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The Archive of American Television preserves the rich history of television capturing exclusive interviews with its legends and pioneers on videotape. 

From the inventors of electronic television, to those behind the camera, to the screen's biggest stars and every point of view, the Television Archive collects firsthand accounts from the men and women who were – and are – there.
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Nearly 600 completed interviews with broadcast legends and more information
may be found at the AAT's Emmytvlegends.org website.
Welcome to the Archive of American Television®

The Archive of American Television strives to preserve the rich history of television—from its Golden Age through our present Digital Era. We strive to educate and inspire future generations by filming exclusive interviews with legends and pioneers of the medium.
Hundreds of Rare, Exclusive
Videotaped Interviews
Steven Bochco
Rita Moreno
The Archive of American Television houses nearly 600 rare, in-depth, videotaped interviews—exclusive conversations with the biggest television/film media stars and iconic industry figures who work behind the scenes.

Just to name a few, you'll find conversations such actors as

Alan Alda
Ossie Davis
Mary Tyler Moore
Rita Moreno
Michael J. Fox

 Writer/producers like

Norman Lear
Carl Reiner
Steven Bochco
Dick Wolf

 Television news legends

Walter Cronkite
Ed Bradley
David Brinkley
Dan Rather

 Industry executives such as

Fred Silverman
Sumner Redstone
Ted Turner

and many, many more.

Click here to see a complete listing of Television Archive Interviews.

Covering Our History and
Developing Our Future

AAT has covered virtually every social, economic and cultural events of the 20th Century. In fact, the Television Archive will be online in the not-so-distant future as an interactive encyclopedia of television, accessible worldwide by students, historians, and the public.

In 2005, we partnered with Google® Video, giving television fans the ability to watch a wellspring of AAT interviews online for free. Just months later, we celebrated our one millionth stream (see release).

Award winning producer-executives Grant A. Tinker, David L. Wolper, Dean Valentine, Television Academy Foundation Chairman Steve Mosko, and Chair Emeritus Thomas W. Sarnoff are guiding the Television Archive's success.

More about who we are here.
Grant A. Tinker (pictured above), along with David L. Wolper and Dean Valentine, is a Founding Chair of the Archive of American Television.

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