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82-511: OPT inspired syndication and network models that arose in later years, such as The Disney Afternoon , Prime Time Entertainment Network , The CW Plus , and MyNetworkTV . Unlike the standard network advertising split, where the stations got the bulk of the ad time with the collective network only receiving one or two minutes of the dozen minutes available to sell, the OPT ad time would be sold at 1/3 of network rates or about $ 40,000 per half minute with

164-609: A 16 rating and the second installment got an 18, well over their standard 4 rating, but in May, a traditional rerun period for the networks. Prime Time planned three book adaptions for their shows to air in May, July and November or December 1978 with two of them being John Jakes 's The Bastard and The Rebels leading the way for the rest of the book series that OPT optioned including two then currently being written. Martin Gosch's and Richard Hammer's The Last Testimony of Lucky Luciano

246-399: A deal to program a new children's block for UPN, Disney's One Too , as a replacement for that network's internal UPN Kids block. The syndicated block ran until the debut of One Too on September 6, 1999. In Edmonton , Alberta , Canada, the city's then-independent TV station ITV (now Global Edmonton) produced its own version of The Disney Afternoon over roughly the same period as

328-433: A difference in character development between the two: "Both soap operas and primetime series cannot afford to allow their leading characters to develop, since the shows are made with the intention of running indefinitely. In a miniseries on the other hand, there is a clearly defined beginning, middle, and end (as in a conventional play or novel), enabling characters to change, mature, or die as the serial proceeds". In 2015,

410-429: A distinct directing style and language, unlike American television series, where often several directors and writers work together. Series set in contemporary times usually run for one season, for 12–24 episodes of 60 minutes each. Historical series ( Sageuk ) may be longer, with 50 to 200 episodes, and are either based on historical figures, incorporate historical events, or use a historical backdrop. While technically

492-470: A flick of the knob would spark the birth of great theatrical literature". A different story and a different set of characters were presented in each episode. Very rarely the stories were split into several episodes, like 1955 Mr. Lincoln from Omnibus series, which was presented in two parts, or 1959 adaptation of For Whom the Bell Tolls from Playhouse 90 series, which was initially planned by

574-497: A function previously played by the "novelas das dez"—a popular term referring to the telenovelas that were broadcast at 10 p.m. between 1969 and 1979. Miniseries made by Rede Globo are released in the DVD format by the aforementioned television network, and a few of these miniseries are also released as a book, especially in the case of great successes such as Anos Rebeldes ("Rebel Years") and A Casa das Sete Mulheres ("The House of

656-650: A given market, the local CBS station might carry Entertainment Tonight (in the prime-access slot), Solid Gold , and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous while the ABC affiliate had Star Search . WNEV-TV The Disney Afternoon The Disney Afternoon (later known internally as the Disney-Kellogg Alliance when unbranded), sometimes abbreviated as TDA , was a created-for- syndication two-hour programming block of animated television series. It

738-499: A loving family in a confined space, outlining a style of drama that lives on to this day. In the same year NHK tried its own variation of the home drama format in the Ups and Downs Toward Happiness ( Kofuku e no Kifuku ), which comprised thirteen episodes. Its protagonists, a formerly wealthy family fallen on hard times, is forced to struggle for its own existence. Since then, Japanese television drama , also called dorama ( ドラマ ) , became

820-670: A major sponsor of The Disney Afternoon—to purchase an amount of dedicated advertising inventory. The new block did not carry any blanket branding, but was referred to internally as the "Disney-Kellogg Alliance." With the September 1, 1997, season started, the block dropped The Disney Afternoon name, a half-hour from the stripped block and the Gargoyles series. Moving to the Disney Channel were Disney's Aladdin and The Lion King's Timon & Pumbaa . 101 Dalmatians , which

