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July 12, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
First hour:
Ed, Frankie and Tony
Figueroa weigh in on the recent Emmy nominations, while Tony
remembers the birth of Norman Lear, the death of Bob Hope, the
launch of MTV and other events that happened This Week in TV
History.
Second hour:
Actress
Ann Rutherford
(Gone
with the Wind)
joins Ed and
Frankie in the studio, along with guest co-hosts Jeanine Kasun
and Frank Bank, for a conversation about her illustrious film
career, the Golden Age of Hollywood, her early days in radio and
working with such legends as Clark Gable, Mickey Rooney, Buster
Crabbe, Danny Kaye and Errol Flynn. |
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June 28, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
First hour:
Actress
Joan Benedict Steiger joins Ed
and Frankie for a conversation about her film, stage and
television career, as well as her marriage to and collaborations
with Oscar-winning actor Rod Steiger. Also in this hour: Tony
Figueroa remembers the death of Rod Serling, the birth of Dan
Ackroyd, Hugh Grant's "What in hell where you thinking"
appearance on The Tonight Show and other moments that
happened This Week in TV History.
Second hour:
Ed and
Frankie welcome film and television actor Nicholas Hammond (The
Sound of Music,
The Amazing Spider-Man,
Lord of the Flies,
The Martian Chronicles). Also in this hour: A look at Hot
in Cleveland, The Good Guys, Scoundrels, Pawn Stars, The Hard
Time of R.J. Berger, Hawthorne and other recent television
premieres, while David Krell remembers a few of his favorite
things about television.
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June 14, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
First hour:
Ed and Frankie pay tribute to
actors Rue McClanahan and Jimmy Dean, cinematographer William
Fraker (Bullitt) and producer Robert Radnitz (Sounder),
while Tony Figueroa remembers George Reeves, George Carlin and
Farrah Fawcett during This Week in TV History. Also in this
hour: a brief look at the upcoming Leave It to Beaver
complete series DVD box set, plus David Krell's commentary on
Andy Griffith's and Lucille Ball's respective returns to
television in 1986.
Second hour:
HBO programming executive Andrew Goldman
joins Ed, Frankie and guest co-host David Krell for a look at
the upcoming network television lineups, including the highly
anticipated update of Hawaii Five-O, as well as a discussion of
programming strategy on cable and broadcast television.
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May 31, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
First hour:
Ed, Frankie and guest co-host
Tony Figueroa welcome animator
Gene
Hamm (The
Dream Hat, Hell Toupee) as they pay tribute to
Gumby
creator and stop-motion animation pioneer Art Clokey. Also in
this hour: comments on the recent passings of Art Linkletter,
Dennis Hopper and Gary Coleman, plus David Krell remembers
television programs inspired by the "space craze"
of the 1960s.
Second hour:
NPR television critic
David Bianculli
joins Ed, Frankie and Tony for a
discussion of
The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,
its impact on prime time television in the late 1960s and the
turbulent battles with CBS executives over censorship issues
that led to the abrupt end of the program in April 1969. David
is the author of
Dangerously Funny,
a comprehensive look at the careers of
Tom and Dick Smothers
and the legacy of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. |
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May 17, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
First hour:
Actor and author
James Best
(Best
in Hollywood:
The Good, The Bad and the Beautiful)
joins Ed, Frankie and guest co-host Tony Figueroa for a
conversation about
The Dukes of Hazzard,
his work with
James
Stewart,
Burt Reynolds
and other motion picture legends, his experience teaching young
actors camera technique in Hollywood and at the University of
Mississippi, and his early days as a contract player at
Universal Studios.
Second hour:
Mark Dawidziak,
television critic for The Cleveland Plain-Dealer, joins
Ed and Frankie for a look at some of the top stories coming out
of the annual network TV upfronts, including the cancellation of
the original Law and Order after 20 years on television,
the future of American Idol post-Simon Cowell, and NBC's
widely publicized failed pilot of the remake of Rockford
Files, as well as CBS' upcoming remake of Hawaii Five-O.
