TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 675.3: Bill Taylor, author of Mike Connors: A Life of Integrity in Film and Television , talks to Ed about how both Mannix and Tightrope were canceled not because of ratings, but because of other factors decided by network executives; how Connors always made himself available to his fans; and the grace with which he always treated his fellow actors. Mike Connors: A Life of Integrity in Film an...

TVC 657.4. From May 2014: Ed welcomes Mike Connors , the actor known to three generations of television viewers as private eye Joe Mannix . Co-hosting this segment is David Breckman , writer, director, and co-executive producer of Monk, and a huge fan of Mannix . Mike Connors passed away in January 2017. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 657.5: From May 2014: Ed and guest co-host David Breckman talk to Mike Connors about some of his early film roles, including working with John Wayne, William Wellman, and Roger Corman, John Wayne, as well as his short-lived but fondly remembered series Tightrope (CBS, 1959-1960). Mike Connors passed away in January 2017. Also in this segment: A clip from January 2017 in which Arthur Marks , pr...

Ed welcomes multi-award-winning actress, writer and producer Charlotte Kirk ( The Reckoning, The Lair, The Possession of Gladstone Manor ). Charlotte plays the title role in Duchess , a new action thriller directed by Neil Marshall that Charlotte also co-wrote and co-produced. A rare gangster movie with a female crime boss, Duchess also stars Colm Meaney, Stephanie Beacham, Philip Winchester, and...

TVC 656.2: Ed welcomes Jim Hardy , longtime archivist for Bob Hope Enterprises , where he handles the licensing of the various film clips, TV clips, radio clips, photographs, and other archival materials the encompass the career of the legendary entertainer. Jim is also the curator of the Official Bob Hope YouTube Channel , a joint venture by The Bob Hope Legacy and the Bob & Dolores Hope Foundati...

TVC 656.3: Jim Hardy , longtime archivist for Bob Hope Enterprises and the curator of the Official Bob Hope YouTube Channel , talks to Ed about how the legendary comedian endeared himself to audiences worldwide because he was the same off-camera as he was on-camera, and why Hope's special connection with U.S. soldiers spanned from World War II to Desert Storm. The Official Bob Hope YouTube Channel...

TVC 655.1: A special program-length tribute to Bob Newhart, the Emmy Award-winning star of two long-running, iconic sitcoms, The Bob Newhart Show (CBS, 1972-1978) and Newhart (CBS, 1982-1990), but made a name for himself a stand-up comedian in the 1960s, particularly with his Grammy Award-winning album, The Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart . Bob Newhart passed away on Thursday, July 18 at age ninet...

TVC 655.2: From June 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed continue their look at Bob Newhart's career in stand-up comedy and television, with a particular focus on The Bob Newhart Show (CBS, 1972-1978). Bob Newhart passed away on Thursday, July 18 at age ninety-four. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 655.2a: From November 2020: Emmy-nominated writer, producer, and author Billy Van Zandt ( I Love Lucy: The Very First Show, Martin, Newhart, Get in the Car, Jane! ) shares a few memories of working with Bob Newhart during the final season of Newhart (CBS, 1982-1990). Bob Newhart passed away on Thursday, July 18 at age ninety-four. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...

TVC 655.3: From January 2021: Moosie Drier shares a few memories of working with Bob Newhart, Bill Daily, and John Ritter on The Bob Newhart Show (CBS, 1972-1978). Bob Newhart passed away on Thursday, July 18 at age ninety-four. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 655.4: An encore presentation of our interview from June 2014 with Bill Daily, the actor known around the world as Roger Healey on I Dream of Jeannie and Howard Borden on The Bob Newhart Show . Bill Daily passed away Sept. 7, 2018. Bob Newhart passed away on Thursday, July 18 at age ninety-four. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 655.5: From June 2014: Bill Daily shares more memories of working with Bob Newhart before, during, and after The Bob Newhart Show (CBS, 1972-1978). Bill Daily passed away Sept. 7, 2018. Bob Newhart passed away on Thursday, July 18 at age ninety-four. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 655.6: Pioneering television writer Susan Silver ( The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, Maude, Hot Pants in Hollywood, Susan Says with Susan Silver ) shares a few memories of writing for Bob Newhart and Suzanne Pleshette on The Bob Newhart Show . Bob Newhart passed away on Thursday, July 18 at age ninety-four. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Friday, July 19 marked the tenth anniversary of the passing of Emmy Award-winning actor and entertainment icon James Garner. TV Confidential marks this occasion by replaying our special program-length tribute to Jim that originally aired in August 2014, featuring highlights from some of our conversations with the people who knew and worked with him. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc...

