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90-530: Mystery in Space was an anthology comic book that featured short science fiction stories together with a number of ongoing features. The first Star Rovers story, "Who Caught the Loborilla?" ( Mystery in Space #66, March 1961) is not bannered as a Star Rovers story as such. In an editorial in the reprint title DC Super-Stars '#8 (Oct. 1976), titled DC Super-Stars Of Space , DC editor Jack C. Harris states that

180-433: 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,

270-421: A different viewpoint on the problem and come up with his or her own solution; sometimes none of them are right, while sometimes they all are. The characters then get together and pool their experiences and resources to win the day, often saving Earth or some other planet or civilization as a result. Sorensen is unusual in early 1960s comics as she is depicted as a strong, intelligent female on an equal footing with

360-429: 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

450-470: 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

540-497: 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

630-504: A long-running character from Tales of the Unexpected , another DC anthology title he edited, while Adam Strange was given a new writer, Dave Wood, and artist, Lee Elias , as Carmine Infantino had moved with Schwartz to his new titles. Space Ranger would slowly edge Adam Strange out - taking the cover of four of the next ten issues and sharing two more with Adam Strange (neither appeared on the cover to #100 (June 1965)), co-featuring in

720-410: A love a galaxy away, giant menacing robots, dust devils, perils on two worlds, and distinctive art by Carmine Infantino and Murphy Anderson who drew almost all issues until #92 (June 1964). A number of these stories are considered among the finest of the 1960s, including the full-issue tale "The Planet That Came to a Standstill!" ( Mystery in Space #75, May 1962), which won comic fandoms Alley Award for

810-499: 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

900-402: 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;

990-668: A new addition to the team, Chuddu. In their first appearance, they are tasked with smuggling Carol Ferris , Arkillo , and Saint Walker into Lady Styx ' Tenebrian Dominion. However, they decide to sell them to scouts, for the Hunted, a game show competition. The Star Rovers next appear in the backup feature of Threshold from #2 (April 2013) to #5 (July 2013), starring Larfleeze . They are hired by Larfleeze, to help him find his missing treasures. The lead characters in Star Rovers were three 22nd century adventurers named Homer Glint ,

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1080-474: A novelist and sportsman, Karel Sorensen , a former Miss Solar System winner who was now a space-adventurer, and playboy Rick Purvis . These three characters were not depicted as a team; instead, they would meet under varied circumstances, usually competing for a prize or award, and encounter difficulties in their individual efforts. The hook of most of the Star Rover stories was that each character would have

1170-546: A number of other characters in series of varying length: Mystery in Space #1 featured "9 Worlds To Conquer", the first 10-page tale of the Knights of the Galaxy by Robert Kanigher (under the name Anthony Dion) with art by Carmine Infantino , together with three eight or ten-page non-series science fiction stories by Gardner Fox and John Broome, the first of a series of single page information pieces "Stars and their legends" and

1260-494: A result; written by Otto Binder with art by Howard Sherman. There was no indication the story was the first of a series, yet Space Cabby returned just three issues later in "Hitchhiker In Space" ( Mystery in Space #24, February-March 1955), and then had an unbroken 22-issue run until "The Riddle of the Rival Space Cabbies!" ( Mystery in Space #47, October 1958). The next few issues featured only short stories, and it

1350-513: 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

1440-484: 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

1530-497: 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

1620-481: A theme running right across many DC titles. His Mystery on Space series was successful enough to finally launch Hawkman into his own title in 1964. After a final two-part Adam Strange story by Fox/Infantino/Anderson, "The Puzzle of the Perilous Prisons!" ( Mystery in Space #91, May 1964), Jack Schiff replaced Julius Schwartz as editor and the series changed significantly. Schiff introduced Space Ranger ,

1710-600: A three-issue run in Showcase #17 (November-December 1958), and although DC considered that those issues had not sold sufficiently to warrant granting him his own title, his return a year later in Mystery im Space #53 was to last an impressive 42 appearances over the next seven years. The Adam Strange space opera tales were crafted by Gardner Fox in the Flash Gordon tradition, with the hero caught between two planets and

1800-493: 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

1890-409: A two-page text article "What do you know about comets?"; establishing a format that would last for some years. "Space Taxi" in Mystery in Space #21 (August-September 1954) introduced the first long-term series to the title - Space Cabbie (also known as Space Cabby), whose stories involved taking people from planet to planet in a battered space taxi he called "the jalopy" and the scrapes he got into as

