 | Written Out of Television: A TV Lover's Guide to Cast Changes:1945-1994 by Steven Lance
Buy used from: $15.00 From the two Darrins to the various Trek Captains. They're all here.
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 | The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946-Present, Eighth Edition by Tim Brooks
Buy new: $18.45 / Used from: $1.65 The Bible... period. For the serious or casual viewer.
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 | Total Television: Revised Edition by Alex McNeil
Buy used from: $0.50 Not as good as the Marsh/Brooks book, but a close second.
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 | Sitcom Factfinder, 1948-1984: Over 9,700 Details from 168 Television Shows by Vincent Terrace
Buy new: $39.95 / Used from: $3.35 A plethora of obscura. Also check out Vol. 2: 1985-2000.
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 | Movies Made for Television: 1964-2004 by Alvin H. Marill
Buy new: $209.25 / Used from: $35.95 Expensive, yes, but it has info you can't even get on imdb.com
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 | The Sci-Fi Channel Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction by Roger Fulton
Buy used from: $0.70 A comprehensive look sci-fi series.
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 | TV Land To Go: The Big Books of TV Lists, TV Lore, and TV Bests by Thomas Hill
Buy used from: $0.12 Lists, trivia, and facts. A must have.
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 | Television Variety Shows: Histories and Episode Guides to 57 Programs by David M. Inman
Buy new: $75.00 / Used from: $87.22 A detailed examination of the hey-day of the glitzy variety show.
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 | Unsold TV Pilots: The Almost Complete Guide to Everything You Never Saw on TV 1955-1990 by Lee Goldberg
Buy new: $12.55 / Used from: $11.25 An exhaustive and comprehensive look at what coulda been.
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 | Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years 1947-1987 by Hal Erickson
Buy new: $35.00 / Used from: $29.85 The best resource for syndicated television.
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 | TV Guide: Fifty Years of Television by TV Guide
Buy used from: $2.84 TV Guide doesn't skimp on its 50th Anniversary coffee table book.
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 | Live Televison Drama, 1946-1951 by William Hawes
Buy new: $49.95 / Used from: $40.00 Live Television revisited. And check out Vol. 2: Filmed Television.
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 | TV Party (Television's Untold Tales!) by Billy Ingram
Buy new: $19.95 / Used from: $1.85 For fans of obscure TV and little-seen kids shows. This book is a must.
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 | The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Daytime TV but Didn't Know Where to Look! from American Bandstand, As the World Turns, and Bugs Bunny, to by Wesley Hyatt
Buy used from: $0.73 The best ever resource for daytime television.
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 | Classic Sitcoms: A Celebration of the Best in Prime-Time Comedy by Vince Waldron
Buy new: $18.95 / Used from: $3.48 For the serious TV scholar, this is a re-readable bedside companion.
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 | Dictionary of Teleliteracy: Television's 500 Biggest Hits, Misses, and Events by David Bianculli
Buy used from: $7.28 A scholarly look at the 500 biggest TV events. From the moon to O.J.
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 | Television Characters: 1,485 Profiles From 1947 to 2004 by Vincent Terrace
Buy new: $75.00 / Used from: $32.32 Author Terrace is a shopworn expert. This book is not to be missed.
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 | Encyclopedia of Television by Horace Newcomb
Buy new: $663.00 / Used from: $77.47 Expensive but exhaustive.
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 | Experimental Television, Test Films, Pilots, and Trial Series, 1925 Through 1995: Seven Decades of Small Screen Almosts by Vincent Terrace
Buy new: $145.00 / Used from: $59.99 Perfect for trivia lovers and fans of various short-lived TV series.
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 | Prime Time Network Serials: Episode Guides, Casts and Credits for 37 Continuing Television Dramas, 1964-1993 by Bruce B. Morris
Buy new: $95.00 / Used from: $28.48 Episode guides for TV's greatest prime-time soaps. Dallas anyone?
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 | Television Comedy Series: An Episode Guide to 153 TV Sitcoms in Syndication by Joel Eisner
Buy used from: $8.87 Current pro writers and producers still refer to this bible of sitcom plots.
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| Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 1993 by Hal Erickson
Buy used from: $23.76 The best ever resource for Tube Toons. McFarland Publishers is a leader in the field.
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| Television Specials: 3,201 Entertainment Spectaculars, 1939-1993 by Steven Lance
Buy new: $65.00 / Used from: $1.91 An all-encompassing look at the history of TV one-offs. Gotta get it.
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| Animated TV Specials by George W. Woolery
Buy new: $80.00 / Used from: $4.78 If it's not in TV Specials, you'll find it in here.
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| Television Credits, 1948-2000 (3 Volume Set) (Vol. 2) by David Inman
Buy new: $295.00 / Used from: $174.35 A massive, comprehensive volume that has stuff imdb.com doesn't.
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