Buyer's Guide to Fifty Years
of TV on Video

Sam Frank

From TV's early days with "Amos 'n' Andy" and "Your Show of Shows" to contemporary network hits like "Northern Exposure" and "Seinfeld," this is the only guide television buffs will ever need to find all their favorite programs on video tape

Whether it's a cassette of "The Honeymooners, "The Avengers," "Ernie Kovacs" or "I Married Joan," this reference guide features thousands of programs to delight every generation. The remarkable Buyer's Guide to Fifty Years of TV on Video combines a consumer guide, a detailed encyclopedia, and a living history peppered with personal anecdotes and interviews with the people behind the scenes to create a handy volume that will make the selection and purchase of progams even hard-to-find ones quick and easy

This jampacked TV treasure-trove includes information on all available sitcoms, drama series and anthologies, science fiction, westerns, children's shows, variety shows, musical shows, specials rock & roll broadcasts, documentaries, exposes, and religious programs.

Researched and compiled by professional freelance TV and movie journalist Sam Frank, the guide features:

• More than 50,000 TV shows on video from 1948 to the present with original air dates Every network, cable, and syndicated show, with exact running times: manufacturers' names, catalog numbers, and prices
• Hundreds of specials and documentaries
• Dozens of unsold pilots, many with major stars
• Cross-referencing on many subjects.
• Content and picture ratings for thousands of shows
• Designations for close-captioned, laserdisk releases, recommendations for children, and warnings
• Interviews with many stars, producers, and others who worked behind-the-scenes at your favorite shows
• A chapter detailing the dramatic stories behind the inventions that not only changed the way we watch television today, but also how shows are preserved and sold
• An appendix listing the author's most sought shows and how readers may send their own list of favorites for future editions of the buyer's guide
• A TV trivia quiz with 150 questions in four categories.

Sam Frank (North Hollywood, CA), co-author of Your Guide to Children's Videotapes and Discs, is a former staff writer for the Daily Variety and a film and book critic for various publications.

Est. 1500 pages ISBN 1-57392-226-9 Paper

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