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  • Encyclopedia of Television Noir, 1949-2024
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    Since the early days of film noir, hundreds of television programs--including pilots, series and anthology episodes--have adopted its distinctive style, themes and subjects. This encyclopedia--the most comprehensive work yet published on television noir--covers more than 650 programs in total and describes more than 270 series in detail. In addition to crime dramas, there a...
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    109,92 €

  • 1950s Television Advertising
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    'Winston tastes good like a cigarette should' and 'You’ll wonder where the yellow went when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent' are only two of the many slogans associated with advertising on television in the 1950s. There were celebrities like Marilyn Monroe, Barbara Eden, and Peter Lorre who performed in commercials; there were shows built around a single product (e.g., T...
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    139,03 €

  • Encyclopedia of Television Shows
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    There were, between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2022, 1,559 television series broadcast on three platforms: broadcast TV, cable TV, and streaming services. This book, the second supplement to the original Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925-2010, presents detailed information on each program, including storylines, casts (character and performer), years of broadcast,...
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    139,20 €

  • Holiday Specials on Television, 1939-2021
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    In November 1939, NBC’s fledgling television station W2XBS broadcast the first known holiday special, The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Despite its small viewership (very few TV sets existed at the time), the experimental telecast was a harbinger of a now-beloved American tradition: the holiday television special. This book offers a thorough account of holiday television...
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    71,79 €

  • From Radio to Television
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    The early years of television relied in part on successful narratives of another medium, as studios adapted radio programs like Boston Blackie and Defense Attorney to the small screen. Many shows were adapted more than once, like the radio program Blondie, which inspired six television adaptations and 28 theatrical films. These are but a few of the 1,164 programs covered in ...
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    139,04 €

  • Encyclopedia of Television Miniseries, 1936-2020
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    In 1936, as television networks CBS, DuMont, and NBC experimented with new ways to provide entertainment, NBC deviated from the traditional method of single experimental programs to broadcast the first multi-part program, Love Nest, over a three-episode arc. This would come to be known as a miniseries. Although the term was not coined until 1954, several other such miniserie...
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    139,04 €

  • Television Movies of the 21st Century
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    For the major broadcast networks, the heyday of made-for-TV movies was 20th Century programming like The ABC Movie of the Week and NBC Sunday Night at the Movies. But with changing economic times and the race for ratings, the networks gradually dropped made-for-TV movies while basic cable embraced the format, especially the Hallmark Channel (with its numerous Christmas-them...
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    139,54 €

  • Television
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    It never made it to the air, but in 1953, Frank Sinatra starred in a proposed private eye series called Blues in the Night. Also not becoming series were adaptations of old time radio programs like The First Nighter, The Witch’s Tale and Mandrake the Magician. There were also some strange proposals like Grave Sight (about a young woman who can communicate with spirits) and Sutu...
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    27,71 €

  • The Television Treasury
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    The first and only of its kind, this book is a straightforward listing of more than 25,000 trivia facts from 2,498 TV series aired between 1947 and 2019. Organized by topic, trivia facts include everything from home addresses of characters, to names of pets and jobs that characters worked. Featured programs include popular shows like The Big Bang Theory and Friends and more ...
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    73,25 €

  • Encyclopedia of Television Pilots
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    On November 27, 1937, NBC presented TV’s first pilot film, Sherlock Holmes (then called an 'experiment'). Thousands of pilot films (both unaired and televised) have been produced since. This updated and restyled book contains 2,470 alphabetically arranged pilot films broadcast from 1937 to 2019. Entries contain the concept, cast and character information, credits (producer, ...
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    219,73 €

  • Encyclopedia of Unaired Television Pilots, 1945-2018
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    Covering the years 1945-2018, this alphabetical listing provides details about 2,923 unaired television series pilots, including those that never went into production, and those that became series but with a different cast, such as The Green Hornet, The Middle and Superman. Rarities include proposed shows starring Bela Lugosi, Doris Day, Humphrey Bogart, Barbara Stanwyck, ...
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    139,39 €

  • Internet Children’s Television Series, 1997-2015
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    Created around the world and available only on the web, internet 'television' series are independently produced, mostly low budget shows that often feature talented but unknown performers. Typically financed through crowd-funding, they are filmed with borrowed equipment and volunteer casts and crews, and viewers find them through word of mouth or by chance. The fifth in a ...
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    58,46 €

