Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012, 2d ed.
- ISBN-10
- 0786474440
- ISBN-13
- 9780786474448
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 488
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013-06-19
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Author
- Vincent Terrace
Description
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 Eve), the early 1936-1947 experimental specials, honors specials. In short, this is a reference work to 5,336 programs--the most complete source for television specials ever published.
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