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Kennedy

Summary The three-part documentary series about John F. Kennedy's life and legacy is narrated by Peter Coyote features archival footage as well as interviews with his niece Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and nephew Anthony Shriver.

Created By: Ashton Gleckman

  • History
  • Nov 18, 2023
  • History
  • Nov 18, 2023
Kennedy
Season 1
Season Premiere: Nov 18, 2023
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Summary The three-part documentary series about John F. Kennedy's life and legacy is narrated by Peter Coyote features archival footage as well as interviews with his niece Kathleen Kennedy Townsend and nephew Anthony Shriver.

Created By: Ashton Gleckman

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Season Episodes

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Episode 1 • Nov 18, 2023
Jack (1917-1940)
Kennedy navigates his formative years, including his time in school, relationship with his family, and his early interests in history and politics.
Episode 2 • Nov 18, 2023
The World at War (1940-1946)
After the United States joins the war against Nazi Germany and Japan, Jack joins the Navy and is deployed to the Pacific.
Episode 3 • Nov 18, 2023
Into the Political Jungle (1946-1956)
Coming home after the Second World War, Kennedy begins a career in politics, running for the House of Representatives in Massachusetts.
Episode 4 • Nov 19, 2023
The Kennedy Machine (1956-1960)
Kennedy sets into motion an unprecedented 5-year campaign for the Presidency, revolutionizing modern campaigning and the use of television.
Episode 5 • Nov 19, 2023
The Torch Has Passed (January 1961 - December 1961)
The youngest President ever elected, Kennedy faces the height of the Cold War and a national civil rights crisis.
Episode 6 • Nov 19, 2023
Crisis (January 1962 - October 1962)
After Nuclear weapons are placed 90 miles from the Florida coast in Cuba, Kennedy faces his ultimate trial, the most dangerous moment in human history.
Episode 7 • Nov 20, 2023
From the Brink of War (October 1962 - June 1963)
Bringing the country back from the brink of Nuclear war, Kennedy pursues diplomacy with the Soviets and decides to address civil rights in a way no President has before: as a moral issue.
Episode 8 • Nov 20, 2023
A Legacy (June 1963 - November 1963)
The final months of John F. Kennedy's life and the legacy he left behind.

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Peter Coyote

Narrator, Self - Narrator

Conan O'Brien

Self - Long-Time Board Member, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, Self

Gillian Sorenson

Self - Wife of John F. Kennedy Speechwriter Ted Sorensen, Self, Self - Wife of John F. Kennedy's Speechwriter Ted Sorensen

Chris Matthews

Self - Author, 'Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero', Self

Richard Neal

Self - U.S. Congressman, MA 1st District, Self

Julian Zelizer

Self - CNN Political Analyst

Lawrence Haas

Self - Author, 'The Kennedys in the World: How Jack, Bobby, and Ted Remade America's Empire'

Thomas J. Carty

Self - Author, 'A Catholic in the White House?: Religion, Politics, and John F. Kennedy's Presidential Campaign'

David M. Kennedy

Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian, Self

Curtis Wilkie

Self - Former Professor, University of Mississippi, Co-Author, 'The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign', Self

Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Self, Self - Niece of John F. Kennedy

John T. Shaw

Self - Congressional Reporter, Author, 'JFK in the Senate: Pathway to the Presidency'

Steven Watts

Self - Author, 'JFK and the Masculine Mystique: Sex and Power on the New Frontier'

Hope M. Harrison

Self, Self - Author, 'After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present'

Martin W. Sandler

Self - Editor, The Letters of John F. Kennedy

J. Randy Taraborrelli

Self, Self - Author, 'Jackie: Public, Private, Secret'

Thomas Oliphant

Self, Self - Co-Author, 'The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign'

David Pietrusza

Self, Self - Author, '1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies'

Jeffrey Engel

Self, Self - Director of the Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University, Self - Director, Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University

David Nasaw

Self - Author, 'The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy'

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