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- ↑ Brooks, Tim & Marsh, Earle (1979). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows: 1946-Present. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-25525-9. P. 284.
- ↑ Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 501. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.
- ↑ Bjelskou, Peter (2014). Branded Women in U.S. Television: When People Become Corporations. Lexington Books. p. 29. ISBN 9780739187944 . Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ↑ Snodgrass, Mary Ellen (2004). Encyclopedia of Kitchen History. Routledge. ISBN 9781135455729 . Retrieved 15 September 2017.
- ↑ Prud'homme, Alex (2016). The French Chef in America: Julia Child's Second Act. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 9780385351768 . Retrieved 1 September 2017.
- ↑ Schilling, Jim Von (2013). The Magic Window: American Television ,1939-1953. Routledge. p. 89. ISBN 9781136398605 . Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ↑ "Kelvinator Kitchen". Billboard. May 17, 1947. p. 16. Retrieved 15 September 2017.
