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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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20:58

Why Joyce Bulifant Nearly Turned Down Airplane!

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/01/07

TVC 446.4: Actress and author Joyce Bulifant (My Four Hollywood Husbands) talks to Ed and Greg Ehrbar about the Disney TV series that nearly came about while she was filming The Happiest Millionaire; the trouble she had making eye contact with Raymond Burr when they worked together on Perry Mason; and how she nearly turned down Airplane! My Four Hollywood Husbands is the inspiring story of how Joyce overcame dyslexia, feelings of self doubt, and a series of marriages characterized by alcoholism,

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14:29

Robert Hooks on the Founding of the Negro Ensemble...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/01/06

TVC 445.4: Emmy Award-winning actor and producer Robert Hooks talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about the origins and legacy of the Negro Ensemble Company, one of the three significant African-American theatre companies that Robert founded. 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 show. Please email

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12:36

Robert Hooks and the Nitty Gritty Appeal of N.Y.P.D

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/01/06

TVC 445.5: Emmy Award winner Robert Hooks shares a few memories with Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about Jack Warden and Frank Converse, his co-stars on the groundbreaking police drama N.Y.P.D. (ABC, 1967-1969), the first TV cop show with the official imprimatur of the New York Police Department, the first network TV drama with an African-American star, and the first show to portray an African-American police officer as one of its regular characters. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV

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16:07

Roy Thinnes, The Psychiatrist, and Levinson and Link

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/01/05

From February 2016: Actor and artist Roy Thinnes (The Invaders, The X Files) talks to Ed about playing unorthodox psychiatrist James Whitman in The Psychiatrist (NBC, 1971), a six-episode series created by Richard Levinson and William Link and produced by Norman Felton. 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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7:20

Levinson and Link, The Gun, and That Certain Summer

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2021/01/04

From July 2011: William Link, co-creator of Columbo, Ellery Queen, Mannix and other classic TV series, talks to Ed about how he and Richard Levinson were actively involved in all aspects of the production of their projects (including casting). Other topics include That Certain Summer, the groundbreaking TV-movie starring Hal Holbrook that Levinson and Link wrote and produced in 1972, and The Gun, a controversial Movie of the Week, written and produced by Levinson and Link, that originally aired in

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11:49

Dawn Wells and The Values of Mary Ann

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/30

From October 2014: Ed, Tony and Donna welcome Dawn Wells, the actress known to three generations of television viewers as Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island. Dawn’s new book, What Would Mary Ann Do? A Guide to Life, takes the question “Ginger or Mary Ann” a step further by showing readers how Mary Ann would respond to the various changes in today’s culture that face women of all ages. The book also includes memories of Dawn’s life and career before and after Gilligan’s Island, while also paying tribute

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13:43

Dawn Wells and The Timeless Appeal of Gilligan's Island

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/30

From October 2014: Ed, Tony and Donna welcome Dawn Wells, the actress known to three generations of television viewers as Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island. Dawn’s new book, What Would Mary Ann Do? A Guide to Life, includes memories of Dawn’s life and career before and after Gilligan’s Island, while also paying tribute to each of her six fellow cast members. In this segment Dawn talks about how part of the enduring appeal of Gilligan's Island is its timelessness. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV

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16:02

Dawn Wells' Memories of The Island

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/30

From October 2014: Dawn Wells, the actress known to three generations of television viewers as Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island, shares a few more memories of her time "on the Island," including how she and her fellow cast members particularly enjoyed filming the various dream sequences on the show. Then, Ed, Tony, and Donna spend a few minutes talking amongst themselves about what a thrill it was to meet one of their favorite TV icons. Dawn Wells passed away on Dec. 30, 2020 at age 82. Want to

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10:03

William Link on Stephen J. Cannell

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/29

From October 2010: Emmy Award-winning writer/producer William Link shares a few memories of his friend and colleague Stephen J. Cannell, including how Cannell, like Levinson and Link, was "obsessed" with writing (but in a good way). Cannell wrote "Double Exposure," one of the best episodes of the original Columbo, plus he briefly collaborated with Bill and Richard Levinson on Stone (ABC, 1980), a short-lived crime drama starring Dennis Weaver as a Joseph Wambaugh-like police detective. William Link

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8:02

William Link on His Approach to Writing

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/29

From October 2010: Emmy Award-winning writer/producer William Link (Columbo, Mannix, Murder She Wrote, Ellery Queen) talks to Ed about his particular approach to writing, plus he mentions some of his favorite writers, including Raymond Chandler and Robert B. Parker. William Link passed away Dec. 27, 2020 at age 87. 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

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13:26

Mary Tyler Moore and the Invention of the Office TV...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/29

