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At the start of the 1950s, there were about 3 million TV owners; by the end of it, there were 55 million, watching shows from 530 stations.
The average price of TV sets dropped from about $500 in 1949 to $200 in 1953. 1950s television was led by sitcoms & game shows;
Westerns & musicals were also hugely popular; color TV was finally starting to gain some traction.
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 | "Only You, Dick Daring!: or How To Write One Television Script and Make $50,000,000" [1964 bestseller] A True-Life Adventure by Merle Miller & Evan Rhodes Bantam mass pb [10/65] out of print/used Wm. Sloane & Assocs. 8¼x5¾ hardcover [10/64] out of print/used |
 | "Due To Circumstances Beyond Our Control . . ." [1965] by Fred W. Friendly, former president of C.B.S. News Three Rivers Press 8¼x5¼ pb [3/99] out of print/used Vintage pb [2/68] out of print/used |
 | "A History of Broadcasting In The United States" [1966-70] by Erik Barnouw Vol. 1: "A Tower In Babel, To 1933" Oxford Univ Press hardcover [12/66] for $60.00 Vol. 2: "The Golden Web, 1933-1953" Oxford Univ Press hardcover [12/68] for $60.00 Vol. 3: "The Image Empire, From 1953" Oxford Univ Press hardcover [11/70] for $60.00 |
 | "Tube of Plenty: The Evolution of American Television" [1975] by Erik Barnouw Oxford Univ Press 8x5¼ pb [5/90] for $19.95 Oxford Univ Press hardcover 10/75] out of print/used |
 | "C.B.S.: Reflections In A Bloodshot Eye" [1975] by {C.B.S. historian} Robert Metz Playboy Press mass pb [1975] out of print/many used Penguin/Signet mass pb [8/76] out of print/used Playboy Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1975] out of print/used |
 | "The New York Times Encyclopedia of Television" [orig 1977] by Les Brown Visible Ink Press 3rd edition 9x7¼ pb [2/92] out of print/used Gale Group 3rd edition 9¾x7¾ hardcover [2/92] out of print/used Random House hardcover [11/77] out of print/many used |
 | "Stay Tuned: A History of American Broadcasting" [1978] by Christopher H. Sterling & John M. Kittross L.E.A. 3rd edition hardcover [11/2001] for $64.35 |
 | "The Complete Directory To Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows: 1946‑Present" [1979] by Tim Brooks & Earle F. Marsh
Ballantine 8th edition pb [10/2003] for $18.45 |
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"Total Television: Revised Edition" [orig 1980] by Alex McNeil Penguin {2.63 pound} 4th edition pb [9/96] for $20.70 Penguin 4th edition book & CD [10/97] out of prodn/used |
 | "The Great Television Race: A History of The American Television Industry, 1925-1941" [1982] by Joseph H. Udelson Univ AL Press 9¼x6 pb [11/90] for $18.95 Univ AL Press 9¼x6 pb [6/89] for $35.00 |
 | "I Remember Television: A Memoir" [1989] by Ira Skutch part of the D.G.A. Oral Histories series; covers Skutch's years as a network radio director, at a Madison Avenue ad agency, and at the Goodson-Todman TV game show production company Scarecrow Press 8¾x5½ hardcover [1/89] for $48.00 |
 | "Fifties Television: The Industry and Its Critics" [1990] by William Boddy Univ IL Press 9x6 pb [8/92] for $21.00 Univ IL Press hardcover [7/90] out of print/used |
 | "Beating The Odds: The Untold Story Behind The Rise of A.B.C. - The Stars, Struggles & Egos That Transformed Network Television" [1991] by Leonard H. Goldenson, with Marvin J. Wolf Scribner hardcover [2/91] out of print/many used |
 | "Unsilent Revolution: Television News & American Public Life, 1948-1991" [1992] by Robert J. Donovan Cambridge Univ Press pb [3/92] for $28.99 Cambridge Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/92] out of print/used |
 | "The Broadcast Century and Beyond: A Biography of American Broadcasting" [orig 1992] by Robert L Hilliard & Michael C. Keith Focal Press 4th edition 10¼x7¼ pb [10/2004] for $39.56 |
