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ISBN: | 9781135465209 1135465207 0203958276 9780203958278 0415971306 9780415971300 0415971314 9780415971317 9780203958278
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | "In this cultural and industrial history of early television, Susan Murray examines how and why the broadcasting industry gave birth to the idea of TV stars. Combining a sweeping view of the rise of the medium with profiles of Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Jackie Gleason, Lucille Ball, and other early television greats, Murray illuminates the central role played by television stars in the growth and development of American broadcasting."--Jacket.
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Other form: | Print version: Murray, Susan, 1967- Hitch your antenna to the stars. New York : Routledge, 2005 0415971306
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