtime donated by ABC President Leonard Goldenson), and trying to dispel the stigma of the disease (01m 26s)
    • Actress Maria Riva on the difference to the public between a movie star and a television actor as she noted when approached by a fan while accompanying her mother Marlene Dietrich in the 1950s (01m 33s)
  • Cliff Robertson

    • SPOILERS!: Cliff Robertson on the classic "Twilight Zone" episode "The Dummy" (01m 00s)
  • Fred Rogers
    • Fred Rogers on the sweaters he wore on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood  (01m 29s)
    • Fred Rogers on the origin of his trademark sweaters and his love of music (04m 14s)
    • Fred Rogers on working as floor manager at NBC on  The Kate Smith Hour
      (02m 42s)
    • Fred Rogers on the challenges of live television with his show The Children's Corner (01m 00s)
    • Fred Rogers on doing a special broadcast after Senator Robert Kennedy was assassinated (02m 08s)
    • Fred Rogers on the parodies of Mister Rogers  (03m 12s)
  • Andy Rooney
    • Andy Rooney on the beginnings of television at CBS (05m 29s)
    • Andy Rooney on some of the mishaps he witnessed on live television, particularly on Calendar (02m 26s)
    • Andy Rooney on being in on the ground-floor of television and the wonders of the modern pace of innovation (03m 35s)
    • Andy Rooney on his encounter with the Blacklist while he was at CBS (08m 41s)
  • Phil Rosenthal
    • Phil Rosenthal on being named after his grandfather and how his grandfather survived during World War II (01m 45s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on differences between Ray Romano and "Ray Barone"
      (01m 27s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on the Everybody Loves Raymond character "Ray Barone" (02m 58s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on how the character "Ray Barone" changed over time (01m 10s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on how Doris Roberts differs from "Marie Barone (00m 43s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on "Marie Barone " - Everybody Loves Raymond's villain
      (02m 26s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on the relationship between "Ray" and "Marie Barone"
      (04m 21s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on the character "Debra Barone"
      (02m 44s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on the relationship between "Ray" and "Debra Barone" (03m 02s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on the differences between Brad Garrett and "Robert Romano" and why the character with the least amount of power is always the audience favorite
      (03m 07s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on the relationship between "Ray" and "Robert Romano"
      (01m 58s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on the relationship between "Robert Romano" and his parents
      (01m 10s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on the character of "Frank Barone" (04m 37s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on the "Wallpaper" episode of Everybody Loves Raymond (01m 34s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on the "Bad Moon Rising" episode of Everybody Loves Raymond (01m 27s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on America: A Tribute to Heroes and 9/11 (03m 49s)
    • Phil Rosenthal on the series finale of Everybody Loves Raymond (13m 26s)
  • Aaron Ruben
    • Aaron Ruben on getting a subpoena to testify during the Hollywood Blacklist  (05m 23s)
    • Aaron Ruben on why "Gomer Pyle" didn't go to Vietnam and why there were no African-American's in Mayberry on The Andy Griffith Show
      (02m 06s)
    • Aaron Ruben on why "Gomer Pyle" didn't go to Vietnam and why there were no African-American's in Mayberry on The Andy Griffith Show
      (02m 06s)
    • Aaron Ruben on developing, casting, and producing Sanford & Son (19m 38s)
    • Aaron Ruben on the critical role ratings played in show survivals (00m 44s)
  • Tim Russert
    • Tim Russert on covering the truthfulness under oath during the Clinton presidency (00m 36s)
    • Tim Russert on his Meet the Press broadcast with Vice President Dick Cheney in the aftermath of 9/11 (02m 09s)
    • Tim Russert on the Meet the Press broadcast following 9/11 and the tribute to Father Mychal Judge (02m 09s)
    • Tim Russert on how he found out about the attack and how journalists responded to 9/11 (01m 34s)
    • Tim Russert on his coverage of the 2000 Presidential Election and the Supreme Court ruling (01m 52s)
  • Morley Safer
    • Morley Safer on being a child of World War II (02m 24s)
    • Morley Safer on his first trip to Vietnam (03m 26s)
    • Morley Safer on the escalation of the Vietnam conflict (13m 29s)
    • Morley Safer on the Cam Ne story, during which he reported on American soldiers burning a Vietnamese village  (15m 58s)
    • Morley Safer on the public reaction to his reporting of Cam Ne (09m 40s)
    • Morley Safer on Fred Friendly's support during backlash from the government after the Cam Ne story (05m 36s)
    • Morley Safer on when public opinion against Vietnam began to turn against the war (02m 35s)
    • Morley Safer on being a broadcast journalist in Vietnam during the war (11m 55s)
    • Morley Safer on  Morley Safer's Vietnam (02m 16s)
    • Morley Safer on his interview with Betty Ford (01m 01s)
    • Morley Safer on the 60 Minutes segment "Returning to Vietnam (07m 25s)
  • Pat Sajak
    • Pat Sajak on developing his style as a host in the armed forces radio (04m 35s)
    • Pat Sajak on worrying about the "celebrity" part of the business (03m 45s)
    • Pat Sajak on winning his first Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host (01m 47s)
    • Pat Sajak on the Quiz Show Scandals  (00m 24s)
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  • Jay Sandrich
    • Clip 1 : Creative Influences and Inspiration
    • Jay Sandrich on the way television was recorded on kinescopes to broadcast on both coasts; and the innovation of Desi Arnaz in using film for the I Love Lucy show (01m 42s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy Does the Tango" (1957) in which Lucy dances and crushes the eggs she's trying to hide from Ricky (01m 22s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy Does the Tango" (1957) in which Lucy dances and crushes the eggs she's trying to hide from Ricky (01m 22s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the I Love Lucy episode "Lucy Does the Tango" (1957) in which Lucy dances and crushes the eggs she's trying to hide from Ricky (01m 22s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the technical challenges of shooting for both coasts in the 1950s (01m 47s)
