miniseries

American  

[min-ee-seer-eez] / ˈmɪn iˌsɪər iz /

noun

plural

miniseries

1. a short series of events or presentations.

2. Television. a program or film broadcast in parts, as the dramatization of a literary work.

   The novel was made into a four-part miniseries.

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miniseries British  

/ ˈmɪnɪˌsɪəriːz /

noun

1. a television programme in several parts that is shown on consecutive days or weeks for a short period

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Etymology

Origin of miniseries

First recorded in 1970–75; mini- + series

Example Sentences

Last year, TV creator Mara Brock Akil adapted “Forever,” Blume’s 1975 story of the kind of mutually shared devotion that feels like it will last eternally, into a miniseries set in 2018 Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

So I will not ring a bell every time the miniseries, which admittedly bills itself as “inspired by a true story,” diverts from the record, even though in my head it may be clanging.

From Los Angeles Times

He will be in the eight-episode “Carrie” miniseries — yes, that Carrie — developed by filmmaker Mike Flanagan for Amazon MGM Studios.

From Los Angeles Times

Post-Oscars, she’ll add a Broadway production of Noël Coward’s “Fallen Angels,” coming just after the film “Tow,” in which she plays a homeless woman who fights the system after her car is towed, premieres in March; “The Good Daughter,” a Peacock miniseries in which Bryne co-stars with Meghann Fahy and Brendan Gleeson, is in postproduction.

From Los Angeles Times

His equally charismatic, Golden Globe-winning role, alongside Tommy Lee Jones, as a former Texas ranger in the massively popular 1989 miniseries “Lonesome Dove,” proved that he could be an old-school cowboy hero.

From The Wall Street Journal