TV Confidential

TVC 606.1: From March 2012: Tony, Donna and Ed remember “A House Divided,” the famous episode of Dallas that launched the “Who Shot J.R.?” phenomenon of 1980. “A House Divided” originally aired Mar. 21, 1980. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email sales@advertisecast.com or click the...

TVC 606.2: Ed welcomes Griff Furst, youngest son of Stephen Furst (Animal House, St. Elsewhere, Babylon 5), and an accomplished actor, screenwriter, producer, and director in his own right. Griff is the producer of Devil’s Peak, a crime thriller starring Billy Bob Thornton, Jackie Earle Healy, Robin Wright, and Hopper Penn about a father/son relationship that goes bad. Devil’s Peak is now available for viewing on demand on major streaming platforms, while Griff’s upcoming films as an actor...

TVC 606.3: Actor/producer Griff Furst talks to Ed about working with his dad, Stephen Furst (Animal House, St. Elsewhere, Babylon 5), both as a young actor and as a partner in their production company, Curmudgeon Films. Griff is the producer of Devil’s Peak, a crime thriller starring Billy Bob Thornton, Jackie Earle Healy, Robin Wright, and Hopper Penn that is now available for streaming on demand on major streaming platforms. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered...

TVC 606.4: A return appearance by actress, author, and documentary filmmaker Penny Peyser (All the President’s Men, The In-Laws, Crazy Like a Fox, Stillpoint, Trying to Get Good). Penny’s new book, Sonnets from Suburbia: More Candles Than Cake, provides a whimsical take on 21st century life—all by way of the Shakespearean sonnet form. If you’ve seen any of Penny’s “Lady Penelope” videos on YouTube, you’ll have a pretty good idea of what to expect in Sonnets from Suburbia. Sonnets from...

TVC 606.5: Actress and author Penny Peyser (All the President’s Men, Crazy Like a Fox, Sonnets from Suburbia) tells Ed the back story of how she came to be interviewed by legendary Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward in 2022, on the fiftieth anniversary of the Watergate break-in; how she came to play the ukelele; and why it’s impossible to play a sad song on that particular instrument. Penny’s new book, Sonnets from Suburbia: More Candles Than Cake, provides a whimsical take on 21st...

TVC 606.5a: Greg Ehrbar talks to Ed about the recent DVD release of Tom and Jerry 2021, the feature length live action-plus-animation movie that stars Chloe Grace Moretz, Colin Jost, and the archival voices of Mel Blanc, June Foray, and Bill Hanna. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please...

TVC 606.6: Greg and Ed discuss the recent DVD releases of Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Return to Zombie Island, Happy Halloween, Scooby-Doo, Scooby-Doo: The Sword and The Scoob, and Season 2 and Season 2 of Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email...

TVC 605.1: Via remote from West Hollywood: Ed welcomes Johanna Siegmann, the accomplished photographer sometimes known as the "Deanna Troi of Pet Photographers" because of her unique ability to connect with animals. Johanna is also the author of In Good Company: Notable People with Their Pets, a new coffee table book that features photographs of Dee Wallace, Ed Begley Jr., Ed Asner, Gina Hecht, and many other celebrities from film, television, music, and politics... all seen at home with...

TVC 605.2: Stage and television actress Concetta Tomei (China Beach, Providence, Madman of the People) talks to Ed about her early career as a teacher, including how she often worked in songs by James Taylor as part of her curriculum; the 35th anniversary of the premiere of China Beach (ABC, 1988-1991), and why the series continues to resonate with Vietnam veterans; and how moments of hardship and disappointment often help us “earn our stripes” in life (as Major Lila Garreau, Concetta’s...

TVC 605.3: Actress Concetta Tomei (China Beach, Providence, Madman of the People) shares a few memories of starring opposite David Bowie in the national tour of The Elephant Man, including a poignant story about Bowie and Concetta's parents. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email...

