Holiday Specials on Television, 1939-2021
In November 1939, NBC''s fledgling television station W2XBS broadcast the first known holiday special, The Macy''s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Despite its small viewership (very few TV sets existed at the time), the experimental telecast was a harbinger of a now-beloved American tradition: the holiday television special.
This book offers a thorough account of holiday television specials in the U...
In November 1939, NBC''s fledgling television station W2XBS broadcast the first known holiday special, The Macy''s Thanksgiving Day Parade. Despite its small viewership (very few TV sets existed at the time), the experimental telecast was a harbinger of a now-beloved American tradition: the holiday television special.
This book offers a thorough account of holiday television specials in the U...
