A personal reflection on 50s TV lamps. If we had one we were progressive—if not we’d go blind.
Her aluminum Christmas tree with a color wheel, pole lamps, low-back sectional sofas . . .
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David Oyelowo is powerful as Martin Luther King Jr—you can watch the movie, SELMA at no charge.
Selma, director Ava DuVernay’s biopic about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is free to watch and rent on streaming services …
WABC TV, Eyewitness News 7, to air New York City’s PRIDE Parade live; here’s how to watch.
WABC TV, New York, will be broadcasting NYC’s Pride Parade live at noon today. It’s the first time in history …
Watch Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory” with Geraldine Page, narrated by Truman himself.
The Library has Capote’s handwritten story draft, which reveals much about the young …
“You, too, can have a career in television.”
As World War II was winding down—and prior to plastics—the hot new careers were in television. In 1945, the U.S. government …
The 1970s: A prolific decade for television writers and new network shows.
Many of the new television scripts in the 70s went to the pilot stage long before they were ready for primetime …
My old friend, Sherman Hemsley—George Jefferson—has Died. My mom didn’t accept his hug.
Sherman Hemsley & Jeffersons’ co-star, Isabel Sanford Way back, in the mid-70s, I joined Norman Lear’s Tandem-TAT Productions. From my …