Stories

According to Jack Lord, Hawaii Five-O's quality made it too good to fail
Long hours, great scripts, a beautiful location, and Lord's confidence
Jack Lord's morning routine while filming Hawaii Five-O
Lord wasn't a night owl.
Mark Harmon on NCIS: ''I didn't expect to like the script as much as I did''
"I was reading other things and I was also trying to stay home—young family and I wanted to try and be home more."
Chuck Norris doesn't see age ''as a reason to slow down''
What's age? It's just a number to Chuck Norris.Richard Boone was just as tough as his onscreen characters
Paladin couldn't compete with the man who played him.
Steve McQueen didn't believe Wanted: Dead or Alive was ''too violent''
"The King of Cool" had no choice but to cool down the violence in Wanted: Dead or Alive.
James Garner thought Maverick was responsible for limiting his career
He also had a lot to say about television Westerns, implying they were "terrible."
Here's what Jack Larson thought about George Reeves directing episodes of Adventures of Superman
Larson shared his thoughts about George Reeves' additional gig.
In 1985, George Peppard said he was ''a better man than he used to be''
"I don't fear the future."
An unexpected audition tape gave Dwight Schultz his role on The A-Team
His audition tape was shown at parties. Lucky for him, the creator and executive producer of The A-Team took notice.
James Garner rode his family's horse to a one-room country schoolhouse as a kid
"We were poor...but I never saw it that way."
Steve McQueen rebelled against Hollywood — and it served him well
"What's right for me is cool for me," said McQueen.
A-Team creator Stephen J. Cannell combined the names of his mother and daughter to get Tawnia Baker
The investigative reporter joined the team for a handful of missions in season two.
George Reeves ate cornflakes for strength in 1956
Do you hear that, kids? Eating breakfast will make you strong like Superman.
Pauley Perrette on her NCIS character: ''Abby has raised a couple of generations of young girls.''
She created a scholarship for young women who wanted to follow in Abby's footsteps and pursue a career in STEM.
Love and NCIS: Do you remember Leroy Jethro Gibbs' wives?
Yes, plural. He got married four times, and divorced three.
Western series were a lot of fun for Lee Majors because he felt ''more comfortable in jeans''
Boots were made for walking; These jeans were made for Westerns.
Clint Eastwood once helped edit a Rawhide script that made Rowdy Yates seem like a ''petty little boy''
Eastwood took care of his characters.
Leonard Nimoy pursued an early film role so hard he almost got arrested
He wanted to be in a Western. Instead, they called in the cavalry.
William Dozier, the creator of the 1960's Batman series: ''I didn't feel there was anything meaningful about Batman.''
Dozier wasn't shy about the importance of silliness on a show like his.
Producers wouldn't hire George Reeves, so he took his career in another direction
Reeves was typecast, so the star had to find another way to make money.
Adam West on the innocence of the original Batman series
It's time for a dose of Bat-nostalgia.
Pauley Perrette got emotional during her NCIS farewell
"I usually cry on my way home at some point."
When Adam West was considering the part of Batman, he remembered George Reeves
West looked to a fellow superhero for guidance.
Richard Boone once hit back against critics who were judgmental of the Western genre
"I can't abide critics who scorn Westerns just because they're Westerns," Boone said.
Lee Majors on The Fall Guy: ''People enjoy the show because they can sit back for an hour, relax, and enjoy a lot of action''
The Fall Guy? More like The Fun Guy.
The real reason why Sasha Alexander left NCIS after two seasons
The actress valued work-life balance.
Kate Mulgrew on being Star Trek's first female captain as a series regular: ''It's a huge challenge''
"She has to have an emotional center, an intellectual center."
Robert Conrad: ''When I have something on my mind, I say it''
'Bold' is a great way to describe Robert Conrad.