Encyclopedia of Television Pilots

Encyclopedia of Television Pilots
Author: Vincent Terrace
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 371
Release: 2020-01-17
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1476638101

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On November 27, 1937, NBC presented TV's first pilot film, Sherlock Holmes (then called an "experiment"). Thousands of pilot films (both unaired and televised) have been produced since. This updated and restyled book contains 2,470 alphabetically arranged pilot films broadcast from 1937 to 2019. Entries contain the concept, cast and character information, credits (producer, writer, director), dates, genre and network or cable affiliation. In addition to a complete performer's index, two appendices have been included: one detailing the pilot films that led to a series and a second that lists the programs that were spun off from one series into another. Never telecast pilot films can be found in the companion volume, The Encyclopedia of Unaired Television Pilots, 1945-2018. Both volumes are the most complete and detailed sources for such information, a great deal of which is based on viewing the actual programs.

Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937-2012

Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937-2012
Author: Vincent Terrace
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2013-03-12
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786474459

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This reference work, the most complete guide to aired and unaired television pilot films ever published (or made available in any way), contains 5,190 alphabetically arranged programs, each with storyline information, performer and character cast listings, producers, air dates (where applicable), genre, and network or cable association. Also included are the unaired versions of pilots that became a series (like 90 Bristol Court, Hazel, The Middle and Perfect Strangers) and the updates of aired series that were never telecast (e.g., The Robinsons: Lost in Space, the 1997 version of Hawaii Five-0, the 2011 Wonder Woman and the 2001 Electra Woman and Dyna Girl).

Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937-2012

Encyclopedia of Television Pilots, 1937-2012
Author: Vincent Terrace
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2013
Genre: Television pilot programs
ISBN: 9781785390685

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"This reference work, the most complete guide to aired and unaired television pilot films ever published (or made available in any way), contains 5,190 alphabetically arranged programs, each with storyline information, performer and character cast listings, producers, air dates (where applicable), genre, and network or cable association."--

Television Series and Specials Scripts, 1946-1992

Television Series and Specials Scripts, 1946-1992
Author:
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 545
Release: 2009-10-21
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0786454377

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In the early days of television, many of its actors, writers, producers and directors came from radio. This crossover endowed the American Radio Archives with a treasure trove of television documents. The collected scripts span more than 40 years of American television history, from live broadcasts of the 1940s to the late 1980s. They also cover the entire spectrum of television entertainment programming, including comedies, soap operas, dramas, westerns, and crime series. The archives cover nearly 1,200 programs represented by more than 6,000 individual scripts. Includes an index of personal names, program and episode titles and production companies, as well as a glossary of industry terms.