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A television special is a television program, typically a short film or television movie, which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally scheduled for a given time slot. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema. Sometimes, however, the term is given to a special TV telecast of a theatrical film, such as The Wizard of Oz or The Ten Commandments, as opposed to the telecasting of a film on a continuing movie series such as NBC Saturday Night at the Movies, telecast from 1961 to 1978. The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical - Fantasy film mainly directed by Victor Fleming and based on the 1900 children’s The Ten Commandments is a 1956 motion picture that Dramatized the Biblical story of Moses, an adopted Egyptian NBC Saturday Night at the Movies, was the first continuing weekly prime time network series to show relatively recent feature films from major studios in color

The term originally applied especially to major dramatized presentations of an hour or two which were broadcast during times normally occupied by episodes of one or more weekly television series, thus replacing the(se) series for a week. In the 1960s, multi-part Specials, over several days in a week, or on the same day for several weeks, evolved from this format, though these were more commonly called miniseries. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 A miniseries (also mini-series) in a serial Storytelling medium is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes At the same time, the designation "TV Special" for single-episode dramatized presentations was dropped in favor of Made-for- TV-movie, as a publicity gimmick.

Other forms of TV specials are one-time comedy or musical events, one-shot seasonal programs (e. g. Christmas television special), irregular sports events ( e. Christmas themes have long been an inspiration to artists writers and weavers of folklore g. the Olympics or the Super Bowl), live coverage of a popular cultural event (such as the Academy Awards or Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade), or spontaneous interruptions of active programming to cover an important news event (election coverage, however, is generally scheduled). The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual Parade presented by Macy's Department store. News is any new information or information on Current events which is presented by print, broadcast, Internet, or Word of mouth

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