Tag Archives: Miniseries
Hope Springs Intermittently: Stories of the 2011 Emmy Nominations
Stories of the 2011 Emmy Nominations July 14th, 2011 My favorite thing about Emmy nomination morning is the sense of hope. It lingers in the air before the 5:35am PT announcement – last night, as both coasts drifted off to … Continue reading
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Mildred vs. The Miniseries: Structure and Scheduling in HBO’s Mildred Pierce
Structure and Scheduling in HBO’s Mildred Pierce March 27th, 2011 The front cover of the press kit sent to critics for HBO’s Mildred Pierce suggests that Kate Winslet is Mildred Pierce in a five-part Miniseries. The inside cover, meanwhile, touts … Continue reading
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Endangered Species: What the Emmy Merge Means for the Miniseries Form
Endangered Species: The Emmy Merge and the Miniseries Form February 25th, 2011 It is not particularly surprising to learn that the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is merging the Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Made-for-Television Movie categories at this year’s … Continue reading
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The Atemporality of The Pillars of the Earth and its Impact on Game of Thrones
The Atemporality of The Pillars of the Earth and its Impact on Game of Thrones July 23rd, 2010 I have never read Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, but I have a feeling that it would be a very … Continue reading
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The Pacific – “Part Nine”
“Part Nine” May 9th, 2010 Serialized television is more or less defined by consequences: while all television series feature actions and reactions, what defines a series as serialized is when those actions have consequences which extend into the following episodes. … Continue reading
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The Pacific – “Part Seven”
“Part Seven” April 25th, 2010 It’s been a while (three weeks, in fact) since I’ve checked in with HBO’s miniseries, and I want to go back for a moment to the first scene in last week’s “Part Six.” The episode … Continue reading
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The Pacific – “Part Four”
“Part Four” April 4th, 2010 For the second straight week, the real-life events of the Pacific war have made for an interesting interlude of sorts for The Pacific. Last week’s episode used their extended shore level in Melbourne, Australia in … Continue reading
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The Pacific – “Part Three”
“Part Three” March 28th, 2010 The Pacific spent its second episode demonstrating the horrors of the Pacific front, the death and destruction that soldiers endured and doled out in the midst of the conflict on Guadalcanal. The Marines who emerged … Continue reading
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The Pacific – “Part Two”
“Part Two” March 21st, 2010 The Pacific is a show designed to tell the story of a war through the story of three men, but sometimes this isn’t a particularly easy task. Sometimes war is about the inhumane, the loss … Continue reading
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