    • Jay Sandrich on how the television comedies of the 50s, such as  Danny Thomas Show (Make Room for Daddy), would have one, strong director (02m 36s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the inventor Charlie Douglas and his laugh track machine, which was used on the Andy Griffith Show (01m 04s)
    • Jay Sandrich on how Gene Reynolds and Alan Alda had to fight the network to keep the laugh track off of M*A*S*H (00m 26s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the popularity of Don Adams' "Would you believe" catchphrase, from Get Smart (00m 22s)
    • Jay Sandrich on his memories of the Hollywood Blacklist and some colleagues who were affected; he tells the story of Lucille Ball who was accused of being a Communist  (02m 22s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the impact the women's liberation movement had on the The Mary Tyler Moore Show, although it was not the intent at the beginning (01m 30s)
    • Jay Sandrich on an episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show where a character is clearly gay; dealing with that in the script and getting it on air (01m 52s)
    • Jay Sandrich on a favorite episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show:"Toulouse-Lautrec is one of my Favorite Artists" (01m 28s)
    • Jay Sandrich discusses dealing with network interference on the Mary Tyler Moore Show (01m 48s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show that won Mary an Emmy (01m 28s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the classic episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show which introduced Betty White as Sue Anne Nivens (01m 04s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the final episode of the  Mary Tyler Moore Show (02m 15s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the difficulty for writers and cast to write and film the final episode of the Mary Tyler Moore Show (03m 18s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the first show ( We'll Get By) to tape all four cameras; the difference between film and tape (03m 43s)
    • Jay Sandrich on how Susan Harris brought a women's perspective to the writing on Soap (01m 43s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the controversies surrounding some of the gay themse of the show Soap (02m 53s)
    • Jay Sandrich on a scene in Soap which deals with sexual tension; written from a women's perspective (01m 15s)
    • Jay Sandrich on a scene in Soap which deals with sexual tension; written from a women's perspective (01m 15s)
    • Jay Sandrich on having fun finding ways to depict sex in a subtle way, on Soap (01m 45s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the show Love, Sydney, based on the film, which had a gay character but the network wouldn't allow a gay character on the television version (01m 19s)
    • Jay Sandrich on the thrill of having the No. 1 show in American be about a Black family (01m 44s)
    • Jay Sandrich on  The Cosby Show episode "Denise's Friend"; directing an episode that didn't start out as being funny and finding the humor (04m 49s)
    • Jay Sandrich on learning a valuable lesson about directing from actor Dick Benjamin (01m 13s)
    • Jay Sandrich on network intereference; how Fred Silverman was a rare TV executive who knew how to leave creative people alone to do their job (02m 21s)
    • Jay Sandrich on what good comedy can do for us socially (01m 37s)
  • Isabel Sanford
    • Isabel Sanford on talking with director John Rich regarding her portrayal of "Louise Jefferson" (initially on All in the Family) (00m 52s)
    • Isabel Sanford on the relationship between her "Louise" and Sherman Hemsley's "George" on The Jeffersons (01m 23s)
  • Thomas W. Sarnoff
    • Thomas W. Sarnoff on his military service during World War II (and briefly on his father being a general) (05m 38s)
    • Thomas W. Sarnoff on his father, NBC founder David Sarnoff (02m 40s)
    • Thomas W. Sarnoff on the vision of his father, NBC founder David Sarnoff (01m 03s)
    • Thomas W. Sarnoff on being "the first live star" on NBC television during a signal test (03m 18s)
    • Thomas W. Sarnoff on a live TV blooper during the airing of an episode of Marshal of Gunsight Pass (1950) (01m 30s)
    • Thomas W. Sarnoff on NBC's transition to color television and the production of color show Matinee Theater (05m 12s)
    • Thomas W. Sarnoff on negotiating land for the NBC production facility in Burbank, CA (06m 57s)
    • Thomas W. Sarnoff on Matinee Theater getting people to talk about color television (02m 08s)
    • Thomas W. Sarnoff on taking a stand about NBC handing show concepts to MCA, which would then be sold back to NBC (08m 52s)
    • Thomas W. Sarnoff on NBC's early dominance of long-form television programming (03m 15s)
    • Thomas w. Sarnoff on his response to criticism of violence on TV while an NBC executive (02m 17s)
    • Thomas W. Sarnoff on David Sarnoff's legacy (00m 25s)
  • Edgar J. Scherick
    • ABC executive Edgar Scherick on his experiences with the Blacklist (00m 48s)
    • ABC executive Edgar Scherick on being the only ABC executive in the office when President John F. Kennedy was shot; on the special ABC programming done at the time (03m 06s)
  • Bob Schieffer
    • Bob Schieffer on covering the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (and interviewing Lee Harvey Oswald's mother) while working at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram (08m 04s)
    • Bob Schieffer on covering 9/11 (04m 44s)
  • Lalo Schifrin
    • Lalo Schifrin on composing the Mission: Impossible  theme (12m 42s)
    • Lalo Schifrin on composing the theme for Medical Center
      (02m 11s)
    • Lalo Schifrin on how part of his composition for the feature film "Cool Hand Luke" became the theme for local Eyewitness News broadcasts (01m 59s)
  • Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf
    • Bob Weiskopf on his service in WWII while working for The Fred Allen Show
    • Bob Schiller on the first time he saw television
    • Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on the hardest part of writing comedy: coming up with a good story
    • Bob Schiller and Bob Weiskopf on "Lucy Does the Tango" episode of I Love Lucy (02m 03s)
  • Max Schindler
    • News director Max Schindler on the initial coverage of 9/11 (01m 49s)
  • Sherwood Schwartz
