TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 608.6: Greg Ehrbar discusses the recent Kino Lorber DVD release of The Good Boss (2021), a satire of the corporate world, starring Javier Bardem, that is set in a Spanish workplace.

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TVC 607.1: An encore presentation of our October 2015 conversation with Rita Lakin, the Edgar nominated screenwriter and television pioneer who not only created The Rookies, one of Aaron Spelling's first hit series on ABC, but was one of the very first female script writers and producers in network television, opening doors for women in television at a time when the industry was run almost entirely by men. Rita Lakin passed away Thursday, Mar. 23 at age ninety-three; her book The Only Woman in the Room: Episodes from My Life and Career as a Television Writer, a memoir of her twenty-five-years in network television, is essential reading.

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TVC 607.2: From October 2015: Rita Lakin, Edgar nominated screenwriter and author of The Only Woman in the Room: Episodes from My Life and Career as a Television Writer, talks to Ed about working with Arthur Bernard Lewis and her son Howard Lakin at Lorimar Productions; how she came to develop the Gladdy Gold mystery novel series; and what she learned the most from working alongside Aaron Spelling. Rita Lakin passed away Thursday, Mar. 23 at age ninety-three.

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TVC 607.3: Greg Ehrbar discusses The Automat, a charming documentary featuring Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Elliott Gould, Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and General Colin Powell. The Automat is available now on DVD through Kino Lorber.

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TVC 607.3a: Greg Ehrbar discusses Billy Flanigan: The Happiest Man on the Earth, a documentary about the life and career of the longest continually contracted Disney entertainment theme park performer in Disney history. Billy Flanigan is now available on DVD through Kino Lorber.

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TVC 607.4: Rita Lakin, Edgar nominated screenwriter and author of The Only Woman in the Room: Episodes from My Life and Career as a Television Writer, talks to Ed some of the parallels between her career and that of Peggy Olson, the copywriter played by Elisabeth Moss on AMC's Mad Men. One of the first female writer/producers in network television, Rita opened doors for many other women at a time when the industry was run almost entirely by men. Rita Lakin passed away Thursday, Mar. 23 at age ninety-three.

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TVC 607.5: Ed welcomes Emmy Award-winning and Oscar nominated actor Thomas Haden Church (Wings, Sideways, Ned and Stacey, Divorce, Broken Trail, and the Sandman in the Spider-Man movie franchise). Thomas' latest film, Acidman, is a character piece about a woman (played by Glee star Dianna Agron) who tracks down her estranged father (played by Thomas) in the Oregon wilderness, where he lives alone with his dog, Migo, and is obsessed with UFOs. Acidman is now showing in select theaters across the country. You can also see it on demand on Amazon Prime, Apple+, and other streaming platforms.

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TVC 607.6: Emmy Award-winning and Oscar nominated actor Thomas Haden Church talks to Ed about working with director Alex Lehmann on the development of his character, Lloyd, in Acidman. Acidman is now showing in select theaters across the country. You can also see it on demand on Amazon Prime, Apple+, and other streaming platforms.

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TVC 527.4: Ed welcomes actress and author Donzaleigh Abernathy, star of Any Day Now and the youngest daughter of the Rev. Ralph David Abernathy—the man who co-founded the Civil Rights Movement along with his best friend (and Donzaleigh's godfather), Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Donzaleigh's book Partners to History: Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and The Civil Right Movement is a pictorial history of the Civil Rights Movement that also captures the words of both Dr. King and Rev. Abernathy, while showing you first-hand glimpses of who they were as husbands, fathers, and people.

Donzaleigh Abernathy is also the lead soloist on "The Listening," a unique social justice choral project inspired by "Beyond Vietnam: A Time for Break Silence," a speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1967. "The Listening" is now available as a single through Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, and Pandora.

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TVC 527.5: Donzaleigh Abernathy tells Ed the backstory of how she came to write Partners to History: Martin Luther King Jr., Ralph David Abernathy, and The Civil Right Movement, plus she shares stories of her encounters with the likes of Dina Merrill, Dennis Haysbert, Gregory Peck, and Alicia Keys. Donzaleigh is also the lead soloist on "The Listening," a unique social justice choral project inspired by "Beyond Vietnam: A Time for Break Silence," a speech delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in April 1967. "The Listening" is now available as a single through Amazon, iTunes, Spotify, and Pandora.

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