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"Please Stand By: A Prehistory of Television" [1994] by Michael Ritchie Overlook 9¼x7 pb [9/95] for $15.95 Overlook hardcover [9/94] out of print/many used |
 | "As Seen On TV: The Visual Culture of Everyday Life In The 1950s" [1994] by Karal Ann Marling Harvard Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [3/96] for $20.50 Harvard Univ Press 9½x6.4 hardcover [9/94] for $27.50 |
 | "Tinker In Television: From General Sarnoff To General Electric" [1994] by Grant Tinker S&S 9½x6½ hardcover [9/94] out of print/many used |
 | "The Box: An Oral History of Television, 1920-1961" [1995] by Jeff Kisseloff Penguin 8½x5½ pb [1/97] out of print/used Viking hardcover [11/95] out of print/many used |
 | "Television: An International History" [1995] Edited by Anthony Smith & Richard Paterson Oxford Univ Press 2nd edition 9¾x7½ pb [9/98] for $24.46 Oxford Univ Press 10x7½ hardcover [11/95] out of print/used |
 | "The Persistence of History: Cinema, Television and The Modern Event" [1995] by Vivian Sobchack Routledge/A.F.I. 9¼x6 pb [12/95] for $29.95 Routledge/A.F.I. 10x8 hardcover [12/95] out of print/used |
 | "Television's Second Golden Age: From Hill Street Blues To ER" [1996] by Robert J. Thompson Syracuse Univ Press 9x6¼ pb [10/97] for $17.05 Continuum Intl. Publng Group 9¼x6 hardcover [5/96] out of print/used |
 | "Tube: The Invention of Television" [1996] by David E. Fisher & Marshall Jon Fisher Harvest Books 9x6 pb [11/97] out of print/used Counterpoint hardcover [9/96] out of print/many used |
 | "Encyclopedia of Television" [1997] Edited by Horace Newcomb Taylor & Francis {17 pounds!} 2nd edition hardcover 4-volume set [10/2004] for $620.00 |
 | "The Age of Broadcasting: Television" [1997] Edited by Wim Coleman Discovery Enterprises 7¾x5¼ pb [9/98] out of print/used Tandem Library 7½x5¼ econoclad [3/97] for $15.25 |
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"C.B.S.: The First 50 Years" [1998] by Tony Chiu Stoddart 11¾x10 hardcover [5/98] out of print/used |
 | "The Days of Live: Television's Golden Age As Seen By 21 Directors Guild of America Members" [1998] Edited by Ira Skutch
Scarecrow Press 8½x5½ pb [8/98] for $29.81 Scarecrow Press 8¾x5½ hardcover [8/98] for $65.00 |
 | "Prime Time Blues: African Americans On Network Television" [2001] by Donald Bogle FS&G 8½x5½ pb [2/2002] out of print/used FS&G 9½x6½ hardcover [2/2001] out of print/many used and more on the subject on Magic Lantern's Afro-American Film Festival Pages |
 | "The Classic Serial On Television and Radio" [2001] by Robert Giddings & Keith Selby The mini-series based on classical literature was invented by B.B.C. Radio, then adapted to television. Palgrave Macmillan 8½x5½ pb [2/2001] for $43.28 Palgrave Macmillan 8½x5¾ hardcover [2/2001] for $110.00 |
 | "Live Televison Drama, 1946-1951" [2001] by William Hawes
McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [2/2001] for $49.95 "Live Televison Drama, 1952-1958" [2001] by William Hawes McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [12/2001] for $49.95 |
 | "Brought To You In Living Color: 75 Years of Great Moments In Television & Radio From N.B.C." [2002] by Marc Robinson
Wiley & Sons 10¼x10¼ pb [10/2003] for $29.95 Wiley & Sons 10¾x10¾ hardcover [3/2002] for $0.00 |
 | "The DuMont Television Network: What Happened? - A Significant Episode In The History of Broadcasting" [2002] by Ted Bergmann & Ira Skutch Rowman & Littlefield / Scarecrow 8¾x6¼ hardcover [4/2002] out of print/used |
 | "The Encyclopedia of American Television: Broadcast Programming Post World War II to 2000" [2002] by Ronald W. Lackmann
Checkmark Books pb [10/2002] for $21.95 Facts On File {4.2 pounds} hardcover [10/2002] for $75.00 |
 | "Prime Time Animation: Television Animation & American Culture" [2003] Edited by Carole A. Stabile & Mark Harrison Routledge 9x6 pb [4/2003] for $32.53 Routledge 9½x6¼ hardcover [4/2003] for $120.00 |
