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Original Airdate: Week of Aug. 14-20, 2013
First hour: Ed welcomes Jerry Kolber, Emmy Award-nominated creator and executive producer of Brain Games, the critically acclaimed series on the National Geographic Channel that reveals the inner workings of the brain through interactive games and experiments. Also in this hour: Tony Figueroa and Donna Allen with a look at recently cancelled network and cable shows, including Southland, Smash and Don’t Trust the B in Apartment 23. Plus: Listener emails.
Second hour: Ed welcomes Academy Award-winning singer/actress Shirley Jones (Elmer Gantry, Oklahoma, Carousel, The Music Man, The Partridge Family). Shirley’s book, Shirley Jones: A Memoir, not only discusses her life and career on stage, film and television, but reveals for the first time the story of her often tumultuous marriage with the love of her life, actor Jack Cassidy. Also in this hour: Greg Ehrbar with a look at Teen Beach Movie.
