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this TV medium allows for slow and
detailed storytelling and complex
characters welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we're counting down our picks for
the top ten TV mini-series everybody
says so don't make it for sure
he sure is handsome sauna devil ants for
this list we're looking at TV series
that were created with a pre decided
number of episodes in mind meaning that
these series were self-contained and not
meant to be renewed shows like true
detective have not been included because
while it has been categorized by some as
a miniseries the number of episodes this
show will air has yet to be determined
so it does not qualify start by rolling
on hearing well we still catalog and
everything number 10 Lonesome Dove
I'll only for you to to be quit ninety
girl or is it Christmas taking its story
from Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize
winning book this CBS Western miniseries
helped breathe new life into the medium
and the genre you man yet tell steady
that
starring Robert Duvall Tommy Lee Jones
and Angelica Houston among others this
miniseries garnered a whopping 18 Emmy
nominations winning seven yeah what do I
get if I win this time with an all-star
cast and drama to die for this six hour
special not only raked in awards and
also attracted the attention of
approximately twenty six million
household who tuned in for the event
happy them they don't know if at the
wrath of the launch pad stand on split
into four parts
this epic got us interested in life in
the Old West come on hey I want my money
yeah
hater mad by GAD business number 9
Battlestar Galactica online aired on the
SyFy channel this reimagining of the
original 1978 cult series of the same
name also served as a backdoor pilot to
introduce a revamped version of the show
the following year they still ring in my
ears after two years good a spacefaring
civilization across 12 planets is wiped
out by a long-gone
robot race known as the Cylons colonial
one this is the lactic Apollo you have
inbound enemy fighters coming George
get out of there Apollo
outmatched and with their defense fleet
in ruins the last survivors must make
difficult decisions to ensure the
continued existence of the human race on
the memory of those lying here before
you we shall find it a three-hour run of
incredible drama top-notch action and
mind-blowing special effects this was
the start of what would become a
landmark television series I'm not gonna
make it Starbuck it's over just leave
number 8 from the earth to the moon for
most of human history a voyage to the
moon was the fantasy of the
addle-brained
or foolhardy for only divine beings and
supermen could make the journey
co-produced by Tom Hanks Brian Grazer
and Ron Howard this ambitious project
said it stakes high well certainly the
president realizes that the moment a man
steps on the moon will be definitive one
especially considering the three men had
previously been involved in the
successful big screen film Apollo 13
okay it's a lot smoother now all that's
moving on a dramatized portrayal of the
American manned space program from the
60s and 70s this HBO documentary life
footage and fictionally recreated
material in creative and dramatic ways
I'm going to win you
hey buzz check the oil too would you
Thanks descending visual effects that
raise the bar for what TV can do this
miniseries went above and beyond
expectations
dr. rendezvous himself Buzz Aldrin will
perform experiments photographs star
fields and remain outside the capsule
longer than any astronaut to take number
seven the Odyssey to see Telemachus
ethica your kingdom
there aren't many filmmakers with enough
guts to take on the production of
Homer's epic poem The Odyssey it's what
makes in relentless but director Andrei
Konchalovsky and NBC partnered up for
this ambitious two-part project which
ended up winning the Primetime Emmy
Award for outstanding directing for a
miniseries I want you my brave Odysseus
to defeat the Trojans lavish epic and
brilliant this small screen adaptation
had wild expectations to meet and with a
star-studded cast exotic filming
locations and meticulous filmmaking
it brought homers story to life in a way
a shorter production would not have been
able to do
our primary
on the star number six Gulliver's
Travels Oh little fusions everywhere no
washing me
Oh forgiveness I'm so sorry
based on Jonathan Swift's novel of the
same name this adaptation is unique from
other retellings of the tale in that it
features each one of the four trips
described in Swift's source material you
are awarded on greatest ha featuring an
a-list cast and large scale filmmaking
the series recounts through flashbacks
the voyages of a man who in the present
day finds himself in an insane asylum
forgive my ignorance but where exactly
are we
and though that exact storytelling
device is not featured in the novel the
rest of the two-part series remains
relatively faithful to the original
story and it's fantastical lands you get
a trespass on our land
enjoy the view it's the last time you'll
