TV CONFIDENTIAL Archives: Dec. 28, 2011

Show No. 119 Dec. 28, 2011

First hour: Paul Green joins Ed, Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen for a look at some of the major stories that helped shape the year in television, including the firing of Charlie Sheen from Two and a Half Men, the TV swan songs of Oprah Winfrey and Regis Philbin, the continuing struggles of the OWN channel, and the passings of James Arness, Harry Morgan and other TV icons. Second hour: Phil Gries joins Ed for a special edition of The Sounds of Lost Television that pays tribute to bandleader Guy Lombardo, who came to define New Year’s Eve, first on radio, then on television, for nearly five decades.