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- ↑ JACK GOULD (May 23, 1955). "TV: 'Catered Affair': Chayefsky's Story of Family Life Offered". New York Times. p. 47.
- ↑ "Pat Henning, Comedian, Dead, Won Emmy for 'Catered Affair: Born Into Circus Family". New York Times. Apr 30, 1973. p. 34.