902-402: A miniseries as "a television programme in several parts that is shown on consecutive days or weeks for a short period; while Webster's New World College Dictionary ' s (4th ed., 2010, US) definition is "a TV drama or docudrama broadcast serially in a limited number of episodes". In popular usage, by around 2020, the boundaries between miniseries and limited series have become somewhat blurred;

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984-491: A newly launched TV animation department. He set up a Sunday meeting at his house consisting of creatives. They included Tad Stones from feature animation and Jymn Magon and Gary Kriesel from the music division. Mickey and the Space Pirates was pitched by Stones, but was turned down because Mickey Mouse is the company symbol. Stones also pitched a Rescuers TV series – the sequel was already under development at

1066-482: A reboot on Disney Channel (and Disney XD ), and Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers with a live-action animation hybrid film on Disney+. In 2023, a reboot for TaleSpin and a live-action series for Gargoyles were reported to be in development for Disney+. The Disney Afternoon goes back to Michael Eisner becoming Disney's CEO in 1984 and his push into steady animated television production, which would be based on new characters to bring in new young fans, with

1148-513: A show that has an ongoing narrative plotline, while "series" is used for a set of episodes in a similar way that "season" is used in North America. A miniseries is distinguished from an ongoing television series; the latter does not usually have a predetermined number of episodes and may continue for several years. Before the term was coined in the US in the early 1970s, the ongoing episodic form

1230-484: A staple of Japanese television . Evening dramas air weekly and usually comprise ten to fourteen one-hour long episodes. Typically, instead of being episodic there is one story running throughout the episodes. Since they are of a fixed length, dramas have a definite ending, and since they are relatively long, they can explore character, situation, and interesting dialogue in a way not possible in movies. Doramas are never canceled mid-season, but they also do not continue into

1312-497: A story in a predetermined, limited number of episodes. Many miniseries can also be referred to, and shown, as a television film. " Limited series " is a more recent US term which is sometimes used interchangeably. As of 2021 , the popularity of miniseries format has increased in both streaming services and broadcast television. The term " serial " is used in the United Kingdom and in other Commonwealth nations to describe

1394-474: A temporary attraction at Disneyland in Fantasyland called "Disney Afternoon Avenue." Disney Afternoon Avenue was a feature of Disneyland from March 15 to November 10, 1991. Two attractions were also made over to match series from the block. Many of The Disney Afternoon shows were adapted into video games. Miniseries A miniseries or mini-series is a television show or series that tells

1476-493: A total of thirty-four Australian-made miniseries had historical themes. Some notable examples included The Dismissal , Bodyline , Eureka Stockade , The Cowra Breakout , Vietnam , and Brides of Christ . The narratives of these miniseries often followed one or two fictionalized individuals in the context of actual historical events and situations. Literary adaptations were also popular, with notable examples including A Town like Alice , A Fortunate Life , The Harp in

1558-399: A week of Bonkers . The Disney Channel developed a similar programming block called "Block Party", which premiered on October 2, 1995 (airing concurrently with TDA's sixth season) and was similarly scheduled and stripped with the early Disney Afternoon series of Darkwing Duck , TaleSpin , DuckTales , and Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers . By August 1996, owing to decreasing business in

1640-540: Is credited with being the first miniseries on American television. It starred William Holden as a Los Angeles beat cop about to retire. The miniseries form continued in earnest in the spring of 1974 with the CBC 's eight-part serial The National Dream , based on Pierre Berton 's nonfiction book of the same name about the building of the Canadian Pacific Railway, and ABC 's two-part QB VII , based on

1722-468: The Underbelly anthology. The eighteen-hour 1983 miniseries The Winds of War was a ratings success, with 140 million viewers for all or part of the miniseries, making it the most-watched miniseries up to that time. Its 1988 sequel War and Remembrance won for best miniseries, special effects and single-camera production editing, and was considered by some critics the ultimate epic miniseries on

