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Television History

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TV Tango - Provides current and historical prime time television listings dating back to 1950, with selected programming outside of prime time. Includes episode lists with synopses and original air dates, awards, and ratings, along with links to Wikipedia, IMDB, TV Guide, BFI and video streaming sites.

Crazy About TV -brief descriptions of tv shows, tv show trivia, cast lists

Shore Scripts : https://www.shorescripts.com/tv-series-bibles/
TV series bible available on the web for you here, but what is a TV series bible? They come under various guises and can be used as a pitch document, a guide for directors, or additional info to be submitted along with a pilot episode. As with the word outline and synopsis, the term bible isn’t set in stone and can just as easily be referred to as a treatment or extended pitch. Take a browse at how some of TV’s most successful shows were able to grab the attention of producers and executives in this fantastic selection.

TV by the Numbers -Viewership stats for current TV shows

Retrowaste.com- Timeline of the TV decades! - 1960s TV Shows: What Did People Watch?

AFI.com -American Film Institute site. Although emphasis is on films, there is a television component.

Screen site -  The most complete site for information of an aca- demic nature related to film and television studies.

Television Resources - A listing of resources with links to individual sites. This was created by the Library of Congress.

TV.com - One of the best sites for information on individual programs, such as episode guides (including summaries if supplied by users). Cast listing is often more complete than that in imdb.

TVGuide - An essential site for all kinds of information on television, including programs.

TV Line - A good source of criticism, news, spoilers, etc.

Metacritic- Provides critic and user reviews, as well as links other reviews, awards, and other articles.