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TV Finales FAQ

Win TV Finales FAQ by Stephen Tropiano and Holly Van Buren from Applause Books! To enter the contest, fill out the form below between January 26 and February 16.

TV Finales FAQ
All That's Left to Know About the Endings of Your Favorite Shows
by Stephen Tropiano and Holly Van Buren

The first book dedicated exclusively to television's most memorable series finales, from the 1960s to today!

                MONTCLAIR, N.J. – From Mary Richards' heartfelt goodbye to the WJM-TV newsroom in the classic finale of The Mary Tyler Moore Show to the puzzling conclusion of the enigmatic adventure series, Lost, to the tumultuous final hours in the life of Breaking Bad's Walter White, TV Finales FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Endings to Your Favorite Showsby Stephen Tropiano and Holly Van Buren (December 2105, Applause Books, $19.99) takes an up-close, insightful, and entertaining look at the most memorable final episodes of television's most popular prime time, daytime, and late night series.

Crafting the final episode to a long-running television series can be challenging for producers and writers who want to remain faithful to the show's characters and history, yet, at the same time, satisfy the high expectations of its loyal fan base. TV Finales FAQ offers television viewers the inside story on the creation, broadcast, and aftermath of the most famous (and infamous) final episodes of more than 50 television series from the 1960s through the present day.

In TV Finales FAQ, Tropiano and Van Buren dissect the final episodes that broke ratings records, like The Fugitive and M*A*S*H; those that left us scratching our heads, like Roseanne and The Sopranos; and the ones that propelled characters into the future – successfully or not – like Dawson's Creek and Will & Grace.  The book also looks at soap operas, daytime and late-night talk show finales, and, in a section called "Saying Goodbye," looks at series finales that presented their main characters with only one option: close up shop and move on.  Finally, the authors make their case for the best series finales, the ones that left critics thrilled, fans satiated, and television history changed.

The closing acts of Mad Men, Cheers, Seinfeld, Friends, Dark Shadows, Donahue, Sex and the City, All My Children, and dozens more shows can be found in TV Finales FAQ. Packed with details about casts and guest stars, airdates, ratings, production, and episode plots, it is a delectable read for any TV buff.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:                                                                                                                                                                                       
STEPHEN TROPIANO is the author of Saturday Night Live FAQ, The Prime Time Closet: A History of Gays and Lesbians on Television, and books on the film musicals Grease and
Cabaret for Limelight Editions' "Music on Film" series. He is the director of the Ithaca College Los Angeles Program, where he teaches courses in film and television theory and criticism.  He lives in Los Angeles.

HOLLY VAN BUREN earned her master's in critical studies of film and television at the University of Southern California and teaches film studies at Wagner College. She has collaborated with Stephen Tropiano as a researcher for several of his books for Hal Leonard, including Obscene, Indecent, Immoral and Offensive: 100+ Years of Censored, Banned, and Controversial Films; Saturday Night Live FAQ; and Cabaret for the "Music on Film" Series. She lives is Staten Island.

December 8, 2015        $19.99          Paperback Original      9781480391444
B&W illustrations and photographs throughout     424 pages       6
" x 9"
Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, an imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation
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