Blind Ambition (miniseries)

Blind Ambition
Based onBlind Ambition
Written byJohn Dean
Maureen Dean
Taylor Branch
Screenplay byStanley R. Greenberg
Directed byGeorge Schaefer
StarringMartin Sheen
William Daniels
Ed Flanders
Theme music composerWalter Scharf
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes4
Production
ProducerRenee Valente
CinematographyEdward R. Brown
EditorsArthur Hilton
Peter Parasheles
John Wright
Running time480 minutes
Production companyTalent Associates
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseMay 20 (1979-05-20) –
May 23, 1979 (1979-05-23)
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Blind Ambition is a four-part American miniseries that aired on CBS from May 20, 1979 to May 23, 1979 focusing on the 1972–74 Watergate scandal and based on the memoirs of former White House counsel John Dean and his wife Maureen.[1]

Producer Renee Valente earned an Emmy nomination for the series.[2]

Part I ranked as the 15th most-watched show for the week of May 14–20, 1979,[3] and Parts IV, II, and III, respectively, ranked as the 11th-13th most watched primetime shows of the following week.[4]

  1. ^ TV Guide Guide to TV. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. 2004. p. 75. ISBN 0-7607-5634-1.
  2. ^ Barnes, Mike (2016-02-22). "Renee Valente, Casting Executive and Pioneering Producer, Dies at 88". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-03-10.
  3. ^ "TV Ratings". The New York Times. 23 May 1979. p. C-28.
  4. ^ "TV Ratings". The New York Times. 31 May 1979. p. C-18.