Started watching the Roosevelts. It is wonderful! I had no idea that T.R.

[DebJ]

was actually quite good-looking as a young man, nor that his brother suffered from what
almost seems to be bipolar disorder.

Ken Burns does fantastic work.

Had a good time watching Burns on Finding Your Roots, another excellent series.

[appalachiablue]

1. Here's to good TV

PBS 'FINDING YOUR ROOTS' with Prof. H.L. 'Skip' Gates is terrific. Watch it every week. G. and his team do quality research, present copies of original documents in a fine album for each guest. Interesting traces, some surprise findings. Nice 3 guest selection each week like Billie Jean King, Courtney Vance, Anderson Cooper, Stephen King, KEN BURNS and Ben Affleck last week. Hope this show continues.

The 'Roosevelts' was very good also. Much early into about TR, brother, family, (their health) and early FDR also. Good to know others are watching and that PBS is still managing historical programming.

[DebJ]

2. We need another T.R. today. n/t

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. Way in the future...but looking forward to...

Arlington, VA – March 28, 2011 – PBS announced today that Ken Burns and his long-time partner Lynn Novick are producing and directing a ten-to-twelve hour documentary film series about the history and meaning of the Vietnam War.

The series will explore the military, political, cultural, social, and human dimensions of what has been called “the war of lost illusions.” It will focus primarily on the human experience of the conflict, using eyewitness testimonies of so-called “ordinary” people – Americans as well as Vietnamese – whose lives were touched by the war. Parallel to the unfolding military narrative, the series will also tell the story of the millions of American citizens who became deeply opposed to it, taking to the streets in some of the largest protest demonstrations the nation has seen
VIETNAM is slated for broadcast in 2016 on PBS.

“Today, more than four decades after it ended, nearly everyone has an opinion about the Vietnam War, but few Americans truly know its history and there is little consensus about what happened there, or why,” said Ken Burns. “Our series will shed light both on the history of the war, and on our inability to find common ground about it.”

[DebJ]

4. That will be awesome also, I am sure.

I grew up in that era but wasn't aware of much except that I recall often seeing dead soldiers
and injured soldiers in absolute agony on the news all the time.