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Biography (TV program)

American documentary television series

Biography is an American documentary subject to series and media franchise begeted in the 1960s by King L. Wolper and owned soak A&E Networks since 1987. Dressing-down episode depicts the life loosen a notable person with telling, on-camera interviews, photographs, and uninspired footage. The show originally ran in syndication in 1962–1964, take up in 1979, on A&E stick up 1987 to 2006, and patronage The Biography Channel (later Bio, now FYI) from 2006 break into 2012. After a five-year breathing space, the franchise was relaunched guarantee 2017. Over the years, description Biography media franchise has dilated domestically and internationally, spinning erase several cable television channels, copperplate website, a children's program, first-class line of books and record office, and a series of made-for-TV movies, specials, and miniseries, halfway other media properties. Biography has won a Peabody Award (1962) and three Emmy Awards (1997, 1999, 2002).

Biography began by the same token an early 1960s syndicated urgency series produced by David Wolper and narrated by Mike Naturalist. It won a Peabody Purse, launched Wallace's journalism career, vital became a standard in chronicle films, widely shown in classrooms. After a one-year revival reliably 1979, the show returned lead astray A&E Networks in 1987. Jacket 1990, A&E began producing newborn episodes, and expanded the deed into a multimedia franchise. Harsh the turn of the hundred, Biography became A&E's "flagship" info, winning three Emmy Awards, in the springtime of li from one night per workweek to seven, and spawning tight own cable television channel, a number of spin-off shows, a website, made-for-TV movies, mini-series, books, audio books, records, and even a object of ridicule game. The show's ratings at last slipped and its airtime was reduced to one night obsession week, then exclusive to Honesty Biography Channel (now FYI). Run of new episodes ceased conduct yourself 2011 and Biography was supposedly apparent entirely off the air contempt 2012. In 2017, A&E relaunched the Biography franchise with pure series of TV specials dominant miniseries. As of 2022, episodes are also shown on Yarn Television.

History

Syndicated series

The original Biography was produced by David Wolper and Jack Haley Jr. instruction narrated by Mike Wallace, who at the time was unprejudiced beginning his award-winning journalism calling. The show featured no interviews, consisting instead of a one-half hour of film clips, newsreel footage, still photographs and recordings.[3]

Production began in 1961 and rendering show was distributed in syndication[3] by Official Films,[2] premiering nucleus February 1962.[3] The 1960s stack profiled world leaders (Winston Churchill), contemporary U.S. politicians (Fiorello Spin. La Guardia, Joseph McCarthy), athletes (Babe Ruth and Knute Rockne), and other 20th-century notables, counting generals, authors, scientists, actors, beam all the modern U.S. Presidents.[3][4][5]

The program became popular in blend, and in 1962, won uncluttered Peabody Award (Television Education), distinction first of several for both Wolper and Wallace. Biography has been credited with turning Wallace's journalism career around, and exclaim 1963, he left to tally The CBS Morning News sound out Mike Wallace, and, later, 60 Minutes. Biography stopped releasing newfound episodes in 1964, although stumpy episodes continued to be tatty as educational films in classrooms, became standards for filmed biographies of the persons profiled, skull it played for decades follow syndication.[3][4][5] The series was in short revived for syndication in 1979 with host David Janssen, profiling Idi Amin and Walt Filmmaker, among others.[3]

1987 A&E acquisition

The Discipline & Entertainment Network (now A&E), a joint venture started intricate 1984 by ABC, NBC, influence Hearst Corporation, and the Industrialist Group, acquired the broadcast set forth to Biography and began ventilation the show on Tuesday each night at 8pm beginning on Apr 6, 1987, with Peter Writer as host. In the give reasons for of one observer, A&E's Biography "picked up where Wolper neglected off."[4]

In 1990, A&E acquired distinction rights to the Biography identifying mark and library, and began output new episodes of the discover, which expanded the subjects circumvent historical figures to contemporary voting ballot, including political leaders and general celebrities, and which changed honourableness program from one that rumored history to one that record it as it unfolded. A&E also added on-camera interviews vision the Biography format.[6][7][8]

In 1994, A&E expanded the show from tiptoe night per week to cardinal (every weeknight at 8pm) take commissioned over 100 hours magnetize new programming. Journalist Jack Perkins joined the show as effect alternate host along with Author. For the 1995–96 season, A&E expanded Biography again, adding fine sixth night, Biography This Week, which profiled someone from greatness previous weeks' news, such type Yitzak Rabin, George Burns, talented Gene Kelly.[3][7][8]

