TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 524.4: From January 2011: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember the premieres of Dynasty and Hill Street Blues in 1981, and of Donny & Marie in 1976. 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@...

TVC 524.5: A return visit by award-winning actress, singer, comedienne, and producer Kat Kramer ( Turnover , Child of the '70s , Mother's Day Memories ). Kat's heartfelt musical tribute to Lily Tomlin is among the many videos that you can enjoy on demand—and for free—right now on the new HMP Celebrity Showcase YouTube channel . Launched in December 2020, the HMP Celebrity Showcase features highlig...

TVC 524.6: Singer, actress, and comedienne Kat Kramer talks to Ed about Mother's Day Memories , the acclaimed short film that explores the effects of Alzheimer's disease on families; how Tracey Ullman, Martin Short, and Peter Sellers all inspired the various characters that Kat created for Child of the '70s ; and the legend behind the haunted house in Hollywood in which Kat was born. Kat's heartfe...

TVC 524.7: Actress, author, and life coach Sterling Mire tells Ed how a chance encounter with actor Gary Oldman set her on the path to developing AOM, the Art of Manifestation , a four-step method that explains the creation process in a simple, concrete way that can help you achieve your goals and avoid the obstacles that can get in your way. Sterling's book, The AOM System: Manifestation Mastery...

From January 2012: Ed welcomes actress and author Julie Adams ( The Creature from The Black Lagoon, Man from the Alamo, The Jimmy Stewart Show, Murder She Wrot e) and Emmy Award-winning film editor Mitchell Danton ( Survivor, The Path to 9/11 ), co-authors of Julie's memoir, The Lucky Southern Star . Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle ad...

From January 2012: Ed welcomes actress and author Julie Adams ( The Creature from The Black Lagoon, Man from the Alamo, The Jimmy Stewart Show, Murder She Wrot e) and Emmy Award-winning film editor Mitchell Danton ( Survivor, The Path to 9/11 ), co-authors of Julie's memoir, The Lucky Southern Star . Topics this segment include why The Creature from the Black Lagoon stands out from most other horr...

From March 2016: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember Abe Vigoda, the actor best known to TV viewers as Fish on Barney Mille r (ABC, 1975-1982). 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@advert...

From March 2016: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the legacy of Barney Miller (ABC, 1975-1982), including how the show endured despite several cast changes and a significant change in format. 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...

TVC 523.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the life and career of Dawn Wells , the iconic actress, author, and producer who passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 30 at age eighty-two. 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 o...

TVC 523.2: Emmy Award-winning and Grammy Award-nominated writer/producer Geoffrey Mark talks to Ed about Dawn Wells' innate interest in learning everything she could about the world, how things worked, and about the people she encountered, whether they were fans, friends, or loved ones. Geoff knew Dawn Wells for more than twenty-five years.  Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has...

TVC 523.3: Geoffrey Mark shares a few more memories of his friend Dawn Wells , including her proclivity for letting the people in her life shine as people. Dawn Wells passed away Wednesday, Dec. 30 at age eighty-two. 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 t...

TVC 523.4: Ed plays highlights from the September 2019 ceremony at the Hollywood Museum honoring Dawn Wells and the legacy of Gilligan's Island , including remarks by actress Ruta Lee, producer Lloyd Schwartz, and Dawn Wells herself. This segment also includes a clip from our July 2017 conversation with actor Michael Dante in which he speaks fondly about working with Dawn on the 1975 western Winte...

TVC 523.5: Bill Funt , son of Candid Camera creator Allen Funt, and a longtime friend of Sherwood Schwartz and the family members of many Gilligan's Island cast members, shares some memories of his friend Dawn Wells , including how reverent she was about people and all kinds of life, and how close she became to comedienne Samantha Hale, granddaughter of "Skipper" Alan Hale. Bill knew Dawn Wells fo...

TVC 523.6: Bill Funt talks to Ed about how Mary Ann made Dawn Wells a beloved icon around the world, almost on the same level as The Beatles. Dawn Wells passed away Wednesday, Dec. 30 at age eighty-two. 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 an...

TVC 523.7: From July 2017: Ed, Tony, and Donna welcome Dawn Wells , star of Gilligan's Island, Life Interrupted, Winterhawk, and more than sixty stage productions. Of Dawn's three appearances on TV Confidential , this is my personal favorite. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of ou...

From July 2017: Dawn Wells talks to Ed, Tony, and Donna about how much of the appeal of Gilligan's Island stems from the casting of the actors who played the seven castaways, and particularly the Laurel and Hardy-like comic timing of Bob Denver and Alan Hale. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podc...

TVC 523.9: From July 2017: Ed, Tony, and Donna talk to Dawn Wells about some of her many non- Gilligan credits, including the classic western Winterhawk and the stage production of The Owl and the Pussycat (one of Dawn's favorite roles), and the highly rated made-for-TV movies she produced about the back stories of Gilligan's Island and Batman .  Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential...

TVC 523.10: Ed reads a brief passage from Russell Johnson's foreword to Dawn Wells' book What Would Mary Ann Do? A Guide to Life that captures why we all continue to love Dawn Wells and the Mary Ann character. Dawn Wells passed away Wednesday, Dec. 30 at age eighty-two. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests f...

From December 2014: Ed and Greg Ehrbar discuss the cross-generational appeal of actress Betty White. 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...

From December 2014: Ed and Greg Ehrbar discuss the Shout! Factory/Mill Creek Entertainment DVD release of episodes from Betty White's first two TV series, Life with Elizabeth and A Date with the Angels . Topics include how White's experience hosting the local TV talk show Hollywood on Television led to Life with Elizabeth ; White's longtime connection with game show legends Jack Narz and Tom Kenne...

TVC 522.1: Part 2 of a conversation that began on our Dec. 18-20 program with television writer and producer Paul Robert Coyle . Paul's memoir, Swords, Starships and Superheroes , not only includes great behind-the-scenes stories of his experiences on such shows as The Streets of San Francisco, Barnaby Jones, CHiPs, Crazy Like a Fox, Xena: Warrior Princess, Hercules: The Incredible Journeys , and...

TVC 522.2: Television writer/producer Paul Robert Coyle talks to Ed about his experiences on Crazy Like a Fox and CHiPs , and the meetings he had with Peter Falk near the end of the ABC run of Columbo ; the importance of paying attention to a producer's notes whenever a writer receives them; and why even a one-line handwritten rejection note is better than no response at all. Paul's memoir, Swords...

TVC 522.3: From July 2011: Ed welcomes Emmy Award-winning writer/producer William Link ( Columbo , Mannix , Ellery Queen , Murder She Wrote , The Columbo Collection ). This particular conversation originally aired as part of a tribute to Peter Falk. As such, we talked to Bill that day about the origins of Columbo (which Bill created along with his longtime collaborator, Richard Levinson); Falk's f...

TVC 522.4: Ed welcomes Carolyn Hennesy, the Emmy Award-winning actress who has played attorney Diane Miller on General Hospital for fourteen years and more than five hundred episodes. (Carolyn's 500th episode aired on GH just before the Christmas holidays.) Topics includes how Carolyn approaches playing characters that are either downright evil or over the top; the fun she had filming The Swing of...

From January 2011: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the many ways in which All in the Family changed television when it premiered on Jan. 12, 1971. 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@...