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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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11:56

Leron Gubler, author of The Walk of Dreams

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/03/22

TVC 572.6: From the floor of the Hollywood Museum’s recent Celebrity Authors Forum: Ed visits with Leron Gubler, former president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the author of The Walk of Dreams: Finding Fame in Hollywood or Wherever Life Leads. 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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12:22

Geoffrey Mark on Norm Crosby

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/03/21

TVC 572.7: Geoffrey Mark, host of Geoffrey Mark Plays Ella and the author of the forthcoming The New Lucy Book, shares a few memories of his friend Norm Crosby. 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:

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25:10

Why The Untouchables is Still Riveting Today

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/03/10

TVC 571.1: Film, music and TV historian Chuck Harter joins Ed for a look back at The Untouchables (ABC, 1959-1963), the long-running crime drama starring Robert Stack as federal agent Eliot Ness, and the show that put Quinn Martin on the map as a creative force in television. Martin produced the first season of The Untouchables for Desilu Productions (Desi Arnaz was executive producer), infusing it with many of the characteristics that would become his trademark once Martin became an independent

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21:56

The Untouchables: First Class Entertainment All the Way

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/03/10

TVC 571.2: Chuck Harter and Ed continue their retrospective on The Untouchables (ABC, 1959-1963), the long-running crime drama starring Robert Stack as federal agent Eliot Ness, and the show that put Quinn Martin on the map as a creative force in television. Chuck recently rediscovered The Untouchables while sheltering in place during COVID and was pleased to see how well the series continues hold up today. Also in this segment: Chuck gives our listeners a preview of his forthcoming new book on

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15:12

The Big Valley: A Prototype of Dallas

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/03/09

TVC 571.3: Greg Ehrbar remembers The Big Valley (ABC, 1965-1969), the iconic Western series starring Barbara Stanwyck, Richard Long, Peter Breck, Linda Evans, and Lee Majors that, in many respects, served as a prototype for such popular night-time soap operas as Dallas, Dynasty, and Falcon Crest. The first two seasons of The Big Valley are available through Shout! Factory, while the last two seasons are available through Timeless Media. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has

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25:10

Blanca Blanco: Breaking the Mold

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/03/08

TVC 571.4: Ed welcomes award-winning actress, author, and fashion model Blanca Blanco (Tale of Tails, Betrayed). Blanca’s memoir, Breaking the Mold, is the inspiring story of how a young Mexican-American girl, the daughter of immigrants and one of seven children, overcame more obstacles in her life than anybody since Job—including extreme poverty, bullying, and abuse as a child, the loss of her home in Malibu as a result of the devastating Woolsey Fire in 2018, and the death of her mother in 2021—to

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18:41

Blanca Blanco, Kathy Griffin, and Gordon Hunt

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/03/08

TVC 571.5: Actress and author Blanca Blanco talks to Ed about losing her home to the Woolsey Fire in 2018; the important roles that comedienne Kathy Griffin and acting coach Gordon Hunt played during her early years in Hollywood; and how the approach Blanca takes to preparing for acting roles parallels her training as a track-and-field athlete. Blanca’s memoir, Breaking the Mold, is available wherever books are sold online. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with

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27:53

The Big Valley on DVD

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/03/07

TVC 571.6: Greg and Ed continue their review of The Big Valley (ABC, 1965-1969), including a look at such notable episodes as “The Disappearance” and “The Great Safe Robbery,” as well as how the series really gave Lee Majors an opportunity to shine as an actor. The first two seasons of The Big Valley are available through Shout! Factory, while the last two seasons are available through Timeless Media. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle

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24:30

Penny Fuller in Strawberry Mansion

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/03/01

TVC 570.1: Ed welcomes Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress Penny Fuller (Applause, The Elephant Man, All the President’s Men). Penny stars as an eccentric woman who quietly rebels against a world that records our dreams, taxes our dreams, and infuses them with nonstop advertising latest in Strawberry Mansion, a charming, surrealistic fantasy that is not only futuristic, retro, and timely—all at once—but has elements that will remind you of Alice in Wonderland. Strawberry Mansion is

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20:37

Penny Fuller's Career Concept

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/03/01

TVC 570.2: Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actress Penny Fuller talks to Ed about co-starring with both Lauren Bacall and Anne Baxter in the original Broadway production of Applause; the difference between an understudy and a stand-by in the world of theatre; and how she has always sought the best roles possible, whether they were for film, stage, or television. Penny’s latest film, Strawberry Mansion, is now available for streaming on demand on all major platforms. Want to

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25:29

Ketty Lester, Moses Gunn, and Blacula

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/02/28

TVC 570.3: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Ketty Lester, the Grammy Award-nominated singer/actress known around the world for her international No. 1 hit record from 1962, “Love Letters (Straight from Your Heart),” and for playing schoolteacher Hester Sue Terhune on Little House on the Prairie and Juanita, the wise-cracking cab driver, in the 1972 blaxploitation horror movie Blacula. In this segment, Ketty talks to Ed about how she came to join the cast of Little House, as well as

