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Animation historian Jerry Beck will be our special guest this week on TV CONFIDENTIAL, Tuesday, May 19, beginning at 10pm ET, 7pm PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org.

The foremost authority on film and television animation, Jerry Beck is well versed on the histories and films of every Hollywood cartoon studio. His books include Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons, The 50 Greatest Cartoons and The Hanna-Barbera Treasury. An animation consultant for Warner Home Video, Walt Disney Home Video, Republic Entertainment, Rhino Records, Nickelodeon and The Cartoon Network, he has programmed and produced more than 100 video, laser disc and DVD compilations, as well as produced such films and series as The Rugrats Movie, Mighty Mouse and Hornswiggle.

If you have a favorite cartoon that you grew up watching on television, or just have questions in general about animated films and series, be sure to join us this Tuesday, May 19 beginning at 10pm ET, 7pm PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org. Phone number, as always, is (800) 407-KSAV (5728). You can also email a question or comment in advance by sending it to talk@tvconfidential.net.

Ed Robertson
Co-Host, TV CONFIDENTIAL
Every other Tuesday at 10pm ET, 7pm PT
Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org
www.tvconfidential.net
blog.tvconfidential.net
Also available as a podcast via iTunes and FeedBurner

Los Angeles– May 4, 2009– J.J. Abrams, director of the latest “Star Trek” movie, will be the guest on the May 8 edition of “Tavis Smiley” on PBS. Check local listings for air times: www.pbs.org/tavis. Abrams’ appearance coincides with the release of the new “Star Trek” motion picture, featuring a new and younger cast. The movie opens in theaters across the country on Friday, May 8.

On meeting with Shatner, Abrams explains: “You want to respect [the actors], so the first person we met with when we had the story for ‘Star Trek’ was William Shatner… We needed to get his blessing because this is one of the two real fathers of Star Trek. It was tricky because his character died in one of the movies so we wanted him to be involved in the film but his character was dead.” 

Abrams said they tried to build Shatner into the story but, “every version of a story we came up with felt like a gimmick so [writing him into the script] just wasn’t fair to him and it wouldn’t have been fair to the audience.”

On the importance of Trekkie approval, Abrams says, “With something like ‘Star Trek,’ there is this fan base that’s just massive and rabid and vocal and passionate and they are my first concern, quite frankly, because they are the ones who I’m making the movie for.”

Find a link to the clips,
click here: http://www.pbs.org/kcet/tavissmiley/archive/200905/20090508.html

When I Find the Ocean, the award-winning family film produced and directed by Tonya S. Holly, will be screened in 31 states nationwide during the week of May 11-16 as an official selection in the DPEC Studio Independent Film Series. Set in Alabama in 1965 at the height of racial tension, the movie is the poignant story of a young white girl (played by newcomer Lilly Maitland Holly) who sets out to find the ocean in an attempt to say goodbye to her father, whose life was taken at sea. Along the way she befriends a black tugboat captain (played by film and TV icon Bernie Casey), who ultimately serves as her protector.

Winner of several film festival honors, When I Find the Ocean also stars film and TV icons Lee Majors (The Six Million Dollar Man), Diane Ladd (Chinatown, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore) and George Lindsay (The Andy Griffith Show).

When I Find the Ocean will be screened in 31 states during the week of May 11-16, including Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. For a complete list of theaters and dates, see below or visit www.carmike.com:

Get ready to talk about some of your favorite shows from the ’60s and ’70s on the next edition of TV CONFIDENTIAL, Tuesday, May 5, beginning at 10pm ET, 7pm PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org.

Our guests this week include Lee Majors, star of the long-running television series The Six Million Dollar Man, The Big Valley and The Fall Guy, whose latest project, the family friendly film When I Find the Ocean, will be released theatrically in 31 states across the country during the week of May 11 as part of the DPEC Independent Studio Film Series. Lee Majors is scheduled to join us in our first hour.

Then in our second hour, we’ll welcome Craig Henderson, editor and publisher of For Your Eyes Only, a newsletter devoted to spy movies and television series. Craig was a consultant on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Complete Series Box Set recently released by Time Warner. We’ll talk about Napoleon Solo, Illya Kuryakin and a whole lot more.

If you want to be part of our conversation, tune in this Tuesday, May 5 beginning at 10pm ET, 7pm PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org. Phone number, as always, is (800) 407-KSAV (5728). You can also email a question or comment in advance by sending it to talk@tvconfidential.net.

Ed Robertson
Co-Host, TV CONFIDENTIAL
Every other Tuesday at 10pm ET, 7pm PT
Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org
www.tvconfidential.net
blog.tvconfidential.net
Also available as a podcast via iTunes and FeedBurner