TV Guide: Fifty Years of Television

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Summary: Nostalgic
Review: Be prepared for a flood of memories from your youth. Great look back at what's kept us entertained from the most powerful cultural medium of the last 50 years.
Also recommended - "No One's Even Bleeding" & "Delano"

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Summary: What a fun look at TV history!
Review: I got this book for my TV buff husband for Christmas... he has been reading it ever since. The whole family has enjoyed reading it. This book is a must for any true TV buff... and what man isn't one! Looking for a great gift for a man in your life... this is a must, especially if he's a babyboomer or prior. Highly recommended for the money!

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Summary: A colorful guide to the box in the corner.
Review: This is typical of those overpriced books that come out for buying in the festive season but the good news is that after December you can usually find them at a greatly reduced price. I got my copy via the Net at well below ten dollars.

Read the Book Description above to find out about the contents of this thick coffee table book. Most of the two hundred and fifty photos (all publicity shots) are one to a page with long captions and covers of the Guide, more than four hundred, pop up at relevant places. Other covers are shown on five spreads devoted to each decade and actually I would have preferred the book to have concentrated on the covers rather than the publicity photos, a lot of well known illustrators were used, like Jack Davis, Ronald Searle, Al Hirschfeld, LeRoy Neiman and Bob Peak to name a few.

I did like the way the material was divided into themes, Weekends, Daytime, Evenings, Prime Time and Late Night, rather presenting it all in strict historical order. The back of the book has an interesting complete list of covers from April 1953 to April 2002 but unfortunately it is set in a real tiny type (Day-lite Sans would be an appropriate font name).

If you can find this book at a low, low price it will certainly be worth buying.