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23:44

Ketty Lester and the Back Story of "Love Letters"

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/02/28

TVC 570.4: Ketty Lester talks to Ed about her love for acting, which began when she was a young girl in Arkansas; how she formally studied acting at Theatre West in Los Angeles (and befriended, among others, Carroll O’Connor); and how she successfully transitioned from nightclub singer to actress when the music industry changed in the late 1960s. Ketty’s memoir, Ketty Lester: A Memoir: From Arkansas to Grammy nominated Love Letters to Little House on the Prairie, is available at Amazon.com and

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19:28

Ketty Lester on Performing a Song

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/02/28

TVC 570.5: Grammy Award-nominated singer/actress Ketty Lester talks to Ed about the many ways in which performing a song is another form of acting. Ketty’s memoir, Ketty Lester: A Memoir: From Arkansas to Grammy nominated Love Letters to Little House on the Prairie, is available at Amazon.com and wherever books are sold online. You can follow Ketty Lester on Facebook, Instagram and KettyLester.com. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle

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24:14

Ketty Lester: Love Letters

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/02/21

TVC 569.1: Ed welcomes Ketty Lester, the Grammy nominated singer/actress known around the world for her international No. 1 record, “Love Letters (Straight from Your Heart),” and as schoolteacher Hester Sue Terhune on Little House on the Prairie. Ketty’s memoir, Ketty Lester: A Memoir, is the story of how a young girl from Hope, Arkansas—the youngest of fifteen children—not only opened doors for many African American women, but overcame many obstacles throughout her life, including a recurring

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25:02

Ketty Lester, Maya Angelou, and Oprah Winfrey

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/02/21

TVC 569.2: Ketty Lester talks to Ed about working with Maya Angelou when both performed as singers at the Purple Onion in San Francisco; co-starring with Beah Richards on stage in A Raisin in the Sun; her appearance as Patience Jones in Brewster Place (ABC, 1990), the short-lived series produced by and starring Oprah Winfrey; her first national TV appearance (on You Bet Your Life with Groucho Marx); and the important role that singer Dorothy Shay played early in Ketty’s career. Ketty’s memoir,

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23:30

Dr. Sujay, Selah, and Rhythms of Rest

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/02/18

TVC 568.1: Ed welcomes The Reverend Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook (aka Dr. Sujay), the nationally known advocate, author, pastor, motivational speaker, and former presidential advisor who was once described as Oprah Winfrey and Billy Graham all rolled into one. Dr. Sujay’s books include Rhythms of Rest: 40 Devotions for Women on the Move, a series of devotions that teach the principle of selah, an Old Testament word that means “pause, rest, and reflect.” While each of the devotions in Rhythms of Rest are

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23:55

Dr. Sujay, Coretta Scott King, and My Fabulous Fifth...

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/02/18

TVC 568.2: The Reverend Dr. Suzan Johnson Cook (aka Dr. Sujay) talks to Ed about her latest book, My Fabulous Fifth Chapter: It’s My Turn Now!, which explores the five chapters in each of our lives—and how what we learn from the first four chapters not only set the stage for our fabulous fifth chapter, but can keep us from falling into a rut. Also in this segment: Dr. Sujay shares some memories of her lifelong friendship with civil rights advocate Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King

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11:31

Dee Wallace, Born, and Buppa LaPaloo

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/02/17

TVC 568.3: From the floor of the Hollywood Museum’s recent Celebrity Authors Forum: Ed visits with actress, author, teacher, speaker, radio host, and legendary “scream queen” Dee Wallace. Dee’s latest books, Born: Giving Birth to a New You and Buppa LaPaloo and The I Love Mes: The Most Powerful Little Bear on the Planet, are available wherever books are sold online, as well as at IAmDeeWallace.com Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle

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8:34

Carolyn Hennesy and The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/02/17

TVC 568.3: From the floor of the Hollywood Museum’s recent Celebrity Authors Forum: Ed chats with Carolyn Hennesy, star of General Hospital, and the author of The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli and the Pandora young adult series of novels. 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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26:40

Tribute to Howard Hesseman

TV Confidential with Ed Robertson ·

2022/02/16

TVC 568.5: From February 2020: Tony, Donna, and Ed commemorate the birthday of actor, comedian and improv artist Howard Hesseman, born Feb. 27, 1940, as part of This Week in TV History. Topics include Hesseman’s work as a member of The Committee; his appearances on such shows as Dragnet, Harry O, and The Bob Newhart Show; and the legacy of WKRP in Cincinnati, including the landmark episodes “In Concert” and “Turkeys Away.” Howard Hesseman passed away Saturday, Jan. 29 at age 81. Want to

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