tag:www.tvweek.com,2009://11 2009-03-31T21:23:31Z TelevisionWeek Executive Editor Tom Gilbert joins our roster of bloggers with this forum all about classic television, where anything from "Leave It to Beaver" to "Malcolm in the Middle" is fair game for discussion. Reunion specials, DVD releases of classic shows, vintage commercials -- anything that's ever been telecast is the hot topic here. Movable Type 3.33 tag:www.tvweek.com,2009://11.51795 2009-03-31T21:14:29Z 2009-03-31T21:23:31Z

Fresh off his Emmy win in September, Don Rickles will be honored with the TV Land Awards' 2009 Legend Award, which is presented to "an entertainer or a television show that has stood the test of time and ranks among...

Lisa Horowitz tvweek.com Fresh off his Emmy win in September, Don Rickles will be honored with the TV Land Awards' 2009 Legend Award, which is presented to "an entertainer or a television show that has stood the test of time and ranks among... tag:www.tvweek.com,2009://11.51359 2009-03-19T22:26:43Z 2009-03-19T22:34:09Z

“Designing Women: The Complete First Season DVD” is due out May 26 from Shout Factory. Yay! The four-DVD box set will include all 21 first-season episodes, plus, as a bonus, the 2003 “'Designing Women': A Reunion” featuring series stars...

Lisa Horowitz tvweek.com “Designing Women: The Complete First Season DVD” is due out May 26 from Shout Factory. Yay! The four-DVD box set will include all 21 first-season episodes, plus, as a bonus, the 2003 “'Designing Women': A Reunion” featuring series stars... tag:www.tvweek.com,2009://11.50058 2009-02-18T20:54:55Z 2009-02-18T21:35:53Z

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Priceless Dept.: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's Archive of American Television has brought out a six-disc DVD anthology of the 1950s "Studio One" dramas—and it's a stunner. The classic CBS series, if you're not familiar with it,...

Vlada Gelman http://www.tvweek.com Priceless Dept.: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation's Archive of American Television has brought out a six-disc DVD anthology of the 1950s "Studio One" dramas—and it's a stunner. The classic CBS series, if you're not familiar with it,... tag:www.tvweek.com,2008://11.45359 2008-10-17T18:50:03Z 2008-10-17T18:53:20Z

Vlada Gelman http://www.tvweek.com ... tag:www.tvweek.com,2008://11.42116 2008-08-01T23:15:47Z 2008-10-17T00:49:23Z

Here's a little razzmatazz for you: Dynamic dancer-singer Mitzi Gaynor is on the comeback trail—via DVD, that is. And at 76, she can definitely show the “Dancing With the Stars” crowd a thing or two about fancy footwork. Gaynor, who...

Vlada Gelman http://www.tvweek.com Here's a little razzmatazz for you: Dynamic dancer-singer Mitzi Gaynor is on the comeback trail—via DVD, that is. And at 76, she can definitely show the “Dancing With the Stars” crowd a thing or two about fancy footwork. Gaynor, who... tag:www.tvweek.com,2008://11.41445 2008-07-18T00:30:56Z 2008-07-26T22:58:20Z

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There goes another one: Dody Goodman died Sunday at age 93. I am too young to remember Dody on Jack Paar’s incarnation of “The Tonight Show" (thank God I’m still too young for something), so to me she will always...

Julieanne Smolinski tvweek.com There goes another one: Dody Goodman died Sunday at age 93. I am too young to remember Dody on Jack Paar’s incarnation of “The Tonight Show" (thank God I’m still too young for something), so to me she will always... tag:www.tvweek.com,2008://11.30512 2008-06-09T23:29:48Z 2008-06-09T23:38:03Z

TV Land’s annual awards show is consistently the best such presentation on TV—the Oscars and Emmys could stand to take serious notes. It’s clever and funny and very imaginative, even if it’s not super-relevant. But the fact that it doesn’t...

Julieanne Smolinski tvweek.com TV Land’s annual awards show is consistently the best such presentation on TV—the Oscars and Emmys could stand to take serious notes. It’s clever and funny and very imaginative, even if it’s not super-relevant. But the fact that it doesn’t... tag:www.tvweek.com,2008://11.30301 2008-06-04T00:16:57Z 2008-06-04T00:20:46Z

Sherwood Schwartz will long be remembered for creating “Gilligan’s Island” and “The Brady Bunch,” but not so much for coming up with “It’s About Time.” Just what is “It’s About Time,” you ask? Possibly the worst TV show of all...

Lisa Horowitz tvweek.com Sherwood Schwartz will long be remembered for creating “Gilligan’s Island” and “The Brady Bunch,” but not so much for coming up with “It’s About Time.” Just what is “It’s About Time,” you ask? Possibly the worst TV show of all... tag:www.tvweek.com,2008://11.29780 2008-05-20T23:38:34Z 2008-05-21T18:31:28Z

Before Harry Morgan became Col. Potter on “MASH” and Det. Joe Friday’s sidekick Bill Gannon on the 1960s incarnation of “Dragnet,” he played next-door neighbor Pete Porter on the popular sitcom “December Bride,” original episodes of which ran on CBS...

Julieanne Smolinski tvweek.com Before Harry Morgan became Col. Potter on “MASH” and Det. Joe Friday’s sidekick Bill Gannon on the 1960s incarnation of “Dragnet,” he played next-door neighbor Pete Porter on the popular sitcom “December Bride,” original episodes of which ran on CBS... tag:www.tvweek.com,2008://11.29222 2008-05-07T19:33:43Z 2008-05-07T19:45:45Z

TV Land will tape its sixth annual "TV Land Awards" event Sunday, June 8, at The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. This year, for the first time, the ceremony will also honor favorites in motion pictures along with the...

Julieanne Smolinski tvweek.com TV Land will tape its sixth annual "TV Land Awards" event Sunday, June 8, at The Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. This year, for the first time, the ceremony will also honor favorites in motion pictures along with the... tag:www.tvweek.com,2008://11.28543 2008-04-14T22:47:46Z 2008-04-21T21:12:26Z

Historical Curio Dept.: In 1959, NBC broadcast a 90-minute prime-time posthumous tribute to a man few outside of entertainment circles had ever heard of: Manie Sacks, a Columbia Records and later an RCA and NBC-TV executive who died of leukemia...

Julieanne Smolinski tvweek.com Historical Curio Dept.: In 1959, NBC broadcast a 90-minute prime-time posthumous tribute to a man few outside of entertainment circles had ever heard of: Manie Sacks, a Columbia Records and later an RCA and NBC-TV executive who died of leukemia... tag:www.tvweek.com,2008://11.27756 2008-03-13T21:17:05Z 2008-03-20T19:15:27Z

The first season of “Father Knows Best” comes out on DVD April 1 from Shout Factory. And that’s just fine with Elinor Donahue, who played the oldest daughter Betty (or “Princess”) on the 1954-60 series, which, uniquely, appeared on all...

Julieanne Smolinski tvweek.com The first season of “Father Knows Best” comes out on DVD April 1 from Shout Factory. And that’s just fine with Elinor Donahue, who played the oldest daughter Betty (or “Princess”) on the 1954-60 series, which, uniquely, appeared on all...