  • Internet Comedy Television Series, 1997-2015
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    Created around the world and available only on the web, Internet 'television' series are independently produced, mostly low budget shows that often feature talented but unknown performers. Typically financed through crowd-funding, they are filmed with borrowed equipment and volunteer casts and crews, and viewers find them through word of mouth or by chance. The fourth in a...
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    59,07 €

  • Internet Lesbian and Gay Television Series, 1996-2014
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    Created around the world and available only on the Web, internet 'television' series are independently produced, mostly low budget shows that often feature talented but unknown performers. Typically financed through crowd-funding, they are filmed with borrowed equipment and volunteer casts and crews, and viewers find them through word of mouth or by chance. The third of fi...
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    58,58 €

  • Internet Drama and Mystery Television Series, 1996-2014
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    Created around the world and available only on the Web, internet 'television' series are independently produced, mostly low budget shows that often feature talented but unknown performers. Typically financed through online crowd-funding, they are produced with borrowed equipment and volunteer casts and crews, and viewers find them through word of mouth or by chance. The seco...
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    58,73 €

  • Internet Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series, 1998-2013
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    This is the first ever compilation on Internet television and provides details of 405 programs from 1998 to 2013. Each entry contains the storyline, descriptive episode listings, cast and crew lists, the official website and comments. An index of personnel and programs concludes the book. From Barry the Demon Hunter to Time Traveling Lesbian to Hamilton Carver, Zombie P.I., ...
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    58,75 €

  • Television Specials
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    This is a complete revision of the author’s 1993 McFarland book Television Specials that not only updates entries contained within that edition, but adds numerous programs not previously covered, including beauty pageants, parades, awards programs, Broadway and opera adaptations, musicals produced especially for television, holiday specials (e.g., Christmas and New Year’s Ev...
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    139,81 €

  • Encyclopedia of Television Subjects, Themes and Settings
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    Over the course of 80 years television has produced countless programs, many of which fit a particular profile. Did you know, for example, some programs are devoted to ghosts, genies, angels and even mermaids? Color broadcasting was first tested in 1941? Live models were used to advertise lingerie as early as 1950? Or that nudity (although accidental) occurred on TV long bef...
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    139,64 €

  • Television Characters
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    Alice Kramden’s (The Honeymooners) first job was as a jelly donut stuffer before she was promoted to donut taster. John Robinson (Lost in Space) was a professor at the University of Stellar Dynamics and his daughter Penny had an IQ of 147. Sam Malone (Cheers) graduated from Boston Prep and then was a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox (jersey number 16) before he bought the bar ...
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    139,69 €

  • Radio Program Openings and Closings, 1931-1972
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    The openings and closings to radio programs of all types, from comedies (Blondie, The Jack Benny Program, Lum and Abner) to mysteries (Inner Sanctum Mysteries, The Black Chapel) to game shows (Can You Top This?, Truth or Consequences) to serials (Second Husband, Bachelor’s Children) to crime dramas (The Falcon, Eno Crime Clues, The Green Hornet, Mr. and Mrs. North) to wester...
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    58,75 €

  • Radio Programs, 1924-1984
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    This is an encyclopedic reference work to 1,802 radio programs broadcast from the years 1924 through 1984. Entries include casts, character relationships, plots and storylines, announcers, musicians, producers, hosts, starting and ending dates of the programs, networks, running times, production information and, when appropriate, information on the radio show’s adaptation to...
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    110,33 €

  • Television Specials
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    In 1954 NBC President Pat Weaver introduced 'spectaculars'--lavish entertainment shows designed to bring a new dimension to television. Though special programs had been around since 1939, Weaver’s effort heralded a new age, with programs ranging from variety shows with big name hosts (Judy Garland, Cher, Perry Como, Bob Hope, for instance) through animated holiday specials a...
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    136,50 €

  • The Television Crime Fighters Factbook
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    Did you know that detective Adrian Mont (Monk) is afraid of milk? That Pinky’s real first name on The Roaring ’20s is Delaware? That on Charlie’s Angels, Sabrina was the only Angel who was never seen in a bikini or swimsuit? These are only a few of the more than 9,800 facts readers will find in this work, which presents detailed information on 134 syndicated and cable seri...
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    42,88 €

  • Crime Fighting Heroes of Television
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    Superheroes and characters who fight crime by extraordinary means have populated the television airwaves from the beginning. This broad-ranging reference contains a trove of information on shows featuring such characters as Superman and Black Scorpion to programs like The A-Team and Knight Rider. Regular police and detective shows have been excluded. Alphabetical entries o...
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    42,86 €