Listed and discussed in this book are approximately 700 records that have topped the Adult Contemporary (formerly known as Easy Listening) chart during its 36-year history. 100 illustrations.
Anyone seeking information about daytime television will find it in this comprehensive, five-decade chronicle. This resource covers all the series that aired for three or more weeks on a commercial network between 1947 and 1996, plus 100 nationally syndicated programs from that period. Included are soap operas, women's series, game shows, sports, ...
This is the complete history of Monday Night Football's 35 year run on ABC, from its inaugural 1975 season through 2005, when the network announced that its longest-running series would move to cable. Chapters cover Monday Night Football's inception, its many lineup changes in the announcers' booth, how it influenced sports coverage on other ...
Since the early days of television, well before most households had a set, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has been handing out honors for the industry's best efforts. Now fans can read about their favorites - and perhaps rediscover some forgotten pleasures - in this reference to prime time and night-time Emmy winners. Beginning with ...
Between 1783 and 1860, more than 100,000 enslaved African Americans escaped across the border between slave and free territory in search of freedom. Most of these escapes were unaided, but as the American anti-slavery movement became more militant after 1830, assisted escapes became more common. Help came from the Underground Railroad, which still ...
This work tells the stories of those ill-fated series that were cancelled within one year of their premieres. The entries are arranged chronologically from the 1948-1949 through the 1977-1978 seasons, and provide descriptions of each show along with the type of program it was; its times, dates, and network; its competition on other networks; and ...
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