Friday, July 19 marked the tenth anniversary of the passing of Emmy Award-winning actor and entertainment icon James Garner. TV Confidential marks this occasion by replaying our special program-length tribute to Jim that originally aired in August 2014. In this segment, we hear from Emmy winners Roy Huggins (creator of Maverick , co-creator of The Rockford Files ) and Stephen J. Cannell (co-creato...

Friday, July 19 marked the tenth anniversary of the passing of Emmy Award-winning actor and entertainment icon James Garner. TV Confidential marks this occasion by replaying our special program-length tribute to Jim that originally aired in August 2014. In this segment, Jon Winokur (co-author of The Garner Files , Jim's memoirs of his career in film and television) talks to Ed about Jim's lifelong...

Friday, July 19 marked the tenth anniversary of the passing of Emmy Award-winning actor and entertainment icon James Garner. TV Confidential marks this occasion by replaying our special program-length tribute to Jim that originally aired in August 2014. In this segment, we hear more from Jon Winokur, co-author of The Garner Files , Jim's memoirs of his career in film and television. Learn more abo...

Friday, July 19 marked the tenth anniversary of the passing of Emmy Award-winning actor and entertainment icon James Garner. TV Confidential marks this occasion by replaying our special program-length tribute to Jim that originally aired in August 2014. In this segment, we hear from Garner himself, in the form of two rarely heard interviews: an appearance on Here's Hollywood (NBC, 1960-1962) and a...

TVC 654.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with music journalist and music historian Jon Burlingame ( Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and Scoring ). Jon's latest book, Dreamsville: Henry Mancini , Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir , is a combination history of Peter Gunn (NBC/ABC, 1958-1961) on television; biography of Grammy Award-winning and Academy Aw...

TVC 653.2: Music journalist Jon Burlingame ( Music for Prime Time , Dreamsville: Henry Mancini , Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir ) talks to Ed about how Blake Edwards came to develop Mr. Lucky (CBS, 1959-1960) for television, including how Edwards originally wanted Ricardo Montalban to play the title character and how Ross Martin wasn't signed to play Andamo just before production began. Dreamsv...

TVC 654.3: Music journalist Jon Burlingame ( Music for Prime Time , Dreamsville: Henry Mancini , Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir ) talks to Ed about the strange, but true broadcast history of Mr. Lucky (CBS, 1959-1960), including how the ill-conceived mandate from the show's sponsor, Lever Brothers, to change the concept of Mr. Lucky midseason ultimately drove producer Blake Edwards to remove hi...

TVC 654.4: Music journalist Jon Burlingame ( Music for Prime Time , Dreamsville: Henry Mancini , Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir ) talks about Henry Mancini's work in motion pictures, including how Mancini proved that a great composer could also be a great songwriter (which he did, with "Moon River"). Dreamsville: Henry Mancini , Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir is available from BearManor Medi...

TVC 654.4: Music journalist Jon Burlingame ( Music for Prime Time , Dreamsville: Henry Mancini , Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir ) talks about Henry Mancini's work in motion pictures, including how Mancini proved that a great composer could also be a great songwriter (which he did, with "Moon River"). Dreamsville: Henry Mancini , Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir is available from BearManor Medi...

TVC 653.1: Bruce Dern biographers Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer talk to Ed about Dern's famous appearance in The Cowboys (in which he played the man who kills Wayne's character halfway through the picture) and the actor had to navigate a schedule conflict over production of another movie, Silent Running , so that he could film that pivotal scene. Other topics this segment include Beyond Where...

TVC 653.2: Bruce Dern biographers Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer talk to Ed about why Dern worked frequently in television in the 1960s—even when he was making movies like The War Wagon with John Wayne—because casting directors from both industries always knew to keep an eye on him. Other topics this segment include the nearly fatal lung injury Dern suffered in 1967 while filming an episode of...