The easiest way to find books on television in the library is by searching in our catalog, OneSearch. Each book listed in the catalog also has a number of subject headings assigned to it. If you click on the subject link for a book, you can find more books on that same subject. If you are looking for a place to begin your research, please consider our television reference collection.
Books on television will likely be found under some of the subject headings below. Try entering some of the terms below into a search and you'll find many titles. The list here is not exhaustive, but intended to give you a place to start while searching. Subjects with more titles are bolded.
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Children’s television programs -- United States |
Situation comedies (Television programs) |
Television |
Television Acting |
Television Advertising |
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Television Advertising -- United States |
Television and Children |
Television and children -- United States |
Television and families -- United States |
Television and music |
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Television and politics -- United States |
Television and women -- United States |
Television and youth -- United States |
Television broadcasting -- Europe |
Television broadcasting -- Great Britain |
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Television broadcasting of news |
Television broadcasting of news -- Great Britain |
Television broadcasting of news -- Political aspects -- United States |
Television broadcasting of news -- United States |
Television broadcasting of sports -- United States |
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Television broadcasting -- Periodicals |
Television broadcasting policy -- United States |
Television broadcasting -- Social aspects |
Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- United States |
Television broadcasting -- United States |
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Television broadcasting -- United States -- History |
Television cameras |
Television comedies -- United States |
Television comedies -- United States -- History and criticism |
Television criticism |
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Television -- History |
Television in politics -- United States |
Television -- Law and legislation -- United States |
Television -- Periodicals |
Television personalities -- United States -- Biography -- Biography |
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Television plays |
Television -- Production and direction |
Television programs |
Television programs -- Social aspects -- United States |
Television programs -- United States |
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Television programs -- United States -- History |
Television -- Psychological aspects |
Television series -- United States |
Television -- social aspects |
Television talk shows -- United States |
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Television viewers |
Television viewers -- United States |
Television -- Vocational guidance |
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if you would like to browse the library's collection, here are some potentially relevant call numbers for television. You can find further recommendations for subject terms and call numbers for each area of drama and film in the Books on Theater and Film pages.
7th Floor:
Books about several influential tv shows are available at the library on the seventh floor. You can find them under the call numbers listed here:
Program |
Years Aired |
Call Number |
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The Sopranos |
1999-2007 |
PN1992.77 .S66 |
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The Tonight Show |
1954- |
PN 1992.77 .T63 |
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Saturday Night Live |
1975- |
PN1992.77.S273 |
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The Honeymooners |
1955-1956 |
PN1992.77 .H623 |
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M*A*S*H |
1972-1983 |
PN 1992.77 .M2854 |
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CSI |
2000- |
PN1992.77.C75 |
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Mad Men |
2007-2015 |
PN1992.77 .M226 |
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Seinfeld |
1989-1998 |
PN1992.77 .S4285 |
Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 Through 2010 by 
From Daytime to Primetime by 
Television Cartoon Shows by 
Television's Top 100 by 