Mark's latest book,
The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair
Companion to Dracula,
is an engaging look at the Dracula phenomenon, from the
publication of the Bram Stoker novel in 1897 to the many film
and television adaptations, including
the 1931 classic starring Bela Lugosi,
the 1974 television
Dracula
starring Jack Palance and produced by Dan Curtis, and the 1979
theatrical release starring Frank Langella. Also in this hour:
David Krell remembers the legacy of Saturday Night Live
on late night and prime time television, while Ed and Frankie
pay tribute to actress Adele Mara. |
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May 3, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
First hour:
Film legend
Ann Rutherford
(Gone
with the Wind)
joins Ed and Frankie for a conversation about David O. Selznick,
Louis B. Mayer and the Golden Age of Hollywood. Ms. Rutherford
will be honored by the Young Musicians Foundation at their
annual spring luncheon,
which will be held on Saturday, May 22 at the Regent Beverly
Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills (for ticket information, call
310-859-7668 or visit
www.ymf.org). Also in this
hour: Ed and Frankie pay tribute to Lynn Redgrave (Georgy
Girl, House Calls), as well as discuss Conan
O'Brien's interview on 60 Minutes.
Second hour:
Legendary actor and voiceover artist Joseph Campanella (Mannix,
The Bold Ones,
One Day at a Time)
joins Ed and Frankie for a conversation about his long career in
television, including his work with such legends as Roy Huggins,
Quinn Martin, Mike Connors, David Janssen, James Garner, Bill
Bixby, Burl Ives and Bonnie Franklin. Also in this hour: David
Krell remembers Brandon Tartikoff and the landmark NBC series
Hill Street Blues, while Tony Figueroa remembers The
Honeymooners, the series finales for Seinfeld and
Friends, and the anniversary of the death of Frank Sinatra. |
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Apr. 26, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
First hour:
Ed and Frankie weigh
in on Ryan Seacrest, American Idol, the new HBO series
Treme and how Conan O'Brien's recent deal with TBS will
affect the late night television landscape. Also: David Krell
remembers The Larry Sanders Show, while Tony Figueroa
looks back at the final episode of The Cosby Show, the
famous "Puppy Episode" of Ellen, and the media coverage
of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
Second hour:
Ed and Frankie welcome Emmy Award-winning
director Paul Bogart, whose many credits such classic TV series
as The
Defenders,
Get Smart,
All in the Family
and
The Golden Girls, such
feature motion pictures as
Marlowe,
Skin Game, Class of '44
and Torch Song Trilogy,
and the acclaimed 1966 musical
Evening Primrose
starring Anthony Perkins and featuring original songs by Stephen
Sondheim. |
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Apr. 12, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
First hour:
Ed and Frankie welcome
Stewart Stanyard, creator of
The
Twilight Zone Archives
and author of
Dimensions Behind The Twilight Zone,
an oral history of Rod Serling's classic television series,
The Twilight Zone.
Also: Ed and Frankie remember Robert Culp, John Forsythe and
Dixie Carter, while David Krell remembers great moments in
baseball history that were captured on television.
Second hour:
A look back at the media coverage of the
bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma on April 19, 1995, as well as that of the
shootings at Columbine High School in Jefferson County, Colorado
on April 20, 1999. |
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Apr. 5, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
First hour:
Ed and Frankie
celebrate James Garner's birthday by replaying their tribute to
the 50th anniversary of
Maverick, a program that
originally aired in September 2007. Also: David Krell remembers
Long Gone, the 1987 HBO movie about minor league baseball
featuring William Petersen, Delmot Mulroney, Virginia Madsen,
Henry Gibson and Teller from Penn & Teller.
