TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

From September 2018: Award-winning producer Cy Chermak talks to Ed about the extent to which television today is still a producer's medium, and why believabilty is vital when developing a concept for a series. Cy's memoir, The Show Runner: An Insider’s Guide to Successful TV Production, tells you everything you need to know to succeed as a producer in television today, from the importance of a good concept, keeping it believable, and staying on top of the writing, to staying within budget and knowing when to delegate responsibilities while still maintaining control. 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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 525.1: A return visit from the award-winning screenwriter, director, producer, documentary maker, and author Marc Cushman. Marc’s latest book, These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, is a three-volume history of Star Trek/biography of Gene Roddenberry that covers the ten years spanning the cancellation of the original series in 1969 and the release of Star Trek: The Motion Picture in 1979—a period in which Roddenberry experienced many personal and professional ups and downs, while Star Trek itself became a worldwide phenomenon. 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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 525.2: Star Trek historian and Gene Roddenberry biographer Marc Cushman discusses some of the myths behind the making of Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Marc’s latest book, These Are the Voyages: Gene Roddenberry and Star Trek in the 1970s, Volume 2, takes you behind the scenes of the making of Roddenberry’s pilot Spectre, the aborted Star Trek: Phase II television series, and the various battles between The Great Bird and studio executives at Paramount over what Star Trek was—and what it wasn’t.  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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 525.3: Tony, Donna, and Ed pay tribute to Norm Crosby, the legendary malaprop comedian who died this past Saturday, Nov. 7 at age 93. Topics include Crosby’s stint as host of the syndicated series The Comedy Shop, one of the first TV showcases for young comedians; his commercials for Natural Light beer; and his many years in support of those who are hearing-impaired.  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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 525.4: From October 2020: Ed plays a clip from a conversation with Anson Williams in which the Happy Days star shared a favorite Dodger Stadium memory involving Dodgers pitcher Don Sutton. A member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, and a longtime broadcaster for the Atlanta Braves, Don Sutton passed away on Jan. 19 at age 75.  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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 525.5: Ed welcomes back actor, director, and voice artist Moosie Drier, the youngest member of the cast of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, and one of the few actors who made the transition from successful child star to successful grown-up actor. Topics this segment include working with Jack Lemmon and Jason Robards in The War Between Men and Women, and how Moosie’s interest in directing began when he was a little kid. 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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 525.6: Moosie Drier talks to Ed about what a mensch Bill Daily was on the set of The Bob Newhart Show, as well as how Daily’s entrances as Howard likely influenced Michael Richards when he played Kramer on Seinfeld. 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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 525.7: Moosie Drier talks to Ed about meeting John Wayne on the set of Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In; working as a voice actor; why being a director means being a good listener; and how he and James Garner both kept their cool when a rattlesnake disrupted production while filming an episode of Nichols.  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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 525.8: Ed shares a few thoughts on the passing of legendary talk show host Larry King. 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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From February 2013: Ed welcomes Christopher and Linda Lewis, curators of the Loretta Young estate. Christopher’s mom, Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning actress Loretta Young, was one of the first major motion picture stars to not only embrace television, but leave her mark on it, which she did as the star and producer of The Loretta Young Show, the long-running NBC drama that remains one of the best anthology series to come out of the Golden Age of Television. 2013 marked the 100th anniversary of the birth of Loretta Young, as well as the 60th anniversary of the premiere of The Loretta Young Show. Topics this segment include how The Loretta Young Show was Young's show in every sense of the word, allowing her to play a wide array of characters, many of which went against her glamorous cinematic image. About 100 episodes of The Loretta Young Show are available through Shout! Factory as part of the excellent 100th anniversary DVD box set.  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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From February 2013: Ed welcomes Christopher and Linda Lewis, curator of the Loretta Young estate. Christopher’s mom, Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning actress Loretta Young, was one of the first major motion picture stars to not only embrace television, but leave her mark on it, which she did as the star and producer of The Loretta Young Show. Topics this segment include how Young insisted on bringing motion picture production values to each episode of her series (making them high quality "mini movies") and how she was a hands-on producer at a time when TV production was mostly male-driven. About 100 episodes of The Loretta Young Show are available through Shout! Factory as part of the excellent 100th anniversary DVD box set.  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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From February 2013: Part 3 of our conversation with Christopher and Linda Lewis, curators of the estate of Loretta Young, and executive producers of the 100th anniversary DVD box set from Shout! Factory featuring approximately 100 episodes of The Loretta Young Show, plus many extra features.  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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

From February 2013: Christopher and Linda Lewis, curators of the Loretta Young estate, talk to Ed about how Christopher’s mom, Academy Award and Emmy Award-winning actress Loretta Young, not only embodied the best aspects of the old Hollywood studio system, but mentored many young actors later in her career, including Dennis Hopper. About 100 episodes of The Loretta Young Show are available through Shout! Factory as part of an excellent 100th anniversary DVD box set. 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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 524.1: Ed plays highlights of our May 2011 conversation with Peter Mark Richman, the accomplished actor, author, artist, and Renaissance man who passed away on Thursday, Jan. 14. Though mostly known by TV viewers for playing bad guys (particularly whenever he appeared on shows produced by Quinn Martin), Peter Mark starred as good guys both on Longstreet and Cain’s Hundred, plus he played Chrissy’s father, Reverend Snow, on the early years of Three’s Company. He also enjoyed a concurrent career as a writer for the stage, for film, and long and short fiction. Topics this segment how Peter Mark’s writing career began during the Golden Age of Television, with encouragement from Paddy Chayefsky; why he particularly liked writing short stories; his long association with Quinn Martin, which began in the early 1950s; and working with director Martin Ritt in The Black Orchid. Peter Mark’s autobiography, I Saw a Molten White Light: An Autobiography of My Artistic and Spiritual Journey, is available through BearManor Media. 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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

TVC 524.2: From May 2011: Peter Mark Richman talks to Ed about working in live TV during the Golden Age of Television; why stage work is the preferred medium for the total actor; why he is particularly proud of his play 4 Faces; and how he overcame being typecast as “grim-jawed” characters on television. Peter Mark Richman passed away on Thursday, Jan. 14 at age 93. 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.com or click the link below to get started: https://www.advertisecast.com/TVConfidentialAradiotalkshowabout Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices