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Shogun
American television miniseries
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history of television in the U.S.
- In Television in the United States: The era of the miniseries
…developed as limited series, including Shogun (NBC, 1980), The Thorn Birds (ABC, 1983), The Winds of War (ABC, 1983), and the 25-hour-long Centennial (NBC, 1978). Escalating production budgets and increasingly lower ratings threatened the miniseries by the end of the 1980s, however. War and Remembrance (ABC, 1988–89), at 30 hours…
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novel by Clavell
- In James Clavell: Asian Saga novel series
In 1980 a TV miniseries based on Shōgun became one of the most popular miniseries ever made. Starring Richard Chamberlain, Mifune Toshirō, and Shimada Yōko, it won an Emmy Award in 1981 for outstanding limited series. Clavell had served as executive producer. In 2024 Hulu and the FX…
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