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Pioneers of Television: Crime Dramas

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Catalogue Number:  041348
Producer:  PBS Video
Subject:  Media Literacy
Language:  English
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary
Country Of Origin:  United States
Copyright Year:  2011
Running Time:  60


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As viewers reveled in being transported to shadowy underworlds, creative geniuses emerged in the forms of Jack Webb, Desi Arnaz, and Bruce Geller. Groundbreaking actors Bill Cosby and Angie Dickinson reveal the methods behind their successes as the first African-American and breakthrough female lead characters in a television series.

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