Capturing TV History Through Video Interviews

Remembering Maxine Stuart

The Emmy-nominated actress passes away at 94.

Take a Look, It's In a Book!

The hit children's series Reading Rainbow celebrates its 30th anniversary.

Ed O'Neill's Full Interview is now online!

The actor dishes on Married...with Children and Modern Family.

Remembering Jean Stapleton

All in the Family's "Edith Bunker" passes away at age 90.

Richard Donner's interview is now online!

The director talks The Twilight Zone, Kojak, and The Fugitive.

Janie Bryant's interview is now online!

The costume designer discusses the wardrobes of Mad Men and Deadwood.

Cheers ended 20 years ago!

The popular series aired its finale, "One for the Road," on May 20, 1993.

Robert Johnson's Interview is now online!

The executive talks founding Black Entertainment Television (BET).

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Welcome to EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG, the online home of the TV Academy Foundation’s ARCHIVE OF AMERICAN TELEVISION.

The Archive collects in-depth video interviews with TV's greatest legends and pioneers. Browse the interviews by person, show, topic or profession.

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Celebrate Father's Day with Famous TV Dads! Blog post image As we celebrate all the fathers out there today, here's a peek at what some Archive interviewees had to say about their roles as iconic TV dads. A few played classic TV fathers, while others portrayed more unconventional dads. Here's William Schallert...

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Trivia

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New from the Archive of American Television Presents DVD Series

A tele-biography by renowned author, screenwriter, and film critic James Ageee, Mr. Lincoln (1952) earned wide acclaim as the centerpiece of OMNIBUS' inaugural season. Starring: Royal Dano and Joanne Woodward, with memorable funeral-train sequences by second-unit director Stanley Kubrick.

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