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1804-528: The Soviet Union was among the first European countries to resume television broadcast after the Second World War , early Soviet television did not indulge its viewers with a variety of programming. News, sports, concerts and movies were the main staples during the 1950s. With state control over television production and broadcast, television was intended not merely for entertainment, but also as

1886-466: The novel by Boris Pasternak ; Fathers and Sons (2008, 4 episodes)—an adaptation of the novel by Ivan Turgenev ; Life and Fate (2012, 12 episodes)—an adaptation of the novel by Vasily Grossman ; Kuprin (2014, 13 episodes)—an adaptation of several novels by Aleksandr Kuprin . In Brazil, the Rede Globo television network commenced the production of this type of television genre with

1968-433: The novel of that name by Nikolai Gogol chronicling travels and adventures of Pavel Chichikov and the people whom he encounters; and TASS Is Authorized to Declare... (1984, 10 episodes) about the tug-of-war of Soviet and American intelligence agencies. Numerous miniseries were produced for children in the 1970s–1980s. Among them are: The Adventures of Buratino (1976, 2 episodes)—an adaptation of The Golden Key, or

2050-510: The 1985 adaptation of a 1982 novel by John Jakes , remains one of the 10 highest rated miniseries in TV history. Japanese serialized television production can be traced back to the Sunday Diary of My Home ( Waga Ya no Nichiyo Nikki ), which was aired by NTV in 1953 and consisted of 25 half-hour episodes. This "home drama" focused on generational differences and the contradictions of being

2132-634: The 1990s was an HBO production From the Earth to the Moon , telling the story of the landmark Apollo expeditions to the Moon during the 1960s and early 1970s. In the 21st century, the format made a comeback on cable television and became popular on streaming services. History , for example, has had some of its greatest successes with miniseries such as America: The Story of Us , Hatfields & McCoys and The Bible , Political Animals by USA Network

2214-410: The 2000s, Russian TV saw a resurgence of book adaptations, such as The Idiot (2003, 10 episodes)—an adaptation of the novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky ; The Case of Kukotskiy (2005, 12 episodes)—an adaptation of the novel by Lyudmila Ulitskaya ; The Master and Margarita (2005, 10 episodes)—an adaptation of the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov; Doctor Zhivago (2006, 11 episodes)—an adaptation of

2296-603: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences changed its guidelines on how Emmy nominees are classified, with shows with a limited run all referred to as "limited series" instead of "miniseries". This was a reversion to 1974, when the category was named "outstanding limited series". It had been changed to "outstanding miniseries" in 1986. Miniseries were put in the same category as made-for-television films from 2011 to 2014 before being given separate categories again. The Collins English Dictionary (online, as of 2021, UK) defines

2378-580: The Adventures of Buratino by Alexey Tolstoy , which in turn is a retelling of The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi ; The Two Captains (1976, 6 episodes)—an adaptation of The Two Captains by Veniamin Kaverin about a search for a lost Arctic expedition and the discovery of Severnaya Zemlya ; The Adventures of Elektronic (1979, 3 episodes) about a humanoid robot meeting and befriending his prototype—a 6th grade schoolboy; Guest from

2460-738: The American block, but only once per week in a two-hour block on Saturday afternoons, though using the same cartoon lineup as the American weekday block. Apart from the animated introduction, the block did not use any Disney-produced wrapper segments, but instead used locally produced live-action segments between programs with host Mike Sobel. In Denmark, DR1 started its version of the block ("Disney Sjov") on October 25, 1991. It aired every Friday night and would consist of two half-hour shows along with two classic cartoons, all within one commercial-free hour. The block ended on December 30, 2022, in favor of locally produced Nordic children's programming. Over

2542-399: The American television. However, it also signalled the start of the format's decline, as the $ 105 million production was a major ratings flop; the advent of VCR and cable television options was responsible for the decrease of length and ratings of most miniseries that continued into the mid-1990s. By 1996, the highest-rated miniseries of the winter season garnered a 19 rating, less than

