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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.
Episodes
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Geri Jewell on her early days in stand-up comedy
TVC 663.6: Actress, author, and comedienne Geri Jewell (The Facts of Life, Deadwood, I'm Walking as Straight as I Can) talks to Ed about what led her into the…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Adios, Sergio Mendes
TVC 662.3: Music historian Chuck Harter joins Ed for a remembrance of Sergio Mendes, the Grammy Award-winning music legend from Brazil who passed away Sept. 5…
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Walter Koenig on the Davy Jones/Pavel Chekhov connection
TVC 662.4: Actor and author Walter Koenig (Star Trek, Babylon 5) recalls his bemusement over being considered a teen idol upon joining the cast of Star Trek in…
TV Confidential with Ed RobertsonLouise Sorel on the 40th Anniversary of Santa Barbara
TVC 662.5: Ed welcomes back Louise Sorel, the actress known around the world as Vivian Alamain on Days of Our Lives and Augusta Lockridge on Santa Barbara…
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Louise Sorel, Ben Gazzara, and Richard Long
TVC 662.6: Actress Louise Sorel (Days of Our Lives, Santa Barbara) shares a few memories of working with Ben Gazzara in the "Night Train to Chicago" episode of…
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Dean Butler on why Michael Landon was a force of nature
TVC 661.2: Ed welcomes Dean Butler, the actor known around the world to three generations to television viewers as Almanzo Wilder, Laura Ingalls' husband on…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Dean Butler on why casting directors are the gatekeepers in Hollywood
TVC 661.3: Dean Butler (Little House on the Prairie, The New Gidget, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) shares a few memories about working with William Schallert and…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Walter Koenig, Mr. Novak, and Star Trek
TVC 661.5: Actor and author Walter Koenig (Star Trek, Babylon 5) talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about why many actors remain attracted to the…
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Walter Koenig on why many actors are drawn to the theatre
TVC 661.5: Actor and author Walter Koenig (Star Trek, Babylon 5) talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about why many actors remain attracted to the…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
100 Years of Theodore Bikel
TVC 660.1: Ed welcomes Aimee Ginsburg-Bikel, widow of Tony Award-nominated and Academy Award-nominated actor Theodore Bikel (Fiddler on the Roof, The Sound of…
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The Activism of Theodore Bikel
TVC 660.2: Aimee Ginsburg-Bikel, widow of Tony Award-nominated and Academy Award-nominated actor Theodore Bikel, talks to Ed about how Theo was an actor who…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Theodore Bikel, Rod Serling, and Peter Falk
TVC 660.3: From June 2014: Ed welcomes legendary singer, author, poet, stage actor, activist, and raconteur Theodore Bikel. Topics this segment include Theo's…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Theodore Bikel and Sholem Aleichem
TVC 660.4: From December 2014: Emmy Award-winning, Tony Award-nominated, and Academy Award-nominated actor Theodore Bikel talks to Ed about the release of…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
The Legacy of Theodore Bikel
TVC 660.5: From December 2014: Legendary actor Theodore Bikel talks to Ed about the release of Theodore Bikel: In the Shoes of Sholem Aleichem, a documentary…
TV Confidential with Ed RobertsonDonahue: From the Eyes of a Viewer
TVC 659.1: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the television legacy of Phil Donahue, creator and host of Donahue (Syndicated, 1967-1996), the long-running daytime…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
When Donahue Fell in Love
TVC 659.2: Tony, Donna, and Ed continue their discussion of the television legacy of Phil Donahue, as seen from the eyes of a viewer. Phil Donahue passed away…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Donahue in New York
TVC 659.3: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss some of the memorable segments that Phil Donahue did after moving production of Donahue to New York in 1984…
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Rich Little: On the Road Again
TVC 659.4: Ed welcomes back Rich Little, America's Master Mimic, and the dean of impressionists. Rich will bring his record-breaking one-man Las Vegas show to…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Rich Little, Ronald Reagan, and Richard Nixon
TVC 659.5: Rich Little, America's Master Mimic and the dean of impressionists, talks to Ed about some of the many U.S. presidents whose voices he's…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Peter Marshall: Master of The Hollywood Squares
TVC 658.1: From July 2016: Ed welcomes Peter Marshall, master of The Hollywood Squares, and a man whose eight-decade-long career in entertainment spans the…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Peter Marshall, Tommy Noonan, and Wally Cox
TVC 658.2: From July 2016: Peter Marshall shares a few memories of working nightclubs with comedian Tommy Noonan (and, later, Tommy Farrell); his friendship…
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Peter Marshall on Rose Marie and more
TVC 658.3: From December 2017: Ed welcomes back Peter Marshall, the master of The Hollywood Squares and the narrator of Wait For Your Laugh, the excellent…
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Peter Marshall on the music of Perry Como
TVC 658.4: From June 2018: Peter Marshall (The Hollywood Squares, Wait for Your Laugh, Perry Como Classics: 'Til the End of Time) joins Ed for a conversation…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Peter Marshall, Perry Como, and Barbara Eden
TVC 658.5: From June 2018: Peter Marshall (The Hollywood Squares, Wait for Your Laugh, Perry Como Classics: 'Til the End of Time) shares a few more thoughts on…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Mike Connors and The Golden Rule
TVC 657.1: Ed welcomes Bill Taylor, author of Mike Connors: A Life of Integrity in Film and Television, an in-depth biography of actor Mike Connors, from his…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Mike Connors and the stunt artists of Mannix
