Special Bulletin is a 1983 American drama television film directed by Edward Zwick and written by Marshall Herskovitz, based on a story by both. It was an early collaboration between the two, who would later produce such series as thirtysomething and My So-Called Life. The film was first broadcast March 20, 1983 on NBC as part of NBC Sunday Night at the Movies.[1][2]
In the film, a terrorist group brings a homemade atomic bomb aboard a tugboat in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina in order to blackmail the U.S. government into disabling its nuclear weapons, and the incident is caught live on television. It simulates a series of live news broadcasts on the fictional RBS Network.
- Countdown to Looking Glass, a 1984 Canadian TV film that used simulated news broadcasts to chronicle a Cold War showdown between the United States and the Soviet Union.
- The Day After, a 1983 TV film about a nuclear war and its effects on the Midwest U.S.
- Threads, a 1984 BBC film inspired by Academy Award-winning docudrama The War Game.
- The War Game, a 1965 pseudo-documentary in the form of a newsmagazine depicting a nuclear attack on Britain. Filmed for broadcast on the BBC it was not aired due to concerns that it would panic the population.
- Without Warning, an apocalyptic 1994 TV film also presented as a faux news broadcast.
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