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There’s a lot going on in Fran Drescher‘s life, from shooting the pilot of a new NBC sitcom costarring Wings’ Steven Webber to standing at the forefront of the Cancer Schmancer movement and...

It’s known simply as the “rural purge.” Two words that have, at this point, become a footnote in television history but which literally changed the Classic TV landscape back in the early 1970s...

As frequently happens with stars who achieve phenomenal success — in music, film or TV —  at some point their fame levels off. Some are able to fight their way back to the...

One of the most refreshing things about Erin Murphy, a former Classic TV child actor, is the fact that she’s not screwed up, and that she hasn’t had to fight her way back from a...

He’s known as “The Shat” to some, to others Star Trek‘s Captain James T. Kirk, Boston Legal‘s Denny Crane, the Priceline guy, or, to many, just Bill. However you know him, he’s William...

Feel that vibration in your head? That’s the sensation of your mind being boggled by the fact that — somehow — Peter Pan, the classic animated film from Disney, turned 65 last year. But...

 Back in the 1970s, variety shows were everywhere. We had The Carol Burnett Show, The Sony & Cher Comedy Hour, The Dean Martin Show and so on. But then there was Donny & Marie, a weekly...

The final release to the public from The Beatles was the 1970 film and album, Let It Be. As part of its original design, it was supposed to provide an inside look at the...

Actors and the roles they play oftentimes touch audiences of the big screen and the small, creating a connection that is so strong — so iconic — that it becomes difficult to separate the...

In this week’s installment of CloserWeekly.com’s Classic TV Podcast, we’re talking about You. No, not you, but You as in the debut novel by Caroline Kepnes about sociopath, psychopath, serial killer and bookstore manager (hey, everyone’s...

The in-depth conversation with Christopher Knight (Peter Brady from The Brady Bunch) continues on our Classic TV podcast. In this, the second and final installment, he tackles a variety of subjects. On why he...

When it comes to The Brady Bunch, there is always a story to be told, and in this week’s episode of CloserWeekly.com’s Classic TV Podcast we kick off a two-part conversation with Peter Brady...

Back in the 1970s, there were few shows bigger than Happy Days, which ran on ABC from 1974 to 1984. Over the course of those 11 seasons, it’s a sitcom that went from being...

One of the longest running Classic TV sitcoms is My Three Sons, which aired on ABC from 1960-65 and then switched networks to CBS, where it aired until 1972. Film star Fred MacMurray, based...

In the last episode of CloserWeekly.com’s Classic TV podcast, we spoke to producer Lloyd Schwartz, whose father, Sherwood Schwartz, created both The Brady Bunch and Gilligan’s Island, which Lloyd was involved with as well. This time out,...

In his lifetime, the late Sherwood Schwartz created both The Brady Bunch and Gilligan’s Island, two perfect examples of Classic TV shows that have lived on through the decades — being handed down from one...

When you’re talking about Classic TV, you can’t get much more classic than Leave It to Beaver, the beloved 1957-63 sitcom focused on the Cleaver family that made us a part of the group...

He was dubbed “The Man of a Thousand Voices,” and there is no more appropriate nickname for Rich Little, the world’s foremost celebrity impersonator. Born Nov. 26, 1938, he discovered his uncanny ability...

MASH has been very much in the news lately thanks to Alan Alda’s podcast and word of a cast reunion taking place on it. We recently spoke with actress Loretta Swit, who plays Margaret...

Until about 30 years ago, the character of Batman had become something of a joke, having never fully recovered from the campiness of the Adam West TV series from the 1960s. One man...