TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

The Best of TVC: Author, poet, and television pioneer Tommy Hawkins (Life's Reflections: Poetry for the People) tells Ed the story about how Regis Philbin played a key role in one of Tommy's first breaks as a broadcaster. This segment originally aired in February 2012. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests f...

TVC 473.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed turn back the clock to Oct. 21, 1962, the night when Chubby Checker performed his No. 1 hit "The Twist" on The Ed Sullivan Show. 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. Ple...

TVC 473.2: From 2012: Tony, Donna, and Ed commemorate the birthday of singer/actress Annette Funicello, the quintessential Girl Next Door, America's original Queen of Teen, and one of the most, if not the most, popular members of the Mickey Mouse Club. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast ed...

TVC 473.3: Part 2 of our conversation with film and TV actor James DuMont (The Righteous Gemstones, Men of a Certain Age, Trumbo, Dallas Buyers Club, The Butler). James will soon be seen opposite Mark Wahlberg in Wonderland—the forthcoming Netflix feature, directed by Peter Berg, based on Robert B. Parker's Wonderland—and the upcoming independent features Designed to Kill and The Banker. Topics in...

TVC 473.4: Part 2 of a conversation that began last week with Donna Mills (Knots Landing, General Hospital). Dec. 27, 2019 marks the fortieth anniversary of the premiere of Knots on CBS. Topics include the legacy of Knots (and how, in many ways, it was the original This is Us), plus a look at some of Donna's other movie and TV roles, including Play Misty for Me. The FBI, and Dan August. Donna Mill...

TVC 473.6: This Week in TV History: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the issues that led to the Writers Guild strike that commenced on Nov. 5, 2007. 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 473.5: From 2012: Tony, Donna, and Ed look back at the life and career of film and TV producer Hal Roach, with a particular focus on the legacy of The Little Rascals. 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 ou...

TVC 473.7: Greg and Ed discuss the broadcast history of Steptoe and Son (BBC, 1962-1974), the British series that Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin adapted as Sanford and Son for NBC. Topics include how Steptoe was never intended to be a series, how it is much more poignant and dramatic than Sanford and Son, and how you can watch the series on DVD or streaming today. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? T...

TVC 473.3: Greg Ehrbar discusses the complete series DVD release of Sanford and Son (NBC, 1972-1977) available through Sony Home Entertainment. Topics include how the first two seasons of Sanford were remarkably faithful adaptations of Steptoe and Son (the British series on which Sanford was based), while also remaining a star vehicle for Redd Foxx. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confident...

TVC 472.4: Part 1 of a two-part conversation with Emmy Award-winning actress Donna Mills (Knots Landing, General Hospital). Topics include Donna's journey as a winemaker, having recently launched—along with her partner, Larry Gilman—Mandeville Vineyards, the first, and only, producer of estate-grown and bottled Malbec in Los Angeles, including an award-winning 2016 Reserve Malbec/Cabernet Blend. D...

TVC 472.5: Ed plays Part 2 of our conversation with David Starzyk, the actor who plays Richard Casablancas on Veronica Mars. Topics this segment include David's appearances in the famous episode of Hot in Cleveland that marked the final screen appearance of Mary Tyler Moore. Season Four of Veronica Mars is available for streaming on demand on Hulu. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidenti...

TVC 472.6: David Starzyk of Veronica Mars and TV Land's Hot in Cleveland talks to Ed about working with Betty White, his recent appearance on Showtime's The Affair, and filming a project on location inside the mansion in Pasadena that Peter Falk and John Cassavetes made famous in the "Ètude in Black" episode of Columbo. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with Advert...

TVC 471.3: Tony, Donna, and Ed look back at the history of Sesame Street, its impact on children's television and our culture, and such seminal moments as how the series addressed the death of Will Lee, the actor who played Mr. Hooper. Sesame Street premiered on Nov. 9, 1969. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship req...

