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TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television brings you lively conversations every week with the stars, writers, directors and other creative people behind the scenes of some of America"s most popular shows. An engaging blend of talk and entertainment, TV Confidential often compares today"s programs with those of the "50s, "60s, "70s and "80s.

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20:31

What Jeopardy! Must Do Next

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/09/16

TVC 553.2: Game show historian Steve Beverly talks to Ed about what Sony Pictures Television must do to right the ship and restore the public’s confidence in the Jeopardy! franchise; why naming Michael Davies as the interim show runner of Jeopardy! is an important step in that regard; and why it would be a bad idea for the series to do another prolonged round of guest hosts. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship

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15:04

Susan Silver and The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/09/15

TVC 553.3: Part 2 of a conversation that began on our last program with Susan Silver, one of the original writers for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and one of the very first female writers to break the glass ceiling in the world of TV comedy. Topics this segment include The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped, the romantic comedy starring Karen Valentine, Richard Long, and Louise Sorel that Susan wrote for the ABC Movie of the Week in 1973. While very much a product of its time, Girl still holds up today because

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24:34

Janeshia Adams-Ginyard: Emmy Pioneer

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/09/14

TVC 553.4: Ed welcomes Emmy nominated actress and stunt woman Janeshia Adams-Ginyard (Black Panther, The Falcon and The Winter Soldier). Janeshia was recently nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Stunt Performance for her work in Lovecraft Country. This is the first year that the Academy has created the category of Outstanding Stunt Performance—and while other women received nominations as part of a team, Janeshia was the only stunt woman to receive an Emmy nod as an individual. The Emmy

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23:54

Steve Pieters and The Eyes of Tammy Faye

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/09/13

TVC 553.5: Ed welcomes AIDS/HIV activist the Reverend Steve Pieters. One of the first non-celebrity figures to be identified with AIDS in the early 1980s, Steve’s amazing story of surviving AIDS and two forms of cancer in 1985 is considered a medical anomaly and a modern-day miracle. In the world of popular culture, Steve is best known for an interview that he gave televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in 1985, while he was recovering from the effects of the experimental AIDS drug suramin, that not only

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16:07

Steve Pieters and The Healing Powers of I Love Lucy

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/09/13

TVC 553.6: AIDS/HIV activist the Reverend Steve Pieters talks to Ed about how he fought AIDS in 1985 with a self-devised wellness plan that combined prayer, meditation, exercise, nutrition, music, and laughter (including healthy dosages of I Love Lucy reruns), and the circumstances that allowed Steve to thank Lucille Ball in person for the healing power of laughter four years later. Steve’s affirming television interview with Tammy Faye Bakker from 1985 is part of the backdrop of The Eyes of Tammy

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23:19

The Best of Ed Asner on TVC

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/09/08

TV Confidential honors the memory of Ed Asner, the eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor known around the world as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and his own show, Lou Grant. Ed Asner passed away on Sunday, Aug. 29 at age ninety-one. We are putting together a formal tribute to Ed Asner that will include memories from some colleagues of his that we’ve gotten to know as a result of doing this program. That will likely air later in September, and we will keep you posted as always. In the

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21:20

The Best of Ed Asner on TVC, Part 2

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/09/07

From March 2020: Ed welcomes back eight-time Emmy Award winner Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Elf, Disney Pixar’s UP, Briarpatch). Ed’s new memoir, Son of a Junkman: My Life from the West Bottoms of Kansas City to the Bright Lights of Hollywood, is a charming, funny, and often very poignant look at his life and career, from his colorful childhood as the son of a junkman in Kansas City to his spectacular acting career. Ed Asner passed away on Sunday, Aug. 29 at age ninety-one. Want

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17:09

The Best of Ed Asner on TVC, Part 3

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/09/07

From March 2020: Legendary actor, author, and activist Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Elf, Disney Pixar’s UP, Briarpatch) talks about the roles that actor Richard Crenna and The House on Greenapple Road—a made-for-TV movie produced by Quinn Martin—both played in helping him land his signature role of Lou Grant. Ed Asner passed away on Sunday, Aug. 29 at age ninety-one. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle

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22:02

The Best of Ed Asner on TVC, Part 4

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/09/05

From October 2020: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome back Ed Asner, the eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor known around the world as Lou Grant both on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and his own hour-long spinoff series, Lou Grant. The 2020-2021 television marks the fiftieth anniversary of the premiere of the Moore show and, by extension, the Lou Grant character. Ed Asner’s memoir, Son of a Junkman: My Life from the West Bottoms of Kansas City to the Bright Lights of Hollywood, not only pays tribute to each of

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20:13

The Best of Ed Asner on TVC, Part 5

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/09/05

From October 2020: Actor and author Ed Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant, Son of a Junkman, The Grouchy Historian) talks to Ed, Tony, and Donna about “Chuckles Bites the Dust,” arguably the most famous episode of the Moore show; how Lou Grant brought many viewers into the world of print journalism; and who Ed would like to see cast as himself, if a movie were made about his life. Ed Asner passed away on Sunday, Aug. 29 at age ninety-one. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential

