Encyclopedia of Television Miniseries 1936-2020

<p> 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 <I>Love Nest</I> 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 <I>Jack and the Beanstalk</I> and <I>Women in Wartime</I>.</p><p> 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.</p>