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1980-475: Is a list of the Star Rovers tales in which Schwartz is identifiable: Mystery in Space Mystery in Space is the name of two science fiction American comic book series published by DC Comics , and of a standalone Vertigo anthology released in 2012. The first series ran for 110 issues from 1951 to 1966, with a further seven issues continuing the numbering during an early 1980s revival of

2070-540: 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

2160-418: Is often cited as one of the classic science fiction covers of the early 1960s, and this issue was also to have significant impact on DC story continuity in later years as the story first established the links between Rann and Hawkman's world, Thanagar. The war between the two planets has been the defining subject of many of both Hawkman's and Adam Strange's stories and mini-series in the 1990s and 2000s as well as

2250-468: 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

2340-528: 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

2430-466: 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

2520-433: 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

2610-533: The "Best Book-Length Story" of 1962, and was fairly unusual for the time inasmuch as it featured a cross-over with other major DC characters, the Justice League of America . The following year Mystery in Space gained a further Alley Award, for "Comic Displaying Best Interior Color Work" - a result of the stylistic Infantino/Anderson Adam Strange pages. By issue #71 (November 1961) the number of stories in each issue of Mystery in Space had dwindled to two as

2700-567: The 1950s and 1960s. L. Miller & Son, Ltd. who also reprinted Captain Marvel's adventures for a British audience published nine issues of Mystery In Space , a 28-page A4-sized magazine, between 1952 and 1954, while Strato, a subsidiary of publishers Thorpe & Porter published thirteen issues of a 68-page A4 size magazine with the same title between 1954 and 1956. Both featured black and white reprints of DC's Mystery In Space and Strange Adventures stories with slightly adapted covers from

2790-510: 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

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2880-634: 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

2970-410: 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

3060-453: The 2010s, although not even in the Top 50 sales at that time and significantly less than 1960s declared sales total of 248,000. Fourteen years later, the title was revived with Mystery In Space #111 (September 1980), edited by Len Wein . The revival replaced DC Comics' only other science fiction anthology title at the time, Time Warp , which had recently ended with issue #5 (July 1980). All

3150-603: 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

3240-520: The Adam Strange cover to Mystery in Space #82 (March 1963). The comic was one of a series of eight tributes to DC editor Julius Schwartz, who had died earlier in the year. DC revived Mystery in Space between November 2006 and August 2007 as an eight issue limited series written by Jim Starlin and drawn by Shane Davis . This series featured a new Captain Comet , in a detective story set in

3330-575: The Adam Strange stories increased in size. As well as single stories, a number of other characters filled the title behind Adam Strange. Star Rovers featured in seven issues between 1961 and 1964, written by Gardner Fox and drawn by artist Sid Greene. The Hawkman issues ( Mystery in Space #87-90, November 1963-March 1964) followed two three-issue tryouts of the character in The Brave and the Bold #34–36 and #42–44, which had not sold enough copies to launch

3420-580: 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

3510-455: 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

3600-534: 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

3690-726: 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

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3780-607: 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

3870-628: The Revolution (1992). The team has since made only one further appearance, in Starman vol. 2, #55 (July 1999), by writers James Robinson and David S. Goyer , with penciler Peter Snejbjerg . In The New 52 reboot of DC's continuity, the Star Rovers are re-introduced as smugglers, first appearing in Green Lantern: New Guardians Annual #1 (March 2013). The characters have retained their original names, with

3960-619: 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

4050-473: 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

4140-546: 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

4230-709: The Star Rovers Abandon Earth?" ( Strange Adventures #159, Dec. 1963) and one last appearance in that title, "How Can Time Be Stopped?" ( Strange Adventures #163, April 1964), after which the series ended. The first two stories were eight-page tales; this was extended to 10 pages from the third story onward. DC later reprinted the first four Star Rovers stories in Strange Adventures #232-236 (Oct. 1971 - June 1972). The last five stories were reprinted in DC's science fiction reprint title From Beyond

4320-577: The Star Rovers was made until a new reading of the trio played a critical part in the three-part comic-book miniseries Twilight by Howard Chaykin and José Luis García-López (Twilight, Books I-III, Dec. 1990 - Feb. 1991). A makeover for most of DC's 1950s and 1960s science fiction characters, Twilight depicts a savage, relentlessly militaristic universe for these hapless characters, far removed from their simple 1960s universes. The characters are significantly twisted (physically and psychologically) from their heroic earlier incarnations. Beginning with

