Big Pictures on the Small Screen: Made-for-TV Movies and Anthology Dramas

by Alvin H. Marill

In the years immediately following World War II, NBC's legendary David Sarnoff and his cross-town equal, CBS's William S. Paley, decided that American television would be identified with quality live drama surrounded by news, light entertainment (in the form of variety and quiz shows), and family-oriented series generally spun off from radio. That initial vision eroded over the years and decades, but the dramatic part of this equation endured well...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275992837
• ISBN13: 9780275992835
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"