Did Cable Kill the Network Miniseries?

[waldingrl]

There used to be some great mini-series on network tv. Roots, Shogun, Thornbirds, Lace ;). I think the last one I remember was It (Stephen King).

What killed the miniseries?

[comhcinc]

cost. as mini series and made for tv movies became more popular people began to expect better production quality. it got to a point a couple of years ago that people were expecting the same quality as a multimillion dollar film and when it wasn't people quit watching

[samureye]

Anything you like will be killed. I hate ABC. I want my Knights of Prosperity!!! I give up on American TV.

[comhcinc]

nope there is always cspan and pbs

[masherscf]

There used to be some great mini-series on network tv. Roots, Shogun, Thornbirds, Lace ;). I think the last one I remember was It (Stephen King).

What killed the miniseries?

Last time I looked, there weren't any Network produces made-for-TV movies either. It is probably an shortened attention span as well as cost.

Besides, a lot of regular TV series become miniseries without meaning to.

Cable seems like a much better venue for mini-series anyway.

[ryudo]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe9FMoElCoU