Prime time soaps are often revered long after their runs on television have ended, as Dallas, Twin Peaks, and Beverly Hills 90210 readily demonstrate. Due to their profound impact, it's easy to forget how recently the genre itself was born. Dallas premiered in 1978, and was originally intended to ai...
Douglas M. Snauffer
Hardcover
234
Praeger
0275994732
9780275994730
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A powerful, behind-the-scenes look at some of America's all-time favorite television programs during their darkest hours, this study examines how various hit series have absorbed the death of a lead actor during production. Although each television program eventually resumed production, the lead act...
Douglas Snauffer
Paperback
228
McFarland
0786432950
9780786432950
1
Douglas M. Snauffer
Hardcover
Praeger (2006-09-30)
6
Hardcover
Praeger Publishers Inc
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Douglas Snauffer;
Paperback
McFarland (2008-07-23)
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Crime dramas have been a staple of the television landscape since the advent of the medium. Along with comedies and soap operas, the police procedural made an easy transition from radio to TV, and starting with Dragnet in 1952, quickly became one of the most popular genres. Crime television has prov...
Douglas M. Snauffer
Hardcover
288
Praeger
0275988074
9780275988074
2
David (ed.); Ian Spelling, Marc Shapiro, Tom Weaver, Joe Nazzaro, Bill Florence, Kyle Counts, Douglas Snauffer, Jo Morrow, Steven Sears [about], David Brin [about], Robert A. Heinlein [rela McDonnell
Paperback
Starlog Group
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Douglas Snauffer
0275988074