The Goldbergs
'The Goldbergs' Were Even Crazier in Real Life
Adam F. Goldberg, creator of ‘The Goldbergs,’ based the show on his own life. He says that his real family members weren’t that bad — they were worse.
Should 'The Goldbergs' Be More Jewish?
ABC exec Paul Lee was asked if ‘The Goldbergs’ needs to become more specifically Jewish. Let’s just say hes’s not demanding a bar mitzvah on the hit show.
Why 'The Goldbergs' Is the Worst Thing To Happen to Television
The ABC sitcom ‘The Goldbergs’ trades on 1980s nostalgia and a Buzzfeed-style approach to comedy. Ezra Glinter finds the result repulsive — and not funny.
'The Goldbergs' Disappoints With '80s Nostalgia
(JTA) — Some were psyched for the nostalgia of “The Goldbergs,” a new ABC sitcom about a boisterous, outspoken American family set in the 1980s.
George Segal on 'The Goldbergs' and Playing Pops Solomon
George Segal stars in the much-hyped Jewish-themed sitcom. He explains how his own Long Island family was both similar to and very different from the one in the show.
Would You Watch A Show Called 'The Goldbergs'?
Ah, Jews and the ’80s. Clearly a winning combination.
How an Actor Died of the Blacklist
Fifty-five years ago today, union activist and thespian Philip Loeb checked himself into the Taft Hotel in Midtown Manhattan under a false name and took a fatal dose of sleeping pills. Targeted by the insidious blacklist, Loeb could no longer find work in his beloved acting profession and had reached rock bottom.
Gertrude Berg, My Inspiration
Gertrude Berg left this world at the age of 68 on September 14, 1966, two months to the day before I entered it. I’d like to think that maybe our souls met one another in a possible netherworld between life and death. I imagine that the departed Berg whispered something in my fetal ear — planted a seed — that would come to fruition exactly 43 years later, when I sat down last September at my laptop and wrote my first blog post as a first step on the path to a new career in journalism.
