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Ever wonder how American television came to be the much-derided, advertising-heavy home to reality programming, formulaic situation comedies, hapless men, and buxom, scantily clad women? Could it have been something different, focusing instead on culture, theater, and performing arts? In Same... read more
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- Murrow
- Goldenson
- William S. Paley
- Milton Berle
- Sullivan
- Arnaz
- Jack Gould
- John Crosby
- Frank Stanton
- Arthur Godfrey
- Love Lucy
- Fred Allen
- Brinkley
- Jack Benny
- Mccarthy
- Amos
- Doerfer
- Jackie Gleason
- Marty
- David Sarnoff
- J. Walter Thompson
- Ball
- Howdy Doody
- Welk
- Andy
- Treyz
- Huntley
- Hubbell Robinson
- Alfred Hitchcock
- Chayefsky
- Coe
- Boyd
- Bob Hope
- Liebman
- Desilu
- Peter Pan
- Caesar
- Bing Crosby
Setting & Locations edit
- New York City
- Columbia
- Hollywood
- Los Angeles
- Washington
- America
- California
- Chicago
- Town
- West Coast
- Manhattan
- Boston
- San Francisco
- D.c.
- Wisconsin Center
- Philadelphia
- St. Louis
- Miami
- Buffalo
- West Virginia
- White House
- Sea
- United States
- Detroit
- Metropolitan Opera
- Dallas
- Europe
- New Jersey
- Charlotte
- Pennsylvania
- Minneapolis
- Brooklyn
Authors & Contributors edit
- James L. Baughman (Author)
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- Dewey: 384.550973
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- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century
- Books › Entertainment › Television › History & Criticism
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Media Studies
- Books › Science › Technology › History of Technology
- Books › Business & Investing › Economics
- Books › Business & Investing › Popular Economics
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