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Single Season Sitcoms of the 1980s
A Complete Guide
by Bob Leszczak
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As the cable TV industry exploded in the 1980s, offering viewers dozens of channels, an unprecedented number of series were produced. For every successful sitcom--The Golden Girls, Family Ties, Newhart--there were flops such as Take Five with George Segal, Annie McGuire with Mary Tyler Moore, One Big Family with Danny Thomas and Life with Lucy starring Lucille Ball, proving that a big name does not a hit show make. Other short-lived series were springboards for future stars, like Day by Day (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), The Duck Factory (Jim Carrey), Raising Miranda (Bryan Cranston) and Square Pegs (Sarah Jessica Parker). This book unearths many single-season sitcoms of the '80s, providing behind-the-scenes stories from cast members, guest stars, writers, producers and directors.
About the Author:
Bob Leszczak has spent the last four decades as an on-air radio personality. A frequent TV and film extra, he is the former writer/producer of a weekly five-hour syndicated music trivia program called "Solid Gold Scrapbook." He lives in Manchester, New Jersey.
Press Reviews:
"the author actually dives in and gives us fascinating information on these shows...this book is endlessly fascinating and informative, written by one of the foremost TV historians of our time"―Examiner.com; "I love this book even more than the first one (Single Season Sitcoms, 1948–1979)"―Lee Goldberg, author and producer; "I had a blast perusing page after page of [this book]"―Flick Attack.
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