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2624-534: The Australian Historical Mini-series (1989) defined a miniseries as "a limited run program of more than two and less than the 13-part season or half season block associated with serial or series programming". With the proliferation of the format in the 1980s and 90s, television films broadcast over even two or three nights were commonly referred to as miniseries in the US. In Television: A History (1985), Francis Wheen points out

2706-726: The Future (1985, 5 episodes) about a girl travelling to contemporary time from the future. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 the Russian television saw a period of privatization and liberalization. The television programming of the 1990s–2000s included a great deal of crime dramas set both in contemporary times ( The Criminal Saint Petersburg , 2000, 90 episodes) as well in the Tsarist Russia ( The Mysteries of Sankt Petersburg , 1994, 60 episodes). Starting from

2788-607: The Pit in 1958. In November 1960 the BBC televised a thirteen-episode adaptation of Charles Dickens 's Barnaby Rudge . In December of that year it broadcast a four-episode dramatisation of Jane Austen 's Persuasion . To compete with commercial television, BBC launched BBC2 in 1964. It had a new time slot allocated for classic serial adaptations on Saturday evenings. The late-night broadcast allowed for more risky and sophisticated choices and for longer episodes. In 1967 The Forsyte Saga

2870-619: The Seven Women"); the latter was based on the eponymous book written by Letícia Wierzchowski , which became known due to the miniseries. The first locally produced miniseries in Australia was Against the Wind , which aired in 1978. Over one hundred miniseries were produced in Australia over the next decade. Historical dramas were particularly popular with Australian audiences during this period. Between 1984 and 1987, twenty-seven out of

2952-473: The South , and Come In Spinner . Although most Australian miniseries during this period were historically focused, there were occasional variants into genres such as contemporary action/adventure and romantic melodrama. The 1983 miniseries Return to Eden was Australia's most successful miniseries ever, with over 300 million viewers around the world, and has been described as "the best Australian example of

3034-546: The Soviet Union started broadcasting in color in 1967, color TV sets did not become widespread until the end of the 1980s. This justified shooting made-for-TV movies on black-and-white film. The 1965 four-episode Calling for fire, danger close is considered the first Soviet miniseries. It is a period drama set in the Second World War depicting the Soviet guerrilla fighters infiltrating German compound and directing

3116-450: The animated Christmas special Yogi's First Christmas . The most successful program from both OPT and TPE was, and still is, Entertainment Tonight , now produced and distributed by CBS Media Ventures . Other programs included Solid Gold , Star Search , and Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous . It could be common place for OPT's weekly series to be divided between two network affiliates and run mainly on weekends in off hours. In

3198-420: The block's initials, TDA . At this point, the original idea of shows being added and removed yearly was dropped, as both new and old shows were now stripped all week, or only aired on certain days. The lineup at this point included Aladdin , Goof Troop and Darkwing Duck stripped, while one daily slot was split between The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show and Gargoyles , book-ending three days

3280-410: The classic radio serial tradition by broadcasting The Warden by Anthony Trollope over six-episodes in 1951. Pride and Prejudice was serialised in 1952, Jane Eyre in 1955. In 1953 the BBC broadcast the first serial written specifically for television: the six-part The Quatermass Experiment . Its success paved the way for two more six-part serials: Quatermass II in 1955 and Quatermass and

3362-437: The clouds of ignorance", came up with the idea of a Classic Serial , based on a "classical" literary text. In 1939 the BBC adapted the romantic novel The Prisoner of Zenda for radio broadcast. Its adapter, Jack Inglis, compressed several characters into one and simplified the plotline. The production struck a chord with listeners and served as a prototype for serials that followed it. Post-war BBC Television picked up

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3444-657: The development of the Russian society during the critical years of the First World War, the 1917 revolution and the civil war that followed; The Days of the Turbins (1976, 3 episodes)—an adaptation of the play of the same name by Mikhail Bulgakov , about the fate of intelligentsia during the October Revolution in Russia; The Twelve Chairs (1976, 4 episodes)—an adaptation of the satirical novel of

