[1] The concept was similar to 1950s television serialised dramas, when plays and novels were formatted into several broadcast episodes under a single umbrella program title.
It is a rags-to-riches tale of an Irish immigrant family during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and stars Richard Jordan, Perry King, and Patty Duke among others.
[3] It consists of 6 episodes, running 6 hours total, and was broadcast from February 10 to 24, 1977 (the series was aired in two-episode blocks).
It tells the story of a poor young man from Manhattan's Lower East Side who is determined to rise to the top of the garment industry on Seventh Avenue.
In Britain, ITV screened numerous miniseries in addition to the ones above under the Best Sellers banner until the mid-1980s, such as 79 Park Avenue, Studs Lonigan, A Man Called Intrepid, Condominium, Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls and Evening in Byzantium.
Although it maintained the overall title, most were not produced by Universal Television, although 79 Park Avenue, Condominium and Evening in Byzantium were.