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The Encyclopedia of Television, second edtion is the first major reference work to provide description, history, analysis, and information on more than 1100 subjects related to television in its international context.

For a full list of entries, contributors, and more, visit the Encyclo pedia of Television, 2nd edition website.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Selected Contents Include: L.A. Law La Frenais
• Language and Television
• Night with David Letterman
• Law and Order
• Show
• The Laybourne
• Leave It to
• Uggams Show
• The Letterman
• Liberace Show
• The License
• License Fee
• Life of Riley
• The Life on Earth Lifetime Likely Lads
• The Link
• William Little House on the Prairie Littlefield
• Local Television Lone Ranger
• The Lonesome Dove Loretta Young Show
• The Lou Grant Low Power Television Lowe
• Arthur Lumet
• Sidney Lumley
• Joanna Lupino
• Ida Lyndhurst
• Nicholas M A S H Magic Roundabout
• The Magid
• Frank N.
• Associates Magnum
• P.I. Malone
• John Mama Man Alive Man From U.N.C.L.E.
• The/The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. Mann
• Abby Mann
• Delbert Mansbridge
• Peter Manulis
• Martin Marchant
• Tony Marcus Welby
• M.D. Market Marketplace Married . . . With Children Marshall
• Garry Martin
• Quinn Marx
• Groucho Mary Tyler Moore Show
• The Mass Communication
• Mastermind Maude Maverick Max Headroom McDonald
• John McKay
• Jim Mckellar
• Don McKern
• Leo McLuhan
• Marshall McQueen
• Trina Media Conglomerates Media
• Events Medic Medical Video Meet the Press
• Melodrama Mercer
• David Mercer
• Rick Mergers and Acquisitions Messer
• Don Mexico Miami Vice Microwave Middle East
• Islamic Midwest Video Case Miller
• J.P. Milton Berle Show
• The Minder Miner
• Worthington Miniseries Minow
• Newton Mirren
• Helen Miss Marple Mission: Impossible Monkees
• The Monkhouse
• Bob Monty Python's Flying Circus Moonlighting Moonves
• Leslie Moore
• Garry Moore
• Mary Tyler Moore
• Roger Morecambe and Wise Morning Television Programs
• Mosel Tad Mosher
• Bob and Joe Connelly Motion Picture Association of America Movie Network
• The Movie Professionals and Television
• Movies on Television Moyers
• Bill MSNBC MTV MuchMusic Munroe
• Carmen Muppet Show
• The Murder
• She Wrote Murdoch
• Rupert K. Murphy Brown Murphy
• Thomas S. Murrow
• Edward R. Music Licensing Music on Television
• Must Carry Rules
• My Little Margie
• My Three Sons Naked City Naked Civil Servant
• The Name of the Game
• The Narrowcasting Nash
• Knowlton Nat "King" Cole Show
• The Nation
• Terry National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
• National Asian Americans Telecommunications Association
• National Association of Broadcasters
• National Association of Television Programming Executives
• National Broadcasting Company
• National Cable Television Association
• National Education Television Center
• National Telecommunication and Information Administration National
• The/The Journal Nature of Things
• The NBC Mystery Movie
• The NBC Reports NBC
• White Paper Neighbours Nelson
• Ozzie and Harriet Netherlands
• The New Zealand Newhart
• Bob Newman
• Sydney News Corporation Ltd
• News
• Local and Regional News
• Network Nichols
• Dandy Nick at Nite/TV Land Nickelodeon Nielsen
• A.C. Nikita (La Femme Nikita) Nixon
• Agnes Nordic Television North of 60
• Northern Exposure Norway
• Not Only . . . But Also...
• Not the Nine O'clock News NYPD Blue O'Connor
• Carroll Odd Couple
• The Ohlmeyer
• Don Old Grey Whistle Test
• The Olympics a

Reviews provided by Syndetics

Library Journal Review

This is not a compendium of TV trivia but rather a serious work intended "to be the reference work of first record, the beginning point for anyone interested in exploring and understanding the significance of television in our time." Under the auspices of the Museum of Broadcast Communications in Chicago, some 300 contributors have addressed a variety of issues and topics. Entries range in length from one to several pages and include suggestions for further reading. Crisp black-and-white photographs, such as studio publicity stills and headshots of individual personalities, are sprinkled throughout the double-column text. Although there are entries on individual television programs complete with cast lists, these are offered only for programs considered to be of particular significance‘typical of a certain program genre, controversial because of subject matter, the first of its kind, etc. More commonly, the essays cover broader topics (e.g., the history of a network or organization and subjects like censorship of tabloid television). Notable individuals, from performers to producers to inventors, are also profiled. The focus may be on television in English-speaking countries, but the scope has been widened to include articles surveying the medium in more than a few other countries. From "Absolutely Fabulous" to "Vladimir Zworykin," this is a gold mine of information for those toiling in the fields of communications, popular culture, and related subjects.‘Carolyn M. Mulac, Chicago P.L. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

