User:Milowent/MiniseriesNotes
Articles
- [1] Pioneers - good 2013 discussion on tvobscurities.com
- [2] "A Genre Goes on Trial" Good 2000 article in Chicago Tribune by Allan Johnson
- [3]
- 1976 article definitely frames it as "novels for TV" [4]
- 1983 Time article (on occassion of Winds of War) notes Blue Knight as first [5]
- Top 1985 series by ratings [6]
- Brittanica article [7]
- AARP article [8]
- Pierce, Scott (16 November 1997). Miniseries aren't epics anymore, Deseret News
- Root: 2016 vulture article [9]
Potential entry list
1973
- The Blue Knight (film) - four one-hour episodes, four consecutive knights. See [10] (which goes from this to QBVII)
1974-75
- April 29-30, 1974: QB VII (miniseries) (2 episodes, consecutive nights, 6.5 hours)
- November 74-Jan 75: Benjamin Franklin (miniseries) - 4 eps, spread out over about 2 months - critically did well, probably was not well rated.
1976
- Feb 1-March 15, 1976: Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries). Mostly spread out weekly after first two nights.
- December 4-5, 12, 19, 1976:The Moneychangers (no separate series article yet).
1977
- January 1977: Roots (1977 miniseries)
- Mar-Apr 1977: Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)
- October 16-18, 1977 79 Park Avenue
- September 6-11, 1977 Washington: Behind Closed Doors decent ratings
1978
- February 19-21, 1978 The Awakening Land (NBC)
1979
- January 1979 Backstairs at the White House (NBC)
1983
- Feb 6-13, 1983: The Winds of War (miniseries) (3rd highest all time? [11])
- March 27-30, 1983: The Thorn Birds (miniseries)
- May 1-2, 1983: V (1983 miniseries)
1985
- Nov 1985 North and South (miniseries) ("The 1985 first installment, North and South, remains the seventh-highest rated miniseries in TV history")
1988-89
- Nov 13-23, 1988 and May 7-14, 1989 (12 eps) War and Remembrance (miniseries)
- Feb 5-8, 1989 Lonesome Dove (miniseries)