TVC 471.1: From January 2019: Ed welcomes David Steinberg, Robin Williams' manager for more than forty years, and the executive producer of Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind, the critically acclaimed HBO documentary from 2018 that is just one part of Robin Williams: Comic Genius, an astonishing collection of vintage Robin Williams material. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  ha...

TVC 471.2: Tony, Donna, and Ed commemorate the birthday of actress, comedian, and The View moderator Whoopi Goldberg with a look at her career in film and television. 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 sh...

TVC 471.5: From July 2015: Ed welcomes Kathy Coleman. Kathy faced grave peril every week when she played Holly Marshall on Land of the Lost—but that was nothing compared to her life outside of television, which she discusses in her book, LOST GIRL: The Truth and Nothing But the Truth, So Help Me Kathleen. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to hand...

TVC 470.4: An encore presentation of our October 2014 conversation with Bill Marx, son of Harpo Marx, and the executive producer of The Marx Brothers TV Collection, a configuration featuring some of the Brothers' many appearances on television, collectively and individually, throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to han...

TVC 470.1: Ed welcomes actor and Roman Mitichyan (Trauma Center, 10 Minutes Gone, Vice, John Wick). A former UFC mixed martial arts fighter known as "The Emperor," Roman can now be seen opposite Jennifer Aniston in The Morning Show, the highly anticipated new series that is now available on Apple TV. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle ad...

TVC 470.6: Part 2 of Tony and Ed's conversation with comedy historian Jeff Abraham, co-author (along with Burt Kearns) of The Show Won't Go On: The Most Shocking, Bizarre, and Historic Deaths of Performers Onstage, is the first book to explore the phenomenon of performers who died onstage in the middle of their act. Topics this segment include the unusual request that Penn Jillette made when he wa...

TVC 470.5: Part 2 of our conversation with Ruta Lee, the legendary singer, actress, and philanthropist (The Thalians) who has left her mark on movies, TV, and stage for more than six decades. Topics include working with David Janssen on The Fugitive and the nickname Dean Martin gave Ruta when they worked on Sergeants Three. Ruta's memoirs, Consider Your Ass Kissed, are targeted for release in 2020...

TVC 469.1: From the floor of the Hollywood Museum: Ed interviews Randy West, longtime announcer of The Price is Right and the author of Johnny Olsen: A Voice in Time, prior to the Sept. 25 ceremony honoring Dawn Wells and the legacy of Gilligan's Island. The Gilligan's Island lobby exhibit features the original gingham dress and blue "short shorts" that Dawn Wells wore as Mary Ann on Gilligan's Is...

TVC 469.2: Via remote from the Hollywood Museum: Emmy Award winner and Grammy Award nominee Geoffrey Mark helps Ed pay tribute to Dawn Wells and the legacy of Gilligan's Island and shares a few memories of his friend Peter Fonda. The Gilligan's Island lobby exhibit is now on display at the Hollywood Museum. Also in this segment: In light of the Oct. 6 passing of comedian Rip Taylor, Ed plays a cli...

TVC 469.3: Ed welcomes Cathy Fitzgibbon-Rudolph, author of Paul Lynde: A Biography: His Life, His Loves & His Laughter, an intimate portrait of actor/comedian Paul Lynde that walks you through the many highlights of Lynde's career on stage, film and television, while also exploring the many tragedies that befell him and fears that gripped him throughout his life. Cathy knew Lynde for the last five...

TVC 469.6: Tony, Donna, and Ed with a look at the broadcast history of ABC's Nightline and how that program changed the landscape of late night television. Nightline, which originally began as a nightly update of the Iran hostage crisis, premiered on Nov. 8, 1979. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for th...

TVC 469.5: Tony, Donna, and Ed wish legendary actor Ed Asner a Happy Birthday as part of This Week in TV History. Ed Asner is currently touring both God Help Us and A Man and His Prostate in various cities across the U.S. and Canada. Click here for a list of dates and venues. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship req...