The ''NBC Sunday Night Movie'' was a weekly film block which ran on

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on Sunday nights from 9 to 11pm or 8:30pm until 11pm. Often for miniseries programming, it would air the first night of the series, with the second night as part of the '' NBC Monday Night Movie''. The last film to air was '' Friday Night Lights'' with 2.6 million viewers; it effectively ended even as a special with NBC's acquisition of the '' Sunday Night Football'' package. During the mid-1980s the ''Sunday Night Movie'' was aired consistently enough to be ranked in the top 30 highest-rated programs for 1985–1988.https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&pg=PA1691&lpg=PA1691&dq=%22NBC+Sunday+Night+Movie%22&source=bl&ots=ArfUKH6ptI&sig=JnZRve2ZzHsWDMpZ1THa-2eoJJQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=GOsjVL-YBebmiwLp54DYCg&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22NBC%20Sunday%20Night%20Movie%22&f=false The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present By Tim Brooks, Earle F. Marsh P.1691 Between 1976 and 1981, the ''Sunday Night Movie'' was re-titled as ''The Big Event''; though it continued to be made up of mostly films, at that time it was also a block for specials and made-for-TV sporting events. replaced by an umbrella program, ''The Big Event''. Although much of the ''Big Event''s run featured film premieres, made for TV movies and installments of miniseries, some were specials and sports events.

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