User:Milowent/MiniseriesNotes
Articles
- [https://www.tvobscurities.com/2013/02/pioneers-of-television-miniseries/] Pioneers - good 2013 discussion on tvobscurities.com
- [https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2000-02-23-0002230008-story.html] "A Genre Goes on Trial" Good 2000 article in Chicago Tribune by Allan Johnson
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=OtQ8DuHHouQC&lpg=PA89&ots=oUEDnKMldU&dq=miniseries%20decline&pg=PA89#v=onepage&q=miniseries%20decline&f=false]
- 1976 article definitely frames it as "novels for TV" [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/62787881/]
- 1983 Time article (on occassion of Winds of War) notes Blue Knight as first [http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923294,00.html]
- Top 1985 series by ratings [https://books.google.com/books?newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&id=IUgwm7R2RQQC&dq=%22hollywood+wives%22+ratings+1985&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=%22hollywood+wives%22]
- Brittanica article [https://www.britannica.com/art/television-in-the-United-States/The-era-of-the-miniseries]
- AARP article [https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/television/info-02-2013/best-tv-miniseries.html]
- Pierce, Scott (16 November 1997). [https://www.deseret.com/1997/11/16/19346249/miniseries-aren-t-epics-anymore Miniseries aren't epics anymore], Deseret News
- Root: 2016 vulture article [https://www.vulture.com/2016/05/roots-miniseries-ratings-were-off-the-charts.html]
Potential entry list
1973
- The Blue Knight (film) - four one-hour episodes, four consecutive knights. See [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/50272732/] (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? [https://www.deseret.com/1997/11/16/19346249/miniseries-aren-t-epics-anymore])
- 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)