TVC 605.4: Actress Concetta Tomei (China Beach, Providence) talks to Ed about how much she learned from Dabney Coleman about performing comedy in television when they co-starred together on Madman of the People (NBC, 1995-1996). Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for the podcast edition of our program. They’re great to work with and will help you advertise on our show. Please email...

From January 2019: Titus Welliver, the actor who plays Harry Bosch on Amazon Prime's Bosch, talks about his background as an artist; his remedies for fighting colds brought on at the end of each season; what he learned from Mark Harmon when they worked together on NCIS; and how he sometimes unwinds by reading Marvel comics and binge-watching sixties TV shows. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for...

From January 2019: Titus Welliver, the actor who plays Harry Bosch on Amazon Prime's Bosch, talks about his background as an artist; his remedies for fighting colds brought on at the end of each season; what he learned from Mark Harmon when they worked together on NCIS; and how he sometimes unwinds by reading Marvel comics and binge-watching sixties TV shows. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with AdvertiseCast to handle advertising/sponsorship requests for...

TVC 604.1: Ed welcomes legendary television broadcaster Fritz Coleman, the affable weatherman on KNBC Channel 4 who drew on his background in stand-up comedy to deliver upbeat and whimsical weather forecasts twice a night, every night for thirty-nine years. After retiring from television in 2020, Fritz finds himself busier than usual. He co-hosts, along with Louise Palanker, Media Path, a podcast that not only looks back at the people, places, and things that have defined our media for the...

TVC 604.2: Legendary television broadcaster Fritz Coleman talks to Ed about some of his notable network TV appearances (including The Case of the Telltale Talk Show Host, one of the very last Perry Mason movies starring Raymond Burr), his recent return to stand-up comedy, and his upcoming one-man show, Unassisted Living. If all goes well, Unassisted Living will become available for viewing on demand later in 2023. Fritz Coleman and Louise Palanker co-host Media Path, a podcast that looks...

TVC 604.5: A return visit by legendary comedian and impressionist Rich Little. The Governor General of Canada recently appointed Rich to the Order of Canada, which honors a select number of native Canadians from all walks of life—including doctors, lawyers, teachers, scientists, and entertainers—not only for their service to society, their innovations, and their compassion, but for inspiring, educating, and mentoring future generations and creating a foundation of excellence in Canada that...

TVC 604.6: Rich Little talks to Ed about some of his many television appearances, including The Ed Sullivan Show, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and The Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts. Rich’s book, LITTLE BY LITTLE: Celebrities I’ve Known and Been, is a collection of stories and anecdotes about some of the many notable showbiz figures and politicians that Rich has impersonated—and, in many cases, became good friends with—over the years, including Jack Benny, George Burns, Jimmy...

TVC 603.3: Oscar-nominated actress Nancy Olson Livingston talks to Ed about working with William Holden on several motion pictures, including Sunset Boulevard; why Sunset Boulevard is still relevant today; and the events that led Nancy's second husband, Capitol Records executive Alan Livingston, to sign The Beatles in 1964. Nancy’s memoir, A Front Row Seat: An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the Age of Glamour, is available in bookstores everywhere through University Press of...

TVC 603.1: Ed welcomes Academy Award-nominated actress Nancy Olson Livingston (Sunset Boulevard, Pollyanna, The Absent Minded Professor, Big Jim McLain). Nancy’s memoir, A Front Row Seat: An Intimate Look at Broadway, Hollywood, and the Age of Glamour, is a charming chronicle of her life as an actress, wife, mother, and philanthropist that also provides readers with an invitation to a world that few of us will ever enter. Want to advertise/sponsor our show? TV Confidential has partnered with...

TVC 603.2: Academy Award-nominated actress Nancy Olson Livingston (Sunset Boulevard, Pollyanna, The Absent Minded Professor, Big Jim McLain) talks to Ed about her life-altering encounter with Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner (and the role that Bennett Cerf played in making that happen), and how Broadway star Kitty Carlisle Hart was a friend and mentor to her, especially during and after Nancy’s marriage to lyricist Alan Jay Lerner. Nancy’s memoir, A Front Row Seat: An Intimate...