Fifty Years Of Television

If you want to know what made America laugh, cry, and sit on the edge of its seat for the past half century, television is the place to look. And if you want to know the history of television, TV Guide is the ultimate source.

Featuring more than 350 full-color and black-and-white photographs from TV Guide's vast archive, TV Guide: 50 Years of Television promises to be a landmark publishing event. From The Howdy Doody Show to The Simpsons, from Lucy Ricardo to Carrie Bradshaw, from Vietnam to Afghanistan, all the most fascinating and unforgettable personalities, shows, and events that have illuminated the TV screen are gathered here in a gallery of images and memories for the ages.

With hundreds of stunning photographs, entertaining text by TV Guide's own crack writers, and multimillion-dollar marketing support from the magazine, this book is the must-attend, celebrity-studded party of 2002, an event conceived by Lucy and Desi, hosted by Johnny Carson and Oprah Winfrey, thrown on the Sopranos' poolside patio, with drinks mixed by Kramer and guests including Herman Munster, Carol Burnett, the Fonz, and Frasier.