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Covers discussion of the many programs that have appeared during holiday seasons throughout the years with interviews with writers, producers, and stars. This book covers the history of the depiction of Christmas on television, and includes a discussion of programs that celebrate Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and the winter solstice.

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Illustrates how the genre has reflected our ideas of crime and crime solving through the decades. This work provides a history of detective and police shows on television, along with production histories of seminal programs, and interviews with some of the most important writers and producers of crime television.

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Since late evening cartoons first aired in 1960, prime-time animated series have had a profound effect on American television and American culture at large.

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Prime time soaps are often revered long after their runs on television have ended, as Dallas, Twin Peaks, and Beverly Hills 90210 readily demonstrate. Prime Time Soaps covers all the major shows, and also investigates all the ways that soaps have contributed to the development of more general television trends.

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Through these stories (both true and false), he sheds a revealing light on just what role these rumors play in contemporary societyand what role our society plays in regard to these rumors as well.