Jul 12th, 2008 · The new HBO mini-series Generation Kill focuses its lens on March 2003, when the U.S. first went to war in Iraq. Susanna White, one of the directors of the miniseries, talks with Linda Wertheimer about creating a realistic depiction of the start of war.
Jul 11th, 2008 · HBO's new miniseries Generation Kill starts this Sunday. TV critic Andrew Wallenstein says the newest dramatization of the war in Iraq has him looking for something else to watch.
Jul 11th, 2008 · Fresh Air's TV critic has a look at the new HBO miniseries, created by The Wire's David Simon and Ed Burns. Generation Kill focuses on a unit of Marines during the first 40 days of the Iraq war.
May 31st, 2007 · The new television mini-series The Starter Wife is awash in Pond's beauty cream. From the online magazine Slate, a look at the latest efforts at product placement in the new USA Network miniseries.
Nov 9th, 2006 · Helen Mirren introduced the character of British police inspector Jane Tennison in the first Prime Suspect miniseries, imported by PBS 14 years ago. This weekend and next, the PBS anthology series Masterpiece Theatre presents the last entry: Prime Suspect: The Final Act.
Jun 23rd, 2006 · The AMC cable network miniseries Broken Trail, starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church, and helmed by veteran Western director Walter Hill, debuts this Sunday. Television critic Andrew Wallenstein says the series delivers great performances and rough-edged realism -- "you can almost smell the leather."
Apr 10th, 2006 · Television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews the ABC miniseries The Ten Commandments. Wallenstein says the series tries to recreate the magic of the 1956 classic film, with mixed results.
Feb 8th, 2006 · Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s new PBS miniseries African American Lives takes an in-depth look at his own family tree, along with the histories of such luminaries as Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Mae Jemison and Bishop T.D. Jakes. He talks to Robert Siegel with about the project.