    • Sherwood Schwartz on  serving in the U.S. Army and writing for Armed Forces Radio during World War II (09m 29s)
    • Sherwood Schwartz on the classic network script note, "no martian would ever say a thing like this" (01m 08s)
    • Sherwood Schwartz on how he chose the name "Gilligan" for Gilligan's Island (00m 54s)
    • Sherwood Schwartz on the Gilligan's Island theme song (03m 40s)
    • Sherwood Schwartz on hearing of JFK's assassination while filming the Gilligan's Island pilot (01m 09s)
    • Sherwood Schwartz on FCC Chair Newton Minow's "vast wasteland" speech and his naming of the Gilligan's Island boat the S.S. Minnow (04m 37s)
    • On network programming strategies at CBS (04m 19s)
    • Sherwood Schwartz on knowing early on that Brady Bunch actor Robert Reed was gay (02m 45s)
    • Sherwood Schwartz on The Brady Bunch theme song (01m 57s)
  • Paul Shaffer
    • Music arranger-composer/performer Paul Shaffer on musical guest John Sebastian stopping his vocals after microphone feedback on Saturday Night Live's live broadcast (01m 27s)
    • Paul Shaffer on becoming a castmember on Saturday Night Live and accidentally swearing during a live broadcast (05m 24s)
    • Paul Shaffer on Sonny and Cher's reunion (November 13, 1987) on Late Night with David Letterman (03m 01s)
    • Paul Shaffer on Sonny and Cher's reunion (November 13, 1987) on Late Night with David Letterman (03m 01s)
  • George Shapiro
    • George Shapiro on Andy Kaufman reading The Great Gatsby on Saturday Night Live (00m 02s)
    • George Shapiro on how Andy Kaufman got the role of on Latka on Taxi (07m 15s)
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  • William Shatner

    • (00m 21s)
    • William Shatner on why he felt Star Trek has had such a following (00m 43s)
    • William Shatner on his Boston Legal character “Denny Crane’s” penchant for saying his name as a non sequitur
      (01m 01s)
    • William Shatner on his rationale for "breaking the fourth wall" while playing "Denny Crane" on Boston Legal (01m 32s)
    • William Shatner on his rationale for "breaking the fourth wall" while playing "Denny Crane" on Boston Legal (01m 32s)
  • Mel Shavelson
    • Writer Mel Shavelson on Bob Hope's jokes about McCarthy at the Wisconsin State Fair beginning to crack the Blacklist (01m 40s)
    • Writer Mel Shavelson on Bob Hope entertaining the troops during the Vietnam War (04m 40s)
    • Writer Mel Shavelson on the emergence of television and on writing the script for the first television broadcast of Paramount's KTLA starring Bob Hope (12m 26s)
  • James Sheldon
    • James Sheldon on directing Robert Montgomery Presents teleplays; on the changes in the TV business which caused most directors to become freelance; on giving James Dean his "best part" 
      (06m 22s)
  • Fred Silverman
    • Fred Silverman on becoming head of daytime programming at CBS in New York and changing and fine-tuning the Saturday morning schedule to "superhero adventure" programs which included Underdog, the animated Superman, Space Ghost, and Mighty Mouse.  He describes in detail developing the long-running Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! and other comedy-adventure and "pure-comedy" programs, and touches on developing spin-off concept during this time (15m 59s)
    • Fred Silverman on getting promoted at CBS to Vice President of Planning and Development, and then Vice President of Progamming (01m 19s)
    • Fred Silverman on the corporate culture of CBS when he became Vice President of Programming (01m 45s)
    • Fred Silverman on M*A*S*H  and how Standards and Practices reacted to the show, and how the concerns differed from those directed at All In The Family (01m 02s)
    • Fred Silverman on the success of The Waltons, and on "going out in style" if the show hadn't worked, and on how The Waltons and All In The Family were, each in their own way, both about the "sanctity of the family" (02m 09s)
    • Fred Silverman on the "family hour" rule, which drove shows like Maude out of the 8:00 PM hour, and on its disruptive effect on the networks' scheduling (02m 03s)
    • Fred Silverman on why he left CBS in 1975, and a brief recap of what had been accomplished during his tenure there (02m 27s)
    • Fred Silverman on Soap causing as much controversy at ABC as All in the Family had caused at CBS (01m 00s)
    • Fred Silverman on "seizing the moment" during his time at President of ABC Entertainment, working with existing shows and developing new ones, on the basis of ABC's appeal, and on Les Moonves (01m 56s)
    • Fred Silverman on the reaction of television critics to ABC programs The Love Boat and Fantasy Island (02m 00s)
    • Fred Silverman on the "anti-violence crusades" of the late 1970s affecting CBS and NBC more than ABC, which was more family, comedy and fantasy-oriented (02m 06s)
  • Treva Silverman
    • Treva Silverman on developing the female characters in Mary Tyler Moore, That Girl, and her shows
    • Treva Silverman on the role of women in television today
    • Treva Silverman on advice to aspiring comedy writers
    • Treva Silverman on being the first woman to win an Emmy for comedy
  • Garry Simpson
    • Garry Simpson on the evolving technology for early experimental television
      (00m 54s)
    • Garry Simpson on broadcast standards for early television
      (00m 48s)
    • Garry Simpson on showing civil defense films during World War II and NBC not broadcasting television during the war after 1942
      (03m 21s)
    • Garry Simpson on serving in the Navy as a test engineer (01m 41s)
    • Garry Simpson on covering President Truman (00m 41s)
    • Garry Simpson on covering President Eisenhower
      (00m 51s)
    • Garry Simpson on Red Channels and advertiser control over early TV programs
      (02m 53s)
    • Garry Simpson on directing Jimmy Durante, Ed Wynn, and Jackie Gleason on Four Star Revue (16m 48s)
    • Garry Simpson on Frank Lloyd Wright appearing on Wide Wide World (01m 52s)
    • Garry Simpson on working in videotape and how color affected television production
      (03m 09s)
    • Garry Simpson on winning an Emmy at the 1977 Emmys
      (00m 20s)
  • Doris Singleton
    • Doris Singleton on the differences between working in radio and television (02m 02s)
    • Doris Singleton on the invention of the three camera technique (03m 55s)
    • Doris Singleton on her character "Carolyn Appleby" on I Love Lucy (02m 03s)
    • Doris Singleton on the Harpo Marx episode of I Love Lucy (01m 34s)
    • Doris Singleton on the I Love Lucy, "Baby pictures" episode (03m 46s)
