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	Miniseries
		In a miniseries on the other hand, there is a clearly defined beginning, a middle and an end, (as in a conventional play or novel) enabling characters to change, mature or die as the serial proceeds.
		This scheduling is important because the high production costs of miniseries can only be recovered through exposure to the largest, most lucrative, and attentive audiences and the material dealt with is often of either difficult and potentially upsetting, or of a sexually explicit nature not deemed suitable for children.
		The miniseries is invariably based upon the work of an established writer, whether this is a classic literary source (the BBC's 1995 adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice), a popular blockbuster, (Shirley Conran's Lace II, 1985), or a renowned television writer (Lynda LaPlante's Prime Suspect, 1991).
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/M/htmlM/miniseries/miniseries.htm (1245 words)

	Miniseries: Just the facts... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Its success in the USA (The army of the United States of America; organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare) was due to its schedule: the twelve hours were split into eight episodes broadcast on consecutive nights, resulting in a finale with a 71 percent share of the audience and 130 million viewers.
		In British television (additional info and facts about British television), the term 'miniseries' is almost never used, except in reference to American imports.
		The term serial (A serialized set of programs) is preferred for short-run British television drama, which has been a staple of UK schedules since the early 1950s (The decade from 1950 to 1959) when serials such as The Quatermass Experiment (additional info and facts about The Quatermass Experiment) (1953) established the popularity of the form.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mi/miniseries.htm (546 words)

	Wednesday
		Their time was the '70s and '80s with mega-productions such as “Rich Man, Poor Man,” “Holocaust,” “Centennial,” “Shogun,” “Lonesome Dove” and of course “Roots.” The miniseries allows for stories of depth and complexity not possible within the confines of the traditional half-hour or hour-long TV series.
		Many miniseries are based on best-selling novels, and the novelist’s name is often attached to the project as a selling point (“Stephen King’s ‘The Langoliers,’” “Armistead Maupin’s ‘Tales of the City’”).
		Miniseries are usually part of a network’s strategy for the television season.
	www.medialifemagazine.com /News2005/jun05/june27/3_wed/news3wednesday.html (931 words)

	Shogun (miniseries) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shogun is an Japanese-United States miniseries based on the namesake novel by James Clavell.
		The miniseries starred Richard Chamberlain as John Blackthorne (Anjin-San), Toshiro Mifune as Lord Toranaga, Yoko Shimada as Lady Toda Buntaro a.k.a.
		The miniseries was also noted for its frank discussion of sexuality, nudity, and of matters such as Japanese ritual suicide (seppuku).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shogun_(miniseries) (358 words)

	Los Angeles Business Journal: 'Roots' Redux: TV Miniseries Make Comeback (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Although the miniseries about the Egyptian queen was not a smash, ABC said it was a success.
		But she is developing a project nearly as ambitious: a six-hour miniseries called "Dinotopia," which she describe as "Jurassic Park meets Atlantis," a tale of shipwrecked family that discovers a lost island filled with dinosaurs.
		Whether a miniseries is ultimately successful rests primarily with the story, not the length.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m5072/is_43_21/ai_57542040 (1253 words)

	USATODAY.com - Is the TV miniseries extinct? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The splashy, big-budget miniseries might be extinct, at least on network TV, were it not for TV showman Robert Halmi Sr.
		Network miniseries today, their audiences fragmented by cable and other entertainment pastimes, can't hope to draw anywhere near the ratings of 1977's Roots, whose final episode attracted more than half the USA's TV households, or to hold on to viewers for a week's time.
		Although the miniseries is shrinking in number and length on broadcast TV, the genre is thriving on cable, with everything from Anne Rice's Feast of All Saints on Showtime to Attila on USA.
	www.usatoday.com /life/television/2002/2002-05-08-dinotopia.htm (1336 words)

	Miniseries - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		'Miniseries' is however, used as a kind of exonym for British TV series in the United States, where the typical length of six episodes is considered short.
		These are also known as limited series, as opposed to one-shots or a trade paperback.
		Earlier miniseries were 3 or 4 issues in length, but now can extend longer.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miniseries (402 words)

	Jedi Council Forums - Miniseries Discussion & News
		Miniseries seem to be the best way to adapt a novel or story, but also a very good way to tell any story in general.
		There are many instances which, I think, a film should have been made in a miniseries format to begin with (LOTR comes to mind, as well as the first X-men film) I sincerely hope that the format does not fade away before being used to its greatest potential.
		The Triangle is only the latest of SCI FI's several miniseries projects, including the recent Emmy Award-winning Frank Herbert's Dune, the 10-night alien adventure Steven Spielberg Presents Taken and the critically acclaimed Children of Dune.
	boards.theforce.net /The_Amphitheatre/b10382/15574363/p1 (1436 words)

