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28 November 2011 1:07 PM, PST | TVSeriesFinale.com | See recent TVSeriesFinale news »

I hope you all had a happy holiday weekend and survived Black Friday if you ventured out. Here are some TV tidbits to start off your week...

Walter Doniger

Writer, director, and producer Walter Doniger passed away on Thanksgiving at the age of 94. He had been suffering from Parkinson's disease. Doniger wrote several scripts for the big screen and directed many episodes of dramatic television shows, including 64 installments of Peyton Place. During the '50s, '60s, and '70s, he also helmed episodes of shows like Cheyenne, Bat Masterson, Kung Fu, McCloud, Black Sheep Squadron, and Marcus Welby, MD. He is survived by his wife, Susan Stafford Doniger.

Irving Elman

A prolific writer for Broadway, movies, and television, Irving Elman died on November 22nd. He passed away in La Jolla, California, of cardiopulmonary arrest at the age of 96. He wrote »

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25 February 2011 2:50 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

God love it, there was no decade quite like the '70s, particularly when it comes to mining pop culture gold (or perhaps cubic zarconium). Case in point, this clip from the kitsch classic "Battle of the Network Stars" from 1976. Watch as NBC team captain Robert Conrad, of "Wild Wild West" and "Baa Baa Black Sheep" fame goes ballistic over what he views as an unfair call by the officials, challenging seemingly-geeky ABC team captain Gabriel Kaplan, of "Welcome Back Kotter," to a race to settle the score. Little did Conrad know, Kaplan had been a champion runner in both high school and college. Don't let the Jew 'fro fool you, Bob!

And as if that wasn't fun enough, check out CBS captain Telly Savalas look fit in his jogging suit while puffing non-stop on cigarettes, lots of hot babes running sans-bra, and the wealth of racist jokes from a »

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2 items from 2011