By James Poniewozik James Poniewozik is the chief TV critic for The Times. When mini-series ruled prime time, their maxi-est star was Richard Chamberlain. Today we call them “limited series.” ...

But, in middle age, his career spiked again. Chamberlain became king of the 1980's TV mini-series: playing a western prisoner in Shogun and a catholic priest tempted by love in The Thorn Birds.

A criminally underrated Western series is raising hell on free streaming as it forges a path up the ranks and into the top 10 ...

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