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  7th Aug 2020, 2:14 PM#1  REPORT  
Kiki E. Heredia

Member since Aug 2020
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I have a question about where to place TV miniseries: are they placed in the Cinema category or the TV category?
If anyone knows, please let me know.


  7th Aug 2020, 2:18 PM#2  REPORT  
UG1002

Flying Spaghetti Monster
Member since Jul 2020
111 Points
I would say TV world, though could wrong.


  7th Aug 2020, 2:36 PM#3  REPORT  
Kiki E. Heredia

Member since Aug 2020
617 Points
Also, if the TV miniseries fits into the Cinema category, would it be put as a TV movie under movie type?


  7th Aug 2020, 7:36 PM#4  REPORT  
Quad5point1 SUBS

Member since Jul 2012
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I've always added them to TV world, like THIS ONE


  7th Aug 2020, 11:57 PM#5  REPORT  
Kiki E. Heredia

Member since Aug 2020
617 Points
Quad5point1 wrote:
I've always added them to TV world, like THIS ONE
Okay. I will keep this in mind. Thank you.


  11th Aug 2020, 7:38 PM#6  REPORT  
23skidoo

Member since Jul 2014
4107 Points
Miniseries are simply limited-run TV series, so they definitely go into the TV World. This is particularly important considering many UK-produced TV series are technically miniseries; sometimes they get extended, as in the case of "Victoria". Where the difference is is if a miniseries is reedited into a feature-length film for alternate release. This occurred with Shogun in 1980 when the 10-hour miniseries was reedited into a 2-hour movie for theatrical and home video release. They did it with another 1980s miniseries called Masada as well.

However, there are cases where movies have been reedited into miniseries and I don't know if they should be indexed in the TV World too. Three examples that come to mind are The Godfather Saga (Parts 1 and 2 aired as a miniseries at one point), and the first Chris Reeve Superman film and the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service both were expanded into two-part miniseries for their initial TV broadcasts in the US. Do we index the TV edits as miniseries? That's a question.


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