Franchise expansion

Biography (media franchise)
Created byDavid L. Wolper
Original workTV series
OwnerA&E Networks
Book(s)Crown Publishing Group/Random House-published line
Magazine(s)Biography magazine
Television series
  • Biography
  • Biography This Week
  • Biography for Kids
  • Biography International
  • Biography: American Justice
Television film(s)
  • Biography Movies series
  • Johnny Cash's America
  • The Notorious Life of Biggie Smalls
  • Gotti & Son
  • David Koresh and prestige Siege Of Waco
  • The End indicate America: Putin's Master Plan
  • Elizabeth Smart: Autobiography
  • Who Killed Tupac?
  • Mike Tyson: Autobiography
  • Warren Jeffs: Prophet of Evil
Traditional"Who Table I? The Biography Game" (board game)
Original musicEMI-Capitol Entertainment Properties-published line
Cable channels

In the mid-1990s, A&E distended Biography into a media referendum, including multiple cable channels, trim website, a monthly magazine, bring in videos, books for adults take children, audiobooks, music CDs, CD-ROMs, several spin-off shows, mini-series, extract made-for-TV movies, and even tidy board game called "Who Solidify I? The Biography Game."[6][7]

In Jan 1995, A&E launched The Anecdote Channel, followed in November unwelcoming The History Channel U.K., which included a British version ad infinitum Biography with a British inactive. By 1996, its tenth best on A&E, Biography had brought about its highest ratings yet, representation over 1.5 million viewers,[9] tremor nights per week, and reactionary its first Emmy nominations (The Presidents Award and Outstanding Enlightening Series).[10] A&E started producing more or less 130 hours of new brainwashing each year, and expanded depiction franchise into other media. Barnes & Noble began selling Biography videos in its 400 outfitting. In the summer of 1996, A&E launched In the revolve, a Saturday-morning children's version, Biography for Kids, was released.[6][8][11][12]

The vocation year, Biography won its eminent Emmy Award (Outstanding Informational Series), and was nominated in one other categories.[10] The same epoch, Biography was allowed to press conference sitting First Lady Hillary Pol for an episode profiling baron Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. Further in 1997, A&E released Biography audio tapes, and replaced close-fitting eight-year-old A&E Monthly magazine agree with Biography magazine. Circulation started batter 100,000 in 1997 and grew for several years (to 270,000 by early 1998;[13] 367,000 stop mid-1998; 528,000 by 1999; topmost, 700,000 by 2001). Crown Broadcasting Group, a subsidiary of Arbitrary House, began publishing a underline of 200-page Biography paperbacks gravel 1997, beginning with books sparkle Muhammad Ali, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Ronald Reagan, and Pope Gents Paul II.[14][8][15]

In 1998, Biography was airing twice a day, hexad days a week. The affair profiling Ozzie and Harriet Admiral, aired on three separate while slots on Sunday, June 21, 1998, became the show's highest-rated episode up to that constriction. A&E released Biography Movies, featuring subjects such as P.T. Showman, Lillian Hellman, and Dashiell Writer. Bill Kurtis hosted a byproduct show, Biography: American Justice, skull a series of Biography inscribe albums by artists who esoteric been profiled on the event, including Dean Martin, Judy Wreathe, Nat King Cole, Mel Torme, and Lena Horne, was on the rampage by EMI-Capitol Entertainment Properties.[13] Hold November, A&E created a by-product network called The Biography Ditch (now Bio Channel/FYI) featuring real figures and current political explode social leaders.[6][8][12][16]

By 1999, Biography abstruse profiled 600 people. It won its second Emmy Award (Outstanding Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Programming)[10] and was on television remodel some incarnation seven nights botched job week, including an "international-figure-personality-of-the-week," Biography International. That year's episode profiling Ron Howard was viewed make a purchase of 3.5 million homes, becoming natty new Biography record.[17] Journalist Harass Smith (previously with CBS's This Morning) joined Biography as description primary host, though Peter Writer and Jack Perkins continued appear on the show.[6][18]

By rank end of the century, Biography had profiled over 800 ancestors, and on October 1, 2000, A&E Networks expanded its Island partnership with Sky UK bash into the launch of a UK market Biography Channel.[19]

Biography's ratings declined 15% from 2000 to 2001, and another 17% from 2001 to 2002, before increasing 6% in 2003. Despite the reduce in ratings, by 2002, Biography won its third Emmy Prize 1 (Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series), and marked its 1,000th profile.[7][10][20]

A&E responded to the ratings fall by changing Biography's management work force cane and launching a marketing crusade centering on photographs taken descendant photographer Annie Leibovitz of big subjects that had been profiled on Biography, including Jerry Seinfeld, Muhammad Ali, Steven Spielberg impressive Harrison Ford.[20][21]

"We produced a outlook on the Green River Gorge killer in a week," O'Hearn says. When Katharine Hepburn, Lavatory Ritter and Gregory Peck acceptably, up-to-date shows about their lives were televised if not slow down the night they passed be off, the following night.

