Television Scripts from Royal Books, Inc.

Los Angeles: Belisarius Productions, 1992. Draft script for season five, episodes one and two, "Lee Harvey Oswald - October 5, 1957 - November 22, 1963: Parts One and Two," of the 1989-1993 television series, here under the working title "Lee Harvey Oswald." SIGNED on the title page by creator and screenwriter Donald P. Bellisario. Script incomplete, ending on page… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: NBC, 1975. Final Draft script for the twelfth episode of the thirteen episode 1975 comedy and variety show television series, SIGNED on the front wrapper, "Tom & Dick," by Tom and Dick Smothers, with an inscription on the top left, partially lost due to dampstaining, "[illegible] Wishes from the Smothers Brothers." Copy belonging to uncredited cast or… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1984. Revised Second Draft script for the 1985 television film, which originally aired on NBC on March 18, 1985. Copy belonging to a crew member, with their name in manuscript ink on the title page and on several printed labels throughout the script. With a few small manuscript pencil annotations throughout, most editorial in nature. … Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Orion, 1991. Revised Draft script for the 13th episode of season 2 of the 1990-1991 television series, which originally aired on July 3, 1991, on ABC. Copy belonging to a crew member, with their first name in manuscript ink on the title page. The last episode of the series, which ended after two seasons, following… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Orion, 1990. Revised Draft script for the 11th episode of season 2 of the 1990-1991 television series, which originally aired on June 19, 1991, on ABC. With a single annotation in manuscript ink on page 28, underlining a prop. The third-to-last episode in the brief, two-season series, which followed the lives of the employees of the… Read more about this item

Studio City, CA: Country Celebration Productions, 1979. Revised First Draft script for the 1979 television special, which originally aired in 1979 on CBS. Working copy belonging to crew member Selig "Pinky" Frank, with his manuscript pencil annotations throughout. Bound in before the script are several production documents, many with Frank's manuscript ink and pencil annotations, including several shooting schedules,… Read more about this item

Burbank, CA: Warner Brothers, 1995. Revised Shooting script for the pilot episode of the 1995 television series, which originally aired on September 28, 1995, on CBS. A fictional tabloid publication struggles to survive in the fast-paced world of New York journalism. The series ran for a brief single season, with 13 episodes total, only eight of which were… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1984. Draft script for an apparently unproduced episode of "Magnum P.I." Jonathan Higgins asks private investigator Thomas Magnum to help clear the name of an old army friend, with the help of the friend's son-who looks, talks, and acts exactly like Higgins. "Magnum, P.I." ran for eight seasons, and won actors Tom Selleck and John Hillerman… Read more about this item

Universal City: Universal Television, 1976. Draft script for the 1979 television movie. A blue collar worker seeks vengeance when his wife and child are murdered in a police raid by a ruthless narcotics officer. The officer shows no remorse following his actions, leaving the worker to take the law into his own hands. Winner of one Primetime… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1952. Draft script for an unproduced television episode. With a letter from screenwriter Jack Lewis, dated 1952, laid in. The series as intended would have followed the jungle adventures of child actor Sabu. White titled wrappers, with credits for screenwriter Jack Lewis. 34 leaves, with last page of text numbered 34. Mimeograph duplication,… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1999. Shooting Draft script for the 2002 television movie, which originally aired on Independent Television Service on June 18, 2002. From the collection of novelist William Hjortsberg, who worked as a screenwriter in Hollywood between 1977-1985. Hjortsberg is best known for the film adaptation of "Angel Heart" (1987), based on his 1978 novel. A… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1957. First Draft typescript for the third episode of season one of the 1953-1963 television series, which originally aired on July 31, 1957 on CBS, seen here under the working title "The Transmogrification of Chester Brown." Manuscript pencil and ink annotations throughout, most noting pagination and editorial revisions. Included with the script are several letters… Read more about this item

New York: Robert Halmi Productions, 1984. Draft script for the 1984 television film, here under the working title "Nairobi." The film originally premiered on October 17, 1984, on CBS. The Kenyan government hires a former Green Beret to stop a group of violent and unpredictable poachers. Blue untitled front wrapper, lacking rear wrapper. Title page… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS], 2000. Final Draft script for the tenth episode of season one of the 2000-2001 television series, which originally aired on December 20, 2000 on CBS. Copy belonging to actor Benjamin Lum, with three callsheets, dated November 3 and 4, 2000, and two xerographically duplicated revision pages laid in. INSCRIBED by actress Bette Midler… Read more about this item

New York: CBS Television Network, 1977. Draft script for the 1978 television three-part miniseries, originally broadcast on CBS on May 22, 1978. Based on the 1929 novel by Dashiell Hammett, originally serialized in the pulp magazine "Black Mask" in 1928 and 1929. A detective known only as The Continental Op investigates a diamond theft from a wealthy family… Read more about this item

London: Preview Two, 1977. Draft script for the 1977 television episode, which originally aired on November 24, 1977 on BBC Two. An investigation of early diving practices, narrated by Belgian underwater archaeologist Robert Stenuit, who explored the underwater ruins of the Dutch merchant ship Slot Ter Hooge, which had previously been explored by English diver John Lethbridge… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1970. Draft script for an unproduced television series. Set on an amusement park on a Pacific Coast pier, where children find joy in playing and adults find romance. Blue titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters John Monks Jr. and Fred. F Finklehoffe and author Leslie Kardos. 51 leaves, with last… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1950. Draft script for an episode of an unproduced television series. With a few annotations in manuscript pencil on the front wrapper. An early script for an episode of an unproduced series intended to focus on the lives and love affairs of great women from history. The content would later be reused for the 1954 Italian… Read more about this item

N.p.: N.p., 1990. First Draft script for the unaired pilot episode of the 1992 television series. Copy belonging to an unknown crew member, with their manuscript ink annotations throughout, highlighting special effects, made for internal distribution. Laid in with the screenplay are four manuscript pages of notes and rough sketches regarding special effects for the episode, partially bound with… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: National Broadcasting Company [NBC], 1998. Revised Shooting script for the 14th episode of the second season of the 1996-2000 television series, which originally aired on March 21, 1998, on NBC. Here under the working title "Every 92 Seconds." With a printed label reading "Editor / Profiler" on the title page. The FBI Violent Crimes Task… Read more about this item