 | "Cold War, Cool Medium: Television, McCarthyism & American Culture" [2003] by Thomas Doherty Columbia Univ Press 8¾x5¾ pb [2/2005] for $23.00 Columbia Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [10/2003] for $71.00 |
 | "Movie Stars & Rattlesnakes: The Heyday of Montana Live Television" [2003] by Norma Beatty Ashby Farcountry Press 10x8¼ pb [12/2004] for $19.95 Farcountry Press hardcover [12/2003] out of print/used |
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"The Television History Book" [2004] by Michele Hilmes British Film Institute 9½x7¼ pb [3/2004] for $27.95 British Film Institute 10x7½ hardcover [3/2004] out of print/rare |
 | "The Forgotten Network: DuMont & The Birth of American Television" [2004] by David Weinstein Temple Univ Press pb [3/2006] for $19.95 Temple Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [5/2004] for $37.49 |
 | "Amusing Ourselves To Death: Public Discourse In The Age of Show Business" [orig 1985, rev 2005] by Neil Postman; 20th Anniv Introduction by Andrew Postman Penguin 7¾x5 pb [12/2005] for $11.20 Viking hardcover [11/85] out of print/used |
 | "TV Wonderland: The Enchantment of Early Television" [2006] by Brad & Debra Schepp Collectors Press 6½x5½ pb [1/2006] for $11.66 |
 | "Same Time, Same Station: Creating American Television, 1948-1961" [2007] by James L. Baughman Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6¼ pb [2/2007] for $25.55 |
 | "N.B.C.: America's Network" [2007] Edited by Michele Hilmes Univ CA Press 8¾x5¾ pb [8/2007] for $18.21 Univ CA Press 9x6¼ hardcover [8/2007] for $60.00 |
 | "The Columbia History of American Television" [2007] by Gary Edgerton Columbia Univ Press 9¾x6¾ pb [3/2009] for $24.75 Columbia Univ Press 10x7¼ hardcover [9/2007] for $50.00 |
 | "The Television Will Be Revolutionized" [2007] by Amanda D. Lotz N.Y.U. Press 9x6 pb [11/2007] for $19.80 N.Y.U. Press 9x6¼ hardcover [11/2007] for $70.00 |
 | "The History of Wireless: How Creative Minds Produced Technology For The Masses" [2008] by Ira Brodsky Part I covers Volta, Faraday, Maxwell, Lodge & Hertz; Part IIA covers the telegraph, the telephone, Marconi, Fessenden, de Forest & Armstrong {not Tesla?}; Part IIB covers the birth of broadcast radio & TV, Sarnoff, Farnsworth & Zworykin; Part III is a comprehensive history of mobile radio, cellular & digital cellular. Telescope Books 8¾x6 pb [1/2008] for $17.95 |
 | "Sounds of Change: A History of FM Broadcasting In America" [2008] by Christopher H. Sterling & Michael C. Keith Univ NC Press 9x6 pb [7/2008] for $22.50 Univ NC Press 9¼x6 hardcover [7/2008] for $59.95 |
 | "A European Television History" [2008] Edited by Jonathan Bignell & Andreas Fickers Wiley-Blackwell 9¾x6½ pb [12/2008] for $44.95 Wiley-Blackwell 9¾x6¾ hardcover [12/2008] for $94.95 |
 | "It's The Pictures That Got Small: Hollywood Film Stars On 1950s Television" [2009] by Christine Becker Personalities/careers examined include Faye Emerson, Ida Lupino, Groucho Marx & Ronald Reagan Wesleyan Univ Press pb [1/2009] for $24.95 Wesleyan Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [1/2009] for $70.00 |
 | "Shooting Stars of The Small Screen: Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946‑present" [2009] by Douglas Brode, Foreword by Fess Parker
Univ TX Press 9x6 pb [10/2009] for $24.75 see also Books About Western Movies Pages |
 | "TV Noir: The 20th Century" [2010] by Ray Starman Examines TV series from 1949 to 1999 including "Dragnet", "Racket Squad", "The Lineup", "Peter Gunn", "The Untouchables", "The Fugitive", "Felony Squad", "N.Y.P.D. Blue", "Homicide: Life On The Street", "The Invaders", "X-Files", and "The Prisoner" Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [8/2010] for $7.55 CreateSpace 8x5 pb [8/2010] for $7.95 |
 | "When Game Shows Ruled Daytime TV" [2010] by Norm Blumenthal
Author was longtime producer of the NBC-TV game show "Concentration" [1958-79] BearManor Media pb [11/2010] for $19.95 |
 | "Television's Top 100: The Most-Watched American Broadcasts, 1960-2010" [2011] by Wesley Hyatt McFarland & Co. pb [10/2011] for $55.00 |
