• [1] Pioneers - good 2013 discussion on tvobscurities.com
• [2] "A Genre Goes on Trial" Good 2000 article in Chicago Tribune by Allan Johnson
• [3]
• 1976 article definitely frames it as "novels for TV" [4]
• 1983 Time article (on occassion of Winds of War) notes Blue Knight as first [5]
• Top 1985 series by ratings [6]
• Brittanica article [7]
• AARP article [8]
• Pierce, Scott (16 November 1997). Miniseries aren't epics anymore, Deseret News
• Root: 2016 vulture article [9]

1973

• The Blue Knight (film) - four one-hour episodes, four consecutive knights. See [10] (which goes from this to QBVII)

1974-75

• April 29-30, 1974: QB VII (miniseries) (2 episodes, consecutive nights, 6.5 hours)
• November 74-Jan 75: Benjamin Franklin (miniseries) - 4 eps, spread out over about 2 months - critically did well, probably was not well rated.

1976

• Feb 1-March 15, 1976: Rich Man, Poor Man (miniseries). Mostly spread out weekly after first two nights.
• December 4-5, 12, 19, 1976:The Moneychangers (no separate series article yet).

1977

• January 1977: Roots (1977 miniseries)
• Mar-Apr 1977: Jesus of Nazareth (miniseries)
• October 16-18, 1977 79 Park Avenue
• September 6-11, 1977 Washington: Behind Closed Doors decent ratings

1978

• February 19-21, 1978 The Awakening Land (NBC)

1979

• January 1979 Backstairs at the White House (NBC)

1983

• Feb 6-13, 1983: The Winds of War (miniseries) (3rd highest all time? [11])
• March 27-30, 1983: The Thorn Birds (miniseries)
• May 1-2, 1983: V (1983 miniseries)

1985

• Nov 1985 North and South (miniseries) ("The 1985 first installment, North and South, remains the seventh-highest rated miniseries in TV history")

1988-89

• Nov 13-23, 1988 and May 7-14, 1989 (12 eps) War and Remembrance (miniseries)
• Feb 5-8, 1989 Lonesome Dove (miniseries)

• Category:American television miniseries by decade
• Category:1970s American television miniseries