The Complete Encyclopedia of Television Programs ... (ISBN 0498015610)

From The Inside Flap::
Evolved from the obscure, pioneering programs of the late nineteen forties to the established programs of the seventies, THE COMPLETE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF TELEVISION PROGRAMS is a definitive, alphabetically detailed work designed to extract and restore long-forgotten, long neglected memories - memories of an electronic medium, television. Contained within are nostalgic excursions into a time past - a time represented by some 170 photographs and nearly 3,000 entertainment programs: comedy, drama, adventure, science-fiction, children, serial, mystery, crime, western, varirty, game, animated cartoon. Represented here are the familiar and the unfamiliar, the network and the syndicated. The entries provide story line descriptions and cast lists to acquaint the reader with the programs and the personalities and at the same time provide the first encyclopedia of television.