    • Doris Singleton on the I Love Lucy"Lucy Tells the Truth" episode (02m 16s)
    • Doris Singleton on the I Love Lucy episode, "The Dancing Star," with Van Johnson  (02m 10s)
    • Doris Singleton on the I Love Lucy episode, "Lucy and Superman"
      (02m 31s)
    • Doris Singleton on the popularity of I Love Lucy and Lucille Ball (05m 44s)
    • Doris Singleton on the "Edith Has Jury Duty" episode of All in the Family (01m 54s)
    • Doris Singleton on the Hollywood Blacklist and Red Channels (02m 01s)
  • Ira Skutch
    • Ira Skutch on his exposure to the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1950s, and how the producer of Philco stood up to pressure, until it was bought by Goodyear
  • Erika Slezak
    • Erika Slezak on her role as "Victoria Lord" on One Life to Live and some of her character's early storylines (13m 40s)
    • Erika Slezak on her character "Victoria Lord's" children on the show (03m 35s)
    • Erika Slezak on how her character "Victoria" has changed over the years (01m 42s)
    • Erika Slezak on holding the record for most daytime Emmys in one category (at that time)
      (02m 27s)
  • Bob Smith
    • "Buffalo" Bob Smith on going on the air with the very first Howdy Doody Show (00m 53s)
    • "Buffalo" Bob Smith on going on the air with the very first Howdy Doody Show (00m 53s)
    • "Buffalo" Bob Smith sings the theme song from The Howdy Doody Show (00m 54s)
  • Dick Smith
    • Dick Smith on getting makeup inspiration from 1939's The Hunchback of Notre Dame with Charles Laughton and putting his knowledge to use scaring dormmates (02m 58s)
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    • Dick Smith on the coming of color television and renegotiating his salary (01m 25s)
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    • Dick Smith on creating makeup and appliances for color television (05m 01s)
    • Dick Smith on NBC censorship when he had to make Laurence Olivier look like he had leprosy (01m 34s)
    • Dick Smith on being warned about the Hollywood Blacklist
      (01m 46s)
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    • Dick Smith on challenges for his Emmy award winning makeup for Hal Holbrook on  Mark Twain Tonight! (02m 10s)
    • Dick Smith on his Oscar-winning makeup for Amadeus starring F. Murray Abraham and finally winning and Emmy  (01m 41s)
  • Howard K. Smith
    • Howard K. Smith on getting arrested by the Gestapo (00m 47s)
    • Howard K. Smith on leaving Germany and arriving in Switzerland on December 7, 1941 (01m 29s)
    • Howard K. Smith on censorship he faced at CBS radio in Berlin during World War II (00m 35s)

    • News Correspondent Howard K. Smith on moderating the first of the Kennedy-Nixon Presidential Debates (02m 05s)
    • News Correspondent Howard K. Smith on the importance of television in the Civil Rights Movement (00m 48s)
    • Howard K. Smith on JFK's assassination (01m 55s)
    • Howard K. Smith on covering JFK's funeral (01m 07s)
    • Howard K. Smith on his son and the Vietnam War (01m 11s)
    • Howard K. Smith on the 1968 Chicago conventions (02m 30s)
    • Howard K. Smith on interviewing President Nixon in 1971 (03m 23s)
    • Howard K. Smith on moderating presidential debates (01m 21s)
    • Howard K. Smith on moderating presidential debates (01m 21s)
  • Suzanne Somers
    • Actress Suzanne Somers on her Three's Company character "Chrissy Snow" (00m 42s)
    • Actress Suzanne Somers on how her hairstyle and trademark laugh came about for Three's Company character "Chrissy Snow"
      (02m 02s)
    • Actress Suzanne Somers on working with John Ritter in the classic Three's Company episode "Handcuffed" (01m 23s)
  • Aaron Spelling
    • Aaron Spelling on writing for and production of Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (08m 56s)
    • Aaron Spelling on network interference when writing for Sammy Davis, Jr. on Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater (03m 03s)
    • Aaron Spelling on believing that you can teach and entertain at the same time
      (00m 31s)
    • Aaron Spelling on fighting the network to get storylines on Dynasty (01m 54s)
    • Aaron Spelling on telling people on 5 sets of JFK's assassination (01m 55s)
    • Aaron Spelling on the scarcity of female writers and directors in the '50s and '60s (00m 17s)
    • Aaron Spelling on the Hollywood Blacklist (01m 27s)
    • Aaron Spelling on winning an Emmy for the HBO movie And the Band Played On (00m 45s)
    • Aaron Spelling on hiring the cast of Charlie's Angels (02m 06s)
    • Aaron Spelling on the "jiggle TV" label placed upon Charlie's Angels (02m 23s)
    • Aaron Spelling on creating one of TV's first regular gay characters on Dynasty (01m 07s)
    • Aaron Spelling on creating one of TV's first regular gay characters on Dynasty (01m 07s)
    • Aaron Spelling on Joan Collins joining Dynasty (01m 41s)
  • Carroll Spinney
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    • Carroll Spinney on Jim Henson scouting for someone to play "Big Bird" and "Oscar the Grouch" in 1969, and Spinney's one lesson on operating Muppets (01m 55s)
    • Carroll Spinney on the name "Muppets" (01m 11s)
    • Carroll Spinney on performing Sesame Street's "Oscar the Grouch" (00m 31s)
    • Carroll Spinney on his characterization of "Big Bird" on Sesame Street (01m 54s)
    • Carroll Spinney on the mechanics of operating "Big Bird" during the first year of Sesame Street and changing the character's persona to that of a six-year-old child (03m 53s)
    • Carroll Spinney on "Oscar the Grouch" and changes to the character within the first year of Sesame Street (03m 25s)
    • "Big Bird" performer Carroll Spinney on telling Will Lee ("Mr. Hooper") he loved him, during what turned out to be Lee's last day of shooting; on "Farewell, Mr. Hooper" (04m 38s)

  • Lesley Stahl
    • Correspondent Lesley Stahl on the jobs women had at NBC News, when she started in 1967. (00m 24s)
    • Correspondent Lesley Stahl on getting hired at CBS’ Washington D.C. news bureau, and how affirmative action played a part in her hiring (01m 21s)
    • Lesley Stahl on being told to re-do an on-camera piece without smiling (to exude more authority) while a correspondent for CBS in Washington in the 1970s (00m 51s)
    • Lesley Stahl on being assigned the “unimportant” Watergate break-in story as a rookie reporter and what a break it was for her career (01m 47s)
    • Lesley Stahl on encountering sexism within news crews when she was a rookie reporter for CBS in Washington D.C. in the 1970s (01m 47s)