 | "The Birth of British Television: A History" [2011] by Mark Aldridge Palgrave Macmillan pb [11/2011] for $26.40 Palgrave Macmillan hardcover [11/2011] for $77.14 |
 | "The Revolution Was Televised: The Cops, Crooks, Slingers, and Slayers Who Changed TV Drama Forever" [2012] by Alan Sepinwall
Kindle Edition from Touchstone [2/2013] for $10.99 Touchstone 8½x5½ pb [5/2013] for $13.31 indep 8½x5½ pb [11/2012] out of print/60+ used German edition Translated by Tom Bresemann, Christian Lux, und Annette Kühn Kindle Edition from Luxbooks [3/2013] for $26.99 {sic} Luxbooks GmbH 8x5¼ hardcover [2014] imported/new-used |
 | "TV On Strike: Why Hollywood Went To War Over The Internet" [2013] by Cynthia Littleton Kindle Edition from Syracuse Univ Press [1/2013] for $16.47 Syracuse Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [1/2013] for $19.77 |
 | "Glamour, Gidgets, and The Girl Next Door: Television's Iconic Women From The 50s, 60s, and 70s" [2014] by Herbie J. Pilato
Kindle Edition from Taylor Trade Publng [9/2014] for $9.59 Taylor Trade Publng 10¼x7¼ hardcover [9/2014] for $24.53 |
 | "Dashing, Daring, and Debonair: TV's Top Male Icons From The 50s, 60s, and 70s" [2016] by Herbie J. Pilato, Preface by Joel Eisenberg, Foreword by Adam West Kindle Edition from Taylor Trade Publng [7/2016] for $9.99 Taylor Trade Publng 10¼x7¼ hardcover [7/2016] for $15.37 |
 | "TV (The Book): Two Experts Pick The Greatest American Shows of All Time" [New York Times bestseller 2016] by Alan Sepinwall & Matt Zoller Seitz Kindle Edition from Grand Central/Hachette [9/2016] for $12.99 Grand Central Publng 9x6 pb [9/2016] for $13.73 |
 | "Television: A Biography" [2016] by David Thomson Thames & Hudson 10¼x7½ hardcover [10/2016] for $31.05 |
Fiction About Radio & TV
{ in chronological order }
 | "Tom Swift and His Talking Pictures: or, The Greatest Invention On Record" [#31 = 1928] by Howard Garis, writing as house name 'Victor Appleton' Tom Swift invents a large-screen color TV with high-fidelity sound {written in 1928!}; various movie and legitimate theatre executives panic and resort to sabotage, subterfuge, kidnapping, and even attempted murder to stop Tom's device from being marketed. Grosset & Dunlap hardcover [1928] out of print/used Grosset & Dunlap hardcover [1928] out of print/used Grosset & Dunlap 7½x5¼ hardcover [1928] out of print/used . . . and more on the 'Tom Swift' Book Series Page at Spirit of America Bookstore |
 | "The Great Man" A Novel" [1955] by Al Morgan
When a popular radio commentator dies in a car accident, his successor is ordered to produce an hour-long tribute, but he can't find anyone who knew the guy with good things to say about him. Pocket/Cardinal mass pb [1957] out of print/scarce Dutton 7¾x5¼ hardcover [1955] out of print/used "The Great Man" feature film [Universal Dec 1956] Co-written & directed by & starring José Ferrer; based on the novel by Albert E. Morgan; also starring Dean Jagger, Keenan Wynn, Julie London, Joanne Gilbert, Ed Wynn, Jim Backus, Lyle Talbot, Henny Backus & Johnny Grant • VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb |
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"The God of Channel 1" [1956] by Frederik Pohl (writing as Donald Stacy) "The diamond-hard novel of a man who became TV's biggest personality"; the Danny Dahl character is perhaps modeled after C.B.S.'s daily host Arthur Godfrey [1903-83] Ballantine mass pb [1956] out of print/scarce Ballantine mass pb [1956] for out of print/scarce |
 | "Zoomar: A Sophisticated Novel About Love and TV" [1957] by Ernie Kovacs A comic romp, (loosely) based on the life & career of television pioneer Pat Weaver Bantam mass pb [1959] out of print/scarce Doubleday hardcover [1957] out of print/scarce Doubleday hardcover [1957] out of print/used |
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"The 21-Inch Screen" [1958] by Edwin Fadiman, Jr.
