Although in the Seattle Opera's stirring production, 64 characters were named in the program, there was time during the nearly four-hour production to bring only a handful of them to anything like life.

And TNT offers the premiere of "Abraham," a four-hour production being presented on Sunday and Monday evenings.

The four-hour production will be broadcast on Sunday and Tuesday, at 9 P.M.

The East Rutherford show moved efficiently through a nearly four-hour production involving multiple backdrops, blasts of flame, video clips, a giant talking skull and a purple low-rider convertible.

TNT spent about $8 million on "A Season of Giants," a four-hour production.

In particular people mentioned last year's acclaimed four-hour production of "The Iceman Cometh."

Public television's "Mystery" goes into a change-of-pace mode tonight with "Prime Suspect," a four-hour British production from Granada Television.

The four-hour production is the first significant American foray into high-definition television.

The second half of the four-hour production will be broadcast on Tuesday.

Consider "Twist of Fate," a four-hour production on NBC, the second half of which can be seen tonight at 9.