More on Martin

Fans of such classic TV crime dramas as Banyon, The Streets of San Francisco, The Fugitive, Barnaby Jones, and Cannon--all of those brought to the screen by producer Quinn Martin--will want to take note of this: This Monday night’s episode of the Internet radio program TV Confidential will de devoted, in part, to Martin’s work.

From the program’s Web site (emphasis mine):

Join us as we look back at the year in the television--the good, the bad and the ugly--on the next edition of TV Confidential, premiering Monday, Dec. 14, at 10 pm ET, 7 p.m. PT on Shokus Internet Radio, with a rebroadcast Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 11 p.m. ET, 8 p.m. PT on Share-a-Vision Radio, KSAV.org.

Jay Leno and NBC may have dominated the headlines, but they were not the only stories in the world of television in 2009. The year also saw the Emmy Awards telecast rise from the dead, thanks to a spirited performance by host Neil Patrick Harris, as well as a host of controversies involving the likes of David Letterman, Sarah Palin, Carrie Prejean and Tiger Woods. It was also a year that saw the passings of such cultural icons as Walter Cronkite, Don Hewitt, Karl Malden, Army Archerd, Dominick Dunne, Larry Gelbart, Fred Travelena, Beatrice Arthur, Ed McMahon, Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett. We’ll talk about these stories and more when Tony Figueroa and David Krell join us in our second hour.

In our first hour, we’ll welcome back television writer Paul Robert Coyle as we conclude our three-part series on the programs of Quinn Martin. Paul’s credits in television include episodes of such QM series as Barnaby Jones and The Streets of San Francisco, as well as other popular dramas like Simon & Simon, Jake and the Fatman, Crazy Like a Fox, Midnight Caller, Xena: Warrior Princess and The Dead Zone. Paul offers great insight into the workings of QM Productions, as well as such key QM personnel as Buddy Ebsen, Lee Meriwether, Philip Saltzman and William Conrad.

There’s a lot of ground being covered here, that’s for sure.