The Directors Guild of America has announced its TV, documentary and commercial award nominations for the 2025 DGA Awards.

Economics precipitated the end of the big-band era at least 10 years before Terry Gibbs formed his Dream Band. By the mid-50s ...

Stephen Lind, University of Southern California It’s hard to imagine a holiday season without “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The 1965 broadcast has become a staple – etched into traditions across ...

It’s hard to imagine the holidays without “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The 1965 broadcast has become a staple of the season ...

The “Peanuts” special came together out of a last-minute scramble. Somewhat out of the blue, producer Lee Mendelson got a call from advertising agency McCann-Erickson: Coca-Cola wanted to ...

Somewhat out of the blue, producer Lee Mendelson got a call from advertising agency McCann-Erickson: Coca-Cola wanted to sponsor an animated Christmas special. Mendelson had previously failed to ...

Jason Mendelson, son of the producer and multi-hyphenate keeper of the Mendelson production studio flame ... "And all elements of the film — the straightforward animation, the unsophisticated ...

The special came together out of a last-minute scramble. Somewhat out of the blue, producer Lee Mendelson got a call from advertising agency McCann-Erickson: Coca-Cola wanted to sponsor an ...

Finally, The Snowman, a beautifully animated short film in 1982, will melt hearts ... It was produced by Lee Mendelson based on his own Peanuts comic strip and was first telecast on CBS on ...

The special came together out of a last-minute scramble. Somewhat out of the blue, producer Lee Mendelson got a call from advertising agency McCann-Erickson: Coca-Cola wanted to sponsor an ...