Encyclopedia of Television Miniseries, 1936-2020.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Terrace, Vincent.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Television mini-series--United States--Encyclopedias.

Television mini-series.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2021.

Summary:

"In 1936, as television networks CBS, DuMont, and NBC experimented with new ways to provide entertainment, NBC deviated from the traditional method of single experimental programs to broadcast the first multi-part program, Love Nest, over a three-episode arc. This would come to be known as a miniseries. Although the term was not coined until 1954, several other such miniseries were broadcast, including Jack and the Beanstalk and Women in Wartime. In the mid-1960s the concept was developed into a genre that still exists. While the major broadcast networks pioneered the idea, it quickly became popular with cable and streaming services. This encyclopedic source contains a detailed history of 878 TV miniseries broadcast from 1936 to 2020, complete with casts, networks, credits, episode count and detailed plot information"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

The Encyclopedia

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4766-4542-6

OCLC:

1281901470