There was a time when the mini-series was a television event. Beginning with Roots, networks would plan for multiple-night showings of an adaptation of some literary work. Most of these were quite […]
Written by Gwen Bagni, Paul Dubov, Frances Spatz Leighton, and Lillian Rogers ParksDirected by Michael O’Herlihy Backstairs at the White House was filmed during the glory days of television mini-series when adaptations […]
Following the astounding success of the first mini-series based on Alex Haley’s novel Roots, a second mini-series was filmed to finish the story from when the Harvey family moved to Tennessee until […]
With the reality show craze at its height, PBS decided to get into the act in its own way. It aired a series of “House” shows, some in collaboration with British television, […]
Written by Kirk Ellis, William Mastrosimone, Cyrus Nowrasteh, Craig StorperDirected by Robert Dornhelm, Sergio Mimica-Gezzan, Jeremy Podeswa. Timothy Van Patten, Michael W. Watkins, Simon Wincer When it comes to epic productions, one […]
In February of 1977, there were some terrible winter storms that blanketed the northern half of this country. It happened to coincide with the airing of only the second mini-series in television […]
The first two episodes of the CBS All-Access limited series The Stand, based on the Stephen King book, were criticized by many for being a bit jumbled. The story is not being […]
Being the world’s biggest fan of the book meant I was *really* looking forward to this limited series. The 1994 mini-series was okay, but there were a few mis-steps with that, especially […]
Written by Carmen Culver, Colleen McCullough, and Lee StanleyDirected by Daryl Duke With the increasing use of a mini-series to adapt novels in the late seventies and early eighties, many stories that […]
Written by T.R. Bowen, Ben Rostul, and C.S. ForesterDirected by Andrew Grieve Nations need heroes… Heroes make the impossible believable… This two-disc set opens with Horatio (Ioan Gruffudd) imprisoned in Kingston, Jamaica […]
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