    • News correspondent Lesley Stahl on coverage of Watergate by network television and on Watergate burglary trial judge John Sirica’s importance in the “assault” on President Nixon (01m 41s)
    • Lesley Stahl on consciously trying to covey authority as a reporter (01m 07s)
    • Lesley Stahl on the personal toll of covering the White House as a correspondent
      (01m 09s)
    • Lesley Stahl on her start as CBS White House correspondent, covering the second half of Jimmy Carter’s presidency (00m 57s)
    • Lesley Stahl on how she found the Reagan Administration less “emotional” than the Carter Administration as CBS’ White House Correspondent (01m 32s)
    • Lesley Stahl on how she found the Reagan Administration less “emotional” than the Carter Administration as CBS’ White House Correspondent (01m 32s)
    • Lesley Stahl on memorable interviews she did on Face the Nation, including George Schultz and Margaret Thatcher during the Iran Contra Scandal (01m 17s)
    • Lesley Stahl on women in broadcast journalism during her day (01m 51s)
  • Lynn Stalmaster
    • Lynn Stalmaster on the risks taken with Roots and portrayl of minorities on network television, and how it changed
  • Frank Stanton
    • CBS President Frank Stanton on his plans to thank the candidates following the first of the 1960 debates (00m 57s)
    • CBS President Frank Stanton on Chicago politician Richard Daley's decision to support Kennedy following the 1960 debates (01m 21s)
  • Jean Stapleton
    • Jean Stapleton on the professional reasons for not giving her age (00m 45s)
    • Jean Stapleton on her marriage to producer/director William Putch and maintaining her career (01m 30s)
    • Jean Stapleton on refusing to reprise Edith or a likeness thereof in TV commercials (00m 37s)
    • Jean Stapleton on John Randolph and others standing up to the Hollywood Blacklist (01m 00s)
    • Jean Stapleton on her initial characterization of Edith Bunker, and seeing a single episode of the British show on which All in the Family was based, Till Death Do Us Part (01m 41s)
    • Jean Stapleton on creating Edith Bunker’s characterization including her constant hurrying and nasal voice (00m 54s)
    • Jean Stapleton on her description of All in the Family’s Edith Bunker (00m 56s)
    • Jean Stapleton on performing “Those Were the Days,” the theme song from All in the Family, and a lyric that proved problematic (00m 34s)
    • Jean Stapleton on how All in the Family used comedy to expose social issues, including bigotry (00m 37s)
    • Jean Stapleton on how All in the Family used comedy to expose social issues, including bigotry (00m 37s)
    • Jean Stapleton, All in the Family's "Edith Bunker," on her involvement with the women rights movement of the 1970s (01m 15s)
    • Jean Stapleton on dealing with fame (01m 22s)
    • Jean Stapleton on the decision to have the character of Edith Bunker die, in the Archie Bunker’s Place episode “Archie Alone” (03m 27s)
    • Jean Stapleton on the decision to have the character of Edith Bunker die, in the Archie Bunker’s Place episode “Archie Alone” (03m 27s)
    • Jean Stapleton on the All in the Family episode “Edith’s Christmas Story” which dealt with breast cancer
      (01m 01s)
    • Jean Stapleton on the growth of Edith Bunker over the course of All in the Family, as seen in such episodes as “Edith’s Night Out” (02m 06s)
    • Jean Stapleton on learning to be open for all projects, as a result of her work on All in the Family (00m 30s)
    • Jean Stapleton on taking a buyout from residuals on All in the Family (01m 22s)
    • Jean Stapleton on advice to aspiring actors
      (01m 21s)
    • Jean Stapleton on Bette Davis (who she was with when Archie and Edith’s chairs were being donated from the set of All in the Family to the Smithsonian Institution) (02m 18s)
  • Fred Steiner
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  • Herbert Stempel
    • Herbert Stempel on the game show Twenty-One"everything was scripted" (00m 16s)
    • Herbert Stempel on knowingly giving a wrong answer "Okinawa" on a scripted game of Twenty-One (01m 42s)
    • Herbert Stempel on how he was asked to take the fall on Twenty-One (03m 18s)
    • Herbert Stempel on why he decided to take the fall on Twenty-One (00m 58s)
    • Herbert Stempel on the entire story of his famous loss on the game show  Twenty-One to Charles Van Doren (28m 45s)
    • Herbert Stempel on ultimately exposing the rigged game on Twenty-One (03m 11s)
    • Herbert Stempel on the "smoking gun" that proved Twenty-One was a rigged game show (00m 55s)
  • Leonard Stern
    • Leonard Stern on Jackie Gleason, who memorized his lines, making a mistake on a commercial for Schick (01m 43s)
    • Leonard Stern on Jackie Gleason's Ralph Kramden as "Everyman"; Joe the Bartender
    • Leonard Stern on Art Carney and his Honeymooners character "Ed Norton"; how the hand gesticulations came about
    • Leonard Stern on The Honeymooners' Audrey Meadows and her "Alice" character
    • Leonard Stern on how Jackie Gleason fought for an actress who was supposed to play "Alice" on The Honeymooners, who was blacklisted
    • Leonard Stern on recurring sketches on The Steve Allen Show: Man on the Street and The Question Man, how Don Knotts' "nope!" came about; Tom Poston's character who forgot his name
    • Bill Dana's "Jose Jiminez" character on The Steve Allen Show; how it came about- running a school for Santa Clause
    • Leonard Stern on how "Jose Jimenez" character came about on The Steve Allen Show, developed by Bill Dana
    • Leonard Stern on the famous catchphrases of Get Smart;"sorry about that chief", "would you believe", "missed it by that much"
    • Leonard Stern on how Syd Cassyd got him to be among the very first votes for the Television Academy; his desire to emphasize television as an important medium and the role the new Academy should take
    • Leonard Stern on the award ceremony associated with the Academy: The Emmys; receiving the first nomination for writing (for The Honeymooners) but no invitation to the ceremony
    • On his recollection of the early Emmy award shows in the 1950s
  • Bob Stewart
    • Bob Stewart on finding out about the Blacklist when Abe Burrows was discussed as a possible radio show guest but denied because he was "in the book" (01m 36s)
    • Bob Stewart defines the genres of game shows versus panel shows
      (01m 31s)
    • Bob Stewart on the Quiz Show Scandals and how it affected game show producers (04m 49s)
