WORLD WAR II WITH TOM HANKS (HISTORY)
Premieres Monday, May 25
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BROADCAST
HISTORY:
5/25/26
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STATUS:
new this spring (yet to premiere) |
TIME SLOT:
mondays from 8:00 PM-11:00 PM EST |
CURRENT SEASON:
1 (20 episodes) |
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
limited series |
DESCRIPTION:
(from History's press release, March 2026) The HISTORY Channel(TM) will premiere "World War II With Tom Hanks" on Monday, May 25 at 8pm ET/PT, launching with three back-to-back episodes and kicking off a global rollout across 200 territories in 40 languages, reaching nearly 400 million households worldwide. The landmark 20-episode documentary series reexamines World War II through the lens of a new century, offering a deeply human portrait of how the modern world was forged in the fires of global conflict. This series is executive produced by Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman with Nutopia and A+E Factual Studios(TM) Group, alongside Pulitzer Prize(R)-winning historian Jon Meacham, in association with Motion Entertainment, a WPP Media company. |
PRINCIPAL CAST INFORMATION:
· Tom Hanks as Host
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CREW INFORMATION:
· Ben Goold as EP
· Eli Lehrer as EP (History)
· Jane Root as EP
· Mary E. Donahue as EP (History)
· Sharon Scott as EP
· Steve Ascher as EP
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GENRE(S):
· reality
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STUDIO INFORMATION:
· A+E Factual Studios
· Nutopia
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