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Producer Robert Justman Has Died -- Archive Interview Online
Robert Justman, who was an associate producer of the original Star Trek series and co-authored a definitive volume on the series (Inside Star Trek: The Real Story) has died at the age of 81.Robert...
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"The Twilight Zone" Celebrates Its 50th Anniversary
The Twilight Zone debuted on October 2, 1959 and has become one of the crown jewels of classic television over the last fifty years. Series creator Rod Serling won two Emmy Awards for the series, for...
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"Your Show of Shows" 60th Anniversary
Sixty years ago today Your Show of Shows debuted, creating a blueprint for American TV sketch comedy to come. The forerunner of such shows as The Carol Burnett Show and Saturday Night Live, Your Show...
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Humphrey Bogart on '50s TV— "Jack Benny,""Person to Person," and "Producers'...
Humphrey Bogart was one of the screen's biggest stars in the 1950s, when TV was considered a rival medium. Bogart made relatively few appearances on TV before his death in January 1957. According to...
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"Bonanza" Producer David Dortort Has Died-- Archive Interview Online
David Dortort, executive producer of the classic TV westerns Bonanza and The High Chaparral, has died at the age of 93. When asked in his Archive of American Television interview how he'd like to be...
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Silver Anniversaries of "The Golden Girls" and "227"
When The Golden Girls debuted on September 14, 1985, Variety called it "a funny, fast-paced, well-written sitcom with all the earmarks of a potential hit." They called it. The series was a top ten...
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New from "The Archive of American Television Presents" DVD Series - "John...
“All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players."–William Shakespeare, As You Like ItThe latest release in "The Archive of American Television Presents" DVD series is now available....
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TV Comedy Writing Legend Sam Denoff has Died
Very sad news, the Archive of American Television has learned that TV Legend Sam Denoff, not only an Archive interviewee, but someone who passionately supported the Archive as an interviewer, passed...
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"Gilligan's Island" and "Brady Bunch" Creator Sherwood Schwartz dies at 94
Sad news: Legendary comedy writer/producer Sherwood Schwartz, best known for creating and producing Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch has died in Los Angeles at the age of 94.Schwartz began his...
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Spin-offs: The Good, The Bad, and "The Tortellis"
http://emmytvlegends.org/interviews/shows/tortellis-theOne thing remains constant in the ever-changing landscape of American Television: where there’s a successful series, there is always the...
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