TV Time Machine Radio Show Website Re-Launched with Exciting New Features at www.tvtimemachine.com

Feb. 2, 2011 - PRLog -- San Diego, CA

TV Time Machine. Com, a website featuring archived celebrity radio interviews, is excited to announce the unveiling of a brand-new design and expanded content at http://www.tvtimemachine.com

TV Time Machine is a radio program about television’s past, present, and future hosted by TV expert Jim Benson. The website features archived audio of Mr. Benson’s interviews with such Hollywood luminaries as Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles, The Producers), Peter Falk (Columbo), director Guillermo Del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy 2), and producer Matthew Weiner (Mad Men). TV Time Machine also airs on terrestrial radio every Saturday at 3PM PST on KCBQ-AM 1170 and live streaming at http://www.kcbq.com

The new-look TV Time Machine website features a sleek, user-friendly design and vastly expanded social networking features. Visitors to the site can post their comments directly about recent TV Time Machine interviews or the latest in TV news.

TV fans are encouraged to sign up for the TV Time Machine Newsletter to receive the latest TV news, info, and special audio and video features. The site also features a brand-new TV Time Machine Store where visitors can purchase out-of-this world TV Time Machine merchandise including t-shirts, coffee mugs, caps, mouse pads, clocks and tote-bags featuring the distinctive TV Time Machine logo.

Thousands of vintage original NBC, ABC and CBS TV press photos are also for sale through the TV Time Machine Store, featuring such classic TV images from shows such as I Love Lucy, Lost in Space, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Charlie’s Angels, The Brady Bunch and more.  

The archived audio interviews are accompanied by related video clips from the TV shows and topics discussed by host Jim Benson and his guests on various TV Time Machine programs.    

"I’m very excited about the brand-new look for TV Time Machine," says Benson. "TV Time Machine is an entertainment program so the site itself should be as fun and entertaining as possible. It should also incorporate state-of-the-art social networking features to allow fans to freely interact with each other and comment on their favorite shows and topics. And with the rapid convergence of all forms of media and changing face of communication—it was time—for TV Time Machine.Com, to reflect that.”  

TV Time Machine is a unique celebrity interview radio show that explores television and its influence over the past five decades. Beyond nostalgia, TV Time Machine spotlights TV's impact on our culture and society, and explores how present-day television and its movers and shakers have been -and are still - influenced by the stories, programs, and characters of television's past.

ABOUT JIM BENSON:

TV Time Machine host Jim Benson has interviewed a multitude of legendary TV celebrities on his radio program including Mel Brooks, Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, and director Guillermo Del Toro—covering shows ranging from Mr. Ed to The Mentalist and exploring topics such as Technology on TV and TV's Turning Points. A television historian for over twenty-five years, Mr. Benson has contributed to dozens of TV productions-- including an appearance on Penn & Teller's Bullshit!. He is also the co-author, with Scott Skelton, of the book Rod Serling's Night Gallery: An After-Hours Tour, published by Syracuse University Press.

Contact:
Lisa Rothstein, producer, TV Time Machine
http://www.tvtimemachine.com