Encyclopedia of Television Miniseries, 1936-2020

by Vincent Terrace

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476687358
• ISBN13: 9781476687353
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up