Syndication, the distribution of television programmes, either made exclusively for non-network play, or of programmes intended for telecasts but ultimately making their debuts in sydicated networks, is the topic of Hal Erickson's study.

Offers an alphabetical listing of the nearly 200 'courtroom', 'lawyer' and 'judge' shows telecast in the US from 1948 through 2008, complete with cast and production credits, airdates, synopses and background information. This book also includes an analysis of the rise and fall of cable's Court TV channel.

Beginning with Charlie Chaplin's Shoulder Arms, released in America near the end of World War I, the military comedy film has been one of Hollywood's most durable genres. This generously illustrated history examines over 225 Army, Navy and Marine-related comedies produced between 1918 and 2009, including the abundance of laughspinners released during World War II in the wake of Abbott and Costello's phenomenally successful Buck Privates (1941), and the many lighthearted service films of the immediate postwar era, among them Mister Roberts (1955) and No Time for Sergeants (1958). Also included...

This comprehensive reference to TV cartoon shows covers some 75 years. In the decade or so since the first edition, the industry has grown and expanded to previously unimagined heights, thanks in great part to the upsurge of cable TV services catering to animation fans. In the ten-year period since the first edition, nearly 450 new cartoon series premiered in the U.S. Alphabetically arranged by title, the book discusses each cartoon show in detail, providing full production credits and offering commentary on such elements as development, characters, style, and the show s significance in the...