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AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE (PBS)
Premieres Sunday, November 16
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
11/16/25
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STATUS:
new this summer (yet to premiere) |
TIME SLOT:
weeknights from 8:00 PM-10:00 PM EST |
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (12 episodes) |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
limited series |
DESCRIPTION:
(from PBS's press release, January 2025) THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a new six-part, 12-hour documentary series that explores the country's founding and its eight-year War for Independence, will premiere on Sunday, November 16 and air for six consecutive nights through Friday, November 21st at 8:00-10:00 p.m. ET (check local listings) on PBS. The full series will be available to stream beginning Sunday, November 16 at PBS.org and on the PBS App. The much-anticipated series, which has been in production for eight years, was directed and produced by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt and written by long-time collaborator Geoffrey C. Ward. The filmmakers and PBS scheduled the broadcast for 2025, the 250th anniversary of the start of the war, which began in the spring of 1775, more than a year before the Declaration of Independence. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Peter Coyote as Narrator (Voice)
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CREW INFORMATION:
· David Schmidt as DIR/PROD
· Geoffrey C. Ward as WRTR
· Ken Burns as DIR/PROD
· Megan Ruffe as CO-PROD
· Mike Welt as CO-PROD
· Salimah El-Amin as PROD
· Sarah Botstein as DIR/PROD
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GENRE(S):
· reality (all)
· reality (documentary)
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Florentine Films
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