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[04/15/25 - 09:13 AM]
"Kevin Costner's The West" to Premiere on The History Channel with Back-to-Back Episodes Beginning Memorial Day at 9PM ET/PT
The eight-episode documentary series will provide a fresh look at the sweeping and complex history of the American West through a wide range of conflicts - all driven by the desperate struggle to control the land itself.

[03/08/23 - 09:16 AM]
The History Channel Greenlights New Documentary Series "Kevin Costner's The West" (working title) Executive Produced by Academy Award-Winner Kevin Costner and Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin
This original series will transcend the clichés and myths of the "Wild West" and from a myriad of perspectives capture the spirit of opportunity, adventure and peril through the diverse, complex characters and untold stories that defined the era and continue to shape our country today.






KEVIN COSTNER'S THE WEST (HISTORY)
BROADCAST HISTORY:
5/26/25 - 6/30/25
STATUS:
canceled/ended (2024-2025 season)
TIME SLOT:
completed airing its current season
SEASON(S):
1 (8 episodes, 0 of which have yet to air)
VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEB SITE
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
limited series
DESCRIPTION:
(from History's web site, May 2025) From Executive Producers Kevin Costner and Doris Kearns Goodwin, Kevin Costner’s The West is an eight-part series that provides a fresh look at the epic history of the American West by delving into the desperate struggle for the land itself –and how it still shapes the America we know today.The West has fired the imaginations of Americans since the end of the Revolutionary War, when settlers first began their relentless push beyond the Appalachians. In their quest for new lands and better lives – or just hoping to strike it rich – many became legends: the explorers of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, migrant families in covered wagons beating the trail to Oregon, feared outlaws and the lawmen that hunted them down, abolitionists who fought slavery on this new frontier, cowboys and ranchers who sought to claim their piece of the American dream through hard work. But the pioneers who staked their claims to the West also sparked fierce conflicts with native nations, and The Miami, Blackfeet, Comanche and Lakota brought together powerful alliances to defend their ancestral lands. While the West offers a chance to explore, to build, to strike it rich or start anew, there is a powerful truth at the heart of all these dreams: this land has the unique power both to promise bounty…and bring bloodshed.
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Kevin Costner as Host
CREW INFORMATION:
· Allie Dvorin as EP
· Beth Laski as EP
· Dave Sirulnick as EP
· David Rivera as EP
· Doris Kearns Goodwin as EP
· Eli Lehrer as EP (History)
· Eric Levin as EP
· Howard Kaplan as EP
· Jennifer Wagman as EP (History)
· John Turner as EP
· Jon Kamen as EP
· Kevin Costner as EP
· Mary Donahue as EP (History)
· Meredith Bennett as EP
· Rod Lake as EP
GENRE(S):
· reality (all)
· reality (documentary)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· APX Content Ventures
· Pastimes Productions
· RadicalMedia
· Territory Pictures