The Encyclopedia of 20th-century American Television: Broadcast Programming Post WWII-2000 - Hardcover

Lackmann, Ron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0816045542 ISBN 13: 9780816045549

Verlag: Facts On File Inc, 2004

Inhaltsangabe

There is no denying the influence television has had on Americans over the past fifty years. The Encyclopedia of 20th-Century American Television is a true celebration of the medium as well as a fact-filled reference. It provides an entertaining historical guide to the programs, personalities, and practices of network television from its early days to the end of the last century. From game shows to the nightly news, from sitcoms to serious dramas and everything in between, more than 1,000 entries provide story synopses, biographies, production histories, air dates, and much more. Also featured are two appendixes - the top-rated programs from 1952-1999 and the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Annual Emmy Award winners from the second half of the twentieth century. More than 130 photographs, many of them rare, round out this great survey of television culture in the past century. Easy to use and fun to read, The Encyclopedia of 20th-Century American Television is sure to delight T.V.-watchers everywhere. Among the shows, characters, and topics covered are: - The Addams Family - The Bing Crosby Show - Captain Kangaroo - Ann B. Davis - Dynasty - Andy Griffith - Michael Landon - Let's Make a Deal - Mary Tyler Moore - Password - Star Trek - Vega.

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Ron Lackmann is a teacher, actor, broadcaster, and author of more than twenty books, including The Encyclopedia of American Radio for Facts On File/Checkmark Books. He has written numerous articles for Screen Greats, Afternoon TV, In, Patron, Hit Parader, and Plays. He has also worked in radio and has produced and narrated fifty-two radio dramas and documentaries. He lives in New Paltz, NY.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Facts On File Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0816045542
• ISBN 13: 9780816045549
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 544
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