The Martian Chronicles (1980) – The Settlers

Richard Matheson scripted the entire miniseries adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles, and the second part of the series aired on 28 January, 1980. The series aired on three consecutive nights. This episode, as hinted by the title follows the Earth settlers on Mars, and their encounters there with the remnants of the Martian…

V – The Final Battle (1984) – Part One

We had to wait a year to see what would happen next in Kenneth Johnson’s V story, but he left the follow-up miniseries due to creative differences. He saw more of a Holocaust-Resistance story and the studio wanted something more gangbusters action adventure in the vein of Star Wars if they could get it. The…