"On television, Rex Lundy was the idol of millions, off-camera he was a cheating husband, an indifferent father, and a ruthless lover." Signet/NAL mass pb [1959] out of print/used Signet/NAL mass pb [1959] out of print/used Doubleday hardcover [1958] out of print/used |
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"Anchorwoman: A Novel" [1974] by Al Morgan
Stein & DayBantam mixed editions [1974] out of print/used |
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New York TV exec Matt Cobb mystery series [1978-96] by William L. DeAndrea [1952-96] "Killed In The Ratings" [HBJ 1978] hardcover out of print/many used • pb out of print/used "Killed In The Act" [Doubleday 1981] hardcover out of print/used • pb out of print/used "Killed With A Passion" [Doubleday 1983] hardcover out of print/used "Killed On The Ice" [Doubleday 1984] hardcover out of print/used • pb out of print/used "Killed In Paradise" [Mysterious Press 1988] hardcover out of print/used • pb out of print/used "Killed On The Rocks" [Mysterious Press 1990] hardcover out of print/many used • pb out of print/many used "Killed In Fringe Time" [S&S 1995] hardcover out of print/used "Killed In the Fog" [S&S 1996] hardcover out of print/used |
 | "The Evening News: A Novel" [1990] by Arthur Hailey, author of "Hotel" [1965] & "Airport" [1968] A Maoist terrorist group in South America kidnaps the wife, son & father-in-law of CBA-TV's American news anchor Crawford Sloane. Doubleday 9x6 pb [7/2001] for $23.00 Doubleday 9½x6½ hardcover [3/90] out of print/hundreds used |
 | "WLT: A Radio Romance" [1991 bestseller] by Garrison Keillor Two brothers set up radio station WLT ('With Lettuce and Tomato') in Minneapolis in 1926 to draw crowds to their wilting sandwich restaurant. The station is a success, and they are soon hiring local talent whose on-air personalities are not exactly the same as in real life: winsome child star Little Becky is a chain-smoking practical joker, the sports announcer is blind, and the always-cheerful songstress is confined to her wheelchair by polio and fat. The novel's hero is young straight man Francis White, who comes of age at the station and, as the station's success fades, goes on to greater things in television. Penguin 7½x5 pb [11/92] for $10.20 Viking 8½x5¼ hardcover [11/91] out of print/many, many used Highbridge ABR auduio CD [10/2006] for $20.48 |
 | "The Network" [2009] by Bill Siderski He was supposed to go down with the ship while they walked away with the money. But he had other ideas, big ideas, bold ideas, ideas that blurred the line between reporting the news and being the news. Now the ratings are high, and everybody is happy . . . until the body count starts to rise. CreateSpace 8x5 pb [5/2009] for $14.00 |
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 | "TV Jamboree: 16 Great Songs From Ten Top Children's Favorite Shows" [circa 1960] Directed by Mitch Miller, with The Sandpiper Chorus Discog album info page • not available on Amazon - try eBay contains 16 original TV theme songs from: "Annie Oakley" (2), "Bugs Bunny" (2), "Howdy Doody" (2), "Lassie" (2), "Mighty Mouse", "Popeye", "Rin Tin Tin" (3), "Tales Of Wells Fargo", "Wagon Train", and "Wyatt Earp" |
 | "TV Land Presents: Favorite TV Theme Songs" [2002] 
Rhino / W.E.A. music CD [8/2002] 40 tracks for $11.79 40 TV show themes by original artists on two disks, including "The Addams Family", "All In The Family" sung by Jean Stapleton & Carol O'Connor, "The Andy Griffith Show", "Barney Miller", "Batman", "The Beverly Hillbillies", "Bonanza", "The Brady Bunch", "Charlie's Angels", "Diff'rent Strokes", "Dragnet", "Dukes of Hazzard", "Dynasty", "Gilligan's Island", "Golden Girls", "Good Times", "Green Acres", "Happy Days", "Hawaii 5-0", "Hill Street Blues", "I Dream of Jeannie", "I Love Lucy", "The Jeffersons", "Laverne and Shirley", "The Love Boat", "Magnum, P.I.", "Mannix", "Maude", "The Monkees", "The Munsters", "The Partridge Family", "The Rockford Files", "Star Trek", "Taxi", "The Twilight Zone", "Welcome Back Kotter", and others |
