First hour: Wesley Hyatt, author of Kicking Off the Week: A History of Monday Night Football on ABC Television, joins Ed as they take a look at the current uptick in popularity of NFL football this TV season. Also in this hour: Tony Figueroa remembers the 45th anniversary of Days of Our Lives, the 41st anniversary of the premiere of Sesame Street and other events that happened This Week in TV History.
Second hour: Ken Corday, executive producer of Days of Our Lives, joins Ed and guest co-host Tony Figueroa as TV Confidential celebrates the 45th anniversary of the long-running, groundbreaking and Emmy Award-winning NBC daytime drama. Ken's book, The Days of Our Lives: The True Story of One Family’s Dream and The Untold History of Days of Our Lives, not only chronicles the history of Days of Our Lives on television, but pays tribute to his parents, Ted and Betty Corday, the creators and original executive producers of the series.
I represent the first generation who, when we were born, the television was now a permanent fixture in our homes. When I was born people had breakfast with Barbara Walters, dinner with Walter Cronkite, and slept with Johnny Carson. Read the full "Pre-ramble"
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