Don Kirshner (Actor)

Hey, Hey, We're The Monkees

Documentary focusing The Monkees, the 1960s pop group originally created for a TV sitcom. Interviews with the band members, the show's creators, and musical collaborators and peers are featured.

Release Date1997-01-22

CharacterSelf

Vote Count3

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story is an American documentary series on E! that deals with famous Hollywood celebrities, movies, TV shows and also well-known public figures. Among the topics covered on the program include salacious re-tellings of Hollywood secrets, show-biz scandals, celebrity murders and mysteries, porn-star biographies, and "where-are-they-now?" investigations of former child stars. It frequently features in-depth interviews, actual courtroom footage, and dramatic reenactments. When aired on the E! network, episodes will be updated to reflect the current life or status of the subject.

Release Date1996-08-21

Episode Count1

Vote Count78

Rock Concert

Don Kirshner's Rock Concert is an American television music variety show that ran during the 1970s and early 1980s, created and produced by Don Kirshner and syndicated to television stations. It premiered on September 27, 1973, with a performance by The Rolling Stones; its last episode was in 1981.

Release Date1973-09-27

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

CharacterSelf

Episode Count[ 64 ]

Vote Count2

Girl Groups: The Story of a Sound

A look back at the girl-group craze of the 60's through archival footage and interviews with those involved.

Release Date1982-01-01

CharacterSelf

Vote Count1

Behind the Music

An intimate look into the personal lives of pop music's greatest and most influential artists.

Release Date1997-08-17

CharacterSelf

Episode Count1

Vote Count12

The Triangle Factory Fire Scandal

The story of a fire in the Triangle Shirt Mfg. Co. building in New York City in 1911 that resulted in the deaths of 146 employees, mostly young women. The ensuing investigation revealed the company's almost total disregard for its workers' safety in pursuit of increased production and profits, and resulted, among other things, in the passage of new worker safety laws and the formation of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union.

Release Date1979-01-30

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count3

Making The Monkees

In 1967, four unknown actors in a kids TV show became the biggest pop band in the world. In America, they outsold Elvis and The Beatles combined. They were The Monkees. But The Monkees were not a real band, they were a man-made money making machine, driven by ego and ambition. A machine that would ultimately crash and burn. This is the inside story of pop music's first manufactured band.

Release Date2007-06-03

Vote Count2

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that originally aired only in the Cleveland area during much of its first two years on the air. It then went into syndication in 1963 and remained on television until 1982. It was distributed by Westinghouse Broadcasting and for much of its run, originated from studios of two of the company's TV stations in Cleveland and Philadelphia.

Release Date1961-12-11

CharacterSelf

Episode Count1

Vote Count8

Legends

The story of the big names that have shaped the musical genres, plus an occasional stopgap for the new rock 'n' roll - comedy.

Release Date2006-11-17

CharacterSelf - Co-founder, Aldon Music

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

A Year at the Top

A Year at the Top is an American sitcom which aired for five episodes on CBS in 1977. Produced by T.A.T. Communications Company, the series was created by Heywood Kling and co-executive produced by Don Kirshner and Norman Lear.

Release Date1977-08-05

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count5

Vote Count1

The Savage Bees

In this horror-drama the festive fun of the annual Mardi Gras celebration is brought to a halt when a swarm of African killer bees escape from a foreign freighter.

Release Date1976-11-22

DepartmentSound

JobMusic Supervisor

Vote Count17

The Kids From C.A.P.E.R.

The Kids From C.A.P.E.R. was a Saturday morning live action television comedy series for children, produced by NBC, that aired from September 11, 1976, to November 20, 1976, and resumed from April 9, 1977, to September 3, 1977. The 13 episodes were produced and directed by Stanley Z. Cherry; among the executive producers was rock impresario Don Kirshner. Both Cherry and Kirshner had worked for previous television series; Kirshner notably for the similairly-themed The Monkees. Although the show has not been released on video, there is an LP of most of the songs from the series, released by Kirshner Records and Tapes in 1977. One of the songs from the series, "When It Hit Me" was released as a single. In addition, it was recorded by Rob Hegel for his 1980 album released by RCA. "Tit For Tat," and "Baby Blue" had both been previously released by Neil Sedaka on his 1975 album "Hungry Years."

Release Date1976-09-11

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count13

Vote Count1

The Night They Took Miss Beautiful

Criminals hijack an airplane carrying five beauty contest finalists, but unknowingly they've also kidnapped a government agent carrying a dangerous virus that is to be used in bacterial warfare.

Release Date1977-10-24

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

Vote Count6

Toomorrow

A group of students pay their way through school by forming a pop band called Toomorrow. Sonic vibrations from a special instrument called a ‘tonaliser’ cause an extraterrestrial to abduct the group, and have them entertain the Alphoid population.

Release Date1970-08-27

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count7

Rock-a-Die Baby

A premonition comes true when the members of a rock group begin to die off for no apparent reason.

Release Date1975-03-21

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Eagles: The Broadcast Collection

Featuring almost 2 hours of Eagles live performances recorded during 1973 and 1974, in the first stage of the band's career. Kicking off with a lengthy set the group played at Holland's Popgala Festival on March 10th 1973, a one-off gig the Eagles gave in Europe that spring. The following year they performed in front of the cameras for Don Kirshner's Rock Concert programme, recorded in LA on 19/07/74, a show for which they were joined by old friends Linda Ronstadt and Jackson Browne for a few numbers. Voorburg, Netherlands, 10/03/73 (11 songs) Los Angeles, CA, 19/07/74 (14 songs)

Release Date1974-06-01

DepartmentProduction

JobExecutive Producer

In Concert

In Concert is a late-night television series created by Don Kirshner. Hosted by Don E. Branker, the series was a showcase for bands of the era to be taped "in concert" and then broadcast on ABC on Friday nights.

Release Date1972-11-24

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Episode Count11

Archie and His New Pals

Reggie nominates Moose to run against him for class president, thinking it will be no contest. Meanwhile, Sabrina can't seem to make any friends when she begins school at Riverdale.

Release Date1969-09-14

DepartmentSound

JobMusic Supervisor