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• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Radio - Reference The early years of television relied in part on successful narratives of another medium, as studios adapted ...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Radio - Reference This is an encyclopedic reference work to 1,802 radio programs broadcast from the years 1924 through 1984. E...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Radio - History & Criticism The openings and closings to radio programs of all types, from comedies (Blondie, The Jack Ben...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Guides & Reviews In 1954 NBC President Pat Weaver introduced "spectaculars"--lavish entertainment shows desig...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: Scarecrow Press • Publisher Imprint: Scarecrow Press • BISAC: Television - ReferenceSince the beginning of network television, many shows have been preceded by an opening announcement or a theme song that...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Reference On November 27, 1937, NBC presented TV's first pilot film, Sherlock Holmes (then called an "experiment"...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Reference In November 1939, NBC's fledgling television station W2XBS broadcast the first known holiday special, T...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Reference There were, between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2022, 1,559 television series broadcast on three ...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: BearManor Media • Publisher Imprint: BearManor Media • BISAC: Television - Guides & ReviewsIt never made it to the air, but in 1953, Frank Sinatra starred in a proposed private eye series called Blues...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Guides & Reviews This is a complete revision of the author's 1993 McFarland book Television Specials that not...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Advertising & Promotion "Winston tastes good like a cigarette should" and "You'll wonder where the yellow went when you br...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: BearManor Media • Publisher Imprint: BearManor Media • BISAC: Television - Guides & ReviewsIt never made it to the air, but in 1953, Frank Sinatra starred in a proposed private eye series called Blues...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Reference In 1936, as television networks CBS, DuMont, and NBC experimented with new ways to provide entertainmen...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Reference Since the early days of film noir, hundreds of television programs--including pilots, series and anthol...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Covering the years 1945-2018, this alphabetical listing provides details about 2,923 unaired television series pilots,...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - General Did you know that detective Adrian Mont (Monk) is afraid of milk? That Pinky's real first name on The Roa...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism Alice Kramden's (The Honeymooners) first job was as a jelly donut stuffer before she was ...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: Television - History & CriticismThis book provides profiles of characters who were featured in som...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Guides & Reviews Created around the world and available only on the Web, internet "television" series are ind...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: Television - History & CriticismThis book profiles characters who were featured in some of the mos...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers • BISAC: Television - History & CriticismFrom Archie Bunker to John-Boy Walton, this book profiles characte...