Mr. Peabody, the erudite dog in the Bullwinkle cartoons, had his WABAC (“way back”) machine for visiting the past. George Foster Peabody, no relation, has his own version... A very large time capsule...

2013

Jun

HORACE NEWCOMB: FROM PROFESSOR TO PEABODYS, A LIFETIME CELEBRATING QUALITY TV By Noel Holston

“Mr. Television Studies” may not be a zingy moniker, but it suits the courtly scholar and overseer of the most revered prize for TV, radio and other electronic media...

2013

Apr

AND THE PEABODY AWARDS GO TO... By Noel Holston

The 2012 programs picked for Peabody recognition included everything from a documentary about Tibetan nomads to HBO's Girls...

2013

Mar

DALE ROBERTSON AND HIS LONGHORN BUICK By Noel Holston

Dale Robertson, who joined those ghost riders in the sky this week at the age of 89, was the first celebrity I ever met. And though I went on to interview hundreds more as a media and entertainment writer, it’s still one of my favorite encounters...

2013

Feb

CARTOON CREATOR BUCK BIGGERS WAS NO UNDERDOG By Noel Holston

Let’s have a moment of silence for Buck Biggers, and follow it up with a rousing sing-along of the theme from his best-known contribution to television: Underdog...

2013

Jan

'VOICE' LESSONS: THOUSANDS VIE FOR A CHANCE TO FACE THE SWIVEL CHAIRS By Noel Holston

There were no high-tech swivel chairs at the recent Atlanta auditions for the forthcoming edition of NBC’s The Voice. Just one anonymous talent scout and a long, long line...

2012

Dec

NOEL'S TOP 10 TV SHOWS OF 2012 (LIMITED EDITION) By Noel Holston

After I retired from all-hours television monitoring, I decided to try to get by somehow, some way, with just basic cable. And I even have a Top 10 for the year...

2012

Dec

MY COFFEE WITH LARRY By Noel Holston

It was November, 2004 when I met Larry Hagman for coffee at a rather nice Manhattan hotel. It was probably the most intimate moment I ever had interviewing a celebrity...

2012

Nov

TWO AND A HALF AMENS By Noel Holston

Two and a Half Men finally made me laugh. Well, OK, the half man did. It was a first, and as a much-appreciated bonus, I didn’t even have to watch the show...

2012

Nov

MAUDE'S DILEMMA REVISITED By Noel Holston

It’s hard to imagine laugh lines that flip about abortion in a prime-time entertainment show today, but Maude’s most famous episode actually aired without creating a huge stir in November 1972...

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Noel Holston wrote about TV, radio and popular culture for the Orlando Sentinel, Minneapolis Star Tribune and Newsday before going to grow wine bottles near Athens, GA.

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