Reception
The miniseries was generally well received by critics. Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly wrote that, "Everything about this production is surprising, from its choice of Gulliver — Cheers' Ted Danson in an excellent wig — to its startling fidelity to Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel," and called it "...a big, gaudy, funny production that feels free to give full reign to Swift's blithe vulgarity."
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