<P> Lonesome Dove is an American epic Western adventure television miniseries directed by Simon Wincer . It is a four - part adaptation of the 1985 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry and is the first installment in the Lonesome Dove series . The novel was based upon a screenplay by Peter Bogdanovich and McMurtry , intended to star John Wayne , James Stewart and Henry Fonda , but the film was never made after John Ford advised Wayne against it . The eventual television miniseries stars Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones . The series was originally broadcast by CBS from February 5 to 8 , 1989 , drawing a huge viewing audience , earning numerous awards , and reviving both the television western and the miniseries . </P>
<P> Lonesome Dove is an American epic Western adventure television miniseries directed by Simon Wincer . It is a four - part adaptation of the 1985 novel of the same name by Larry McMurtry and is the first installment in the Lonesome Dove series . The novel was based upon a screenplay by Peter Bogdanovich and McMurtry , intended to star John Wayne , James Stewart and Henry Fonda , but the film was never made after John Ford advised Wayne against it . The eventual television miniseries stars Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones . The series was originally broadcast by CBS from February 5 to 8 , 1989 , drawing a huge viewing audience , earning numerous awards , and reviving both the television western and the miniseries . </P>
when did the movie lonesome dove come out
when did the movie lonesome dove come out
February 5 to 8 , 1989
February 5 to 8 , 1989