Season 1 poster

Season 1

(2014)

Cast

Walter Cronkite as Self
Tom Hanks as Self
Tom Hanks

as Self

David Brinkley as Self
Dan Rather as Self
Dan Rather

as Self

Chet Huntley as Self - NBC News (archive footage)
Chet Huntley

as Self - NBC News (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson as Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson

as Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy as Self (as President John F. Kennedy) (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy

as Self (as President John F. Kennedy) (archive footage)

John Heilemann as Self - Editor, New York Magazine
John Heilemann

as Self - Editor, New York Magazine

Robert Dallek as Self - Author
Robert Dallek

as Self - Author

Frank McGee as Self - NBC News (archive footage)
Frank McGee

as Self - NBC News (archive footage)

Harry Reasoner as Self - CBS News (archive footage)
Harry Reasoner

as Self - CBS News (archive footage)

Episodes

Television Comes of Age (1960 - 1969) poster

Television Comes of Age (1960 - 1969) 0.0

May 29, 2014

Americans gathered around “the tube,” to be informed and entertained by the news, The Twilight Zone, The Fugitive, I Dr…

The World on the Brink (1960 – 1963) poster

The World on the Brink (1960 – 1963) 0.0

June 5, 2014

The heady days of Camelot were clouded by the political and military tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Marvin …

The Assassination of Kennedy (1963 - 1969) poster

The Assassination of Kennedy (1963 - 1969) 0.0

June 12, 2014

A documentary examining the assassination of President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963. Included: a look at the conclu…

The War in Vietnam (1961 – 1968) poster

The War in Vietnam (1961 – 1968) 0.0

June 19, 2014

From just several hundred advisors at the start of the decade, to more than 550,000 American troops by the end of it, t…

A Long March to Freedom (1960 – 1968) poster

A Long March to Freedom (1960 – 1968) 0.0

June 26, 2014

Selma, Birmingham, and the March on Washington are reexamined by eyewitnesses to history. Diane Nash, U.S. Rep. John Le…

The British Invasion (1964 - 1967) poster

The British Invasion (1964 - 1967) 0.0

July 10, 2014

Clips of performances by British bands of the 1960s, including Manfred Mann, the Animals, Peter and Gordon, Joe Cocker,…

The Space Race (1960 – 1969) poster

The Space Race (1960 – 1969) 0.0

July 17, 2014

Astronaut and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Mike Massimino and Dave Scott, and Walter Issa…

1968 (1968) poster

1968 (1968) 0.0

July 24, 2014

Tom Hayden, Gloria Steinem, Lance Morrow, Evan Thomas, Dan Rather, Morley Safer, Tim Naftali, and Mark Kurlansky discus…

The Times, They are A-Changin’ (1960 – 1969) poster

The Times, They are A-Changin’ (1960 – 1969) 0.0

July 31, 2014

Gloria Steinem, Robert Kennedy, Jr., former U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, Cecile Richards, Marlo Thomas, Douglas Brinkley, an…

Sex, Drugs, and Rock N’ Roll (1960 – 1969) poster

Sex, Drugs, and Rock N’ Roll (1960 – 1969) 0.0

August 7, 2014

American culture changed fundamentally from the beginning to the end of the 1960s as the tastes, morals, and politics o…