TV CONFIDENTIAL Mar. 24 edition, Hour 2: It’s Not TV, It’s HBO with guest Andrew Goldman

David Krell joins Ed and Frankie as they welcome HBO programming executive Andrew Goldman for a discussion of such HBO series as Curb Your Enthusiasm, Eastbound and Down, and Big Love, as well as television programming in general:

http://media.podcastingmanager.com/9/3/5/3/3/142636-133539/Media/032409tvc17_2.mp3

Students at St. Mary’s College commemorate the 50th anniversary of record-setting phone booth stunt

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/03/27/DDGQ16N0HD.DTL

TV CONFIDENTIAL Mar. 10 edition: Hour 1 with guest Tonya Holly

Ed and Frankie welcome film director Tonya S. Holly as they discuss her latest movie, When I Find The Ocean:

http://blog.tvconfidential.net/2009/03/13/tv-confidential-mar-10-edition-hour-1-with-guest-tonya-holly.aspx

TV CONFIDENTIAL Mar. 10 edition, Hour 2: Remembering Johnny Carson with guest Charlie Barrett

Former Tonight Show publicist Charlie Barrett joins Ed and Frankie as they remember Johnny Carson and his impact on late night television:

http://blog.tvconfidential.net/2009/03/13/tv-confidential-mar-10-edition-hour-2-remembering-johnny-carson-with-guest-charles-barrett.aspx

Remembering Johnny Carson: This Week on TV CONFIDENTIAL

Charlie Barrett of The Barrett Company will be our special guest this week as we pay tribute to the King of Late Night Television, Johnny Carson, on TV CONFIDENTIAL, Tuesday, Mar. 10, beginning at 10pm ET, 7pm PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org.

Now head of one of the leading public relations and marketing communications firms in the entertainment industry, Charlie Barrett was a top publicist at NBC throughout the 1980s, where he was in charge of media relations for such franchise shows as The Today Show, Unsolved Mysteries, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. Charlie worked with Johnny Carson from 1984 until the time Johnny stepped down from The Tonight Show in 1992. We’ll talk about what it was like to work with such a TV legend, some of the many guests on the program, Johnny’s final days on The Tonight Show and a whole lot more. Charlie Barrett will be joining us beginning at 11:15pm ET, 8:15pm PT.

In our first hour, Frankie and I will be joined by film director Tonya S. Holly, whose latest film, When I Find the Ocean, features such film and TV legends as Bernie Casey, Diane Ladd, George “Goober” Lindsay and Lee Majors. Tonya has many great stories to share about working with these actors, as well as the obstacles she overcame to get this important film made. Tonya Holly is scheduled to join us beginning at 10:35pm ET, 7:35pm PT.

If you want to be part of our conversation, be sure to join us this Tuesday, Mar. 10 beginning at 10pm ET, 7pm PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org. Phone number, as always, is (800) 407-KSAV (5728). You can also email a question or comment in advance by sending it to talk@tvconfidential.net.

Ed Robertson
Co-Host, TV CONFIDENTIAL
Every other Tuesday at 10pm ET, 7pm PT
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www.tvconfidential.net
blog.tvconfidential.net
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TV CONFIDENTIAL Mar. 24 edition: Hour 1 with guests Tony Figueroa and David Krell

Ed, Frankie and Tony Figueroa remember Truth or Consequences, the anniversary of the Who Shot J.R.? phenomenon on Dallas, and the final episode of Little House on the Prairie. Also: David Krell looks back at the career of TV pioneer Milton Berle:

http://blog.tvconfidential.net/2009/03/25/tv-confidential-mar-24-edition-hour-1-with-guests-tony-figueroa-and-david-krell.aspx

Room for Debate: Do We Need Really Network TV?

As an adjunct to the article that ran this morning about network television’s struggles to remain viable in a time of declining ratings and plummeting profits, the New York Times invited me, along with three other media experts, to comment on the topic as part of its Room for Debate blog. I was asked to provide a few quick thoughts on how older cultural touchstones such as The Rockford Files compare to other pop culture staples on cable TV and other forms of popular entertainment today. Is this the death knell for network programming as we know it today? What made Rockford different from current shows such as The Closer, The Sopranos, E/R and Lost, or is there any difference at all?

Read my comments, along with those of Christopher Rosen, Elayne Rapping, and my friend Bob Thompson by clicking on the link below:

http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/27/how-network-tv-brought-america-together/

Ed Robertson
Entertainment Journalist
Author, THIRTY YEARS OF THE ROCKFORD FILES
and other books on television
Co-Host, TV CONFIDENTIAL
Every other Tuesday at 10pm ET, 7pm PT
Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org
www.edrobertson.com

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