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Interviews Online

• Alan Alda, actor/producer/director
• Steve Allen, performer
• Army Archerd, journalist
• James Arness, actor
• Beatrice Arthur, actress
• Edward Asner, actor
• Tammy Faye Bakker-Messner, religious broadcaster
• Bob Banner, producer/director
• Joseph Barbera, animation creator
• Bob Barker, game show host
• Cliff Barrows, music director
• Joseph Behar, director
• William Bell, writer/producer
• Ted Bergmann, executive
• Milton Berle, comedian
• Walter Bernstein, writer
• Barbara Billingsley, actress
• Wade Bingham, cameraman
• Lucille Bliss, voiceover artist
• Steven Bochco, producer
• Paul Bogart, director/producer
• Mili Lerner Bonsignori, news editor
• Tom Bosley, actor
• Ed Bradley, journalist
• David Brinkley, journalist
• James L. Brooks, writer/producer/director
• Kirk Browning, director
• Frances Buss Buch, director
• Allan Burns, writer/producer
• James Burrows, director
• Robert Butler, director
• Sid Caesar, comedian
• Dann Cahn, editor
• Vince Calandra, talent coordinator
• David Canary, actor
• Stephen J. Cannell, producer/writer
• Charles Cappleman, executive
• Bob Carroll, Jr., producer/writer
• Diahann Carroll, actress
• Chris Carter, writer/producer
• Leo Chaloukian, sound executive
• Stan Chambers, KTLA news anchor
• Marge Champion, choreographer/dancer
• Glen & Les Charles, writers/producers
• Tony Charmoli, choreographer/dancer
• Julia Child, host
• Dick Clark, producer/host
• Roy Clark, singer/host
• Bob Claver, director/producer
• John Conte, host/station manager
• Joan Ganz Cooney, co-creator of "Sesame Street"
• Tim Conway & Harvey Korman, comedians
• Hal Cooper, director/producer
• Barbara Corday, writer/executive
• Alexander Courage, composer
• Richard Crenna, actor
• Bill Daily, actor
• Bill Dana, Comedian/Writer
• Madelyn Pugh Davis, producer/writer
• Ann B. Davis, actress
• Ossie Davis, actor
• Richard Dawson, actor/game show host
• Fred de Cordova, producer
• Ruby Dee, actress
• Sam Denoff, writer/producer
• Phyllis Diller, comedienne
• Dr. Walter Dishell, medical consultant/writer
• Elinor Donahue, actress
• Phil Donahue, talk show host
• Mike Douglas, talk show host
• Hugh Downs, host/anchor
• Bob Doyle, news producer
• Charles S. Dubin, director
• Betty Cole Dukert, producer ("Meet the Press")
• Roger Ebert, film critic
• Barbara Eden, actress
• Ruth Engelhardt, agent/executive
• Danny Epstein, composer
• Nanette Fabray, actress
• Jerry Falwell, religious broadcaster
• Elma Farnsworth, widow of TV inventor
• Bob Finkel, producer
• Dorothy (D.C.) Fontana, writer
• Ray Forrest, announcer
• John Forsythe, actor
• Charles Fox, composer
• Michael J. Fox, actor
• Eddie Foy, casting executive
• John Frankenheimer, director
• Dennis Franz, actor
• Albert Freedman, producer
• Gerald Fried, composer
• James Garner, actor
• Betty Garrett, actress
• Larry Gelbart, writer/producer
• Marla Gibbs, actress
• Herschel Burke Gilbert, composer
• Vince Gilligan, Show Creator
• Leonard H. Goldenson, founder of ABC
• Jerry Goldsmith, composer
• Curt Gowdy, sportscaster
• Lee Grant, actress
• Everett Greenbaum, writer
• Andy Griffith, actor
• Robert Guillaume, actor
• Earle Hagen, composer
• Larry Hagman, actor
• Monty Hall, game show host
• Earl Hamner, writer/creator of “The Waltons”
• Valerie Harper, actress
• Jonathan Harris, actor
• Kitty Carlisle Hart, actress/game show panelist
• Don Hastings, actor
• Patricia Heaton, actress
• Dwight Hemion, director
• Sherman Hemsley, actor
• Florence Henderson, actress
• Lyle “Skitch” Henderson, music director
• Paul Henning, producer
• Don Herbert, host (“Mr. Wizard”)
• Albert Heschong, art director
• Don Hewitt, news producer
• Arthur Hiller, director
• Martin Hoade, producer
• Ron Howard, actor/director
• Roy Huggins, producer
• Kim Hunter, actress
• Seaman Jacobs, writer
• Joseph Jennings, art director
• George Clayton Johnson, writer
• Lamont Johnson, director
• Russell Johnson, actor
• Quincy Jones, composer/producer
• Kathryn Joosten, actress
• Lucille Kallen, writer
• Hal Kanter, writer/producer
• Bob Keeshan, children's show host
• Lynwood King, director
• Ernest Kinoy, writer
• William Klages, lighting director
• Don Knotts, comedian
• Harvey Korman, comedian
• Sid & Marty Krofft, producers