3526-449: The director John Frankenheimer to consist of three parts, but ultimately was broadcast as two 90-minute installments. The high cost and technical difficulties of staging a new play every week, which would cost as much as—or more than—an episode of a filmed television series, led to the demise of anthology programming by the end of the 1950s. The void was filled with less expensive series like Gunsmoke or Wagon Train , which featured

3608-418: The fall of 1987. Two years later in the fall of 1989, DuckTales was joined by Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers , and both series were being offered in syndication as an hour-long program block. The Disney Afternoon kept these shows, added Gummi Bears and TaleSpin , and premiered on September 10, 1990, via Disney's syndication arm Buena Vista Television . DuckTales had been airing on many affiliates of

3690-410: The fall of 1989. Diller also encouraged the network's affiliates to do the same, though most did not initially. This caused the retaliatory formation of Fox Kids . (Ironically, most of the assets of Fox Kids would be bought by Disney in 2001 via their acquisition of Fox Family Worldwide .) As the years went on, new shows would be added at the end of the block, with the oldest shows being dropped from

3772-422: The fight against criminals in the immediate post-war period; Little Tragedies (1979, 3 episodes)—a collection of short theatrical plays based on works by Alexander Pushkin ; The Suicide Club, or the Adventures of a Titled Person (1981, 3 episodes) about the adventures of Prince Florizel, a character of The Suicide Club stories by Robert Louis Stevenson ; Dead Souls (1984, 5 episodes)—an adaptation of

3854-703: The fire of the regular Soviet Army to destroy the German airfield. During the 1970s the straightforward fervor gave way to a more nuanced interplay of patriotism, family and everyday life wrapped into traditional genres of crime drama, spy show or thriller. One of the most popular Soviet miniseries— Seventeen Moments of Spring about a Soviet spy operating in Nazi Germany—was shot in 1972. This 12-episode miniseries incorporated features of political thriller and docudrama and included excerpts from period newsreels. Originally produced in black-and-white in 4:3 aspect ratio, it

3936-540: The first blockbuster success of the format. Its success in the USA was partly due to its schedule: the 12-hour duration was split into eight episodes broadcast on consecutive nights, resulting in a finale with a 71 percent share of the audience and 130 million viewers, which at the time was the highest rated TV program of all time. TV Guide ( 11–17 April 1987) called 1977's Jesus of Nazareth "the best miniseries of all time" and "unparalleled television". North and South ,

4018-494: The following year after its creation (1984), has produced and broadcast Marquesa de Santos . The Brazilian miniseries usually consist of several dozen chapters, occasionally having longer duration, like Brazilian Aquarelle that consists of 60 chapters, making it almost a "mini- telenovela ". Due to the fact that they are broadcast at a later time than telenovelas (usually after 22:00 or 10 pm), miniseries are more daring in terms of themes, scenes, dialogues and situations,

4100-558: The format has been described as a series with "a self-contained narrative – whether three or 12 episodes long". The British television serial is rooted in dramatic radio productions developed between the First and the Second World Wars. In the 1920s the BBC pioneered dramatic readings of books. In 1925 it broadcast A Christmas Carol , which became a holiday favourite. Later, John Reith , wanting to use radio waves to "part

4182-430: The format, while "limited series" or "event series" demand higher respect. (Such was the cause of the parody miniseries The Spoils of Babylon , which lampooned many of the negative stereotypes of miniseries.) In the 21st century, two miniseries have had significant impact on pop culture , and are often named the two best shows ever made: Band of Brothers , released in 2001, and Chernobyl , released in 2019. When

