Prime-time Television: A Concise History
- ISBN-10
- 0275981428
- ISBN-13
- 9780275981426
- Category
- Social Science / Popular Culture
- Pages
- 305
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Authors
- Barbara Moore, Marvin R. Bensman, Jim Van Dyke
Description
The history of prime-time television in the United States.
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