After several years of work, the Library of Congress has completed its preservation, transfer and digitization of the landmark "David Susskind Show." Here, we take a look inside the collection.
Almost 50 years since its original airing, the Library of Congress looks back at the hour-long TV show with a Black female lead--and tries to figure out why it gets so little respect.
Cary O'Dell looks back at the 1951 daytime drama "Miss Susan" starring Susan Peters. It was the first TV show to feature a real-life wheelchair user as a main character.
Though titled “Court of Human Relations,” this obscure, 1959 NBC-TV daytime program was far less “Judge Judy” than a more emotional “Meet the Press.” “Court” had begun on radio, the brainchild of its producer/host A.L. Alexander, and had the lofty goal of bringing the process of mediation to the media while also paying tribute to …
Over 20 years ago, two unassuming VHS tapes were delivered to the Library of Congress’s Packard Campus as part of a copyright deposit. This past month, they became an internet and anime sensation. It took some dogged, dedicated detective work to finally, fully understand the notoriety of these two works. It was a long-simmering puzzle, …