	Sci Fi channel's timely miniseries
		A follow-up to the original "Dune" miniseries, which won two Emmy Awards and record ratings for Sci Fi, "Children of Dune" is a sprawling, complex tale that continues the story of the Atreides family, rulers of Arrakis, a turbulent desert planet also known as Dune.
		In the first miniseries, the Atreides family is sent to Arrakis by the emperor of the intergalactic Great Royal Houses, with the task of overseeing production of "spice" -- a precious life-enhancing commodity available only on Arrakis.
		"The TV miniseries is kind of a lost genre because the networks have given up on it," Hammer said, acknowledging that it wasn't easy to get an audience to commit for three nights and six hours.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/03/15/DD92075.DTL (830 words)

	Nazis from Space: Looking Back at V by Anthony Leong from MediaCircus.net
		Though they were certainly won over with the miniseries' serious big budget approach, what really struck a chord with audiences was how it effectively recontextualized the rise of Nazi tyranny, universalized the horrors of the Holocaust, and like much of the science fiction of the Eighties, echoed the tense sociopolitical landscape of the period.
		For the uninitiated, the miniseries revolved around the arrival of the 'Visitors' and their insidious subjugation of the planet Earth.
		The production's smaller budget necessitated complete reuse of all Visitor spacecraft shots from the first miniseries, as well as some extensive trimming of other effects sequences, such as the shoddy matte-work used in Juliet's 'conversion' scene, where she is unconvincingly threatened by the magnified image of a lizard.
	www.mediacircus.net /v.html (2347 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Save up to 30% on bestselling DVDs. Free shipping within Canada available on orders over $39 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This epic 10-hour miniseries from the Emmy-winning writer of Gulliver's Travels was a ratings bust on television, but on video and DVD, where it can be enjoyed at one's leisure, it has a better chance to cast its magical spell.
		Glenda Jackson is majestic in the six-video miniseries from the BBC, Elizabeth R.
		The second most-watched miniseries (after Roots) of all time, The Thorn Birds was originally broadcast in 1983 and captivated viewers with its story of a lifelong conflict between the spirit and the flesh.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/965988 (470 words)

	AEGiS-WashBlade: Miniseries reignites debate on Reagan's AIDS record: What did the president really say, and when?
		The debate over Reagan's AIDS policies resurfaced when the script of a two-part CBS miniseries, "The Reagans," was leaked to the New York Times, including a controversial line about people who were dying from AIDS in the 1980s.
		Soon after, CBS removed the line from the miniseries as one of a series of edits designed to make the program more "balanced." Two weeks later, on Nov. 4, the network's parent company Viacom transferred the miniseries to CBS' sister cable network, Showtime.
		The miniseries' move was not in response to the outrage of conservative Reagan supporters, but because the miniseries did not "present a balanced portrayal of the Reagans for CBS and its audience," according to a CBS statement.
	www.aegis.com /news/wb/2003/WB031106.html (1896 words)

	Dune Miniseries, Frank Herbert
		In Part I of the miniseries, Dune is transferred by Imperial decree from House Harkonnen to their sworn enemy House Atreides.
		The supporting cast is a potpourri of American and European actors (the miniseries was shot in Europe) - the accents amplify the idea of the Empire containing a variety of cultures, but occasionally the dialogue of the foreign actors is difficult to follow.
		And one of the miniseries' major subplots follows the intrigues of Princess Irulan, the Emperor's daughter (a character scarcely mentioned in the book).
	www.scifidimensions.com /Dec00/duneminiseries.htm (1006 words)

	Traffic the miniseries DVD Review - Real Political Face Talk
		Traffic the American miniseries manages to be as moving and as well made if not more so than it's more renowned counterpart, the American film, Traffic.
		The American miniseries manages to emulate the style of the film while still being fresh and taking the story in a completely different direction.
		I should mention that since this was filmed as a miniseries it has a long running time so you may not get through it all in one sitting.
	www.realpoliticalfacetalk.com /r/trafficmini.htm (720 words)

	Filmtracks: Traffic: The Miniseries (Jeff Rona)
		Traffic: The Miniseries: (Jeff Rona) Based on the Academy Award-winning movie of the same name, Traffic: The Miniseries was a three-night cable television film that first aired on January 26th, 2004 on the USA Network.
		The success of the television series is yet to be determined, although it would seem to the lack of extended advertisements and popular mention that it may not have had the same effect on audiences as the film that inspired it.
		Rona was faced with a difficult task for Traffic: The Miniseries; while the idea of producing the mass of the music with atmosphere was the primary concern, Rona also had to bypass the pitfalls of writing worldly music, avoiding droning tendencies and elevating the score's usefulness in this adaptation.
	www.filmtracks.com /titles/traffic_tv.html (843 words)

	CBS pulls 'Reagans' miniseries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Following a storm of protest, CBS has yanked its sweep miniseries "The Reagans," a controversial four-hour glimpse of the 40th president and his family, sources close to the production said.
		The miniseries was scheduled to bow Nov. 16 on CBS.
		Some within CBS are shocked by the pre-emptive attacks on the film and had hoped that the network would air the miniseries to let viewers decide the issue for themselves.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2016642 (368 words)

