Ruta Lee, plus a Tribute to Joe Franklin: Next on TVC

Singer/actress Ruta Lee will join us on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, airing Feb. 4-9 at the following times and stations:

WROM Radio
Detroit, MI
Wednesday 2/4
8pm ET, 5pm PT
2am ET, 11pm PT
Sunday 2/8
8pm ET, 5pm PT
2am ET, 11pm PT
Click on the Listen Live button at WROMRadio.net 

Share-a-Vision Radio 
San Francisco Bay Area
Friday 2/6
7pm ET, 4pm PT
10pm ET, 7pm PT
Click on the Listen Live button at KSAV.org
Use the TuneIn app on your smartphone and type in KSAV
or hear us on the KSAV channel on CX Radio Brazil

Indiana Talks
Marion, IN
Saturday 2/7
8pm ET, 5pm PT
Sunday 2/8 
6pm ET, 3pm PT 
Click on the player at IndianaTalks.com
or use the TuneIn app on your smartphone and type in Indiana Talks

Pittsburgh Talks
Pittsburgh, PA
Saturday 2/7
8pm ET, 5pm PT
Sunday 2/8 
6pm ET, 3pm PT 
Click on the player at PittTalks.com
or use the TuneIn app on your smartphone and type in Pittsburgh Talks

KSCO-AM 1080
San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA
KOMY-AM 1340
La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA
Sunday 2/8
10am ET, 7am PT
Also streaming at KSCO.com 

Boost Radio Network
Paramus, NJ
Sunday 2/8
8pm ET, 5pm PT
Click on the On the Air button at BoostRadioNetwork.com

KHMB-AM 1710
Half Moon Bay, CA
Sunday 2/8
9pm PT
Monday 2/9
Midnight ET
Click on the Listen Live button at KHMBRadio.com
or use the Live365 app on your smartphone and type in KHMB

RadioSlot.com
San Francisco, CA
Monday 2/9
10pm ET, 7pm PT
with replays Tuesday thru Friday at 10pm ET, 7pm PT
Click on the Talk Slot button at RadioSlot.com

PWRNetwork
Ann Arbor, MI
Various times throughout the week 
on the Entertainment Channel at PWRNetwork.com

One of the grande dames of the entertainment industry,Ruta Lee is known around the world for her many roles on stage, film and television — including Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, Witness for the Prosecution, Funny Face, Sergeants Three, The Fugitive, The Twilight Zone, The Lucy Show, The Andy Griffith Show and Perry Mason — not to mention her efforts on behalf of such organizations as The Thalians (the first Hollywood charity dedicated to the treatment of mental health patients) and Operation Mend, which provides mental health and wellness services to America’s wounded warriors and their families. Ruta Lee will join us near the end of our first hour.

For our listeners in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, Ruta Lee will be starring in the stage production of Steel Magnolias at Casa Manana, 3101 West Lancaster Avenue in Fort Worth, TX from Saturday, Feb. 28 thru Sunday, March 8. For tickets and more information, go to CasaManana.org. 

Also this week: Phil Gries will join us with a remembrance of his friend Joe Franklin, the pioneering TV talk show host who died last month at the age of 88. We’ll also replay our interview with Joe and Phil from January 2014 that included audio highlights from some of the most memorable moments of The Joe Franklin Show. Plus: Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen with a brand new edition of This Week in TV History. 

TV CONFIDENTIAL: A radio talk show about television
Wed and Sun 8pm ET, 5pm PT on WROM Radio 
Fri 7pm ET and PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org and CX Radio Brazil
Sat 8pm ET, 5pm PT and Sun 6pm ET, 3pm PT on Indiana Talks 
Sat 8pm ET, 5pm PT and Sun 6pm ET, 3pm PT on Pittsburgh Talks
Sun 10am ET, 7am PT KSCO-AM 1080 (San Jose, Santa Cruz and Salinas, CA)
Sun 10am ET, 7am PT KOMY-AM 1340 (La Selva Beach and Watsonville, CA)
Sun 8pm ET, 5pm PT Boost Radio Network 
Sun 9pm PT, Mon Mid ET on KHMB-AM 1710 (Half Moon Bay, CA)
Mon 10pm ET, 7pm PT on The Radio Slot Network
Replays various times throughout the week on the Entertainment Channel at PWRNetwork
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This Week in Television History: February 2015 PART I

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As always, the further we go back in Hollywood history, the more that fact and legend become intertwined. It's hard to say where the truth really lies.

February 2, 1950

What's My Line debuted on CBS television.

What's My Line? is a panel game show which originally ran in the United States on the CBS Television Network from 1950 to 1967, with several international versions and subsequent U.S. revivals. The game tasks celebrity panelists with questioning contestants in order to determine their occupations. It is the longest-running U.S. primetime network television game-show. Moderated by John Charles Daly and with panelists Dorothy Kilgallen, Arlene Francis, and Bennett Cerf, What's My Line? won three Emmy Awards for "Best Quiz or Audience Participation Show" in 1952, 1953, and 1958 and the Golden Globefor Best TV Show in 1962.

After its cancellation by CBS in 1967, it returned in syndication as a daily production which ran from 1968 until 1975. There have been several international versions, radio versions, and a live stage version.In 2013, TV Guide ranked it #9 in its list of the 60 greatest game shows ever.

February 6, 1940

Thomas John "Tom" Brokaw is born. 

Television journalist and author best known as the anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News from 1982 to 2004. He is the author of The Greatest Generation (1998), a runaway bestseller, and other books and the recipient of numerous awards and honors. He is the only person to host all three major NBC News programs: The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and, briefly, Meet the Press. He currently serves as a Special Correspondent for NBC News and works on documentaries for other outlets.

February 8, 1985

The last episode of The Dukes of Hazzard aired.

Boss Hogg grudgingly agrees to participate in Rosco's magic act during a talent revue at the Boar's Nest. Boss plans to use the "disappearing lady" act as a way to get to a scheduled appointment, but it works out too well. A pair of escaped felons, whom Boss helped put away, kidnap Boss and hold him for ransom. When Rosco is unable to make Boss "reappear," Bo and Luke investigate and determine foul play was involved. Rosco is convinced Boss really did disappear into thin air, leaving the Duke boys to ride to Boss' rescue.

Guest Starring

• Peggy Rea as Lulu Coltrane Hogg
• Kevin Peter Hall as Floyd Malone
• Ji-Tu Cumbuka as Bubba Malone

To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".

 

 

Stay Tuned

 

Tony Figueroa

TV CONFIDENTIAL Archives: Show No. 264 with guests Richard and Esther Shapiro and Barbara van Orden

Show No. 264 with guests Richard and Esther Shapiro and Barbara van Orden
Original Airdate: Week of Jan. 21-26, 2015
First hour: Ed welcomes singer/actress Barbara van Orden, co-executive producer of the annual LA's Next Great Stage Star Competition, the only musical theatre competition of its kind on the West Coast, and one that shines the spotlight on 20 undiscovered performers between the ages of 18 and 32. LA's Next Great Stage Star Competition continues Sunday 2/1 and Sunday 2/8 at Sterling’s Upstairs at the Federal, 5303 Lankershim Blvd. in North Hollywood, CA beginning at 11am. For tickets and more information call (818) 623-7300 ext. 2 or go to www.thefederalbar.com. Also in this hour: Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen remember the premiere of The Simpsons in January 1990. 
Second hour: An encore presentation of our July 2011 conversation with Richard and Esther Shapiro, the co-creators, co-writers, and co-executive producers of Dynasty. Plus: Greg Ehrbar on the recent DVD release of Loopy de Loop, the only feature motion picture cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera.