Ron Simon

Curator, Television and Radio

January 11, 2012

Seinfeld and Shepherd: Much Ado About Nothing

by Ron Simon

Jerry Seinfeld and Jean Shepherd are obsessed with the minutiae of daily life.

November 29, 2011

Occupy the Holidays?

by Ron Simon

How can you make sense of holiday materialism? First look to Dickens, Holden Caulfield, and Charlie Brown.

October 26, 2011

Best New Show: OWS

by Ron Simon

Occupy Wall Street has proven to be the most innovative and interactive show in the media.

September 13, 2011

Saturday Night's Alright for What?

by Ron Simon

Why is Saturday night on TV a graveyard?

August 9, 2011

Happy Birthday Rose Marie!

by Ron Simon

Rose Marie, known by many as Sally Rogers, has had one of the most remarkable careers in show business.

June 28, 2011

The First Crazy Day of TV

by Ron Simon

July 1, 1941 includes comedy news and reality stunts

May 23, 2011

Oprah: The Last Broadcaster?

by Ron Simon

April 26, 2011

Are We Finally Ready for An American Family?

by Ron Simon

The Louds are more than just the first reality family.

March 21, 2011

It's Finally Time for Ernie

by Ron Simon

Will Ernie Kovacs finally enter the popular pantheon of comic masters?

February 7, 2011

First Super Bowl Broadcast Found!

by Ron Simon

How one of the most historic games in sports history is still being discovered and reconstructed

About

Ron Simon

Curator, Television and Radio

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Ron Simon has been a curator at The Paley Center for Media since the early 1980s. He is also an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University, New York University, and Hunter College, where he teaches courses on the history of media. Simon has written for many publications, including The Encyclopedia of Television and Thinking Outside of the Box, as well as serving as host and creative consultant of the CD-ROM Total Television. A member of the editorial board of Television Quarterly, and a judge on the George Foster Peabody committee, Simon has lectured at museums and educational institutions throughout the world. Among the numerous exhibitions he has curated are The Television of Dennis Potter; Witness to History; Jack Benny: The Television and Radio Work; and Worlds Without End: The Art and History of the Soap Opera. He also discovered such lost programs as the live Honeymooners and the only video performance of the Rat Pack.

Interests:

Anybody and everything that can be transformed into a pixel.

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Ron Simon
rsimon@paleycenter.org

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