4410-512: The Star Rovers were not at that point designed as a series, and "Who Caught the Loborilla?" was written as a standalone story. However, the characters returned three issues later in "What Happened on Sirius-4?" ( Mystery In Space #69, Aug. 1961), and then due to public demand became a regular series under the "Star Rovers" title. The team appeared a further five times in Mystery in Space , every third issue, before switching to DC's other science fiction anthology title, Strange Adventures , for "Will

4500-480: The Unknown #18-22 Sept. 1972 - May 1973). The fifth story, "Who Saved the Earth?", from Mystery in Space #80, was later issued in another reprint title, DC Super-Stars #8. The characters played a critical part in the three-part comic-book miniseries Twilight by Howard Chaykin and José Luis García-López (Twilight, Books I-III, Dec. 1990 - Feb. 1991) and the associated graphic novel Ironwolf, Fires of

4590-493: The character in his own comic but DC decided to give the character a further tryout. For this short series, editor Julius Schwartz replaced Joe Kubert with Murphy Anderson as artist, and utilised an unusual format for the day - the Adam Strange story "The Super-Brain of Adam Strange" in issue #87 led straight into the Hawkman story "The Amazing Thefts of the I.Q. Gang" in the same issue both written by Gardner Fox. In addition, for

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4680-410: 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

4770-437: 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

4860-420: The day, including John Broome , Gardner Fox , Jack Schiff , Otto Binder , and Edmond Hamilton . The artwork featured a considerable number of a 1950s and 1960s American comics artists such as Carmine Infantino , Murphy Anderson , Gil Kane , Alex Toth , Bernard Sachs, Frank Frazetta , and Virgil Finlay . Directly appealing to American public taste for science fiction in the early 1950s, Mystery in Space

4950-657: 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

5040-449: 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

5130-1191: The far reaches of the DC Universe. The first seven issues also contained a backup story starring The Weird from the eponymous 1988 miniseries, with art by Starlin. Neither character appeared in the original Mystery in Space series. In 2012 an over-sized Mystery in Space one-shot anthology was published, featuring stories and artwork by Mike Allred , Paul Pope , Nnedi Okorafor , Michael Kaluta , Robert Rodi , Sebastian Fiumara, Ann Nocenti , Fred Harper, Andy Diggle , Davide Gianfelice, Steve Orlando , Francesco Trifogli, Ming Doyle, and Kevin McCarthy. The covers were drawn by Mike Allred and Ryan Sook . In January 2019, DC released an 80-page Valentines Special called Mysteries of Love in Space . Batman: The Brave and The Bold animated series has an episode named "Mystery In Space". Written by Jim Krieg and directed by Brandon Vietti, it featured Batman , Aquaman , and Adam Strange rescuing Alanna Strange and Rann from certain doom. Two British companies reprinted DC's science fiction stories from Mystery In Space during

5220-422: 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

5310-703: 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

5400-540: 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 ,

5490-481: The first time since he had appeared in the title, Adam Strange was replaced as cover star and Hawkman took the honors. Although the characters returned to solo stories in the following two issues, "Planets in Peril" ( Mystery in Space #90, March 1964) was an epic cross-world book-length team-up between Hawkman and Adam Strange. The cover to #90, with an iconic Adam Strange soaring between Earth and his adopted home, Rann ,

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5580-570: The following issue with "The Billion-Dollar Time Capsule" ( Mystery In Space #103, November 1965), and the title was not to regain its earlier form again. From issue #103 (November 1965) Mystery in Space featured a new character - Ultra the Multi-Alien - but the series was cancelled because of poor sales only a year later with issue #110 (September 1966). The annual circulation statement in issue #110 showed average sales of 182,376 copies, considerably more than most high-selling American comics of

5670-494: 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,

5760-558: 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

5850-430: 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

5940-582: The male characters. Otherwise, there is little character development in the stories, with the exception of "Where Was I Born - Venus? Mars? Jupiter?", in Mystery in Space #77 (Aug. 1962), which gives some information on the Star Rovers' individual backgrounds. After 1964, other than a one-panel appearance in The History of the DC Universe (Book 2, 1986), and an entry in Who's Who: The Definitive Directory Of The DC Universe #22 (Dec. 1986), no further mention of