TVC 657.2: Bill Taylor, author of Mike Connors: A Life of Integrity in Film and Television, talks to Ed about how closely Connors worked with stunt…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
The Accessibility of Mike Connors
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…
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Mike Connors on playing Joe Mannix
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…
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Mike Connors on his early work in movies and television
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…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Charlotte Kirk of Duchess
Ed welcomes multi-award-winning actress, writer and producer Charlotte Kirk (The Reckoning, The Lair, The Possession of Gladstone Manor). Charlotte plays the…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
The Ageless Bob Hope
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…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
The Everyman Appeal of Bob Hope
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…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Tribute to Bob Newhart
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…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Tribute to Bob Newhart: Part 2
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…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Behind the Scenes of Newhart
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…
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Bob Newhart, Moosie Drier, and John Ritter
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…
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The Comic Genius of Bob Newhart
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…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Bob Newhart, Bill Daily, and their Chicago roots
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…
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Bob Newhart: "The Loveliest Guy in Showbiz"
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…
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Tribute to James Garner
Friday, July 19 marked the tenth anniversary of the passing of Emmy Award-winning actor and entertainment icon James Garner. TV Confidential marks this…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Tribute to James Garner: Part 2
Friday, July 19 marked the tenth anniversary of the passing of Emmy Award-winning actor and entertainment icon James Garner. TV Confidential marks this…
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Tribute to James Garner: Part 3
Friday, July 19 marked the tenth anniversary of the passing of Emmy Award-winning actor and entertainment icon James Garner. TV Confidential marks this…
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Tribute to James Garner: Part 4
Friday, July 19 marked the tenth anniversary of the passing of Emmy Award-winning actor and entertainment icon James Garner. TV Confidential marks this…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Tribute to James Garner: Part 5
Friday, July 19 marked the tenth anniversary of the passing of Emmy Award-winning actor and entertainment icon James Garner. TV Confidential marks this…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Henry Mancini and The Music of Peter Gunn
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…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Blake Edwards, Henry Mancini, and Mr. Lucky
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…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Blake Edwards, Mr. Lucky, and The Smiling Cobra
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…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
The Music of Henry Mancini
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…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Ann-Margret, Andy Williams, and Henry Mancini
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…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Bruce Dern, John Wayne, and The Cowboys
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…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Bruce Dern's Early Television Career
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…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Paul Schrader, Bruce Dern, and James Garner
TVC 653.3: Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer tell Ed how Bob's experience working with director Paul Schrader on Auto Focus (Schrader's depiction of the Bob…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
TMZ and The Death of Michael Jackson
TVC 653.4: From June 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss how TMZ's coverage of the death of Michael Jackson on June 25, 2009 put TMZ on the map as a credible…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
The Many Wild Accidents That Led to Peter Gunn
TVC 654.5: Ed welcomes back esteemed music journalist and music historian Jon Burlingame (Music for Prime Time: A History of American Television Themes and…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Craig Stevens, Lola Albright, and Peter Gunn
TVC 654.6: Music journalist Jon Burlingame (Music for Prime Time, Dreamsville: Henry Mancini, Peter Gunn, and Music for TV Noir) discusses some of the many…
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Sex, Drugs, and Pilot Season
TVC 652.1: Ed welcomes Joel Thurm, former Vice President of Talent and Casting for both Paramount Television and NBC, and one of the most accomplished and most…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Confessions of a Casting Director
TVC 652.2: Legendary casting director Joel Thurm shares a few stories about his experience working with CBS executive Ethel Winant in the early 1970s…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
The Bob Crane Murder Case
TVC 652.3: From June 2014: Tony, Donna, and Ed provide a brief rundown of the circumstances surrounding the murder of Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane on June 29…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Robert Crane, Christopher Fryer, and Jack Nicholson
TVC 652.4: Ed welcomes back Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer, co-authors of Jack Nicholson: The Early Years (the first authorized filmography of Oscar winner…
- TV Confidential with Ed Robertson
Robert Crane, Christopher Fryer, and Bruce Dern
TVC 652.5: Film historians Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer talk to Ed about how they first connected with Bruce Dern while researching Jack Nicholson: The…