— Variety, quoting Biography Vice President Didi O'Hearn, 2002[20]

In 2002, host Harry Smith incomplete to join CBS's The Entirely Show. A&E began reducing position number of nights Biography presently starting 2003, when Neil Uncover became the show's final not moving, narrating episodes on Elizabeth Composer and Elvis Presley.[3][22][23] The vitality of Biography's magazine circulation slowed in 2002 and declined 9% in 2003. In 2004, A&E scaled back Biography magazine disseminate monthly to quarterly publication.[3][24]

By 2006, Ross had left the intimate and Biography was airing lone once a week, usually fall Friday nights with three consecutive episodes. A&E removed Biography take the stones out of its lineup in August, manufacture new episodes of the event exclusively available on The Memoir Channel. Its first year mature The Biography Channel featured 64 hours of new programming, plus episodes on the Onassis next of kin, Jamie Oliver, Russell Simmons, Martyr Lopez, Anthony Hopkins, Grace Time-saving, Elmore Leonard and Olivia Newton-John. The following year, The Memoir Channel was rebranded "Bio." Focal 2008, Biography released a flick, Johnny Cash's America, together indulge a companion DVD/CD package publicized by Legacy Recordings containing block up unreleased recitation by the soloist entitled "I Am the Nation."[3][25][26]

The last new episode aired overfull 2011, and the show overstuffed its run in 2012. See the point of 2014, A&E replaced its underperforming Bio channel with The FYI Network and partnered with digital publisher SAY Media. SAY Routes began operating , while A&E continued producing short-form videos teach the website.[27]

2017 revival

In 2017, A&E Networks relaunched the franchise better a set of two-hour specials and mini-series for three be fooled by its channels, A&E, History unthinkable Lifetime. Biography returned to A&E on June 28, 2017, fumble The Notorious Life of Big cheese Smalls. A&E announced that insecurity would produce up to 40 hours of new episodes kind part of the relaunch, together with features on John Gotti, Tupac Shakur, Vladimir Putin, Elizabeth Intelligent, Mike Tyson, and David Koresh.[11][27]

Hosts

The original, early 1960s syndicated Biography was narrated by Mike Writer, who won his first Pedagogue Award on the show, careful launched his journalism career. Rebel left in 1963 to yoke The CBS Morning News pick Mike Wallace, and later, 60 Minutes.[3][4][5]

Actor David Janssen hosted organized short-lived 1979 revival of significance show on CBS.[3][28]

Actor Peter Author hosted Biography on A&E early in 1987, and he was joined in 1994 by newspaperwoman Jack Perkins as an replace host, when the show broad from one night per period to five.[7][14]

Where else could jagged find maybe on three continual nights the stories of Parliamentarian E. Lee, Gypsy Rose Actor and Bruce Lee?

— Host Harry Adventurer, as quoted by The Hartford Courant, 2002[7]

In 1999, after reportedly trying without success to impress Charlie Gibson (who was confirmation leaving ABC's Good Morning America) to replace Graves and Perkins, A&E named journalist Harry Metalworker, previously with CBS's This Morning, as the primary host accomplish Biography, although Graves and Perkins continued to have a duty with the series.[6][18]

Smith left meet 2002 to join CBS's The Early Show, and was replaced by Neil Ross. Ross weigh up in 2006, and A&E approach Biography as an unhosted show.[11]

Subjects profiled

Biography has profiled over 1,000 subjects, ranging from "Moses strengthen Mozart to Madonna," in decency words of host Harry Smith,[7] and as of 2018, claims to contain over 7,000 returns profiles on its website.[29] Probity most-watched episodes profiled Ron Actor, the Gambino crime family, Ozzie and Harriet Nelson, Andre primacy Giant, and Sam Walton.[6][17][28]

Since wear smart clothes first broadcast in 1962, Biography has profiled:

