TV Movies/Miniseries/Dramatic Specials describe programs with a conclusive story-arc and scheduled for a fixed time frame.
TV Movies / Miniseries / Dramatic Specials
"Roots was a success because it was a family story that caught people's imagination. Once they got hooked on this family, they wanted to see what happened to it. ...This show came at the right moment, the right time." - David Wolper, Producer
Click on a show title, below
- A
- Assault on the Wayne
- Aunt Mary
- Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, The
- B
- Barbarians at the Gate
- Benjamin Franklin
- Bluffing It
- Brian’s Song
- D
- Duel
- E
- Eleanor, First Lady of the World
- F
- Farewell to Manzanar
- H
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Homecoming: A Christmas Story, The
- K
- Kissinger and Nixon
- M
- Marcus Nelson Murders, The
- Mary and Rhoda
- Medical Story
- My Sweet Charlie
- N
- North and South (I, II, III)
- R
- Raisin in the Sun, A
- Return to Mayberry
- Roots
- S
- Sacco-Vanzetti Story, The (1960)
- Scream of the Wolf
- Shogun
- Skyward
- T
- That Certain Summer
- Thorn Birds, The
- Trilogy Of Terror
- V
- Very Brady Christmas, A
- W
- Woman Called Golda, A
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Highlights
Ron Howard on his struggle to gain the acceptance of Bette Davis, while directing her in the TV movie Skyward (03m 58s)
Phylicia Rashad on the television movie A Raisin in the Sun and winning the Tony Award for the stage revival (02m 23s)
Larry Gelbart on this TV movie which Ray Stark helped him bring to HBO (01m 37s)
Richard Matheson on the TV movie Trilogy of Terror (01m 27s)
Ossie Davis on the historic impact Roots had (06m 01s)
David Wolper on why he thinks Roots was right for the time it came out, and its impact (04m 10s)
Pat Morita on appearing in the 1976 TV movie Farewell to Manzanar (07m 20s)
Fred Silverman on developing specials, mini-series, and television movies for ABC (01m 58s)
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