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[01/09/25 - 08:25 AM]
"The American Revolution," A New Film from Ken Burns, to Premiere November 16, 2025
The 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 on PBS.

[03/26/24 - 01:16 PM]
PBS Announces Bold Multiyear Look at Our Nation Called "PBS: America @ 250"
Ken Burns and David Schmidt are behind the six-part, 12-hour series "The American Revolution," which is scheduled to air on PBS in the fall of 2025.







AMERICAN REVOLUTION, THE (PBS)
Premieres Sunday, November 16
BROADCAST HISTORY:
11/16/25 - ???
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)
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
GENRE(S):
· reality (all)
· reality (documentary)
STUDIO INFORMATION:
· Florentine Films