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4264-462: The independent stations' problem with other independent stations after a broadcast media meeting in February 1976. Determined to offer an alternative, Masini rounded up a steering committee to form the new venture. Initial members of the committee included Shelly Cooper, General Manager of WGN-TV Chicago , Rich Frank of KCOP-TV Los Angeles , and representatives of KTVU , WPIX and KSTW . At

4346-478: The lineup would shift - the remaining three would move up a time slot and a new show would be added to the end. The Disney Afternoon itself featured unique animated segments consisting of its opening and "wrappers" around the cartoon shows. The Disney Afternoon originally ran from September 10, 1990, to August 29, 1997. For the 1997 and 1998 television seasons, it lost its name but was known internally as Disney-Kellogg Alliance, and shortened to 90 minutes. This version

4428-421: The lineup. The 1991–92 season, for instance, saw Gummi Bears ' removal, and Darkwing Duck being added to the end. After DuckTales , Chip 'n Dale , and TaleSpin were removed from The Disney Afternoon , they continued to rerun in syndication separately from the block until 1995. By the fifth season in 1994, the block had removed its original four shows and undergone a makeover, with the primary branding being

4510-533: The means of education and propaganda. Soap operas, quiz shows and games were considered too lowbrow. In the beginning of the 1960s television was expanding rapidly. The increase in the number of channels and the duration of daily broadcast caused shortage of content deemed suitable for broadcast. This led to production of television films, in particular multiple-episode television films (Russian: многосерийный телевизионный фильм mnogoseriyny televizionny film )—the official Soviet moniker for miniseries. Despite that

4592-530: The melodramatic miniseries." The number of Australian-made miniseries declined in the 1990s, and many of those that were made had more of an "international" focus, often starring American or British actors in the leading roles and/or being filmed outside of Australia. Some notable examples included The Last Frontier , Which Way Home , A Dangerous Life , Bangkok Hilton , and Dadah Is Death . More recently, true crime docudrama miniseries have become popular, with notable examples including Blue Murder and

4674-482: The next broadcaster convention, the committee met to develop the details. The OPT committee then contacted Frank Price of Universal Television for the first program. Price offered Taylor Caldwell 's novel Testimony of Two Men as a miniseries with Universal taking on a fifth of the production cost. The committee was initially able to get 22 independent and 53 network-affiliated stations to sign on to OPT. Advertisers like General Foods and Bristol-Myers abandoned

4756-609: The next season even if extremely popular. Popular dramas do often give rise to "specials" made after the final episode, if the show has been a huge success. South Korea started to broadcast television series ( Korean :  드라마 ; RR :  deurama ) in the 1960s. Since then, the shows became popular worldwide, partially due to the spread of the Korean Wave , with streaming services that offer multiple language subtitles. Korean dramas are usually helmed by one director and written by one screenwriter, thus having

4838-510: The novel by Leon Uris . Following these initial forays, broadcasters used miniseries to bring other books to the screen. Rich Man, Poor Man , based on the novel by Irwin Shaw , was broadcast in 12 one-hour episodes in 1976 by ABC. It popularized the miniseries format and started a decade-long golden age of television miniseries versions of popular books featuring stars above television class. Alex Haley 's Roots in 1977 can fairly be called

4920-411: The profits going back to the stations. With primarily only Big Three television networks providing new programming to TV stations in the 1970s, the unaffiliated stations had little network level quality programming to offer to advertisers. Producers of TV programs were also looking for an alternative to the standard network set up that paid the producers about three fourths of the production costs thus

5002-471: The rating average of 22 of that same season's top-rated regular series . In Egypt , the 1980s and 1990s was the golden age of television miniseries attracting millions of Egyptians. For example, The Family of Mr Shalash miniseries starring Salah Zulfikar was the highest rated at the time. The Emmy Award was taken three times by the British police procedural drama Prime Suspect . A highlight of