    • Bob Stewart on the Quiz Show Scandals and how it affected game show producers (04m 49s)
    • Bob Stewart on record companies secretly paying an AD to use their music on The Price is Right (00m 58s)
    • Producer Bob Stewart on Pyramid's Emmy wins (02m 31s)
  • Jerry Stiller
    • Jerry Stiller on first seeing TV at the World's Fair in 1939 (01m 23s)
    • Jerry Stiller on being influenced by Eddie Cantor, Jack Benny, George Burns
    • Jerry Stiller on the Hollywood Blacklist
    • Anne Meara on the first time she saw television; watching Omnibus, Jonathan Winters
    • Anne Meara on the Hollywood Blacklist
  • Howard Storm
    • Howard Storm on the burlesque sketch "Joe the Bartender" he would do on early comedy-variety shows
    • Howard Storm on the difference between shooting on film or tape
    • Howard Storm on Standards and Practices on Mork and Mindy and "bullpucky"
    • Howard Storm on the advice director Jay Sandrich gave him "wear comfortable shoes"; and take responsibility
  • Maxine Stuart
    • Actress Maxine Stuart on [SPOILER ALERT!] The Twilight Zone: "Eye of the Beholder" and the irony in the show's casting, considering the show's message about conformity (02m 19s)
  • Loretta Swit
    • Loretta Swit on women's role in wartime
  • George Takei
    • George Takei on being confined to an American internment camp during World War II  (13m 08s)
    • George Takei on being confined to an American internment camp during World War II  (13m 08s)
    • George Takei on working on a Playhouse 90 where an actor forgot his lines and pantomimed until he remembered (03m 55s)
    • George Takei on co-starring in the controversial Twilight Zone episode "The Encounter" (airdate: May 1, 1964)
      (05m 42s)
    • George Takei on the dearth of Asians in the entertainment industry early in his career (01m 30s)
    • George Takei on Gene Roddenberry envisioning diversity as the strength of the Star Trek crew (01m 45s)
    • George Takei on how the name of his Star Trek character, Mr. Sulu came about (01m 45s)
    • George Takei on Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek's commentary on American society at the time
      (05m 29s)
    • George Takei on the history of Desilu Studios (01m 39s)
    • George Takei on being an Asian-American actor (04m 24s)
  • Noel Taylor
    • Costume Designer Noel Taylor on winning the very first ever Emmy Award in the Costume Designer category in 1965 for Hallmark Hall of Fame: "The Magnificent Yankee," along with stars Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne (01m 46s)
  • Studs Terkel
    • Studs Terkel on the subject matter of episodes of Studs' Place, including a guest appearance by Mahalia Jackson (01m 48s)
    • Studs Terkel on actor Chet Roble accidentally referring to sponsor Manor House Coffee as rival Maxwell House Coffee on Studs' Place during a "live" commercial (02m 16s)
  • Keith Thibodeaux
    • Actor Keith Thibodeaux on being on the "Lucy Meets the Moustache" (the last) episode of I Love Lucy 
      (01m 13s)
  • Marlo Thomas
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    • Marlo Thomas on the advice she received from Lucille Ball regarding being a producer (02m 21s)
    • Marlo Thomas on ABC wanting to change things in That Girl (01m 01s)
    • Marlo Thomas on the relationship between "Ann" and "Donald" on That Girl (01m 43s)
    • Marlo Thomas on the rules for sexuality on That Girl (02m 13s)
    • Marlo Thomas on bringing Free to be... You and Me to television and issues of censorship with "William Wants a Doll" (02m 14s)
    • Marlo Thomas on the TV movie remake of It's a Wonderful Life -  It Happened One Christmas (00m 10s)
    • Marlo Thomas on winning an Emmy for a dramatic role on Nobody’s Child (00m 49s)
    • Marlo Thomas on guest starring on Friends; she posits that "Rachel" is a modern "That Girl"  (00m 50s)
    • Marlo Thomas on guest starring on Friends as "Sandra Green" (00m 56s)
  • Grant Tinker
    • Grant Tinker on Revlon and the Quiz Show scandals (00m 44s)
    • Grant Tinker on how the Quiz Show scandals changed the relationship between advertising agencies and television shows (02m 45s)
    • Grant Tinker on diversity on television in the 1960s (01m 51s)

    • Grant Tinker on The Mary Tyler Moore Show garnering numerous Emmys (29 total) - the most for one show, ever (01m 51s)
    • Grant Tinker on his confrontation with Judd Hirsch at the Emmys (01m 49s)
    • Grant Tinker on Jack Welch buying RCA (11m 05s)
    • Grant Tinker on the lack of diversity in television (02m 35s)
    • Grant Tinker on the lack of diversity in television (00m 42s)
    • Grant Tinker on NBC moving to color television (00m 51s)
  • Stanford Tischler
    • Editor Stanford Tischler on how in the 1950s the word "condominium" was deleted from a script (00m 22s)
    • Editor Stanford Tischler on how the mid-70s pilot Only in America was not picked up by ABC because it was considered too "ethnic" (01m 06s)
  • Tom Smothers
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the origin of Tom's "mom always liked you best" catchphrase (01m 18s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the changing social and political views in the sixties as The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour came on the air (02m 14s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the changing social and political views in the sixties as The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour came on the air (02m 14s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the origin of The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour theme song (02m 00s)
