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TV Book Reviews: SINGLE SEASON SITCOMS and TELEVISION FINALES
Two recent TV references books are worth your consideration this holiday season. SINGLE SEASON SITCOMS OF THE 1990s: A Complete Guide by Bob Leszczak This is a great book — and more than another...
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Four Stars for Four Star
Four Star Television Productions: A History of the Business, Series and Pilots of the Iconic Television Production Company: 1952-1989 by Richard Irvin. This is a terrific reference book about a...
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The Forgotten Desi & Lucy TV Projects by Richard Irvin. This is yet another terrific television reference book by undoubtedly one of the best authors/researchers/historians working in the field...
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Cannon Fodder
I only meant to skim Austin Trunick’s THE CANNON FILM GUIDE VOL 1 1980-1984 to the chapters on the films I’ve seen or am curious about. But the book is so much fun, so compulsively readable, so full of...
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A Ton of TV Reference Books Reviewed
I couldn’t help myself and bought Vincent Terrace’s outrageously over-priced ENCYCLOPEDIA OF UNAIRED PILOTS, 1945-2018 by Vincent Terrace…supposedly a complete list of unsold pilots that were shot and...
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The Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937-2019 by Vincent Terrace. This is the second edition of his encyclopedia, covering 2470 broadcast pilots, and it’s a big step up from the previous book. For...
View ArticleThe Cowboy and the Cossack
This is embarrassing… I wrote this post a few months ago and thought I’d published it… but it’s actually been sitting in my “drafts” folder all this time. If you are looking for a great book to read,...
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Book Review: DOCTOR-DETECTIVES IN THE MYSTERY NOVEL
DOCTOR-DETECTIVES IN THE MYSTERY NOVEL by Howard Brody (Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021) Let me get my bias out of the way. I was the executive producer & head writer of the TV series DIAGNOSIS...
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Writing the Pilot: The Streaming Series by William Rabkin This is a terrific book, but I am biased. Bill is my oldest friend, and was my TV writing and producing partner for over twenty years. The...
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TV and Movie Books
I’ve been remiss in talking about some of the TV and movie reference books I’ve read over the last year…so here are a few short reviews… RUNNING THE SHOW: Television from the Inside by Jeff Melvoin...
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