Tony on the Picket Line: Part 2
This Week in TV History with Tony Figueroa
Tony attends a Special Solidarity march and rally from Netflix to Paramount. Attendees included SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher, secretary-treasurer Joely Fisher, national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Los Angeles Local first vice-president Sheryl Lee Ralph, and Jon Cryer.
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Tony on the Picket Line: Part 1
This Week in TV History with Tony Figueroa
This week: Tony walks us through the various issues that are at stake in the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.
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Jack Paar and The Tonight Show
This Week in TV History with Tony Figueroa
Tony Figueroa remembers the night in July 1957 when Jack Paar took over as host of The Tonight Show
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Happy 100th Birthday, Norman Lear
This Week in TV History with Tony Figueroa
Tony salutes Emmy Award-winning writer/producer Norman Lear, the man who changed television in the 1970s. Norman Lear turned 100 this past Wednesday, July 27
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Sanford and Son Turns 50
This Week in TV History with Tony Figueroa
Tony Figueroa remembers Sanford and Son (NBC, 1972-1977), the long-running sitcom starring Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson that premiered fifty years ago This Week in TV History.
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Emergency! Turns 50
This Week in TV History with Tony Figueroa
Tony remembers Emergency! (NBC, 1972-1977), the long-running medical drama/action-adventure series about emergency room doctors and paramedics in Los Angeles. Co-created and produced by Jack Webb, Emergency! starred Robert Fuller, Julie London, Bobby Troup, Randolph Mantooth, and Kevin Tighe and premiered on Jan. 15, 1972.
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The TODAY Show Turns 70
This Week in TV History with Tony Figueroa
Donna Allen joins Tony Figueroa for a look back at the history of The TODAY Show, which premiered 70 years ago This Week in TV History
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The TODAY Show Turns 70, Part 2
This Week in TV History with Tony Figueroa
Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen discuss some of the many historic events that have been covered by The TODAY Show. TODAY premiered seventy years ago This Week in TV History
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The Grinch Turns 55
This Week in TV History with Tony Figueroa
Tony Figueroa remembers the network TV premiere of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (CBS, 1966).
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The Homecoming Turns 50
This Week in TV History with Tony Figueroa
Donna Allen joins Tony Figueroa for a look at the fiftieth anniversary of The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (CBS, 1971), the made-for-TV holiday classic starring Patricia Neal, Richard Thomas, and Andrew Duggan and written by Earl Hamner that also led to the development of The Waltons (CBS, 1972-1981).
info_outlineTony Figueroa and Donna Allen discuss the various ways in which That Girl changed as a series during its fifth season, as well as how the show ended in 1971.
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