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American TV series or program
NBC Sunday Night Movie
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Country of origin
| United States
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Original language
| English
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Running time
| 120?240 mins. (approx.)
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Network
| NBC
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Release
| 1981
(
1981
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?
2009
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2009
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The
NBC Sunday Night Movie
was a weekly film block which ran on
NBC
on Sunday nights from 9 to 11
pm or 8:30
pm until 11
pm. Often for
miniseries
programming, it would air the first night of the series, with the second night as part of the
NBC Monday Night Movie
.
The last film to air was
Friday Night Lights
on September 6, 2009 with 2.6 million viewers.
[1]
During the mid-1980s the
Sunday Night Movie
was aired consistently enough to be ranked in the top 30 highest-rated programs for 1985?1988.
[2]
Between 1976 and 1981, the
Sunday Night Movie
was re-titled as
The Big Event
; though it continued to be made up of mostly films, at that time it was also a block for specials and made-for-TV sporting events. replaced by an umbrella program,
The Big Event
. Although much of the
Big Event
'
s run featured film premieres, made for TV movies and installments of miniseries, some were specials and sports events.
References
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Motion picture television series on NBC
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Movie umbrella titles
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