Television and Film Appearances
- "To Tell The Truth", CBS, approximately 1968, playing the "real" Isaac Asimov. Only one panel member guessed correctly, on the grounds that Asimov wore glasses and somebody writing so many books would have to wear glasses.
- The Nature of Things 1969
- "ABC News" coverage of Apollo 11, 1969, with Fred Pohl, interviewed by Rod Serling
- "David Frost" interview program, August 1969. This is the show in which Frost asked Asimov if he had ever tried to find God and, after some initial evasion, Asimov answered, "God is much more intelligent than I—let him try to find me."
- The Dick Cavett Show 1970
- Target... Earth? 1980
- NBC TV, 1982 "Speaking Freely" interviewed by Edwin Newman 1982
- ARTS Network talk show hosted by Studs Terkel and Calvin Trillin, approximately 1982. Other guests included Harlan Ellison and James Gunn. Asimov noted, during this interview, that science fiction wasn't necessarily predictive – pointing out that while writers did stories about going to the moon, and stories about television, not one wrote a story where men went to the moon while people at home watched on television.
- Oltre New York 1986
- Voyage to the Outer Planets and Beyond 1986
- Bill Moyers interview 1988
- Stranieri in America 1988
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