 | "100 Greatest TV Themes: The Ultimate Television Themes Collection" [2002]
Silva America music CD [8/2002] 4 disks for $29.07 100 TV show themes (a few by original artists) on four disks, including "The Addams Family", "Batman", "Beverly Hills 90210", "Bewitched", "Bonanza", "Burke's Law", "Cheers", "Dallas", "Doctor Kildare", "Doctor Who", "The Fugitive", "Hawaii 5-0", "High Chaparal", "Johnny Staccato", "Kojak", "Lonesome Dove", "Lost In Space", "Magnum, P.I.", "The Man From Uncle", "M.A.S.H.", "Miami Vice", "Mike Hammer", "Mission: Impossible", "Monthy Python's Flying Circus", "The Munsters", "Murder She Wrote", "Northern Exposure", "The Outer Limits", "Perry Mason", "Peter Gunn", "Star Trek", "Streets of San Francisco", "Taxi", "The Twillight Zone", "Twin Peaks", "The Virginian", "Wagon Train", "The Waltons", "Wild Wild West", "The X-Files", and many more |
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"TV Guide 50 All-Time Favorite TV Themes: A Year-By-Year Celebration of The Greatest Television Themes, 1953-2002" [2002]
Tee Vee Tunes Records audio CD [10/2002] for $13.41 50 TV show themes (many are remakes), including "The Addams Family", "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Batman", "Bewitched", "The Brady Bunch", "Dragnet", "The Flintstones", "Friends", "Gilligans Island", "Hawaii 5-0", "The Honeymooners", "I Love Lucy", "M.A.S.H.", "Mary Tyler Moore", "Mission Impossible", "The Monkees", "Six Feet Under", many more – plus a fact-filled booklet featuring 50 original full-color TV Guide Magazine covers |
 | "All-Time Top 100 TV Themes" [2005]
T.V.T. audio CD [8/2005] 2 disks for $18.99 includes themes from current/recent shows all the way back to the "Leave It To Beaver", "Gilligan's Island", "Dragnet", "The Twilight Zone" & "I Love Lucy" era |
 | "100 Greatest TV Themes: Volume 2" [2007]
Silva America music CD [11/2007] 4 disks for $30.96 100 remakes of TV show themes reviewed as 'lackluster', including "24" Suite, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents", "Band of Brothers", "Charlie Brown", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Dukes of Hazard", "Friends", "Kojak", "Lost", "The O.C.", "Space: 1999", "V, The Series", "West Wing", "Young and The Restless", and many more |
 | "100 Greatest TV Themes" [2010]
Silva America music CD [11/2010] 4 disks for $29.07 100 TV show themes (a few by original artists) on four disks, including "24" Suite, "The Addams Family", "The Andy Griffith Show", "Band of Brothers", "Batman", "Bewitched", "Buffy The Vampire Slayer", "Charlie Brown", "Charlie's Angels", "Cheers", "The Cosby Show", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "CSI: Miami", "CSI: New York", "Dallas", "Desperate Housewives", "Dukes of Hazard", "E.R.", "The Flintstones", "Friends", "Get Smart", "Happy Days", "Hawaii 5-0", "High Chaparal", "Hill Street Blues", "I Dream of Jeannie", "Kojak", "L.A. Law", "Law and Order", "Lost", "Kojak", "Love Boat", "M.A.S.H.", "Magnum, P.I.", "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.", "Melrose Place", "Miami Vice", "Mission: Impossible", "Mork and Mindy", "The Munsters", "The Muppet Show" (2), "Murder, She Wrote", "Northern Exposure", "N.Y.P.D. Blue", "The O.C.", "The Pacific", "Perry Mason", "Peter Gunn", "Quantum Leap", "Rawhide", "The Rockford Files", "Sex and The City", "The Simpsons", "Six Feet Under", "Star Trek", "Taxi", "The Twilight Zone", "West Wing", "The Wire", "The X-Files", and many more |
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