Events in Film & TV
- 1976-02-01 "Rich Man, Poor Man" mini-series premieres on ABC TV
- 1977-01-23 Mini-series "Roots" premieres on ABC
Television Premiere
1978-04-02 TV show "Dallas" starring Larry Hagman and Barbara Bel Geddes premieres on CBS as a 5 week mini-series; ratings success leads to a 13 year run
- 1978-04-16 NBC's premiere of miniseries "Holocaust"
- 1979-02-18 Mini-series "Roots: Next Generations" premieres on ABC TV
Television Premiere
1979-11-17 "Salem's Lot", American two-part miniseries based on the horror novel of the same name by Stephen King, premieres in the United States
- 1979-11-24 "Salem's Lot", American two-part miniseries based on the horror novel of the same name by Stephen King, concludes in the United States
Television Premiere
1985-11-24 NBC miniseries "Mussolini: The Untold Story" starring George C. Scott premieres in the US
Film & TV History
1985-12-01 TV mini series "Anne of Green Gables" based on the novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery, starring Megan Follows is first shown on CBS in Canada
- 1986-12-07 NBC premiere of miniseries "Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna" (Part 1)
- 1986-12-08 NBC premiere of miniseries "Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna" (Part 2)
- 1987-02-15 ABC-TV begins broadcasting "Amerika" mini-series
- 1990-09-23 PBS begins an 11 hour miniseries on Civil War
Television Premiere
1994-09-18 Ken Burn's documentary miniseries "Baseball" premieres on PBS (Emmy for Outstanding Informational Series)
- 1994-09-28 Ken Burn's documentary miniseries "Baseball" TV Miniseries last airs on PBS
Television Premiere
2001-09-09 "Band of Brothers" based on book by Stephen E. Ambrose, created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks premieres, then most expensive miniseries ever made
Television Debut
2005-12-04 U.S. debut of the first part of two-part TV biopic miniseries "Pope John Paul II" on CBS
- 2005-12-07 U.S. debut of the second part of two-part TV biopic miniseries "Pope John Paul II" on CBS
- 2022-06-08 "Ms Marvel" TV miniseries premieres on Disney+, with Disney's first on-screen Muslim superhero story, starring Iman Vellani [1]
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 1923-04-28 William Guarnere, American WWII veteran and author, portrayed in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 2014)
- 1969-02-21 Corey Harris, American blues and reggae guitarist (The Blues miniseries; From Mississippi to Mali), born in Denver, Colorado