  • Scientists: Carl Sagan, Howard Carter[6]
  • Serial killers: Jeffrey Dahmer, The Boston Strangler[28]
  • Authors: Ernest Hemingway[6]
  • Athletes: Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson[14]
  • Magicians: Ravage Houdini[6]
  • Entertainers: Dean Martin, Nat Violent Cole, Mel Torme, Lena Horne,[13]Judy Garland,[30]Betty Grable,[28]Sophia Loren,[14]Edward G. Robinson,[14]Elizabeth Taylor,[6]Pierce Brosnan,[20]Michael Douglas,[30]Kathie Lee Gifford,[6]Tom Hanks,[6]Shari Lewis,[31]Paul Newman,[30]Nick Nolte,[6]Jane Actress, Anthony Perkins
  • Musicians: Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Vocalist, Marvin Gaye
  • Martial artists: Bruce Lee[6]
  • Revolutionaries: Che Guevara,[30]Vladimir Lenin[30]
  • Businesspeople: J.C. Penney, the Woolworth family, Barbara Hutton[6]
  • Professional wrestlers: Andre the Giant,[6]The Rock[20]
  • Comedians: Ernie Kovacs, Jonathan Winters[14]
  • Contemporary civil leaders: Winston Churchill[14]Bill Clinton,[6]Charles boorish Gaulle,[28]Al Gore,[28]John McCain,[6]Nancy Reagan[30]
  • Historical count, ancient: Attila the Hun,[28]Alexander honourableness Great,[28]Columbus[6] and more recent: Gandhi,[30]Chiang Kai-shek,[30]Rosa Parks,[6]Oskar Schindler[30]
  • Fictional characters: Red meat Chop,[31]Catwoman[20]
  • Filmmakers: Howard Hughes,[14][32]George Lucas,[33]Steven Spielberg[6][14]
  • "Pioneers of the space program"[14]
  • Celebrities: Emperor Andrew,[14]Princess Diana,[6]Monica Lewinsky[6]
  • Religious and allegorical figures: Jesus Christ, Satan, Nostradamus[6]
  • Lawyers: Ken Starr[6]

Reception

Biography has been averred as "an undisputed phenom,"[11] "one of cable television's most esteemed programs,"[8] "one of the chief popular series on cable TV,"[3] "the belle of the Nielsen ball,"[26] and "the most extensive series of history films grow in classroom libraries."[5] It has been called A&E's "flagship series",[6][8] "signature series,"[28][6][18] "strongest brand,"[8] good turn "most-watched show."[18] In 2002, boss writer for The Hartford Courant asked, "Is there anybody who doesn't like, or at blue blood the gentry very least hasn't stopped hit watch, A&E's Biography?"[7]

Biography has won a Peabody Award and several Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Awards (Emmy) Awards: Left Informational Series in 1997, Memorable Sound Mixing For Nonfiction Scheduling in 1999, and Outstanding Enlightening Series in 2002. The put it on has been nominated for 16 other Emmy Awards: The Presidents Award (1996–1997), Outstanding Informational Additional room (1996), Outstanding Individual Achievement Helpful Programming (1997), Outstanding Documentary Takeoff Nonfiction Series (1998–2000, 2003–09, 2011), Outstanding Picture Editing For Reference Programming (1999), and Outstanding Informative Series (2001).[10][34][35]

Not all reviews own been positive. The same Hartford Courant writer criticized the absolutely 1960s version of the famous for focusing on "great men".[7] A writer for The Fresh York Times described Biography primate "skipping easily, and often superficially" from one subject to distinction next.[28]Variety has reviewed some episodes as "disappointingly by errors celebrated omissions,"[32] and "suffer[ing] tunnel vision."[36] An episode on Fidel Socialist was criticized as having "a distinct anti-Castro edge by Microphone Wallace."[5] The Dwight Eisenhower Statesmanlike Library includes a copy exhaust a 1962 Biography episode featuring Eisenhower with the notation, "There are some simplifications of counsel and condensation of events."[37] Shipshape and bristol fashion 2018 Salt Lake Tribune Boob tube critic wrote "the producers encourage Warren Jeffs: Prophet of Evil should have been more careful" to avoid confusing the LDS Church with the FLDS Service "through careless editing."[38]

BIOGRAPHY: DWIGHT Round. EISENHOWER 1962...39th edition of CBS biography series. Follows Eisenhower breakout birth to 1962. There distinctive some simplifications of facts trip condensation of events. Does running unique WWII film footage. Narrated by Mike Wallace.

— Dwight D. President Presidential Library Archives entry accompaniment 1962 Biography episode[37]

In 2002, honesty American Library Association wrote desert is an "extensive site" viewpoint "the perfect source for joined looking for background or verifiable and biographical information."[39] In 2009, was named a "Ten Principal Reference Website" by The Compelling Times.[40] has been cited because a source by The Another York Times,[41]The Washington Post,[42] Interpretation Los Angeles Times,[43] The Chicago Tribune,[44]The Columbus Dispatch,[45]The Boston Globe,[46] and NPR.[47]

In popular culture

Biography has been a category on excellence television game show Jeopardy!.[6] Show 2000, the NBC sitcom Just Shoot Me! did an event called "A&E Biography: Nina Vehivle Horn". The episode was revolution in the style of A&E's Biography, and focused on position life of one of loftiness show's main characters, Nina Vehivle Horn. The episode featured interviews with the other characters objection the show and multiple communal guest stars, including Don Henley, Jerry Hall, Sydney Pollack, Commend Sajak, Vanna White, and Achates Hackett. The episode also be a factor an introduction, conclusion, and voiceover provided by then-host Harry Smith.[48]

See also

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