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• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Reference Over the course of 80 years television has produced countless programs, many of which fit a particular ...

• Author(s): Moshe Moshkovitz • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Reference With television programming broadcast worldwide 24/7, the industry needs a common language. Constantly...

• Author(s): Bruce R. Leiby | Linda F. Leiby • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Reference Bonanza aired on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973, playing to 480,000,0...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Reference The first and only of its kind, this book is a straightforward listing of more than 25,000 trivia facts...

• Author(s): Simon D. Beck • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Aviation - General Ever wondered how many aircraft were converted into Japanese Zeroes and torpedo bombers for Tora! Tora! Tora!...

• Author(s): Bill Van Heerden • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - History & Criticism In Only the Lonely (1991), Ally Sheedy appeases prospective mother-in-law Maureen O'Hara by go...

• 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: 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): Dale Robinson | David Fernandes • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Guides & Reviews On the February 2, 1960, episode of The Danny Thomas Show, entertainer Dann...

• Author(s): Vincent Terrace • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General Superheroes and characters who fight crime by extraordinary means have populated the television airwaves from t...

• 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: 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): John Kenneth Muir • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond made its television debut in 1959, nine months before R...

• Author(s): Joan Baxter • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Guides & Reviews In this reference work 222 musicals developed specifically for television are fully detailed, in...

• Author(s): Ed Andreychuk • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - History & Criticism This reference work presents useful information for every known film and television episode drawn...

• Author(s): Hal Erickson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism Here is an excellent reference book on "first run" syndication--the distribution of programs...

• 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): Mitchell E. Shapiro • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - General When did Queen for a Day air? How long did the soap opera The Edge of Night run? This reference work ...

• Author(s): Harris M. Lentz • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Reference The entertainment world lost many notable talents in 2019, including television icon Doris Day, iconic novelist Toni...

• Author(s): Doug Gelbert • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - Reference It is often said that the greater Los Angeles area is the largest movie set in the world. Film and television se...

• 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): Patrick Lucanio | Gary Coville • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Guides & Reviews As Americans grappled with the real problems of the atomic age in the 1950s, ...

• Author(s): Karen A. Romanko • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism Emma Peel wearing her "kinky boots." Amanda King and her poppy seed cake. Julie Barnes a...

• Author(s): Paul Green • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - General On September 19, 1962, The Virginian made its primetime broadcast premiere. The 1902 novel by Owen Wister had ...

• Author(s): David Fernandes | Dale Robinson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism A spin-off of The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D. became successful i...

• Author(s): Everett Aaker • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism This biographical encyclopedia covers every actor and actress who had a regular role in a W...

• Author(s): Mike Malloy • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General Cult film star Lee Van Cleef began his movie career in Hollywood, appearing as evil-eyed villains in such 1950s and...

• Author(s): Jeanette M. Berard | Klaudia Englund • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism In the early days of television, many of its actors, writers, produc...

• Author(s): Mark A. Robinson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - General Featuring 1,000 detailed entries, this encylopedia examines the phenomenon of television theme songs. Or...

• Author(s): Don Presnell | Marty McGee • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism Rod Serling's anthology series The Twilight Zone is recognized as one of the g...

• Author(s): Bill Deane • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - Guides & Reviews The Fugitive made its debut on ABC on September 17, 1963. Over the next four seasons, the show en...

• Author(s): William Hawes • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism This work examines the change from live to filmed television dramas during the period 1952-...

• Author(s): John Kenneth Muir • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism When the space drama Battlestar Galactica debuted on ABC in 1978, it was expected to be...

• Author(s): David M. Inman • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism For the few hundred television viewers in 1946, a special treat on the broadcast schedule ...

• Author(s): David Deal • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism If the made-for-television movie has long been regarded as a poor stepchild of the film indust...

• Author(s): William Hawes • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Television - History & Criticism The "live era" or "golden age"of television drama originating from New York, 1946 through 1...