TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 465.5: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the legacy of the Scooby-Doo franchise. Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? (CBS, 1969-1970) premiered fifty years ago This Week in TV History. (Greg Ehrbar's review of The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo is available online for listening on demand.) Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship request...

TVC 465.6: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the career of Michael Landon and how the Little House on the Prairie series (NBC, 1974-1983) differed considerably from the books of Laura Ingalls. Little House on the Prairie premiered forty-five years ago This Week in TV History. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests...

TVC 464.2: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember H.R. Pufnstuf (NBC, 1969-1970), which premiered fifty years ago This Week in TV History. 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....

TVC 464.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed celebrate the ninetieth birthday of Emmy Award winner Bob Newhart by looking back at Newhart's career in stand-up comedy and television, with a particular focus on The Bob Newhart Show (CBS, 1972-1978). Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our progra...

TVC 464.3: Ed welcomes Will Beinbrink, the actor who plays Tom Rogan in the box office hit It: Chapter Two, the No. 1 movie both worldwide and in the U.S. as of this recording. Will has also recently completed production of the independent film The Exorcism of God, while his other film and TV credits include I Saw the Light, Carter & June, Manhattan Nocturne, Queen of the South, Numb3rs, Related,...

TVC 464.5: Part 1 of a brand new interview with longtime stage and television actor David Starzyk (Veronica Mars). David Starzyk currently stars as Saul Kimmer in the VS. Theatre Company production of Sam Shepard's True West, which runs through Saturday, Sept. 28. For tickets and more information, VSTrueWest. BrownPaperTickets.com. All four seasons of Veronica Mars air on Hulu. Want to advertise/s...

TVC 464.6: We continue to commemorate notable TV milestones this week with a clip from our June 2018 conversation with actor, producer, voice artist and teacher Jerry Houser (Summer of '42, Slap Shot, The Brady Brides). September 2019 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the premiere of The Brady Bunch. Television writer Paul Robert Coyle co-hosts.

TVC 464.7: Greg Ehrbar reviews the DVD release of The Brady Kids (1972-1973), the animated spinoff of The Brady Bunch that was produced by Filmation Associates. 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. Pl...

TVC 463.1: Ed welcomes Laura Niemi, the actress who plays Milo Ventimiglia's mom, Marilyn Pearson, on the hit NBC series This Is Us—the No. 1 show on any broadcast or cable network in the all-important 18-49 demo, and the No. 2-ranked dramatic series in total viewership. Season Four of This Is Us begins Tuesday, Sept. 24 on NBC, while the network announced earlier this year that it has renewed Thi...

TVC 463.5: Ed and Greg remember The Courtship of Eddie's Father (ABC, 1969-1972), the warmly remembered family comedy-drama starring Bill Bixby and Brandon Cruz and produced by James Komack that cemented Bixby as a leading man and director in television, while also paving the way for Komack's other hit series, Chico and the Man and Welcome Back, Kotter. All three seasons of The Courtship of Eddie'...

TVC 463.2: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember the thirtieth anniversary of Saved by the Bell (NBC, 1989-1993), the popular Saturday morning teen sitcom that premiered Aug. 20, 1989 as part of This Week in TV History. 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 wor...

TVC 463.3: Lynette Rice, editor at large for Entertainment Weekly, joins Ed for some recommendations on which shows to watch this fall season on network TV, cable, and the various streaming platforms, including The Unicorn and Carol's Second Act on CBS and Pose on FX. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests fo...

TVC 463.4: Ed welcome actor and former Top 25 tennis pro Vince Van Patten, the youngest son of Eight is Enough star Dick Van Patten and the longtime host of The World Poker Tour on Fox Sports 1. Vince is the co-writer, producer, and one of the stars of 7 Days to Vegas, a new comedy about the world of professional poker players that is also based on a true story: the time that Vince found himself h...

TVC 463.6: This Week in TV History: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember the first televised Major League Baseball game, which was broadcast on Aug. 26, 1939 on New York station W2XBS, which later became WNBC-TV. Red Barber called the game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with Adve...

From March 2014: Kimberly Johnson, daughter of Russell Johnson, joins Ed, Tony, Donna, and guest co-host Bill Funt as TV Confidential remembers the life and career of the actor known around the world as The Professor on Gilligan's Island . Kim shares a few memories of her dad, plus she talks about her dad's favorite episodes, her favorite episodes, and her dad's take on the whole Gilligan's Island...

TVC 462.1: Tony Figueroa, Donna Allen, and Ed remember Valerie Harper, the Emmy Award-winning star of Rhoda, Valerie, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show who passed away Friday, Aug. 30, one week after her eightieth birthday. 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 gre...

TVC 462.2: Ed welcomes Michael Irby, the actor plays Obispo "Bishop" Losa, the head of Mayans MC's Santo Padre charter, on the FX drama Mayans MC, and gang leader Cristobal Sifuentes, the "Bolivian Sammy Hagar" who abides by The Four Agreements, on the hit HBO series Barry. Season Two of Mayans MC airs Tuesday nights on FX, while Season One is available for viewing on demand. Seasons One and Two o...

TVC 462.4: Ed welcomes back Dawn Wells, the actress known around the world as Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island. The Hollywood Museum will honor Dawn Wells and Gilligan's Island with a new lobby exhibit that will commemorate the fifty-fifth anniversary of the premiere of Gilligan's Island. The exhibit will become available to the public on Thursday, Sept. 26 and will include the iconic gingham dress a...

TVC 462.3: Via remote from the Hollywood Museum's recent tribute to the career of Barbara Eden: Ed catches up with Herbie J Pilato, host of Then Again with Herbie J Pilato and the author of such books as Bewitched Forever and Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the pod...

TVC 462.6: Ed plays more highlights from the Aug. 21 unveiling of the Hollywood Museum's new lobby exhibit honoring Barbara Eden and the legacy of I Dream of Jeannie, including tributes from Anson Williams, Loni Anderson, and Peter Marshall. Plus: Barbara Eden tells the story of how she was cast as Jeannie. The Hollywood Museum lobby exhibit honoring I Dream of Jeannie is now open to the public an...

TVC 462.5: Via remote from the Hollywood Museum's recent tribute to Barbara Eden and the legacy of I Dream of Jeannie: Michael Stern, author of I Had a Ball: My Friendship with Lucille Ball, talks to Ed about Lucy mentored Barbara Eden and other young actresses early in their careers. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponso...

TVC 461.1: Ed welcomes Lynette Rice, editor at large for Entertainment Weekly, and author of "His Dark Places," a new article that takes a fresh look at the circumstances surrounding the murder of Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane on June 29, 1978, a still unsolved mystery that has spawned five books, three investigations, the 2002 movie Auto Focus, and four decades of speculation. "His Dark Places" a...

TVC 461.2: Greg Ehrbar and Ed take a look at the various DVD configurations of The Smurfs, The Snorks, and The Monchhicchis as part as "Hanna-Barbera: The Adorable Saturday Morning Cartoon Edition." 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 w...

TVC 461.3: Ed, Tony, and Donna remember the premiere of The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (CBS, 1971-1974), one of the last great TV variety hours, as part of This Week in TV History. I Got You Babe: The Best of Sonny & Cher is now available on DVD exclusively through Time-Life. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential  has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship reque...

TVC 461.4: Grammy nominated singer/actress Ilene Graff (Mr. Belvedere) talks to Ed about Making the Song Your Own, a vocal performance workshop that offers students an opportunity to sing every week in a stress-free atmosphere while also learning important techniques that they can apply whether they want to pursue a career in musical theater, cabaret, jazz, pop, or just sing for the fun of it. The...