My picks for Primetime Emmy Best Miniseries - 1980-1989
The TV Miniseries I believe should have taken home the Emmy award between 1980 - 1989. Starting with 1980 because, with the exception of Roots & Holocaust,I've seen more of the Miniseries starting in that decade.
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- StarsEdward FoxCynthia HarrisDavid WallerThe events leading to the 1936 abdication of King Edward VIII, who gave up his throne to marry the twice-divorced American Wallis Simpson.1980 - Won That Year
- StarsRichard ChamberlainToshirô MifuneYôko ShimadaAn English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in the complex political games in feudal Japan.1981 - Won That Year
- StarsJeremy IronsDiana QuickRoger MilnerThe life, friendships and romances of the protagonist Charles Ryder-including his friendship with the Flytes, a family of wealthy English Catholics who live in a palatial mansion called Brideshead Castle.1982 - lost to "Marco Polo" (NBC)
- StarsRichard ChamberlainRachel WardChristopher PlummerIn the arid 1920s Australian Outback, a Catholic priest and the beautiful niece of a vast sheep station owner stand powerless before God's will, tormented by desire. How far are they willing to go in the name of love?1983 - lost to "Nicholas Nickleby" (Syndicated)
- StarsSam NeillMichael BryantNorman RodwayA dramatization of the missions and adventures of the greatest spy in British history.1984 - lost to "Concealed Enemies" (PBS)
- StarsTim Pigott-SmithGeraldine JamesWendy MorganThe sweeping drama about the ruling and ruled classes of WWII India, trying amidst the turmoil to come to terms with the drastic changes taking place around them, knowing that their lives will never be the same again.1985 - Won That Year
- StarsBurt LancasterRichard CrennaPaul Le MatWhen executives from an important Texas Corporation are taken hostage during the Iranian Revolution, magnate Ross Perot launches a special unit for their rescue.1986 - lost to "Peter the Great" (NBC)
- CreatorJoshua BrandJohn FalseyStu KriegerStarsRichard KileyTrey AmesAdam ArkinMini series that follows a family, a year after the death of the matriarch. Her husband tries to cope by cycling. And one of the daughters is going through a rough patch in her second marriage. And the other daughter is about to give birth. And one son is still trying to find himself. And the younger son is engaged but when he meets a girl who makes him feel things he doesn't feel for his fiancée.1987 - Won That Year
- StarsSam WaterstonMary Tyler MooreRichard MulliganAfter arriving in Washington in 1861 after his election, Abraham Lincoln struggles with personal and political problems during his Presidency.1988 - lost to "The Murder of Mary Phagan" (NBC)
- StarsRobert DuvallTommy Lee JonesDanny GloverTwo former Texas Rangers renew their spirit of adventure as they and several other residents of a small Texas town join a cattle drive to the Montana Territory.1989 - lost to "War and Remembrance" (ABC)