The Encyclopedia of TV

[Dave Monroe]

The Encyclopedia of TV
http://www.museum.tv/archives/etv/index.html

How exactly does one create an encyclopedia about television? It's a
formidable task, and one that Dr. Horace Newcomb of the University of
Texas at Austin took on with great relish. He worked to assemble an
advisory committee that would reduce the vast array of topics to
around 1000. They did so, and in 1997, The Museum of Broadcast
Communications published the fruits of their labor. Visitors to the
site can browse through thoughtful and thorough entries
alphabetically, and they will find entries that cover specific
programs, historic moments and trends, important policy disputes,
tabloid television and the quiz show scandal that rocked the industry
in the 1950s. Many notable personalities are covered here, including
Phil Silvers, Dan Rather, and Hugh Downs.

http://scout.wisc.edu/Reports/ScoutReport/