TVC 724.1: Ed welcomes back Harvey Lisberg, the legendary music manager who shaped the careers of such iconic artists as Herman's Hermits, 10cc, and Tony Christie. Harvey's memoir, I'm Into Something Good, a captivating journey through the golden era of music, is available wherever books are sold. Topics this segment include what made Herman's Hermits different from most other British bands of the 1960s; how "Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter" began as a novelty song before becoming one of the band's biggest hits; and why the band's first appearance on television was "a disaster." Chuck Harter co-hosts.

TVC 724.2: Harvey Lisberg, manager of Herman's Hermits, talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about the band's brief foray into motion pictures in the mid 1960s (including Where The Boys Meet the Girls and Hold On!), and why the band's voices, particularly on the harmonies of their songs, was critical to their success. Harvey's memoir, I'm Into Something Good: My Life Managing 10cc, Herman's Hermits, and Many More, is available wherever books are sold through Omnibus Press.

TVC 724.3: Harvey Lisberg, manager of Herman's Hermits, talks to Ed and guest co-host Chuck Harter about why Hold On! (1966), the first movie starring Herman's Hermits, is "a poor man's A Hard Day's Night; how frontman Peter Noone handled the band's sudden burst to fame when he was just sixteen; and why the music of Herman's Hermits was never as respected in England as it was in the United States. Harvey's memoir, I'm Into Something Good: My Life Managing 10cc, Herman's Hermits, and Many More, is available wherever books are sold through Omnibus Press.

Please enjoy this special preview of our upcoming conversation with Jennifer Jones, the first African-American member of the world renowned Radio City Rockettes, and an award-winning performer who is celebrated for her pioneering achievements and unwavering advocacy for equal rights in the arts. Jennifer's memoir, Becoming Spectacular: The Rhythm of Resilience from The First African-American Rockette, not only tells the story of how she helped establish a transformative era for The Rockettes while inspiring other Black dancers, but also recounts her triumphant battle against colorectal cancer in 2018. February is Black History Month. March is both Women's History Month and Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. Becoming Spectacular is available wherever books are sold through Amistad Books, an imprint of HarperCollins. Our complete conversation with Jennifer Jones will air during the weekend of Feb. 27 on TV Confidential.

For our listeners in the Greater L.A. Metro area, Jennifer Jones' story is also included in This Joint is Jumping, a new exhibit at The Hollywood Museum that honors the contributions of many notable Black artists, singers, actors, writers and sports figures, including Whitney Houston, Lena Horne, Denzel Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, The Pointer Sisters, Dionne Warwick, Forrest Whitaker, Wesley Snipes, Eddie Murphy, Richard Pryor, Angela Bassett, Muhammad Ali, Will Smith, Halle Berry, Viola Davis, Diana Ross, and Oprah Winfrey. This Joint is Jumping becomes open to the public on Thursday, Feb. 19. For tickets and more information: TheHollywoodMuseum.com

We took a few days off, but we'll be back with a brand new edition of TV Confidential later this week. In the meantime, please enjoy this Blast from the Past clip from February 2016 in which Tony, Donna, and Ed discuss the television career of Sandy Duncan (Funny Face, The Hogan Family) as part of This Week in TV History. Sandy Duncan was born on Feb. 20, 1946.

TVC 723.6: From July 2020: Actor, author and acting teacher Basil Hoffman (Acting and How to Be Good at It, Cold Reading and How to Be Good at It) talks to Ed about how Jim Hutton and James Garner were two of the many actors he worked with who happened to be tall; how Richard Benjamin and Alan J. Pakula are examples of "actor first" directors (and how Steven Spielberg and the Coen Brothers exemplify "camera first" directors); and how Basil also happened with a number of actors who were father and son, including Jim Hutton and Timothy Hutton and Carl Reiner and Rob Reiner. Basil Hoffman passed away on Sept. 17, 2021.

TVC 723.1: Ed welcomes Glenn Stewart, an adjunct professor at Westfield State University (Westfield, Massachusetts) whose background in media includes twenty-five years in radio, both as an on-air personality and as a station programmer for many stations across the United States. Glenn's new book, Columbo Explains the Seventies: A TV Cop's Pop Culture Journey, asks the question, "If you sealed all forty-five episodes of the original Columbo (NBC, 1971-1978) in a time capsule and unearthed them one hundred years later, what would those episodes of Columbo tell us about the culture of the 1970s?" Columbo Explains the Seventies is available through Bonaventure Press and Amazon.com. Topics this segment include how the original Columbo is more a clash of styles versus a study in class conflict; how social capital is portrayed in Columbo; and the extent to which the series reflects the melting pot of Los Angeles in the 1970s.

TVC 723.2: Glenn Stewart, author of Columbo Explains the Seventies, discusses some of the differences between the original Columbo (NBC, 1971-1978) and the revival of Columbo in the 1990s (ABC, 1989-2003), and how one of his goals for the book is to get readers to revisit the NBC series. Columbo Explains the Seventies is available through Bonaventure Press and Amazon.com.