TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 70: Hour 1: Larry King, TV’s Greatest Moments and This Week in TV History

A look at Larry King’s final broadcast on CNN; the 80 Greatest Moments in Television, according to the Hollywood Reporter; the Top Ten TV Episodes of 2010, according to Movieline; tributes to Blake Edwards and Alan Armer; and more holiday DVD recommendations. Also in this hour: Tony Figueroa remembers the premieres of How The Grinch Stole Christmas, the birth of director James Burrows, the death of Dean Martin and other events that happened This Week in TV History:

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 69: Hour 2 with guest Keith Elliot Greenberg

Ed welcomes television producer and New York Times bestselling author Keith Elliot Greenberg, whose latest book, December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died, not only provides a minute-by-minute, almost documentary-like look at the last day of John Lennon’s life, but is also a moving account of Lennon’s life as a whole, his career with The Beatles, his relationship with Yoko Ono, and his impact on the world in general. Also in this hour: Wesley Hyatt discusses the historic cut-in on ABC’s Monday Night Football in which Howard Cosell announced the death of John Lennon near the end of the broadcast. Plus: more DVD recommendations for the holidays:

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 69: Hour 1 with guest Wesley Hyatt

Author Wesley Hyatt (Kicking Off the Week: A History of Monday Night Football on ABC Television) joins Ed as they remember the late Don Meredith, one of the original members of the broadcast team for ABC’s Monday Night Football, and one of the driving forces behind the show’s immediate success. Also in this hour: Tony Figueroa remembers the deaths of John Lennon and Walt Disney, the birth of Dick Van Dyke, the network premieres of A Charlie Brown Christmas and Frosty the Snowman and other events that happened This Week in Television History:

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 68: Hour 2 with guests James Rosin and Jack Klugman

Ed welcomes actor, author, television writer and historian James Rosin. Jim’s latest book, Quincy: The Television Series, not only takes readers behind the scenes of the long-running, Emmy Award-winning series Quincy, M.E. starring Jack Klugman, but shows how Jack’s passion and desire for quality, excellence and integrity in every aspect of production was the driving force of the show. Also in this hour: a replay of our January 2010 conversation with Jack Klugman (The Odd Couple, Tony and Me) from January 2010, in which we discuss 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:

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 68: Saturday Morning Cartoons plus Holiday DVD Recommendations

Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen join Ed for a look back at Saturday morning cartoons, a touchstone of childhood that has virtually disappeared from network television in recent years. Also in this hour: holiday DVD recommendations, plus a brief tribute to Leslie Nielsen:

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 67: Hour 2 with guest Richard Shapiro

Ed welcomes writer, producer and novelist Richard Shapiro, co-creator of Dynasty, The Colbys and other TV series, and the writer/producer of such acclaimed miniseries and TV movies as East of Eden, Intimate Strangers, Minstrel Man, and Sarah T: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic. Richard’s new novel, Tobacco Brown, is an epic-length story about one man’s search for meaning that is not only poignant and thought-provoking, but often hysterically funny:

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 67: Hour 1 with Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen

Tony Figueroa takes a look at the careers of Jon Stewart and Richard Pryor as part of a special expanded edition of This Week in Television History. Also in this hour: the Top Ten Thanksgiving-Themed Television Episodes, according to GoldDerby.com, plus listener feedback on Nielsen’s recent findings that Americans are currently watching nearly five hours of television a day:

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 66: Hour 2 with guests Darlene Quinn, Lee Meriwether and Paul Robert Coyle

Ed welcomes novelist and collaborative writer Darlene Quinn, author of Webs of Power and Twisted Webs, and the co-author, along with actor Buddy Ebsen, of Sizzling Cold Case: The Legend of Lori London, an original mystery novel featuring private detective Barnaby Jones. The hour also also features highlights from previous conversations with actress Lee Meriwether and television writer Paul Robert Coyle about Barnaby Jones:

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 66: Hour 1 with guest Kelly James-Enger

Ed welcomes journalist and collaborative writer Kelly James-Enger, author of Goodbye Byline, Hello Big Bucks: The Writer’s Guide to Making Money Ghostwriting and Coauthoring Books. Also in this hour: Ed takes a look at the premiere of Conan on TBS, while Tony Figueroa remembers the births of Rock Hudson and Goldie Hawn, as well as the 30th anniversary of the highly rated episode of Dallas that, after eight months of hype and speculation, finally answered the question “Who Shot J.R.?”

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TV CONFIDENTIAL Show No. 65: Hour 2 with guest Ken Corday

Ken Corday, executive producer of Days of Our Lives, joins Ed and guest co-host Tony Figueroa as TV Confidential celebrates the 45th anniversary of the long-running, groundbreaking and Emmy Award-winning NBC daytime drama. Ken’s book, The Days of Our Lives: The True Story of One Family’s Dream and The Untold History of Days of Our Lives, not only chronicles the history of Days of Our Lives on television, but pays tribute to his parents, Ted and Betty Corday, the creators and original executive producers of the series:

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