	USATODAY.com - NBC quake miniseries has seismic experts shaking their heads (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		LOS ANGELES (AP) — An upcoming TV miniseries about an impossibly large earthquake that strikes the West Coast has left seismic experts shaking their heads at what they called gross inaccuracies.
		Howard Braunstein, executive producer of the miniseries, acknowledged that the film is meant as "fun entertainment" and plays loose with the facts.
		The special effects-laden, four-hour miniseries stars Kim Delaney and Beau Bridges and is set to air May 2 and 3.
	www.usatoday.com /tech/news/2004-04-12-quake-quackery_x.htm?POE=TECISVA (400 words)

	Traffic: The Miniseries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The tangled and dangerous web of international smuggling is revisited in a miniseries that borrows both its name and themes from the Oscar-winning theatrical film as well as the acclaimed British series.
		The suspenseful and fast-paced miniseries is built on three stories, each connected with the others in ways that become increasingly apparent over three nights.
		The miniseries is a thrill ride that demands full attention from the opening scene, but viewer patience is generously rewarded.
	www.hollywoodreporter.com /thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2076220 (566 words)

	The Seattle Times: Arts & Entertainment: CBS cancels Reagan miniseries (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		NEW YORK — Barraged by accusations from conservatives that it was distorting the legacy of a president, CBS announced today it was pulling "The Reagans" miniseries off the air.
		"Although the miniseries features impressive production values and acting performances, and although the producers have sources to verify each scene in the script, we believe it does not present a balanced portrayal of the Reagans for CBS and its audience," the network said in a statement.
		The chairman of the Republican National Committee also told CBS President Leslie Moonves that historians should review the miniseries for historical accuracy, or that a disclaimer should be run declaring the program fiction.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/artsentertainment/2001782592_webreagan04.html (340 words)

	This disaster of a TV miniseries deserves a category all its own - Los Angeles Times (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		I managed to avoid "6" by leaving the house at the appropriate time, but I was somehow drawn to the notion of a miniseries devoted to the end of the world, the Apocalypse being so close at hand.
		The book, by the way, was "The Grizzly Maze" by Nick Jans, the story of Malibu's Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend who, while trying to be kindly to them, were eaten by grizzly bears or, as the author explains in the stern manner of a fifth-grade teacher, brown bears.
		For those who missed it, the latest TV disaster miniseries — which ends Sunday — is based on hurricanes, accompanied by tornadoes, that sweep not just the Gulf Coast, but the whole world, beginning with Paris, which seems only right, given France's refusal to help us conquer, I mean liberate, Iraq.
	www.latimes.com /features/lifestyle/la-et-martinez11nov11,0,5928487.column?coll=la-home-style (763 words)

	DVD review of V: The Original Miniseries - DVD Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Warner Bros. has thought well enough of this miniseries to provide an anamorphic 1.85:1 transfer of "V: The Original Miniseries." The widescreen presentation appears to be an open matte of the original televised presentation and its previous video incarnations.
		The VHS release had each part on a separate cassette, and the break did exist in the miniseries, so it is not aggravating and offers an opportunity to grab a Yoo Hoo pop.
		The fact of the matter is, there is not much content in "V: The Original Miniseries" to warrant a soundtrack with a ton of floor thumping bass or overly active surrounds.
	www.dvdtown.com /review/V_The_Original_Miniseries/7658/751 (1547 words)

	V - The Miniseries Final Battle Series > DVD > LD Laserdisc Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In particuluar the "Original Miniseries" is more dense in writing and touches on the issue of power and the (mis)use of it better than the sequels could handle it.
		The soundtracks consist in both releases (Original Miniseries & The Final Battle) of the original monaural tracks that are for the most part good (V - The Miniseries) and excellent (The Final Battle) in quality.
		The sound on V - The Miniseries on DVD is a no-contest compared to the older masters as Kenneth Johnson had the opportunity to remaster the soundtrack for DVD in stereo, using the original music and a newly created effects tracks as basis.
	www.dvdscan.com /v_series.htm (2458 words)

	Voight, Elwes bring pope to life in CBS miniseries - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The late pontiff may be much beloved and historically significant, but, let's face it, his life story is not on the same level...
		The two-part, four-hour miniseries includes highlights of John Paul II's 27-year papacy, but it also has lots of scenes with intimate moments, particularly his reunions with people from his past.
		The miniseries was shot in Rome and Krakow, Poland, locations that lend authenticity to the story, despite the liberal use of CGI effects.
	www.boston.com /ae/tv/articles/2005/11/30/voight_elwes_bring_pope_to_life_in_cbs_miniseries (621 words)

	Miniseries have been Sci Fi Channel's booster rocket (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The miniseries abducted more than 6 million viewers on the night of its debut, besting the ratings record held by "Frank Herbert's Dune." How many within that number speak Chakobsa is hard to determine.
		One sure thing people are already whispering about is the miniseries update of ABC's late 1970s TV series "Battlestar Galactica," due later this year.
		Though its miniseries have enabled it to wiggle into the top 10 most watched cable networks from time to time, it currently resides at a respectable but not stellar No. 17.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /tv/112396_tv14.shtml (1293 words)

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