Second hour:
Ed, Frankie and guest Rob Newhart remember
the life and career of actor, director and comedian Dick Martin
in a conversation that originally aired in July 2008. Also: in a
new edition of This Week in TV History, Tony Figueroa remembers
the premiere of Twin Peaks, the Andy Griffith Show
reunion movie Return to Mayberry and the firing of Tom
and Dick Smothers. |
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Mar. 22, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
First hour:
Actor
Larry Manetti joins Ed and
Frankie. Larry's book,
Aloha: Magnum, is the first
book to take readers behind the scenes of the long-running
private eye series
Magnum, p.i. and also
features great stories about his friendship with Tom Selleck and
fellow cast members John Hillerman and Roger E. Mosley. Also in
the hour: Ed and Frankie remember Fess Parker, Peter Graves and
Merlin Olsen.
Second hour:
Ed, Frankie and guest co-host Tony
Figueroa welcome author and media guru
Phil
Cooke. Phil’s latest book,
The Last TV Evangelist,
is an inside look at the world of religious media and the
challenges facing religious leaders to reach today's generation. |
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Mar. 8, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
First hour:
Author Sherry Kelly (The
Big Life of a Little Man)
joins Ed and Frankie as they remember the life and career of
actor Michael Dunn (The
Wild, Wild West,
Ship of Fools).
Also: Ed and Frankie comment on The Marriage Ref, Keeping Up
with the Kardashians, Parenthood and other recent television
premieres.
Second hour:
A look at the 2009 Academy Awards telecast
with regulars
Tony Figueroa
and
David
Krell. |
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Feb. 22, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
Second hour:
Ed, Frankie and guest co-host Tony
Figueroa welcome author Jan Alan Henderson
(Speeding
Bullet) and TV historian Bruce
Dettman (Glass
House Presents,
The Adventures Continue)
as they revisit one of Hollywood's great unsolved mysteries, the
death of actor
George Reeves.
First hour:
Ed, Frankie and Tony discuss the public
apology given by Tiger Woods during his nationally televised
press conference. Also: David Krell looks back at Wiseguy;
while Tony remembers the "Miracle on Ice" from the 1980 Winter
Olympics, the final episode of M*A*S*H and the premiere
of Your Show of Shows during This Week in TV History.
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Feb. 8, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
David Elkouby joins Ed and
Frankie
in the first hour
for a preview of the upcoming
Hollywood Show, the legendary
celebrity autograph show held four times a year in Southern
California. The next Hollywood Show will take place Feb. 12-14,
2010 at the Marriott Hotel in Burbank, Calif. Then
in the second hour,
Ed and Frankie welcome journalist and TV historian
Stephen Bowie as they discuss
the life and career of
Laurence Heath, the
writer/producer behind such popular series as Mission:
Impossible, The Magician and Murder, She Wrote. |
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Jan. 25, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
Emmy and Golden Globe
Award-winning actor Jack Klugman (The
Odd Couple,
Quincy, M.E.,
Tony and Me) joins Ed and
Frankie
in the first hour
as they look back at Jack's longtime friendship with actor Tony
Randall, their many collaborations on stage and television, and
how Tony encouraged Jack to return to acting after losing his
voice to cancer. Then
in the second hour,
Ed and Frankie welcome author Paul Green (Pete Duel: A Biography)
as they remember
Alias Smith and Jones, the
popular TV Western from the early 1970s whose history has been
overshadowed by the circumstances surrounding the death of series star Pete Duel on Dec. 31,
1971. The hour also includes excerpts from Ed's 1996 interview
with Roy Huggins in which Roy discusses Duel's final day on the
set of Smith and Jones, as well as the decision to
replace him with Roger Davis in the role of Hannibal Heyes. |
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Jan. 11, 2010
First hour
Second hour |
Ed, Frankie and guest
co-host Tony Figueroa welcome actress Susan Olsen (The Brady
Bunch) and pop culture historian Ted Nichelson
in the first hour
as they discuss their book, Love to Love You Bradys, a
behind-the-scenes history of the short-lived but long remembered
Brady Bunch Variety Hour. Then Emmy-winning
writer/producer Joseph Dougherty (thirtysomething, Saving
Grace) joins the guys
in the second hour
as they weigh in on the ongoing late night controversy involving
Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien and its effect on NBC's 10pm lineup
and local network affiliates. |
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