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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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8:53

The Chicago Roots of Nichelle Nichols

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/09/08

From August 2017: Ed, Tony and Donna welcome Nichelle Nichols, the actress known around the world as Lieutenant Uhura on the original Star Trek and the first six Star Trek movies. Topics this segment include Nichelle's roots in her hometown of Chicago, Illinois. 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

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11:53

The Comic Books of Walter Koenig

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/09/08

From December 2011: Actor, author, screenwriter and director Walter Koenig (Star Trek, Babylon 5) talks to Ed about writing his comic books Raven and Things to Come, and particularly how he collaborates with Raven artist Henry Martinez and Things to Come artist Juan Carlos Baez in those respective projects. 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

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14:14

CinderFella: The Album

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/09/07

From September 2017: Greg Ehrbar tells Ed why CinderFella: The Album was harder to make than CinderFella: The Movie, while also sharing a few personal anecdotes about his encounters with the legendary entertainer. 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 sales@advertisecast.com or click the link

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14:28

The Eclectic Career of Jerry Lewis

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/09/06

From September 2017: Ed and Greg look back at the life and career of actor, director and comedian Jerry Lewis and his impact on films, television, radio, movie theaters, and nightclub comedy. Topics include how Lewis' movies in the 1960s where essentially live-action cartoons, as well as whether Lewis actually said "Hey, Layyyy-deeee!" Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our

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11:07

Jerry Lewis and the MDA Telethon

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/09/05

From September 2017: Ed and Greg welcome Jeff Brodrick, purveyor of JerryLewisUnauthorized.com, the first website devoted to the life and career of Jerry Lewis. Topics this segment include how Lewis's long tenure with the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon made him synonymous with Labor Day for many Baby Boomers. 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

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12:21

Jerry Lewis: The Ultimate Live Performer

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/09/05

From September 2017: Jeff Brodrick, purveyor of JerryLewisUnauthorized.com and an acknowledged authority on the career of Jerry Lewis, tells Ed and Greg why The Colgate Comedy Hour was such a great vehicle for Lewis, given his skills as a live performer. 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

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7:56

The Second Coming of Star Trek

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/09/04

From May 2019: Ed welcomes Star Trek historian Mark Cushman, author of These Are the Voyages, a critically acclaimed three-volume history of the original Star Trek. Marc’s latest book, These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, is a two-volume biography of the Great Bird’s ups and downs between the cancellation of the original Star Trek in 1969 to its triumphant return as a feature length major motion picture, in 1979. Topics this segment include how the initial grassroots

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12:56

Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/09/03

From May 2019: Ed welcomes Star Trek historian Mark Cushman, author of These Are the Voyages, a critically acclaimed three-volume history of the original Star Trek. Marc’s latest book, These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, is a two-volume biography of the Great Bird’s ups and downs between the cancellation of the original Star Trek in 1969 to its triumphant return as a feature length major motion picture, in 1979. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has

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25:25

COVID-19 and What Makes a School “A School”

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/09/02

TVC 506.1: Ed welcomes author, screenwriter, USA Today opinion columnist, and educator Larry Strauss. Larry has taught high school English in South Los Angeles for nearly thirty years, while his books include The Facts of My Life, the memoir of his mother, stage and television actress Charlotte Rae. Topics this segment include the misguided federal pressure to reopen campuses in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, the fundamental question of what constitutes a school, and why so many aspects of

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20:36

Larry Strauss, Charlotte Rae, and The Facts of My Life

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/09/02

TVC 506.2: Author, screenwriter, USA Today opinion columnist, and high school educator Larry Strauss talks to Ed about working with his mother, Charlotte Rae, on her memoir, The Facts of My Life. 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 sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get

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15:39

Danny Thomas and The Practice

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/09/01

TVC 506.3: Greg and Ed discuss the DVD release of The Practice (NBC, 1976-1977), the short-lived sitcom that, in many respects, was a change of pace for Danny Thomas. 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 sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get

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22:55

Amy Stoch of Bill and Ted 3

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/08/31

TVC 506.4: Actress Amy Stoch (Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Dallas, the Gunsmoke reunion movies) talks to Ed about reprising her role as Missy, Bill Preston’s stepmom, in Bill and Ted Face the Music. She also shares the story of the wonderful compliment that Barbara Bel Geddes paid her early during her arc on Dallas. Bill and Ted Face the Music is now showing in select drive-ins and is available for viewing on demand on many platforms. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has

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21:03

Amy Stoch on working with TV legend James Arness

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/08/31

TVC 506.5: Actress Amy Stoch (Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure, Bill and Ted Face the Music) shares a few memories of playing Matt Dillon’s daughter in the Gunsmoke reunion movies. She also talks to Ed about her second career as an adjunct instructor at four universities (and the challenges of teaching her students online this past semester, in light of COVID-19). Bill and Ted Face the Music is now showing in select drive-ins and is available for viewing on demand on many platforms. Want to

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23:23

The Danny Thomas Show on DVD

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/08/31

TVC 506.6: Greg Ehrbar provides a thumbnail history of The Danny Thomas Show (ABC/CBS, 1953-1964), including how, in many respects, the series paved the way for such future sitcoms as The Andy Griffith Show and The Dick Van Dyke Show. Seasons Five and Six of The Danny Thomas Show are available on DVD through S’more Entertainment; Seasons Five, Six, and Seven are also available for streaming on demand on Amazon Prime. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with

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11:41

The Fugitive and TV Noir

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/08/30

From January 2011: Ed welcomes Ray Starman, author of TV Noir: The Twentieth Century, a book that discusses the portrayal of film noir in Dragnet, The Fugitive, The Untouchables, M Squad, The Lineup, The Prisoner, Miami Vice and other popular television series over the past six decades. 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

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15:14

Jacqueline Scott of The Fugitive

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/08/29

From Januay 2012: Ed welcomes Jacqueline Scott, the actress known around the world as Donna Kimble Taft on The Fugitive. 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 sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn

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12:00

What Makes a Good Series Finale

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/08/28

From January 2019: Tony, Donna, and Ed welcome Douglas Howard, editor of such books as Dexter: Investigating Cutting Edge Television, and David Bianculli, longtime television critic and contributor to NPR’s Fresh Air, and the author of such books as Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Doug and David are the co-editors of Television Finales: From Howdy Doody to Girls, a new book that explores seventy-one of the most notable series finales over the past five

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11:34

The Paradox of Series Finales

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/08/27

From January 2019: Tony, Donna, and Ed welcome Douglas Howard, editor of such books as Dexter: Investigating Cutting Edge Television, and David Bianculli, longtime television critic and contributor to NPR’s Fresh Air, and the author of such books as Dangerously Funny: The Uncensored Story of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Doug and David are the co-editors of Television Finales: From Howdy Doody to Girls, a new book that explores seventy-one of the most notable series finales over the past five

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23:11

John Lewis and “Good Trouble”

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/08/26

TVC 506.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed take a look at how network and cable television covered the death of Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), the longtime civil rights leader who passed away on July 17, 2020. 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 sales@advertisecast.com or click the link below to get

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20:10

How TV Covered the March on Washington

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2020/08/25

TVC 506.2: From August 2013: Phil Gries presents audio highlights of how network television and network radio covered the historic March on Washington on Aug. 28, 1963, when more than 200,000 Americans of every age, race and religion came to Washington, D.C. to support the passage of the landmark Civic Rights Bill. This segment includes clips of ABC News correspondent Howard K. Smith interviewing Philip Randolph, one of the “Big Six” organizers of the march; and NBC News correspondent Marvin

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