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5084-509: The rival potential fourth network, Metromedia 's MetroNet, for OPT, based on Metromedia's near Big 3 network cost per thousand viewers advertising cost and OPT reaching 80% of the country. Masini eventually lined up 93 stations, 73 of which were affiliates of ABC, NBC or CBS; of those affiliated with a network, these affiliates had to preempt part of their regular network prime time programming to make room for specials from OPT. KCOP's broadcast of Testimony of Two Men 's first installment got

5166-542: The same characters every week and had higher potential for lucrative rebroadcast and syndication rights. It was the American success in 1969–1970 of the British 26-episode serial The Forsyte Saga (1967) that made TV executives realize that finite multi-episode stories based on novels could be popular and could provide a boost to weekly viewing figures. The Blue Knight , a four-hour made-for-television movie broadcast in one-hour segments over four nights in November 1973,

5248-450: The same name by Ilf and Petrov , where two partners in crime search for chairs from a former twelve-chair set, one of which has jewelry stashed in it; Open Book (1977, 9 episodes)—an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Veniamin Kaverin about a Soviet female microbiologist who obtained the first batches of penicillin in the Soviet Union and organized its production; The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979, 5 episodes) about

5330-453: The self-contained season longer than a miniseries, but shorter than the entire run of the multi-season series. This terminology became relevant for the purpose of categorization of programs for industry awards . Several television executives interviewed by The Hollywood Reporter stated that the term "miniseries" has negative connotations to the public, having become associated with melodrama -heavy works that were commonly produced under

5412-440: The show would only make money for the production company if it made enough episodes to place into rerun syndication. Advertisers were looking for new advertising outlets due to rising network ad costs with a 30% increase in 1977. Networks' income increased 143% from 1969 to 1974 while network payments to affiliates decreased by 2%. Al Masini , who represented 18 stations for advertising sales through his company TeleRep, discussed

5494-538: The spring of 1987 . Ultimately, the arrival of Fox as well as original programming for cable networks and stations would eventually make the OPT business model obsolete. Its initial programs were miniseries including adaptations of Testimony of Two Men and Son of the Captains and the Kings , the sequel to the 1976 NBC miniseries Captains and the Kings , also adapted from a novel by Caldwell. OPT also distributed

5576-511: The syndicated children's television market due to new competitors such as the cable networks Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon , and the new networks The WB and UPN with having children's blocks of their own, Buena Vista agreed with the Leo Burnett agency to market and distribute a revamped version of the block for the 1997–98 and 1998–99 television seasons. Buena Vista established a partnership with Leo Burnett and Kellogg's —who had been

5658-538: The then-young Fox network and its group of owned-and-operated stations , including KTTV in Los Angeles ; this may have been due to the fact that the Walt Disney Company 's chief operating officer at the time, Michael Eisner , and his then- Fox counterpart, Barry Diller , had worked together previously at ABC and at Paramount Pictures . However, as Chip 'n Dale was being launched, Disney

5740-558: The time. Eisner suggested the Gummy bear as a series, given his kids liked the candy. Disney Television Animation 's first two shows, The Wuzzles and Adventures of the Gummi Bears , were sold to two networks, CBS and NBC , respectively, for their Saturday morning cartoon blocks. DuckTales , the series which would serve as the launching pad for what would become The Disney Afternoon , premiered in first-run syndication in

5822-455: The transmission of Lampião e Maria Bonita , written by Aguinaldo Silva and Doc Comparato and directed by Paulo Afonso Grisolli, and broadcast in 1982 in eight episodes; in Brazil these episodes are popularly known as " chapters ", because each episode is analogous to a book chapter, where the following chapter begins at the same point where the previous one has ended. Rede Manchete , in

5904-483: The word sageuk literally translates to "historical drama," the term is typically reserved for dramas taking place during Korean history. Popular subjects of sageuks have traditionally included famous battles, royalty, famous military leaders and political intrigues. Korean dramas are usually shot within a very tight schedule, often a few hours before actual broadcast. Screenplays are flexible and may change anytime during production, depending on viewers' feedback. While

