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Band of Brothers (TV miniseries) 6
Ratings
The premiere of Band of Brothers on September 9, 2001, drew 10 million viewers. [30] However, two days later the
September 11 attacks occurred and HBO immediately ceased its marketing campaign. [30] The second episode
nonetheless drew 7.2 million viewers. [30]
Awards
The series was nominated for nineteen Emmy Awards, and won six, including "Outstanding miniseries,"
"Outstanding Casting for a miniseries, Movie, or a Special," and "Outstanding Directing for a miniseries, Movie, or a
Dramatic Special." It also won a Golden Globe for "Best miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television," an
American Film Institute award, and was selected for a Peabody Award for "...relying on both history and memory to
create a new tribute to those who fought to preserve liberty." It also won a 2003 Writers Guild Award (Television,
Adapted Long Form) for episode six ("Bastogne").
Home video releases
All ten parts of the miniseries were released in a DVD boxset on November 5, 2002. The set includes five discs
containing all the episodes, and a bonus disc with the behind-the-scenes documentary We Stand Alone Together: The
Men of Easy Company and the video diary of actor Ron Livingston, who played Lewis Nixon. A collector's edition
of the box set was also released, containing the same discs but held in a tin case. Band of Brothers is one of the
best-selling TV DVD sets of all time, [31] having sold about $250 million. [32]
The series was released as an exclusive HD DVD TV series in Japan in 2007. With the demise of the format, they
are currently out of production.
A Blu-ray Disc version of Band of Brothers was released on November 11, 2008 and has become a Blu-ray Disc top
seller, [33] though many video enthusiasts contend that the HD DVD version features superior visual quality due to
the presence of digital noise reduction on the Blu-ray release. [34][35]
Notes
[1] "Drama: Band of Brothers" (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ drama/ bandofbrothers/ ). BBC.co.uk. Retrieved: 2008-06-09.
[2] Snead, Elizabeth. " Tom Hanks Jumps on Bandwagon" (http:/ / www. tvguide. com/ News-Views/ Interviews-Features/ Article/ default.
aspx?posting={0E59E3FA-C0FB-45AE-B8C0-C25DA1977A8B}). TV Guide. 22 June 2001. Retrieved: 2008-06-09.
[3] "Band of Brothers Minisite" (http:/ / www. history. com/ minisites/ bandofbrothers/ ). History.com. Retrieved: 2008-06-09.
[4] Biggest Brother: The Life of Dick Winters
[5] Parachute Infantry, an autobiography by David Kenyon Webster
[6] Trigger Time by 101st historian Mark Bando has a detailed discussion of the miniseries' historical accuracy (http:/ / www. 101airborneww2.
com/ bandofbrothers. html)
[7] Mifflin, Lawrie (2001-06-07). "TV Notes ; World War II, The Mini-Series". The New York Times.
[8] Hohenadel, Kristin (2000-12-17). "Television/Radio ; Learning How the Private Ryans Felt and Fought". The New York Times. (http:/ / query.
nytimes. com/ gst/ fullpage. html?res=9506E4D6133FF934A25751C1A9669C8B63)
[9] Carter, Bill (2001-09-03). "On Television ; HBO Bets Pentagon-Style Budget on a World War II Saga". The New York Times. (http:/ / query.
nytimes. com/ gst/ fullpage. html?res=9F01E0DC1F30F930A3575AC0A9679C8B63)
[10] Levin, Gary (2001-01-09). "'Brothers' invades fall lineup HBO's WWII miniseries battles network premieres". USA Today.
[11] Pop Eater/AOL News: The Pacific TV miniseries $200+ million budget (http:/ / www. popeater. com/ 2010/ 08/ 27/ the-pacific-budget/ )
[12] Manila Bulletin: The Pacific: most expensive miniseries ever made (last paragraph) (http:/ / www. mb. com. ph/ articles/ 246578/
the-pacific-a-200-million-hbo-miniseries)
[13] Askmen - The Pacific: 5 Things You Didn't Know (http:/ / www. askmen. com/ entertainment/ special_feature_400/
474_the-pacific-5-things-you-didnt-know. html)
[14] Levin, Gary (2001-04-18). "HBO Cable network sets itself apart with daring fare". USA Today.
[15] Riding, Alan (2001-06-07). "Arts Abroad ; A Normandy Landing, This One for a Film". The New York Times.
[16] Elliott, Stuart (2001-09-10). "The Media Business: Advertising ; Jeep's manufacturer seeks to capitalize on the vehicle's featured role in
'Band of Brothers.'". The New York Times.
[17] BBC News: Spielberg epic loses prime slot (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ tv_and_radio/ 1492257. stm), August 15, 2001