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Ron Simon, Curator, The Paley Center for Media

Ron Simon, Curator, The Paley Center for Media

  • August 7, 2026

I remember talking to the late John Frankenheimer, one of television’s greatest directors of the…

November 20, 1958…First Known Videotape Edited Show Airs

November 20, 1958…First Known Videotape Edited Show Airs

  • November 20, 2016

November 20, 1958...First Known Videotape Edited Show Airs Seated on the right is director John…

October 4, 1956….”Playhouse 90″ Debuts On CBS

October 4, 1956….”Playhouse 90″ Debuts On CBS

  • October 4, 2016

October 4, 1956...."Playhouse 90" Debuts On CBS This is how television's most distinguished anthology series…

The Debut Of “Playhouse 90″…October 4, 1956

The Debut Of “Playhouse 90″…October 4, 1956

  • February 19, 2015

The Debut Of "Playhouse 90"...October 4, 1956 This is how television's most distinguished anthology series…

TeleTales  #67…The Art Of Shooting Live Drama

TeleTales #67…The Art Of Shooting Live Drama

  • February 9, 2015

TeleTales #67...The Art Of Shooting Live Drama Before videotape, there were only kinescopes, so shows…

The First Known Videotape Edited Show…November 20, 1958, CBS

The First Known Videotape Edited Show…November 20, 1958, CBS

  • November 6, 2014

Seated on the right is director John Frankenheimer watching Ross Murray edit "Old Man", which…

October 4, 1956…’Playhouse 90′ Debuts on CBS

October 4, 1956…’Playhouse 90′ Debuts on CBS

  • October 4, 2014

October 4, 1956...'Playhouse 90' Debuts on CBS Thursday nights at 9:30 eastern, television's most distinguished…

‘The Comedian’…This ‘Playhouse 90’, Inside CBS Television City

‘The Comedian’…This ‘Playhouse 90’, Inside CBS Television City

  • April 8, 2014

'The Comedian'...Remembering Mickey Rooney This 'Playhouse 90' is a must see for several reasons. First,…

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The men and women who shaped American television —producers, directors, engineers, studio crews, and the families of industry legends shared their stories, photos, documents, and memories with me. Many told me the same thing, even the historians for the networks:

“You’re preserving the only institutional knowledge we have left.”

Eyes Of A Generation has always been a collection of history, but now — it has, by default, become a home for the institutional memory of ABC, NBC, and CBS.

In the same way networks kept the videotapes tapes but erased the talent, skill, craftsmanship and even revenue those recorded shows represented…they have lost their histories too!

This is television’s story — created by the people who shaped it and safeguarded here, for those who come after.

All You Ever Wanted to Know About NORELCO CAMERAS

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The Amazingly Precise History of Color Television from Ed Reitan

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THE PERSONAL SCRAPBOOK OF GEORGE MOSES, ED SULLIVAN’S CAMERAMAN!

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HOW TELEVISION GRAPHICS CAME TO BE

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