This Week in TV History with Tony Figueroa
Tony Figueroa of TV Confidential provides his unique take on notable events in the world of television and their impact on TV today.
Episodes
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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This week: Tony walks us through the various issues that are at stake in the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.
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Tony Figueroa remembers the night in July 1957 when Jack Paar took over as host of The Tonight Show
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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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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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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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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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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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Tony Figueroa remembers the network TV premiere of Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas (CBS, 1966).
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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).
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Tony and Donna discuss some of the many moments in The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (CBS, 1971) that slowly draw viewers in. The two-hour pilot for The Waltons, The Homecoming first aired fifty years ago This Week in TV History.
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Donna Allen joins Tony Figueroa to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the original broadcast of It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.
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Diane Vincent joins Tony Figueroa via Zoom for a look at the 75th anniversary of the premiere of I Love Lucy on television.
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Diane Vincent joins Tony Figueroa via Zoom for a look at the 75th anniversary of the premiere of I Love Lucy on television.
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Diane Vincent joins Tony Figueroa via Zoom for a look at the 75th anniversary of the premiere of I Love Lucy on television.
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Donna Allen joins Tony Figueroa for a look back at The Dick Van Dyke Show, which premiered sixty years ago This Week in TV History.
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Tony and Donna discuss some of their favorite episodes of The Dick Van Dyke Show, including "Somebody Has to Play Cleopatra," "That's My Boy," and "It May Look Like a Walnut."
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Donna Allen joins Tony Figueroa for a special two-part edition of This Week in TV History that commemorates the 55th anniversary of the premiere of That Girl (ABC, 1966-1971).
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Tony 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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Host Tony Figueroa remembers the 45th anniversary of the premiere of The Muppet Show and the legacy of Jim Henson.
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