...it was not until he was on the cusp of true stardom with his Oscar-nominated performance in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," that Newman became certain he was now strictly motion picture material....

"I Love Lucy," "Make Room For Daddy," "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "Friends," and "Seinfeld": All of them are interconnected....

As everyone knows, television has a long history of physicians we’ve all hoped would make good on their promised bedside manner.

The Emmys, unlike pretty much any other entertainment trophy, are the only awards where you can win multiple times or get a second chance to compete for the same performance in the same work.

In 1993, Ms. Arnaz earned rave reviews and an Emmy Award for "Lucy & Desi: A Home Movie," a documentary about her parents that she has called her “proudest professional accomplishment.”

"Here’s Lucy" gave Lucie an opportunity to sing and dance and to work with some of the biggest names in show business, including Jack Benny, Helen Hayes, Ginger Rogers, Carol Burnett, Milton Berle, and Dinah Shore.

In what amounted to a half-hour monologue with commercial interruptions, Gleason took great glee in declaring his game show a “bomb;” his candor was refreshingly honest and very funny.

If ignorance and bigotry helps puts something in the spotlight, so be it, but what’s nice about Petula is that it still proves to be a unique and entertaining special in its own right, "controversy" be damned.

Having recently read a fascinating blog about motion picture expansions of cancelled television series, I couldn't help but think about two other connected categories....