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jmbar2

(8,178 posts) Sun Nov 16, 2025, 11:01 PM Nov 2025

Ken Burns' "The American Revolution" series starts tonite on PBS n/t

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Ken Burns' "The American Revolution" series starts tonite on PBS n/t (Original Post) jmbar2 Nov 2025 OP

We need another American revolution. J_William_Ryan Nov 2025 #1

Watched, and will be tuned in/recording the rest of the series Bayard Nov 2025 #2

DVR is ready to go!! BigmanPigman Nov 2025 #3

Watched it twice already. amerikat Nov 2025 #4

There are 6 episodes BigmanPigman Nov 2025 #6

Looked Forward To Watching It MissouriDem47 Nov 2025 #5

It was great! Scrivener7 Nov 2025 #7

Stream It or Skip It LessAspin Nov 2025 #8

J_William_Ryan

(3,584 posts)

1. We need another American revolution.

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Sun Nov 16, 2025, 11:19 PM

Nov 2025

The first one has clearly failed.

Bayard

(30,312 posts)

2. Watched, and will be tuned in/recording the rest of the series

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Sun Nov 16, 2025, 11:35 PM

Nov 2025

BigmanPigman

(55,542 posts)

3. DVR is ready to go!!

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 12:15 AM

Nov 2025

amerikat

(5,230 posts)

4. Watched it twice already.

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 01:04 AM

Nov 2025

Inspiring to say the least. So much detail that I didn't know about.

BigmanPigman

(55,542 posts)

6. There are 6 episodes

Reply to amerikat (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:05 AM

Nov 2025

and they are showing it several times in case you miss one.

MissouriDem47

(442 posts)

5. Looked Forward To Watching It

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 01:48 AM

Nov 2025

Got settled in about 20 minutes before it started but fell asleep and there was only about 15 minutes left when I woke up. Good thing I had to the foresight to record it, so I can watch it tomorrow.

Scrivener7

(60,080 posts)

7. It was great!

Reply to MissouriDem47 (Reply #5)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 09:44 AM

Nov 2025

LessAspin

(2,025 posts)

8. Stream It or Skip It

Reply to jmbar2 (Original post)

Mon Nov 17, 2025, 03:56 PM

Nov 2025

Decider breaks it down pretty well here 👇

https://decider.com/2025/11/16/the-american-revolution-ken-burns-pbs-review/

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