“The TV set was a member of the family.” Everybody in TV land showed up for a generation of holiday musicals, variety specials and beloved animated shows like Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, which ...

[Note: This article is a work of nonfiction based on the personal opinion of the author.] The Christmas TV special is an American tradition. But they have changed over the years, and sometimes, not ...

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Of all the varied Christmas TV special formats, the musical comedy variety program holds an inaugural, pertinent place and portion of the pie in the Christmas special spectrum, either as a singular ...

Herbie J Pilato has watched a lot of TV. The former NBC Page is the author of 18 books, including titles on Bewitched and The Six Million Dollar Man and is obsessed with the tube from the 1960s and ...

The Christmas TV special is an American tradition. But they have changed over the years, and sometimes, not for the better. In the "live-action" sector, any Christmas TV special hosted by Bob Hope, ...