User:Milowent/MiniseriesNotes

Articles

 * Pioneers - good 2013 discussion on tvobscurities.com
 * "A Genre Goes on Trial" Good 2000 article in Chicago Tribune by Allan Johnson
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 * 1976 article definitely frames it as "novels for TV"
 * 1983 Time article (on occassion of Winds of War) notes Blue Knight as first
 * Top 1985 series by ratings
 * Brittanica article
 * AARP article
 * Pierce, Scott (16 November 1997). Miniseries aren't epics anymore, Deseret News
 * Root: 2016 vulture article

Potential entry list
1973 1974-75 1976 1977 1978 1979 1983 1985 1988-89
 * The Blue Knight (film) - four one-hour episodes, four consecutive knights. See (which goes from this to QBVII)
 * 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.
 * 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).
 * 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
 * February 19-21, 1978 The Awakening Land (NBC)
 * January 1979 Backstairs at the White House (NBC)
 * Feb 6-13, 1983: The Winds of War (miniseries) (3rd highest all time? )
 * March 27-30, 1983: The Thorn Birds (miniseries)
 * May 1-2, 1983: V (1983 miniseries)
 * Nov 1985 North and South (miniseries) ("The 1985 first installment, North and South, remains the seventh-highest rated miniseries in TV history")
 * Nov 13-23, 1988 and May 7-14, 1989 (12 eps) War and Remembrance (miniseries)
 * Feb 5-8, 1989 Lonesome Dove (miniseries)

Categories to look at

 * Category:American television miniseries by decade
 * Category:1970s American television miniseries