Remember Miniseries?

[czygvtwkr]

In the decline of network television it seems that miniseries was one of the things to disappear to never be seen again. I was a kid in the 80's and actually remember some of the more adult oriented miniseries quite fondly. Ones I remember liking were Marco Polo, Chiefs, North and South and later Roots.

 

[RoseRed]

Lonesome Dove.

 

[vraiblonde]

Lonesome Dove.

My two favorite actors in one movie :swoon:

Rich Man, Poor Man

Hollywood Wives

 

[RoseRed]

North and South

The Thornbirds

 

[PJumper]

The Centennial

 

[Vince]

Lonesome Dove.

That and The Sacketts.

 

[GWguy]

There still are miniseries, but just not called that. Shows like '24' which are just one long plot over several weeks.

 

[LJ1999]

Winds of War was another good one.

 

[vraiblonde]

Winds of War was another good one.

I'm so glad we can now get the old miniserieses on DVD and watch the whole thing instead of just getting parts of it and having to wait.

 

[SamSpade]

There still are miniseries, but just not called that. Shows like '24' which are just one long plot over several weeks.

*That*. It's the case for a lot of new shows now - The Following, Crisis - they're just one whole season long story. 24 was billed that way.

But I guess - I did like the "V" miniseries, and Roots.

 

[czygvtwkr]

There still are miniseries, but just not called that. Shows like '24' which are just one long plot over several weeks.

Mini = 6-8 hrs total

They were grander in scope, on the order of a made for TV movie.

 

[czygvtwkr]

Did you ever read the book? It's soooo good!

No, sounds like I will have to now.

I watched it in its entirety back in the mid 90's some time when I was at college in the summer with only one class and a 20 hr/week job to keep me occupied. Same with North and South.