DVD
Pioneers of television. [Season 1]
Languages
Closed-captioned.
Performers
Narrated by Harlan Saperstein ; includes interviews with Jay Leno, Andy Griffith, Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore, Phyllis Diller, Arsenio Hall, Ed McMahon, Bob Barker, Betty White, Hugh Downs, Dick Cavett, Marlo Thomas, Tony Orlando, Art Linkletter, Monty Hall, Doc Severinsen, Barbara Eden, Milton Berle, Joyce Randolph, Tim Conway, Sigourney Weaver, Pat Boone, Andy Williams, Rose Marie, Florence Henderson, Jerry Stiller.
Publication Information
[Boston] : PBS Distribution, [2008]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (ca. 220 min.) : sd., col. and b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Added Uniform Title
Summary
This four-part series champions the entertainers who launched an industry. Pioneers of television takes us back to TV's classic days, and chronicles the icons who still keep us laughing, generation after generation. Packed with hilarious clips and nearly 100 new interviews, this series offers television at it's finest.
Notes
Originally broadcast as individual episodes on PBS in 2007.
Special feature: Extended interviews with the "Pioneers."
Contents
- Late night
- Sitcoms
- Game shows
- Variety.
Subjects
- Television programs > United States > History.
- Television > Production and direction > United States.
- Television actors and actresses > United States.
- Television producers and directors > United States.
- Television actors and actresses > United States > Interviews.
- Television producers and directors > United States > Interviews.
- Television talk shows > United States.
- Television comedies > United States.
- Situation comedies (Television programs)
- Television game shows > United States.
- Variety shows (Television programs)