TV Confidential with Ed Robertson

TVC 577.3: Greg and Ed continue discussing the recent Shout! Factory DVD release of McHale's Navy (ABC, 1962-1966). Though remembered by Baby Boomers as a broad send-up of Navy etiquette, McHale's was originally conceived as an hour-long dramatic series.

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TVC 577.4: An encore presentation of our March 2015 conversation with June Lockhart (Lost in Space, Lassie, Petticoat Junction). June Lockhart, Marion Ross, and Michael Learned are among the many stars who have contributed photographs to the Hollywood Museum as part of a special Mothers Day exhibit that will be on display for a limited time only through Sunday, May 15.

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TVC 577.5: A brand new conversation with Michael Learned, the four-time Emmy Award-winning actress known around the world as Olivia Walton, the matriarch of the Walton family. Michael's latest film, Second Acts, is now available for streaming on demand. She is also about to star, along with Evan Peters, Richard Jenkins, and Penelope Ann Miller, in the forthcoming new Netflix series about serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer (the working title of which is Monster).

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TVC 577.6: Michael Learned shares a few memories about The Waltons (CBS, 1972-1981), including the story of she originally won the role of Olivia Walton. Michael's latest film, Second Acts, is now available for streaming on demand.

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TVC 577.1: Ed welcomes actor, author, screenwriter, producer, and acting teacher Joe Coyle (Promised Land, Jack Reacher, Ocean's 11, Out of Sight, Three Kings, Zoolander, Fail Safe). Joe is one of the contributors to Beyond Where the Buses Run, an anthology of short stories edited by Theresa Griffin Kennedy that also features Robert Crane.

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TVC 577.2: Greg Ehrbar talks to Ed about the Blu-ray release of The Wonderful World of The Brothers Grimm, a restoration of the 1962 fantasy musical starring Barbara Eden, Laurence Harvey, Russ Tamblyn, and Buddy Hackett that was not a huge hit when it was originally released, even though it was among the highest grossing movies of 1962.

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From April 2011: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember the Captain Midnight incident of Apr. 27, 1986, when a video pirate known only as Captain Midnight managed to override the satellite transmission of the HBO broadcast of The Falcon and the Snowman. The culprit hijacked the feed to protest HBO's subscription fees.

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From April 2012: Tony, Donna, and Ed remember the first coast-to-coast telecast by satellite communications, which took place on Apr. 24, 1962, a technological advance that changed the face of broadcast television.

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TVC 577.4: Part 2 of a conversation that began on our last program with Stefanie Powers, the actress known around the world as Jennifer Hart on Hart to Hart, and the founder and president of the William Holden Wildlife Foundation, a nonprofit organization that Stefanie established in 1982 in memory of William Holden, the love of her life, that continues and furthers Holden's conservation work in East Africa. Among other topics this segment, Ed asks Stefanie what first fueled her interest in animal wildlife preservation.

Our friends at the Gold Coast International Film Festival will honor William Holden in early May as the next recipient of The Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award, an award that honors legendary actors and actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Stefanie Powers will accept the award that night on Holden's behalf in a ceremony that will take place in Great Neck, New York. For reservations and more information, call (516) 829-2570 or visit GoldCoastArts.org.

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TVC 577.5: Stefanie Powers answers listener email questions about her film and TV career, plus she tells Ed which motion picture was William Holden's favorite, and why. The Gold Coast International Film Festival will honor William Holden as the next recipient of The Burton Moss Hollywood Golden Era Award, an award that honors legendary actors and actresses from the Golden Age of Hollywood. Stefanie Powers will accept the award that night on Holden's behalf in a ceremony that will take place in Great Neck, New York. For reservations and more information, call (516) 829-2570 or visit GoldCoastArts.org.

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