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The encyclopedia of TV game shows
- Title
- The encyclopedia of TV game shows / David Schwartz, Steve Ryan, Fred Wostbrock ; foreword by Merv Griffin.
- Author
- Schwartz, David (Writer on TV game shows)
- Publication
- New York, NY : Facts On File, ©1999.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | PN1992.8.Q5 S38 1999 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxii, 377 pages : illustrations; 29 cm
- Summary
- Provides information about the packager, broadcast history, hosts, announcers, producers, and rules for over five hundred television game shows.
- Alternative Title
- TV game shows
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Dictionary
- dictionaries.
- Television game shows.
- Dictionaries.
- Jeux télévisés.
- Dictionnaires.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-346) and indexes.
- Contents
- Foreword by Merv Griffin -- Mark Goodson tribute -- Owner's manual -- The History of game shows -- Entries A-Z -- Appendices : Broadcast and cable networks -- Chronology of game shows -- TV game shows by network -- Longest-running television game shows -- Game show award winners and nominees -- CableAce award winners and nominees -- Daytime Emmy award winners and nominees -- Primetime Emmy award winners and nominees -- Most daytime Emmy award for outstanding game show -- Most daytime Emmy nominations for outstanding game show -- Most daytime Emmy awards for outstanding game show host -- Most daytime Emmy nominations for outstanding game show host -- Top-rated game shows -- Top-rated daytime network game shows -- Tip-rated primetime network game shows -- TV game shows that began on radio -- Game shows that have had multiple runs -- Twenty game show hosts who had hit songs -- Six catchy game show phrases that became part of our vocabulary -- Index of game show personalities.
- ISBN
- 0816038465
- 9780816038466
- 0816038473
- 9780816038473
- LCCN
- 98024891
- OCLC
- ocm39130663
- 39130663
- SCSB-14251979
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library