• Mort Lachman, writer/producer
• Perry Lafferty, executive/producer
• Angela Lansbury, actress
• Vicki Lawrence, performer
• Norman Lear, producer
• Jim Lehrer, journalist
• Jack Lemmon, actor
• Sheldon Leonard, producer/director
• Frank Liberman, publicist
• Art Linkletter, host
• Norman Lloyd, actor/producer/director
• Sam Lovullo, producer
• Sidney Lumet, director
• Bob Mackie, costume designer
• Gavin MacLeod, actor
• Robert MacNeil, journalist
• Abby Mann, writer/producer
• Delbert Mann, director
• Martin Manulis, producer
• Bob Markell, set designer
• Garry Marshall, producer
• Richard Matheson, writer
• Rue McClanahan, actress
• Bob McGrath, performer
• Jim McKay, sports broadcaster
• Ed McMahon, host/announcer
• Barney McNulty, cue card expert
• Jayne Meadows, actress
• Burt Metcalfe, producer
• Nolan Miller, costume designer
• John Moffitt, producer/director
• Ricardo Montalban, actor
• Thomas Moore, executive
• Harry Morgan, actor
• Rita Moreno, actress
• Pat Morita, actor
• Tad Mosel, writer
• Robert Mott, sound effects specialist/writer
• Alan Neuman, producer/director
• Bob Newhart, comedian
• Leonard Nimoy, actor/director
• Agnes Nixon, soap opera creator/writer
• Nicolas Noxon, documentarian
• Hugh O'Brian, actor
• Carroll O'Connor, actor
• Don Ohlmeyer, executive
• Don Pardo, announcer
• Fess Parker, actor
• Estelle Parsons, actress
• Arthur Penn, director
• Bill Persky, writer/producer/director
• Daniel Petrie, Sr., director
• Abraham Polonsky, writer
• Tom Poston, comedian
• David Pressman, director
• Tony Randall, actor
• Joyce Randolph, actress
• Frances Reid, actress
• Carl Reiner, comedian/writer/director
• Rob Reiner, actor/director
• Del Reisman, writer, President of the Writers Guild of America, West (1991-1993)
• Gene Reynolds, director/producer
• Larry Rhine, writer
• John Rich, director/producer
• Lee Rich, executive/producer
• Hank Rieger, publicity executive
• Rita Riggs, costume designer
• Heino Ripp, technical director
• Cliff Robertson, actor
• Pat Robertson, religious broadcaster
• Fred Rogers, children's show host
• Phil Roman, animation director
• Andy Rooney, commentator/writer
• Rose Marie, performer
• Meta Rosenberg, agent
• Marion Ross, actress
• Aaron Ruben, writer/producer
• Stanley Rubin, producer
• Tim Russert, journalist
• Isabel Sanford, actress
• Jay Sandrich, director
• Thomas W. Sarnoff, executive
• Edgar Scherick, executive/producer
• Bob Schiller & Bob Weiskopf, writers/producers
• Alfred Schneider, standards & practices
• Sherwood Schwartz, producer
• Jan Scott, art director
• William Self, producer/executive
• William Shatner, actor
• Melville Shavelson, writer
• David Shaw, writer
• Jack Shea, director/producer
• Judith Sheindlin, TV judge
• James Sheldon, director
• Sidney Sheldon, writer/show creator
• Hazel Shermet, actress
• Fred Silverman, executive
• Garry Simpson, director
• Doris Singleton, actress
• Ira Skutch, director/stage manager
• Erika Slezak, actress
• Howard Smit, makeup artist
• "Buffalo" Bob Smith, children's show host
• Dick Smith, makeup artist
• Gary Smith, director/producer
• Aaron Spelling, producer
• Carroll Spinney, puppeteer
• Leslie Stahl, journalist
• Frank Stanton, executive
• Jean Stapleton, actress
• Herb Stempel, quiz show contestant
• Leonard Stern, writer/producer
• Bob Stewart, producer/game show creator
• Gale Storm, actress
• John Strauss, publicist
• Maxine Stuart, actress
• Dick Stiles, art director
• George Takei, actor
• June Taylor, choreographer
• Noel Taylor, costume designer
• Studs Terkel, host/oral historian
• Grant Tinker, executive/producer
• Stanford Tischler, editor
• Mel Tolkin, writer/producer
• Daniel J. Travanti, actor
• Neil Travis, editor
• Alex Trebek, game show host
• Ret Turner, costume designer
• Ted Turner, executive
• Dick Van Dyke, actor
• James Wall, stage manager/performer
• Mike Wallace, journalist
• Ruth Warrick, actress
• Dennis Weaver, actor
• Dawn Wells, actress
• Joseph Wershba, news reporter/producer
• Betty White, actress
• Ethel Winant, casting executive
• Henry Winkler, actor/producer
• Jonathan Winters, comedian
• Ben Wolf, cinematographer
• Dick Wolf, producer
• David Wolper, producer/documentarian
• Jane Wyatt, actress
• Alan Young, actor
• Katherine Helmond, actress