    • On some of the confrontations they had with CBS and unions regarding the material on  The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour (05m 45s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on their dealings with CBS, their firing, and their thoughts about the larger political issues which may have contributed to the demise of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (17m 37s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on their dealings with CBS, their firing, and their thoughts about the larger political issues which may have contributed to the demise of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (17m 37s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on their dealings with CBS, their firing, and their thoughts about the larger political issues which may have contributed to the demise of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (17m 37s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on their dealings with CBS, their firing, and their thoughts about the larger political issues which may have contributed to the demise of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (17m 37s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on CBS' cancellation of The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour for breach-of-contract (03m 23s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on some censored portions of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (03m 12s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on their relationship with the Johnson administration (02m 35s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the variety show genre and  working with CBS executives on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (04m 03s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on their lawsuit following the firing of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (03m 13s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the variety show genre and  working with CBS executives on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (03m 13s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on the free speech of The Smothers Brothers' Comedy Hour (02m 09s)
    • Tom and Dick Smothers on hiring blacklisted singer Pete Seeger (02m 20s)
  • Neil Travis
    • Editor Neil Travis on how being on location for Rootshelped inform his editing, leading to his Emmy win (01m 23s)
    • Editor Neil Travis on editing Kunte Kinte's capture in part one of Roots (02m 22s)
  • Alex Trebek
    • Alex Trebek on the Jeopardy"think" music written by Merv Griffin (01m 13s)
  • Ret Turner
    • Ret Turner on the impact of television on fashion; the changing standard of beauty
    • Ret Turner shows us where he keeps his Emmys (00m 46s)
  • Dean Valentine
    • Executive Dean Valentine on the development of Ellen and the series' later major milestone of the actress and character coming out as a lesbian
      (16m 38s)
    • Executive Dean Valentine on the development of Ellen and the series' later major milestone of the actress and character coming out as a lesbian
      (16m 38s)
  • Dick Van Dyke
    • Dick Van Dyke on being influenced by the physical comedy of Laurel & Hardy; and Buster Keaton (01m 12s)
    • Dick Van Dyke on the early days of television  (07m 12s)
    • Dick Van Dyke on some mishaps on the early days on television involving sled dogs
    • Dick Van Dyke recalls the first time he appeared on television
    • Dick Van Dyke on winning an Emmy award in 1963
  • Timothy Van Patten
    • Timothy Van Patten on his character of "Salami" in The White Shadow (00m 51s)
    • Timothy Van Patten on The White Shadow's Emmy nominations (00m 38s)
    • Timothy Van Patten on diversity on The White Shadow (00m 56s)
    • Timothy Van Patten on his fame after The White Shadow (01m 34s)
    • Director Timothy Van Patten on the character Tony Soprano (01m 34s)
    • Director Timothy Van Patten on how technology has influenced directing (00m 44s)
  • Robert Vaughn
    • Robert Vaughn on "The Troublemakers" on Playhouse 90 with Ben Gazarra, directed by John Frankenheimer (02m 53s)
    • Robert Vaughn on McCarthyism and the Hollywood Blacklist; on his dissertation on the Blacklist (03m 54s)
    • Robert Vaughn on the assassination of President Kennedy (the week Vaughn shot the pilot for The Lieutenant) (01m 09s)
    • Robert Vaughn on his character, "Napoloeon Solo" in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (01m 00s)
    • Robert Vaughn on the fame he and David McCallum experienced (03m 39s)
    • Robert Vaughn on his involvement with politics and speaking out against the Vietnam War (13m 23s)
    • Robert Vaughn on his dissertaion on The Blacklist (03m 59s)
    • Robert Vaughn on his stage role as Dalton Trumbo, one of the Hollywood Ten, and what blacklisting means today (03m 18s)
    • Robert Vaughn on being recognized as "Napoleon Solo" (01m 03s)
  • Bob Vila
    • Bob Vila on losing his anonymity  (01m 38s)
    • Bob Vila on new media (01m 33s)
    • Bob Vila on his fan mail (01m 41s)
  • Helen Wagner
    • Actress Helen Wagner on appearing on experimental television and color tests for G.E. in Schenectady, NY (03m 53s)
  • James Wall
    • James Wall on being initially turned down by CBS when he applied for a stage manager position at the network (04m 52s)
    • James Wall on how he heard about the shooting of President Kennedy while working as a stage manager on Captain Kangaroo (01m 36s)
    • Stage manager James Wall on CBS News' coverage of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s funeral (03m 51s)
    • Stage manager James Wall on accompanying Walter Cronkite on U.S. space mission coverage (02m 42s)
  • Mike Wallace
    • Mike Wallace on how CBS handled the blacklist (03m 05s)
    • Mike Wallace on covering Richard Nixon's presidential campaign in 1967-68 (06m 17s)
    • Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes' coverage of the Vietnam War (10m 20s)
    • Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes' coverage of Watergate (01m 40s)
    • Mike Wallace on being sued for libel (and beginning his battle with depression) by William Westmoreland after he interviewed him for his special  The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception (07m 38s)
  • John Walsh
    • John Walsh on getting legislation passed to help find missing children (02m 50s)
    • John Walsh on being the only crew allowed at Ground Zero  (02m 01s)
    • John Walsh on his public image and the negative side of celebrity (02m 15s)
  • Barbara Walters
    • Barbara Walters on being able to "write for men" on the Today show (01m 20s)
    • Barbara Walters on being denied the opportunity to travel overseas for reporting in her early career (04m 34s)
    • Barbara Walters on being the first female network news anchor (she was co-anchor from 1976-1978 on ABC Evening News) (00m 46s)
    • Barbara Walters on the rise of women in television and her advice to women on getting ahead (00m 53s)
    • Barbara Walters on John F. Kennedy's assassination (03m 39s)
    • Barbara Walters on interviewing Truman Capote (00m 37s)
    • Barbara Walters on informally meeting President Lyndon Johnson (01m 04s)
    • Barbara Walters on covering Tricia Nixon's White House wedding (01m 09s)
    • Barbara Walters on covering President Nixon's trip to China (02m 52s)
    • Barbara Walters on Gilda Radner's Saturday Night Live character Baba Wawa (00m 22s)
    • Barbara Walters on interviewing Monica Lewinsky (03m 38s)
