Ernest Kinoy - Archive Interview Part 1 of 10 - OOS

See the full interview at http://emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/ernest-kinoy

In this 10-part (each 30-minute part is posted separately) oral history interview, writer Ernest Kinoy describes his early career writing for NBC radio. He discusses going on to write for many "live" dramatic television shows including: Studio One, Philco-Goodyear Playhouse, Playhouse 90, DuPont Show of the Week, Naked City, and Dr. Kildare. In 1965, Kinoy won his first Emmy for an episode of The Defenders entitled "Blacklist." His second Emmy was won for the groundbreaking miniseries Roots. During the interview, Kinoy also talks about the legacy of television producer Herbert Brodkin.

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[eotto2001]

Thanks for the post. I remember his work mostly from X Minus One that played on WVXU in Cincinnati. He had a great sense of drama and making things work. Wish you had more questions about that and his experiences in the German camps as US Jewish prisoner of war. He is a fine writer and quick.

[procommenter]

"ROOTS"—In 1978 Alex Haley agreed to pay Harold Courlander {the author of 1967's "The African"} $650,000 in an out-of-court settlement for plagiarism. Harold Hal Courlander deserves to have his name above that of Haley's as the author of "Roots."