TV Confidential Archives May 30, 2011

Show No. 90 May 30, 2011

First hour: Television historian Wesley Hyatt (The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television, Television's Top 100) joins Ed for a look at Oprah Winfrey’s impact on daytime television over the past 25 years. Also in this hour: Phil Gries with Part 2 of our special tribute to The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, including clips from Johnny’s first anniversary show in October 1963. Second hour: Ed welcomes Stephen Bowie, publisher of The Classic TV History Blog, for a look at some of the early live television dramas directed by Sidney Lumet, particularly with regard to certain stylistic elements that Lumet would later hone throughout his motion picture career. Also in this hour: Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen remember the premiere of CNN, the final episode of The Sopranos and other events that originally took place This Week in TV History.