New TV Book: Close-Ups: Conversations with Our TV Favorites; Remembering Courtship of Eddie's Father Star Miyoshi Umeki

Thursday, September 06, 2007

New TV Book: Close-Ups: Conversations with Our TV Favorites; Remembering Courtship of Eddie's Father Star Miyoshi Umeki

There will be a new TV book called Close-Ups: Conversations with Our TV Favorites coming out Oct. 22 by author Eddie Lucas. It features new and exclusive interviews with many classic TV stars. Stars including Marla Gibbs, Ernest Thomas, Alice Ghostley, Barbara Billingsley, Tony Dow, and Haywood Nelson. We will for sure have a book review of this book in the coming weeks. So stay tuned to that. But for now, why don't you go look at the cover art, with more info on the official website.

Actress Miyoshi Umeki, who won an Oscar for her performance (first Asian to ever win one) as the doomed wife of an American serviceman in Sayonara and later starred in the Broadway musical Flower Drum Song, has died of cancer on Aug. 28.
Umeki also portrayed Mrs. Livingston, the housekeeper, in the ABC sitcom, The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969-1972), which starred Bill Bixby and Brandon Cruz. In a 1969 Washington Post interview, Bixby called her "the best actress I've ever worked with." Her other TV credits include guest shots on sitcosm Mister Ed and The Donna Reed Show.
She will be missed. She was 78.

Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows

Thursday, March 26

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Complete TV Listings

Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of March 23)

Thursday, March 26

David Cross (Arrested Development/Running Wilde/Oliver Beene) - Catch David on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) and Charlie Day (It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia/Luis) - Chris and Charlie are guests on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
Steve Carell (Rooster/Space Force/The Office/Come to Papa/Watching Ellie) - Steve appears on a repeat of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert at 11:35pm on CBS.
Amanda Peet (Brockmire/Togetherness/Bent) - Amanda drops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. She also talks about Fantasy Life on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
Kirk Fox (Jury Duty/How to Rock) - Kirk is a guest on a repeat of Comics Unleashed with Byron Allen at 12:37am on CBS.
Kyle Richards (Down to Earth) - Andy Cohen interviews Kyle on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 10pm on Bravo.
Vince Vaughn (Bad Monkey/Curb Your Enthusiasm/F Is for Family) - Vince talks about Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice with ABC News' Trevor Ault on Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
Jennifer Jason Leigh (Atypical) - NBC's Today catches up with Jennifer in the 9am hour.
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary/Fam/Instant Mom/Moesha/It's a Living) - NBC's Today catches up with Sheryl in the 10am hour.
Tyler Perry (House of Payne/Love Thy Neighbor) - Tyler tells Sherri about his hit Netflix series Beauty in Black and new show Where There's Smoke on Sherri, so check your local listings.