ever see daylight number 5 v
when an alien race comes to earth asking
for help
a few suspicious humans suspect their
horrific true intentions and prepared to
resist they're suddenly looking to
acquire large amounts of c4
why do that unless you're going after a
target like say us written and directed
by Kenneth Johnson and inspired by a
1935 Sinclair Lewis novel this
adaptation was the first of many
installments in the franchise concerning
the visitors the visitors didn't just
get here they've been here for years
they'll take over unless we deeply dark
but thoughtful science fiction the
series is seen as a parable of the Nazi
movement the Holocaust and world war 2
with the aliens even wearing similar
uniforms and symbols to the Nazi Party
which ensured this miniseries appeal to
a wide audience do the visitors deserve
our trust
are they the saviors they'd have us
believe or are we in danger of rushing
to a premature judgement number 4 Angels
in America a crazy live chaotic yeah god
bless chaos totally adapting his own
Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winning
play for the screen with Mike Nichols as
director playwright Tony Kushner's
gamble paid off gloriously what
okay yes maybe leisure number one
wine-dark kiss of the Angel of Death
oh please his political epic about the
AIDS crisis during the 1980s was
shatteringly surreal and moving I hear
it all over I wish I was dead
intersecting the lives of six New
Yorkers affected by the disease the HBO
drama was the year's most watched TV
movie and set an Emmy record with 21
nominations including 11 wins revision
in the text the angel did help him to
unearth them for he was weak of body
though not Bob will with Hollywood
heavyweights like Meryl Streep Al Pacino
and Emma Thompson in lead roles the six
our production redefined the made-for-tv
movie mama I'm a homosexual mama
boy that come on awkward number three
planet Earth when the first polar
explorers headed south giant cathedrals
of ice marked their entry into uncharted
territory
this BBC series comprised eleven
episodes the trekked to the far reaches
of the globe to show off a different
environment each installment all in
glorious high definition the arctic fox
finally has enough food to raise her
large family the first HD BBC nature
documentary series and at the time the
broadcaster's most expensive planet
Earth was a visually stunning feast for
the eyes with each episode featuring
some of the most astonishing nature
footage ever captured some resemble
creatures familiar from shallower waters
with the British version narrated by
famed English naturalist David
Attenborough this award-winning nature
series helped us all appreciate our
planet a little more the rules are
simple
winner takes all number two roots
tonight we present a landmark in
television entertainment roots this 1977
epic eight part miniseries about African
American slavery was the talk of America
based on author Alex Haley's novel which
told the story of his own family through
the generations
beginning with ancestor Kunta kinte's
enslavement to his descendants eventual
liberation though the series provided a
stark look at the white populations
involvement in slave trading it didn't
scare away viewers and in fact an
estimated 85 percent of all homes with a
TV saw at least part of the
award-winning roots are you is hidden
he's skinny I look at them rich
Nellie very poking out right there
Sierra and mmm where'd you just tuck it
in for killer
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions oh yeah wherever
the hell I'm going I'm gonna tell all
about you goddamn perverts and what you
been doing in here oh no you're not yes
you're there I can feel it I can feel
your presence yeah I knew you would come
the moment I began to write all you have
to do is resign yourself to a few more
pokes and pranks what if
Father forgive me
follow me hmm I'm not gonna go and dive
over the water to hoping I surface
somewhere in the castle
thank you very well your folks is you're
gonna have quite a collection by the
time you get home sir
number one Band of Brothers finest Cupid
after working together on Saving Private
Ryan Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg
decided to do more to honor the
sacrifice and courage of World War two
soldiers and I like the sound of that
they'll die the last man trying they
then partnered to co-produce this
incredible dramatization of Easy Company
stand back
give us some room here stand back
taking viewers on the journey from
training to the bloody battlefield this
HBO miniseries put the audience in the
middle of the terrifying action
though its companion series the Pacific
later expanded the scope of wartime
storytelling the original ten part
miniseries was unlike anything that came
before it
and that helped Band of Brothers take
home seven Primetime Emmy Awards talking
to his men he said from this day to the
ending of the world we in it shall be
remembered do you agree with our list
what's your favorite TV miniseries it's
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