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Iconic actor- turned-director Ron Howard talks with us about life on the Andy Griffith Show and his first successful "pitch." He's our milestone 500th industry icon to be honored with an Archive interview.
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See the full two-hour talk with Ron Howard—in-depth, covering Howard's journeys through television, film and family life—at Google Video via the AAT Update blog.
Welcome to the Archive of American Television®

The Archive of American Television strives to preserve the rich history of television—from its Golden Age through our present Digital Era. We strive to educate and inspire future generations by filming exclusive interviews with legends and pioneers of the medium.
Hundreds of Rare, Exclusive
Videotaped Interviews

Steven Bochco
Rita Moreno
The Archive of American Television houses over 500 rare, in-depth, videotaped interviews—exclusive conversations with the biggest television/film media stars and iconic industry figures who work behind the scenes.

Just to name a few, you'll find conversations such actors as

Alan Alda
Ossie Davis
Mary Tyler Moore
Rita Moreno
Michael J. Fox

Writer/producers like

Norman Lear
Carl Reiner
Steven Bochco
Dick Wolf

Television news legends

Walter Cronkite
Ed Bradley
David Brinkley
Dan Rather

Industry executives such as

Fred Silverman
Sumner Redstone
Ted Turner

and many, many more.

Click here to see a complete listing of Television Archive Interviews.

Covering Our History and
Developing Our Future

AAT has covered virtually every social, economic and cultural events of the 20th Century. In fact, the Television Archive will be online in the not-so-distant future as an interactive encyclopedia of television, accessible worldwide by students, historians, and the public.

We stepped into our interactive future in 2005 by partnering with Google
® Video, giving television fans the ability to watch a wellspring of AAT interviews online for free. Just months later, we celebrated our one millionth stream (see release).

Award winning producer-executives Grant A. Tinker, David L. Wolper, Dean Valentine, Television Academy Foundation Chairman Steve Mosko, and Chair Emeritus Thomas W. Sarnoff are guiding the Television Archive's success.

More about who we are here.

Grant A. Tinker (pictured above), along with David L. Wolper and Dean Valentine, is a Founding Chair of the Archive of American Television.

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