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17:46

The Best of Ed Asner on TVC, Part 6

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/09/05

From October 2020: Ed, Tony, and Donna continue their conversation with Ed Asner, the eight-time Emmy Award-winning actor known around the world as Lou Grant both on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and his own hour-long spinoff series, Lou Grant. Topics this segment include Ed’s experiences playing two other iconic characters: Santa Claus, which he famously did in Elf, and God Almighty, whom Ed has played on at least two occasions (including the critically acclaimed political comedy God Help Us). Ed Asner

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23:47

The Art of the Big Call in Sports Broadcasting

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/09/02

TVC 552.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Steve Beverly, recently retired professor of broadcast journalism at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee. Besides his extensive background as a TV news professional, Steve has twenty-five years experience doing play-by-play for men’s and women’s college basketball on television, including thirteen years on a national level. Topics this segment include what it takes to make a big call on television, as well as some of the announcers who

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22:41

Why Less is More When Doing TV Play by Play

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/09/01

TVC 552.2: Steve Beverly shares a few more memories from his twenty-five-year career calling men’s and women’s basketball games at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee (including thirteen years on a national level), including the importance of keeping the broadcast entertaining, even if that day’s game becomes one-sided. Also in this segment: Steve lets our listeners know what’s on tap in September on Steve Beverly’s TV Classics, the weekly TCM-like festival of classic TV shows that streams every

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15:49

Susan Silver: The Original Mary Richards

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/31

TVC 552.3: Ed welcomes Susan Silver, one of the original writers for The Mary Tyler Moore Show and one of the very first female writers to break the glass ceiling in the world of TV comedy. Topics this segment include the integral role that Garry Marshall played in helping Susan make that breakthrough, and the many ways in which her personal story arc resembles that of Mary Richards. Susan’s memoir, Hot Pants in Hollywood: Sex, Secrets and Sitcoms, is available as a print edition through Amazon.com

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22:24

Susan Silver, Sean Connery, and Lenny Bruce

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/31

TVC 552.4: Author, speaker, and television pioneer Susan Silver talks to Ed about some of her early TV writing credits, which include what would have been a pivotal episode of That Girl; some of her other mentors in television, which include producer George Eckstein; and the unlikely circumstances that resulted in her dating comedian Lenny Bruce one New Year’s Eve night. Susan’s memoir, Hot Pants in Hollywood: Sex, Secrets and Sitcoms, is available as a print edition through Amazon.com and as an

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24:23

Beau Bridges, Emily Bridges, and Acting: The First...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/30

TVC 552.5: Ed welcomes three-time Emmy Award winner Beau Bridges and his daughter, actress/director Emily Bridges. Beau and Emily are the co-playwrights of Acting: The First Six Lessons, an adaptation of a book by Richard Boleslawski about a dedicated acting teacher who not only teaches an aspiring young actress the craft of acting, but dispels invaluable life lessons to her as well. Originally published in 1933, Acting: The First Six Lessons has held a special place in the Bridges family for three

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18:41

Beau Bridges, John Wooden, and David Janssen

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/30

TVC 552.6: Beau Bridges and his daughter, actress/director Emily Bridges, talk to Ed about the important role that Theatricum Botanicum has played in both of their performing lives. Beau also answers a few questions about some of his other film, TV, and stage roles, including working with David Janssen on The Fugitive early in his career and his approach to playing such historical figures as Benjamin Franklin and legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. Beau Bridges and Emily Bridges will

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28:30

The Jeopardy! Host Debacle

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/27

TVC 551.1: Steve Beverly, game show historian and professor emeritus of broadcast journalism at Union University (Jackson, TN), joins Ed to discuss the various issues surrounding Sony Pictures Television’s controversial selection of Jeopardy! executive producer Mike Richards as the new permanent host of the popular game show, officially succeeding Alex Trebek (pictured, with Steve). NOTE: Our conversation with Steve was recorded on Friday, Aug. 13. One week later, on Friday, Aug. 20, Richards

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25:50

Ron Bacon and The Kite Song

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/26

TVC 551.2: A return appearance by Emmy Award winner Ron Bacon, a true pioneer of network TV production who wore many hats throughout his thirty-five-year career, which spanned more than 12,500 broadcasts, covering just about every type of programming imaginable. Topics this segment include how Ron’s background in filming documentaries for Dick Clark Productions served him well when he made The Kite Song, a thirty-minute dramatic short that Ron wrote, produced, filmed, and directed in 1967. Though

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14:39

Ron Bacon and the Groundbreaking 1984 Olympics

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/08/25

TVC 551.3: Emmy Award winner Ron Bacon takes Ed behind the scenes of ABC's coverage of the 1984 Summer Olympics, including the many ways in which the production of those Games set the standard for Olympic broadcasts since. Ron won his Emmy for his work on the 1984 Games. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our

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