Oct. 1--CBS has picked a premiere date for its "Lonesome Dove" prequel "Comanche Moon."

While you might expect a star-studded prequel to one of the most successful miniseries in history would get a plum sweeps showcase, but you'd be wrong.

CBS has scheduled "Comanche Moon," a six-hour miniseries, to be broadcast on Dec. 30, Jan. 1 and Jan. 2, airing from 9-11 p.m. ET all three nights.

Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana, who won an Oscar for their "Brokeback Mountain" script, adapted McMurtry's novel and Simon Wincer, an Emmy winner for "Lonesome Dove," directed.

"Comanche Moon" follows Woodrow F. Call and Augustus McCrae (Karl Urban and Steve Zahn in the roles ...

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