miniseries

A miniseries is a television production that tells a story across a limited number of sequential episodes. Unlike a traditional series with an open-ended narrative, a miniseries has a defined beginning, middle, and end. This format, common in the United Kingdom, gained significant traction in the United States in the late 1970s with the success of shows like Roots. Miniseries often adapt novels and can cover extensive historical or fictional narratives within their preplanned run. While popular, escalating production costs and declining ratings eventually led to a waning of the genre by the late 1980s.12