5986-620: The years, the block featured the following shows: The block was adapted into comic books, films and launched the Disney Adventures magazine. Characters from the shows first appeared in Disney parks with the debut of Mickey's Birthdayland in the Magic Kingdom , Walt Disney World . In 1990, the characters got a daily show, "Mickey's Magical TV World", which lasted until 1996. The popularity of The Disney Afternoon led to

6068-575: Was always called a "serial", just as a novel appearing in episodes in successive editions of magazines or newspapers is called a serial. In Britain, miniseries are often still referred to as serials or series. Several commentators have offered more precise definitions of the term. In Halliwell's Television Companion (1987), Leslie Halliwell and Philip Purser suggest that miniseries tend to "appear in four to six episodes of various lengths", while Stuart Cunningham in Textual Innovation in

6150-580: Was broadcast in 26 50-minute episodes. Following its success in Britain, the series was shown in the United States on public television and broadcast all over the world, and became the first BBC television series to be sold to the Soviet Union. Anthology series dominated American dramatic programming during the Golden Age of Television , when "every night was opening night; one never knew when

6232-439: Was colorized and re-formatted for wide-screen TVs in 2009. Other popular miniseries of the Soviet era include The Shadows Disappear at Noon (1971, 7 episodes) about the fate of several generations of locals from a Siberian village; The Long Recess (1973, 4 episodes) about the students and teachers of a night school; The Ordeal (1977, 13 episodes)—an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Aleksey Tolstoy , which traces

6314-418: Was followed by its gradual replacement by Disney's One Too for UPN in 1999. Some of the shows also aired on Saturday mornings on ABC and CBS , concurrently with their original syndicated runs on The Disney Afternoon. Goof Troop is the only show to reach the 2000s, with the 2000 direct-to-video finale An Extremely Goofy Movie . The 2010s and 2020s saw revivals of some shows such as DuckTales as

6396-572: Was honored with a Critics' Choice Television Award for Most Exciting New Series award, while HBO's Big Little Lies (which was eventually renewed for a second season) won eight Emmy awards. To designate one-season shows that are not intended for being renewed for additional seasons, the broadcast and television industry came up with terms like "limited series" or "event series". These terms also apply to multi-season shows which feature rotating casts and storylines each season, such as American Horror Story , Fargo and True Detective . This makes

6478-566: Was in the process of purchasing Los Angeles independent station KHJ-TV from RKO General . Through Buena Vista Television, Disney opted to reclaim the Los Angeles broadcast rights for DuckTales and moved it from KTTV to be paired with Chip 'n Dale on its newly purchased station, which was renamed KCAL-TV in December 1989. Furious at the breach of contract , Diller pulled DuckTales from all of Fox's other owned-and-operated stations in

6560-552: Was produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and distributed through its syndication affiliate Buena Vista Television . Each show from the block has aired reruns on Disney Channel and Toon Disney . Disney Channel reaired four shows ( Darkwing Duck , TaleSpin , DuckTales , and Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers ) on "Block Party," a two-hour block that aired on weekdays in the late afternoon/early evening. The Disney Afternoon's block had four half-hour segments, each of which contained an animated series . As each season ended,

6642-404: Was shared with ABC's Disney's One Saturday Morning (which broadcast their own set of episodes), premiered on the block. Mighty Ducks and Quack Pack reruns shared the second slot in a Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesdays through Fridays, split respectively. DuckTales repeats filled the third half-hour slot, with flexibility for the local station to air it at other times. In 1998, Disney reached

6724-588: Was the third adaptation scheduled for 1978. The most successful miniseries from OPT was "A Woman Called Golda" It won multiple Emmy awards and was nominated for two Golden Globes. The last time the Operation Prime Time name was used was at the end of 1986, when the Fox Broadcasting Company was barely on the air. At that point, it was just The Late Show Starring Joan Rivers ; they didn't launch prime time programming until

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