Drama & Miniseries

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1.Which crime drama defended clients as Raymond Burr's unbeatable lawyer from 1957?
- A. Perry Mason
- B. Cagney & Lacey
- C. Monk
- D. Matlock
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Perry Mason
Did you know? Perry Mason's clients never lost a case during the original run.
2.Which medical drama competed with ER for CBS from 1994?
- A. Dr. Kildare
- B. St. Elsewhere
- C. Chicago Hope
- D. Grey's Anatomy
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Chicago Hope
Did you know? Chicago Hope won the 1995 Outstanding Drama Series Emmy.
3.Which miniseries set love and tragedy on an Australian sheep station for ABC in 1983?
- A. Roots
- B. The Day After
- C. Jesus of Nazareth
- D. The Thorn Birds
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The Thorn Birds
Did you know? The Thorn Birds starred Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward.
4.Which prestige drama led a hacker's fsociety through New York for USA Network from 2015?
- A. Fargo
- B. Mr. Robot
- C. The Wire
- D. Mad Men
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Mr. Robot
Did you know? Mr. Robot starred Rami Malek as Elliot Alderson.
5.Which crime drama doubted everything but his own deductions from 2002?
- A. Hill Street Blues
- B. Perry Mason
- C. Monk
- D. Bones
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Monk
Did you know? Monk's Tony Shalhoub won three lead comedy Emmys as the detective.
6.Which miniseries dramatized the Gospels for Franco Zeffirelli in 1977?
- A. Band of Brothers
- B. Unbelievable
- C. Jesus of Nazareth
- D. The Thorn Birds
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Jesus of Nazareth
Did you know? Jesus of Nazareth starred Robert Powell in the title role.
7.Which crime drama read murders from skeletal remains for the FBI from 2005?
- A. Bones
- B. Cagney & Lacey
- C. Monk
- D. Perry Mason
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Bones
Did you know? Bones was loosely inspired by novelist and forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs.
8.Which miniseries fought the island war with three Marines for HBO in 2010?
- A. The Singing Detective
- B. The Pacific
- C. North and South
- D. Pride and Prejudice
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The Pacific
Did you know? The Pacific was HBO's follow-up to Band of Brothers.
9.Which crime drama worked Miami blood spatter by day from 2006?
- A. Criminal Minds
- B. Matlock
- C. Dexter
- D. Monk
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Dexter
Did you know? Dexter starred Michael C. Hall in a Showtime adaptation of Jeff Lindsay's novels.
10.Which crime drama revolutionized ensemble police storytelling on NBC from 1981?
- A. Hill Street Blues
- B. Starsky & Hutch
- C. NCIS
- D. Matlock
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Hill Street Blues
Did you know? Hill Street Blues won a record number of Emmys for its debut season.
11.Which crime drama defended clients in a seersucker suit from 1986?
- A. 24
- B. Bones
- C. Matlock
- D. Hill Street Blues
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Matlock
Did you know? Andy Griffith played defense attorney Ben Matlock after Mayberry.
12.Which medical drama scrubbed into a fictional County General in 1961?
- A. St. Elsewhere
- B. Marcus Welby, M.D.
- C. Ben Casey
- D. Nip/Tuck
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Ben Casey
Did you know? Ben Casey was one of television's first hit medical dramas.
13.Which miniseries whispered through imperial Rome's intrigue for the BBC in 1976?
- A. The Winds of War
- B. I, Claudius
- C. The Singing Detective
- D. It
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I, Claudius
Did you know? I, Claudius starred Derek Jacobi as the emperor Claudius.
14.Which prestige drama bootlegged Atlantic City for HBO from 2010?
- A. Fargo
- B. Better Call Saul
- C. Breaking Bad
- D. Boardwalk Empire
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Boardwalk Empire
Did you know? Boardwalk Empire's Nucky Thompson was based on Enoch Johnson.
15.Which crime drama commanded San Francisco cases from a wheelchair from 1967?
- A. Murder, She Wrote
- B. Ironside
- C. Criminal Minds
- D. 24
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Ironside
Did you know? Ironside starred Raymond Burr after his Perry Mason years.
16.Which medical drama trained Richard Chamberlain as a young intern from 1961?
- A. Doogie Howser, M.D.
- B. House
- C. St. Elsewhere
- D. Dr. Kildare
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Dr. Kildare
Did you know? Dr. Kildare ran on NBC against Ben Casey on ABC.
17.Which miniseries followed a New Mexico town run by women after a mine disaster for Netflix in 2017?
- A. I, Claudius
- B. Godless
- C. The Day After
- D. Generation Kill
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Godless
Did you know? Godless is a Western limited series created by Scott Frank.
18.Which prestige drama locked Emmy-worthy prison drama on HBO in 1997?
- A. Oz
- B. Mad Men
- C. Fargo
- D. True Detective
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Oz
Did you know? Oz was HBO's first one-hour drama series.
19.Which medical drama moved neonatologist Addison Montgomery to a Los Angeles clinic in 2007?
- A. Private Practice
- B. Nip/Tuck
- C. St. Elsewhere
- D. Chicago Hope
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Private Practice
Did you know? Private Practice was a Grey's Anatomy spin-off.
20.Which miniseries drove cattle from Texas to Montana for CBS in 1989?
- A. Lonesome Dove
- B. Godless
- C. I, Claudius
- D. The People v. O. J. Simpson
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Lonesome Dove
Did you know? Lonesome Dove adapted Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer-winning novel.
21.Which medical drama operated in 1900 New York under Steven Soderbergh's direction in 2014?
- A. Marcus Welby, M.D.
- B. Private Practice
- C. The Knick
- D. Doogie Howser, M.D.
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The Knick
Did you know? The Knick starred Clive Owen as surgeon Dr. John Thackery.
22.Which miniseries split two brothers' fates for ABC in 1976?
- A. The Queen's Gambit
- B. Rich Man, Poor Man
- C. It
- D. Chernobyl
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Rich Man, Poor Man
Did you know? Rich Man, Poor Man is often cited as TV's first great primetime miniseries success.
23.Which miniseries divided two families across the Civil War for ABC in 1985?
- A. North and South
- B. The Day After
- C. Rich Man, Poor Man
- D. Unbelievable
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North and South
Did you know? North and South was adapted from John Jakes's novels.
24.Which miniseries embedded with Marines in the 2003 Iraq invasion on HBO in 2008?
- A. Shogun
- B. Generation Kill
- C. North and South
- D. Band of Brothers
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Generation Kill
Did you know? Generation Kill was adapted from Evan Wright's book.
25.Which miniseries imagined nuclear war for ABC's 1983 broadcast?
- A. John Adams
- B. The Winds of War
- C. The People v. O. J. Simpson
- D. The Day After
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The Day After
Did you know? The Day After drew one of 1983's largest TV audiences.
26.Which miniseries sailed the Henry family into World War II for ABC in 1983?
- A. John Adams
- B. Jesus of Nazareth
- C. The Winds of War
- D. Chernobyl
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The Winds of War
Did you know? The Winds of War aired 1983, followed by the 1988 sequel War and Remembrance.
27.Which miniseries brought Tim Curry's Pennywise to ABC in 1990?
- A. The People v. O. J. Simpson
- B. The Day After
- C. It
- D. Pride and Prejudice
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It
Did you know? It adapted Stephen King's 1986 novel in two parts.

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