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Source: NPR "Day to Day"

Roundup

11-9-05

Looking Back at the 'Pioneers of Primetime' [4min]

Television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews the new documentary Pioneers of Primetime, a film that looks back at the early days of American television and the icons who invented a new genre of entertainment.

Read entire article at NPR "Day to Day"