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Tony Figueroa of TV Confidential provides his unique take on notable events in the world of television and their impact on TV today.

This Week in TV History with Tony Figueroa Tony Figueroa

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Tony Figueroa of TV Confidential provides his unique take on notable events in the world of television and their impact on TV today.

    Tony on the Picket Line: Part 2

    Tony on the Picket Line: Part 2

    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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    • 7 min
    Tony on the Picket Line: Part 1

    Tony on the Picket Line: Part 1

    This week: Tony walks us through the various issues that are at stake in the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes.
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    • 12 min
    Jack Paar and The Tonight Show

    Jack Paar and The Tonight Show

    Tony Figueroa remembers the night in July 1957 when Jack Paar took over as host of The Tonight Show
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    • 10 min
    Happy 100th Birthday, Norman Lear

    Happy 100th Birthday, Norman Lear

    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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    • 8 min
    Sanford and Son Turns 50

    Sanford and Son Turns 50

    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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    • 21 min
    Emergency! Turns 50

    Emergency! Turns 50

    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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    • 18 min

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