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There was a time in the 1970s and 1980s when the TV mini series was the go-to form for blockbuster network programming. Often used as a way to adapt best-selling novels into TV films, the mini series offered an alternative format for a subject that was too big to fit into the framework of a feature film and yet closed-ended, as opposed to the subject matter of an episodic series that could, theoretically, go on forever.

Among the most popular early mini series were ratings giants base on novels such as Alex Haley's "Roots," James Michener's "Centennial," Larry McMurtry's "Lonesome Dove," Colleen McCullough's "The Thorn Birds," and James Clavell's "Shogun," the latter two of which starred mini series favorite Richard Chamberlain.

Many modern mini series are still based on novels, but the nonfiction mini series has become a popular form, too; Neil deGrasse Tyson's 2014 reboot of Carl Sagan's 1980 "Cosmos" mini series is an example. The relatively short seasons of contemporary episodic series, as compared to series seasons of two or more decades ago, also tends to blur the line between true mini series and episodic series that end after a few dozen episodes.

    The Challenge
    Band of Brothers
    Masha and the Bear
    The Tudors
    The Bobby Brown Story
    Chernobyl
    The Kennedys
    The Good Lord Bird
    Unspeakable
    Centennial
    Roots (2016 Miniseries)
    Good Omens
    Kids Baking Championship
    Signed, Sealed, Delivered
    Wolf Hall
    Mare of Easttown
    Scarlett
    Surviving R. Kelly
    The Jinx
    Dragons: Race to the Edge
    The Night Of
    The American Revolution
    Generation Kill
    Taboo
    The Prisoner
    The Outsider
    Laurel Canyon
    From The Earth To The Moon
    Uzumaki
    Watchmen
    Manhunt
    Country Music
    The Durrells
    The Hot Zone
    Medal of Honor
    The Stand
    Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
    The Woman in White
    The Making of The Mob
    Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries
    The Amazing Human Body
    Innocent
    The Undoing
    Human Trafficking
    The Queen's Gambit
    MAR
    Death Comes to Pemberley
    I Am the Night
    Moon Knight
    Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail
    Vienna Blood
    The Radical Story of Patty Hearst
    Reply 1997
    The Men Who Built America: Frontiersmen
    What's Wrong with Secretary Kim?
    Alice
    Biography: The Trump Dynasty
    With Love
    Gunpowder
    Looking for Alaska
    The Pillars Of The Earth
    Lonesome Dove
    The Crown Prince
    Reply 1988
    Joseph Campbell and The Power of Myth with Bill Moyers
    Hatfields & McCoys
    American Soul
    Drugs, Inc.
    Sons of Liberty
    The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
    Castlevania
    Our Boys
    Punk
    Rosemary's Baby
    Mickey Mouse
    The Split
    Miracle Workers
    Formula 1: Drive to Survive
    Years and Years
    Waco
    Friendly Rivalry
    Comanche Moon
    When They See Us
    Ramayan
    The Count of Monte Cristo
    Catch-22
    Brand New Cherry Flavor
    The Spy
    Masha's Tales
    Suspicion
    Godless
    Escape at Dannemora
    The Long Road Home
    Are You Afraid of the Dark?
    Washington
    Butterfly
    AXIOS
    Women in Prison
    Death Row Chronicles
    Lorena