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Character actor Vincent Schiavelli played the ascot-wearing set designer Peter Panama in a small but bold sign of changing times, writes TV historian Jim McKairnes
When trying to finger the culprit for a failed sitcom, it’s always the last place where execs look — themselves
TV in the 1970s was a lot racier than you might think, until the “family viewing hour” crashed the party 40 years ago this month