From February 2017: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome back Jennifer Armstrong, author of Mary and Lou and Rhoda and Ted and All the Brilliant Minds Who Made The Mary Tyler Moore Show a Classic. Topics this segment include how The Mary Tyler Moore Show celebrated Mary Richards' various friendships, both male and female, and how the series began focusing more on Mary's relationships with her professional family at WJM-TV in the last few years of the series. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV

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25:28

Paul Robert Coyle’s Path to Television

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/23

TVC 521.1: A return visit from longtime television writer Paul Robert Coyle (The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, Crazy Like a Fox, Simon & Simon, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Incredible Journeys, Stephen King’s The Dead Zone). Paul’s memoir, Swords, Starships and Superheroes: From Star Trek to Xena to Hercules: A TV Writer’s Life Scripting the Stories of Heroes, is the story of how a young boy from Providence, Rhode Island

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25:00

Paul Robert Coyle and Quinn Martin Productions

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/23

TVC 521.2: Paul Robert Coyle talks to Ed about the importance of adapting to changes in the TV industry; the events that led to the first sale of one of his scripts (the Streets of San Francisco episode “The Honorable Profession”); how writing for television is a step process, and how the Quinn Martin operation embodied that. Paul’s memoir, Swords, Starships and Superheroes, includes many useful tips on how to pursue a career as a professional writer—whether you want to write for television or any

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18:11

John Lennon and The Cult of Celebrity

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/23

TVC 521.3: TV Confidential commemorates the recent 40th anniversary of the death of John Lennon by playing highlights from our December 2010 conversation with television producer and New York Times bestselling author Keith Elliot Greenberg. Keith's book December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died not only provides a minute-by-minute, almost documentary-like look at the last day of John Lennon’s life, but is a moving account of Lennon’s life as a whole, his career with The Beatles, his relationship

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24:28

Hank Garrett, James Earl Jones, and Larry Storch

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/22

TVC 521.4: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with actor, comedian, and voice artist Hank Garrett (Car 54, Where Are You?, Three Days of the Condor). Topics this segment include the events that brought Hank to the West Coast, including co-starring with James Earl Jones in the police drama Paris (CBS, 1979), and how that role stemmed from the time when Hank and Jones worked together on stage in New York. Hank’s memoir, From Harlem Hoodlum to Hollywood Heavyweight, is available through

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21:43

Hank Garrett, Robert Redford, and Elvis Presley

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/22

TVC 521.4: TVC 521.5: Actor and comedian Hank Garrett talks to Ed, Tony, and Donna about the famous fight sequence between Robert Redford and him in Three Days of the Condor; his background in the martial arts; and the time when Elvis Presley asked Hank to spar with him. Hank’s memoir, From Harlem Hoodlum to Hollywood Heavyweight, is available through Briton Publishing, Amazon.com, and other online retailers. Proceeds from sales of Hank’s book will support Wounded Warriors and Disabled Veterans of

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23:18

John Lennon: A True Working Man’s Hero

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/22

TVC 521.6: From December 2010: More highlights from our conversation with New York Times bestselling author Keith Elliot Greenberg (December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died). Topics this segment include Lennon’s accessibility with the public, including some of his notable encounters with fans; how pop culture would have changed, had Lennon lived; and how Lennon used his celebrity to affect change. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle

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8:02

Carolyn Hennesy's 500th Episode of General Hospital

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/21

A special sneak preview of our upcoming interview with Emmy Award-winning actress Carolyn Hennesy (General Hospital). Carolyn's landmark 500th episode playing Diane Miller on General Hospital airs Tuesday, Dec. 22 on ABC. Our complete interview with Carolyn Hennesy will premiere on TV Confidential during the weekend of Jan. 8-10. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program

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7:56

Dragnet's Upbeat Christmas Episode

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/20

From December 2013: "The Big Little Jesus," the second of two Christmas episodes that Jack Webb produced for Dragnet, aired on Dec. 24, 1953, both on television as well as for the radio version of Dragnet. "The Big Little Jesus" was reimagined for Dragnet 1967 as "The Christmas Story," airing on Dec. 21, 1967, and featuring many of the cast members from the 1953 episode. Also in this segment: Tony notes that, on Dec. 22, 1953, Dragnet became the first network TV series with a regular sponsor, Fatima

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11:28

Dragnet's Sober Christmas Episode

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/12/19

From December 2013: "The Big .22 Rifle for Christmas," an episode of Dragnet in which Sergeant Joe Friday and Officer Frank Smith search for a missing boy three days before Christmas, airs on Dec. 18, 1952. An adaptation of an episode of the Dragnet radio series that originally aired in December 1949, this was the first of two Christmas episodes that Jack Webb produced for the original Dragnet TV series. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle

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