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- ↑ Terrace, Vincent (2010). The Year in Television, 2009: A Catalog of New and Continuing Series, Miniseries, Specials and TV Movies. McFarland. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-7864-5844-8.
- ↑ "Oklahoma! (TV Movie 1999) - IMDb".
- ↑ ""Masterpiece Classic" the Merchant of Venice (TV Episode 2001)".
- ↑ "Kiss Me, Kate (Revised 1999)".
- ↑ Terrace, Vincent (10 January 2014). The Year in Television, 2009: A Catalog of New and Continuing Series, Miniseries, Specials and TV Movies. ISBN 9780786456444.