Newcomb and his brace of experts expand this seminal source to four volumes, continuing the laudable aspects of the first edition (CH, Oct'97, 35-0649), from the academically tinged insightful commentary to the reference value of personnel listings, additional credits, programming histories, sources for further reading, and the like. The breadth of this work is shown by noting some of the approximately 200 new entries in areas such as individual programs (The Red Green Show), people (Regis Philbin), organizations (American Forces Radio and Television Service), genres (docusoap), technology (convergence), international perspectives (Belgium), events (Clinton impeachment trial), and other TV-related topics ("The Elderly and Television"). Some topics continue to evolve--programs (Saturday Night Live ), genres (the oxymoronic Reality Programming, now Reality Television), or timely subjects (terrorism). Such entries benefit from updating, which is often substantial. Any source this large leaves ample room for quibbling, e.g., why one show or individual rates an entry while others do not, the focus on US and English-speaking television, or perpetuation of the myth that the TV-spawned rock group, The Monkees, did not play their own instruments. However, weighed against the value of the entire source, these objections are irrelevant. ^BSumming Up: Highly recommended. General and academic collections. A. Ellis Northern Kentucky University

Booklist Review

When the first edition of this encyclopedia was published in 1997, it was greeted by highly favorable reviews. Now, only seven years later, the second edition, again published under the auspices of the Museum of Broadcast Communications and continuing under the editorship of Newcomb, a professor at the University of Georgia, offers a significant amount of new material as well as substantial revision and updating. Providing both historical coverage and contemporary perspectives, the encyclopedia encompasses a broad spectrum of issues and topics related to the television industry. Expanded to four volumes from the original three, this edition contains more than 1,160 entries, almost 180 of which are new. In addition, the editor indicates that approximately 500 articles have been updated and more than half of the 750 black-and-white photographs were not in the previous edition. Ranging in length from 1,000 to 7,000 words, entries are signed and include bibliographical references. The impact of technological advances on broadcasting is reflected by new articles such as Broadband, Digital video recorder0 , and Streaming video,0 while the rising influence of cable television is evidenced by the addition of more entries on specific cable networks, such as Animal Planet, Bravo, and Lifetime. Although the primary emphasis continues to be on television in major English-speaking countries, international coverage has been expanded by the inclusion of articles on countries such as Cuba, Hungary, and Turkey. Many programs overlooked by the previous edition have been added, including Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Jeopardy!, 0 and 20/20, 0 s have a number of programs introduced during the last decade, such as Ellen, The Sopranos, 0 and Survi0 vor. Among the individuals added are Katie Couric, Michael Landon, and Regis Philbin. Underscoring the significant role that television plays in our perceptions of political and historical events are new articles like 2000 presidential election coverage 0 and Princess Diana: Death and funeral coverage0 . Although information on television coverage of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, and the subsequent war in Iraq has been added to several articles, separate entries offering more in-depth treatment of these two events would have been preferable. Volume 4 includes a section identifying the more than 300 contributors and an index to the set, which, unfortunately, cites only page numbers and not volume numbers. An alphabetical list of all the articles in the encyclopedia appears at the beginning of each volume, but the set would benefit from a classified table of contents. More problematic is the issue of inconsistent currency. For instance, the articles on Frazier0 and Friends0 are both new, but while the Friends0 entry indicates that the series ended in May 2004, the article on Frazier,0 which ended at the same time, does not reflect the series' conclusion. Scholarly but accessible, this excellent encyclopedia is the most comprehensive and up-to-date compendium on television broadcasting. Most academic and large public libraries will want to add this new edition because of its significantly expanded content. Moreover, it is essential for any library that supports a journalism program. Libraries that do not own the first edition and cannot afford to purchase this one can access the articles from the earlier version through the museum's Web site http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/index.html. --Marie Ellis Copyright 2005 Booklist