6030-533: 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

6120-530: 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

6210-609: 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

6300-510: 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

6390-435: The original Mystery In Space series. Thorpe & Porter published a hardback Mystery In Space Annual in 1968. Although it used the cover to Mystery In Space #95, the contents of the annual were complete random issues of remaindered comics from a number of companies including their covers, and not Mystery In Space stories. Miniseries A miniseries or mini-series is a television show or series that tells

6480-471: 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

6570-542: 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,

6660-450: 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

6750-453: 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

6840-402: The stories "Crisis on 2 Worlds" written by Elliot S. Maggin with art by J. H. Williams III , and "Two Worlds" by Grant Morrison with art by Jerry Ordway and Mark McKenna. Featuring Adam Strange, with supporting characters Alanna Strange, Elongated Man and his wife, Sue Dibny , this single issue revival was a homage to the original Adam Strange series including an Alex Ross recreation of

6930-527: The stories in the 1980s version of the title were short one-off tales by a number of writers and artists, including younger artists Marshall Rogers , Michael Golden , Joe Staton , Brian Bolland , and Rick Veitch , and longer-established artists like Steve Ditko , Tom Sutton , Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino and George Tuska . Despite the line-up the series was not a success, ending after seven issues with #117 (March 1981). In September 2004, DC Comics released DC Comics Presents: Mystery in Space #1, featuring

7020-537: The story "The Riddle of Two Solar Systems" ( Mystery in Space #94, September 1964) and sharing a storyline in the separate stories "The Wizard of the Cosmos" and "The Return of Yarrok of Zulkan" ( Mystery in Space #98, March 1965). For issue #100, Adam Strange was reduced to an 8-page story: he did not appear at all in #101 (August 1965), and his last appearance was in the 16-page "The Robot World of Ancient Rann" ( Mystery in Space #102, September 1965). Space Ranger ended

7110-460: The story, became a figurehead for massed human hatred of the non-human alliance. Glint also worked for an intergalactic news agency. Furthermore, he also manipulated the image of the fascist military ruler Tommy Tomorrow image in a similar way earlier during the war, and that Purvis and Karel Sorenson also worked as journalists. Artist Sid Greene was fond of drawing DC Comics editor Julius Schwartz into his stories whenever he could. The following

7200-494: The title was modelled on the success of Strange Adventures which began publication the previous year. Like that title, Mystery in Space was an anthology comic featuring a combination of short science fiction stories, science fiction based heroes and super-heroes, and single page articles on subjects associated with space and space technology. It published the Adam Strange series (issues #53–100, #102), and also featured

7290-488: The title. An eight-issue limited series began in 2006. Together with Strange Adventures , Mystery in Space was one of DC Comics' major science fiction anthology series. It won a number of awards, including the 1962 Alley Award for "Best Book-Length Story" and the 1963 Alley Award for "Comic Displaying Best Interior Color Work". The title featured short science fiction stories and a number of continuing series, most written by well known comics and science fiction writers of

7380-455: 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

7470-471: The wars between humans and a resistance formed by robotics-augmented animals and mutant cyborgs, man's future history is narrated (in framing sequences for each issue) by an ancient Homer Glint, once of the Star Rovers, who is quickly established as a former spin-doctor for the human government. Glint tells how Rick Purvis double-crossed and killed a gorilla leader of the animal/automaton matrix live on an intergalactic broadcast, and, through Glint's engineering of

7560-483: 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

7650-559: Was almost a year before another continuing series appeared in the pages of Mystery in Space . A story by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino, "Menace of the Robot Raiders!" ( Mystery in Space #53, October 1959) featured one of the most enduring and fondly remembered space heroes of the next ten years, Adam Strange, in a 10-page tale which led to the best known period for the Mystery In Space title. Adam Strange had begun in

7740-575: 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

7830-580: 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

7920-439: 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

8010-572: 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

8100-486: Was launched by DC Comics with adverts in most of their titles published in early 1951 - proclaiming "The Universe Is The Limit In Every Issue Of Mystery In Space" and "The Magazine That Unlocks The Secrets Of The Future" around a copy of the first cover. The title of the series had been suggested by Whitney Ellsworth to editor Julius Schwartz . Offering "Amazing trips into the unknown", "Astounding adventures on uncharted worlds", and "Astonishing experiments of super-science"

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