Vincent Terrace: 17 books
Television Introductions
Narrated TV Program Openings since 1949
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
Since the beginning of network television, many shows have been preceded by an announcement or theme song that served various purposes. In the 1950s and ’60s, it was common for announcers to declare that a program had been “brought to you by” a sponsor who paid for the privilege of introducing...
Television Series of the 1960s
Essential Facts and Quirky Details
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 2016
By 1960, watching television had become the pastime of millions of viewers around the world. Week after week, audiences tuned in to watch their favorite programs and catch up with their favorite characters. During the 1960s, some of the most beloved shows of all time originally aired, including The...
Television Series of the 1980s
Essential Facts and Quirky Details
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
Television screens in the 1980s reflected some of the most memorable programs of all time. In that decade, such critically acclaimed shows as Cheers, The Golden Girls, Hill Street Blues, Newhart, and St. Elsewhere debuted. In that same decade, iconic shows like The A-Team, Baywatch, Cagney & Lacey,...
Television Series of the 1990s
Essential Facts and Quirky Details
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2018
In the 1990s the big three networks were being challenged by upstarts FOX and the WB for viewer loyalty. Alongside must-see stalwarts like Frasier, Friends, and Seinfeld, the new networks introduced pop culture touchstones like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The X-Files. Such shows not only made household...
Television Series of the 1950s
Essential Facts and Quirky Details
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Often regarded as the first golden era of television, the 1950s was a decade when many classic programs—from I Love Lucy and Gunsmoke to The Honeymooners and Perry Mason, among others—made their debuts. Even after these shows departed the airwaves, they lived on in syndication, entertaining several...
Television Series of the 1970s
Essential Facts and Quirky Details
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2017
Television of the 1970s reflected the shifting attitudes of the nation, as more shows attempted to represent social changes across the country. Edgier programs like All in the Family and M*A*S*H pushed the boundaries of popular programming to become standards of quality viewing. At the same time,...
Television Series of the 2000s
Essential Facts and Quirky Details
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2018
In the first decade of the new millennium, the four major networks struggled to hold their own as cable channels and unscripted shows began to dominate the television landscape. Network powerhouses like 24, Desperate Housewives, and Two and a Half Men competed for viewers siphoned off by cult shows...
by Vincent Terrace
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
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...
by Vincent Terrace
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This reference work, the most complete guide to aired and unaired television pilot films ever published (or made available in any way), contains 5,190 alphabetically arranged programs, each with storyline information, performer and character cast listings, producers, air dates (where applicable),...
by Vincent Terrace
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2014
This fully updated and expanded edition covers over 10,200 programs, making it the most comprehensive documentation of television programs ever published. In addition to covering the standard network and cable entertainment genres, the book also covers programs generally not covered elsewhere in print...
by Vincent Terrace
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2015
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...
Encyclopedia of Television Shows
A Comprehensive Supplement, 2011-2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2018
This is a supplement to the author’s Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925–2010. It covers 1,612 series broadcast between January 1, 2011, and December 31, 2016. Major networks—ABC, CBS, the CW, Fox and NBC—are covered along with many cable channels, such as AMC, Disney, Nickelodeon, Bravo,...
Television Specials
5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012, 2d ed.
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
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...
by Vincent Terrace
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
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...
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