The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present

Book by Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present First editionAuthorTim BrooksEarle MarshOriginal titleThe Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows 1946–PresentLanguageEnglishSubjectBroadcast programmingPublisherBallantine BooksPublication date1979Publication placeUnited StatesMedia typePrintPages848AwardsNational Book Award (1980)ISBN978-0-345-28248-4OCLC4496779 The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946–Present is a trade paperback reference work by American television historians Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, first published by Ballantine Books in 1979. History The 1979 book publication was by Tim Brooks at NBC, who was then head of that network's research, and Earle Marsh of CBS, who was a manager there of special research projects, and it was the book's first edition.[citation needed] According to Aaron Barnhart (as told to him by author Tim Brooks), the original volume "almost didn't get printed... because publishers were worried 'that it was too big'" (covering 3,000 shows). Between the sixth and ninth editions, Brooks and Marsh expanded an already "hefty" paperback from 5,0