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Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2007

Vincent Terrace

ISBN 978-0-7864-3305-6
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1872pp. softcover (7 x 10 in 4 vols.) 2009

Description
Before the Internet and the rise of scholarship on popular culture, Vincent Terrace built his reputation as one of the leading researchers in television reference. This work represents decades of research and spans the entire history of television. While documentation regarding cast and personnel is now often found online, descriptions of the shows from authoritative sources are still not widely available. Terrace fills that gap with this work, which covers more than 9,350 shows (including pilots!) and constitutes the most comprehensive documentation of television series ever published. All the traditional genres are here along with show genres not well covered elsewhere--including children’s programming, talk and advice shows, game shows, opera, stage plays, women’s programming, dance, documentary television, and more.

About the Author
New Yorker Vincent Terrace has worked as a researcher for ABC television and has written more than 30 books, including many about television and radio.

Other Book(s) by Vincent Terrace Available from McFarland:

Television Sitcom Factbook

Sitcom Factfinder, 1948-1984

Crime Fighting Heroes of Television

The Television Crime Fighters Factbook

Radio Program Openings and Closings, 1931-1972

Television Characters

Encyclopedia of Television Subjects, Themes and Settings

Television Specials

Experimental Television, Test Films, Pilots and Trial Series, 1925 through 1995

The Year in Television, 2008

Radio Programs, 1924-1984



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