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American Television Archive Interviews

Google announced a joint effort with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, to make its archive of interviews with TV actors, writers, producers and directors available on Google Video. "The Foundation's Archive of American Television is probably the most diverse, complete and fascinating resource of its kind.

The stories are told through the eyes of the creative geniuses -- in front of and behind the cameras -- who shaped and continue to shape television into the most powerful medium in the world," said Television Academy Foundation chairman Steve Mosko. As of today, the first 75 of the Foundation's 284 films are available from Google Video, including interviews with TV industry personalities Alan Alda, Michael J. Fox, Norman Lear, Carl Reiner and Ted Turner.

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