  • Ruth Warrick
    • Ruth Warrick on developing her All My Children character "Phoebe Tyler," and learning that an audience can accept a villianous character that they "love to hate" 
      (03m 56s)
  • Dennis Weaver
    • Dennis Weaver on the first television shows he appeared in during the late 1940s
      (02m 39s)
  • Matthew Weiner
    • Matthew Weiner on the strained relationship between AMC and Mad Men
      (06m 04s)
    • Matthew Weiner on the "business model" for Mad Men; on differences with the network over sponsors
    • Matthew Weiner on being inspired by creators who continue to have success like David Chase, Larry Gelbart, Mike Nichols (06m 51s)
  • Dawn Wells
    • Dawn Wells on Sherwood Schwartz's composition of the Gilligan's Island theme song (00m 36s)
    • Dawn Wells on her Gilligan's Island character, Mary Ann Summers (01m 14s)
    • Dawn Wells on the short shorts worn by her Gilligan's Islan d character, Mary Ann Summers

      (01m 10s)
    • Dawn Wells on proper attire and behavior for the characters on Gilligan's Island according to Standards & Practices (00m 40s)
    • Dawn Wells on her Gilligan's Island character, Mary Ann Summers, as a role model
      (01m 42s)
    • Dawn Wells on the question of one's preference, "Ginger or Mary Ann?" (01m 20s)
    • Dawn Wells on her favorite episodes of Gilligan's Island (02m 37s)
    • Dawn Wells on her reaction to critics of Gilligan's Island and on the cancellation of the show (01m 47s)
    • Dawn Wells on her fan mail from Gilligan's Island fame (00m 43s)
    • Dawn Wells on the evolution of Mary Ann on  Gilligan's Island (00m 28s)
    • Dawn Wells on the "V is for Vitamins" episode of Gilligan's Island
      (01m 13s)
    • Dawn Wells on the matchmaking episode of Gilligan's Island in which Mrs. Howell tries to set up Mary Ann and Gilligan (00m 28s)
  • Joseph Wershba
    • Joseph Wershba on covering the Korean Conflict for CBS (13m 59s)
  • Adam West
    • Adam West on how the quick change on the "batpoles" were filmed on Batman (01m 04s)
  • Ruth Westheimer
    • Dr Ruth Westheimer on her start in television hosting ; on how she came to be called "Dr. Ruth" (03m 11s)
  • Vanna White
    • Vanna White on response from fans (00m 28s)
    • Vanna White on knowing she had made it and handling celebrity (01m 48s)
    • Vanna White on "Vannamania" and her fan club (02m 42s)
    • Vanna White on not being allowed to talk to contestants on  Wheel of Fortune (00m 51s)
  • Joseph M. Wilcots
    • Joseph M. Wilcots on being the first African-American in the camera operators union (05m 56s)
    • Joseph M. Wilcots on the change he saw regarding African-Americans in cinematography (00m 43s)
    • Cinematographer Joseph M. Wilcots on the innovations in technology in his field and the differences between film and video cameras (02m 25s)
  • Andy Williams
    • Andy Williams on "Moon River" - his show's theme song (03m 44s)
  • Ethel Winant
    • Ethel Winant on being the first femaie executive at CBS (02m 53s)
  • Henry Winkler
    • Henry Winkler explains how his character "Fonzie" first said "whoa" on Happy Days (00m 48s)
    • Henry Winkler explains why his character "Fonzie" wouldn't comb his hair on Happy Days and describes the iconic character and his mannerisms (02m 37s)
    • Henry Winkler explains when his character "Fonzie" first said "whoa" on Happy Days (01m 15s)
    • Henry Winkler on using the Fonz's catchphrases in public (02m 10s)
    • Henry Winkler on crafting the voice of the Fonz (01m 58s)
    • Henry Winkler on fame and celebrity (01m 22s)
    • Henry Winkler on classic episodes of Happy Days (03m 25s)
    • Henry Winkler on handling fame (04m 17s)
    • Henry Winkler on the popularity of his character on Happy Days (00m 50s)
    • Henry Winkler on Fonzie's phrases and powers (01m 24s)
    • Henry Winkler on enjoying the perks of fame, going to the White House (02m 18s)
    • Henry Winkler on how the Fonz changed from the beginning of Happy Days to the end (00m 36s)
    • Henry Winkler on being typecast as the Fonz from Happy Days (01m 05s)
    • Henry Winkler on the influence of MacGyver on pop culture (02m 47s)
    • Henry Winkler on respect and camraderie in the acting business (02m 02s)
    • Henry Winkler On being nominated for an Emmy on  The Practice but never winning a Primetime Emmy award (02m 28s)
    • Henry Winkler on his mentors and advice to actors entering the business (03m 02s)
    • Henry Winkler on satirizing his iconic character "Fonzie" on Arrested Development; and jumping the shark.. twice (00m 28s)
    • Henry Winkler on satirizing his iconic character "Fonzie" on Arrested Development; and jumping the shark.. twice (00m 28s)
  • Jonathan Winters
    • Jonathan Winters on his famous granny character Maude Frickert, first introduced on the Jonathan Winters Show on NBC (03m 33s)
    • Jonathan Winters on his famous granny character "Elwood P. Suggins", first introduced on the Jonathan Winters Show on NBC (04m 44s)
    • Jonathan Winters on his characters Elwood P. Suggins, General Pershing, King Kwasi (05m 26s)
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    • Jonathan Winters on winning an Emmy for his role on Davis Rules (03m 53s)
  • Dick Wolf
    • Dick Wolf on being a classmate of George W. Bush at Andover (00m 43s)
    • Clip 2 : Choose ..
    • Dick Wolf on how Law & Order  production was affected by 9/11 and the criticism he received about an episode which focused on a 9/11 fraud case (01m 11s)
    • Dick Wolf on the feature documentary Twin Towers (01m 09s)
  • David Wolper
    • David Wolper on seeing television for the first time at the 1939 Worlds Fair (01m 16s)
    • David Wolper on the genesis and production of The Race for Space (05m 15s)
    • David Wolper on the origin of Roots and finding out about Alex Haley's book, and the development of the hit miniseries
      (28m 40s)
    • David Wolper on fighting for key scenes in Roots (02m 15s)
  • Alan Young
    • Alan Young on appearing in the live Studio One teleplay "This Will Do Nicely" (airdate: April 2, 1956) (01m 06s)
    • Alan Young on the secret of how Mister Ed "talked" (01m 18s)
    • Alan Young on the Mister Ed  theme song (01m 09s)
  • Kim Zimmer
    • Kim Zimmer on her first TV role on One Life to Live, where she played a character based on Patty Hearst (who was in the news at that time)
      (05m 39s)
    • Kim Zimmer on her Guiding Light character Reva's penchant for red (01m 38s)
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