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Event miniseries

Event miniseries TV Series

Prestige limited television built as an event.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 294 series

10/10 means the show is a defining example. Shows scoring below 7/10 don't make the list.

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294 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Chernobyl

★ 9.3
1M 5 2019–2019
Event miniseries · Real history
10/10

Angels in America

★ 8.1
32K 6 2003–2003
Queer stories · Event miniseries
10/10

Roots

★ 8.4
20K 8 1977–1977
Event miniseries · Real history
10/10

Band of Brothers

★ 9.4
598K 10 2001–2001
War & military · Event miniseries
9/10

Adolescence

★ 8.1
308K 4 2025–2025
Event miniseries
9/10

Watchmen

★ 8.2
147K 9 2019–2019
Social commentary
9/10

The Pacific

★ 8.3
144K 10 2010–2010
War & military · Graphic violence
9/10

The Offer

★ 8.6
51K 10 2022–2022
Event miniseries · Real history
9/10

John Adams

★ 8.4
40K 7 2008–2008
Real history · Period piece
9/10

Shogun

★ 8.1
18K 5 1980–1980
Event miniseries · Real history
9/10

Holocaust

★ 8.0
6K 5 1978–1978
Bleak · Real history
9/10

The Temptations

★ 8.4
6K 2 1998–1998
Music scene · Event miniseries
9/10

The Winds of War

★ 8.1
5K 7 1983–1983
War & military · Event miniseries
9/10

Rich Man, Poor Man

★ 8.2
4K 9 1976–1976
Family saga · Event miniseries
9/10

War and Remembrance

★ 8.3
4K 12 1988–1989
War & military · Real history
9/10

When They See Us

★ 8.8
160K 4 2019–2019
Gut punch · Social commentary
8/10

Sharp Objects

★ 8.0
139K 8 2018–2018
Character study · Atmospheric
8/10

11.22.63

★ 8.0
124K 8 2016–2016
Time travel · Event miniseries
8/10

The Undoing

★ 7.4
118K 6 2020–2020
Elites & privilege
8/10

Godless

★ 8.2
92K 7 2017–2017
Rural & frontier
8/10

Defending Jacob

★ 7.7
80K 8 2020–2020
Suburban underbelly
8/10

Masters of the Air

★ 7.8
71K 9 2024–2024
War & military · Real history
8/10

Zero Day

★ 7.0
65K 6 2025–2025
Political intrigue
8/10

Little Fires Everywhere

★ 7.6
62K 8 2020–2020
Suburban underbelly · Class divide
8/10