A first look at HBO's ''Band of Brothers''

The Hanks-Spielberg production is the most expensive TV mini ever

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Steve Daly
Steve Daly
Steve Daly is a former senior writer at Entertainment Weekly. He left EW in 2009.
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Published on September 10, 2001 04:00AM EDT
Band of Brothers
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If you’ve tuned in to HBO at all in the past few months, you’ve likely been hit by a shrapnel barrage of promos for the WWII epic ”Band of Brothers,” debuting Sept. 9. Think of it as an insurance policy in the form of trailers, since at $125 million, the 10-episode docudrama — airing in ”The Sopranos”’ slot — gets bragging rights as the costliest miniseries in TV history.

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