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Kennedy is a 2023 American television documentary miniseries. The eight-part miniseries chronicles the life of John F. Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States and premiered on November 18, 2023, on History.
Original Release
11/18/2023 on HIST
US Release
11/18/2023
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Coyote | 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 |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack (1917-1940) | Saturday, 18 November 2023 |
| 2 | The World at War (1940-1946) | Saturday, 18 November 2023 |
| 3 | Into the Political Jungle (1946-1956) | Saturday, 18 November 2023 |
| 4 | The Kennedy Machine (1956-1960) | Sunday, 19 November 2023 |
| 5 | The Torch Has Passed (January 1961 - December 1961) | Sunday, 19 November 2023 |
| 6 | Crisis (January 1962 - October 1962) | Sunday, 19 November 2023 |
| 7 | From the Brink of War (October 1962 - June 1963) | Monday, 20 November 2023 |
| 8 | A Legacy (June 1963 - November 1963) | Monday, 20 November 2023 |
Directors
Writers
Creators
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Peter Coyote | 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 - Author, 'After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present' / Self |
| Martin W. Sandler | Self / Self - Editor, The Letters of John F. Kennedy |
| J. Randy Taraborrelli | Self / Self - Author, 'Jackie: Public, Private, Secret' |
| Thomas Oliphant | Self - Co-Author, 'The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign' / Self |
| David Pietrusza | Self / Self - Author, '1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign That Forged Three Presidencies' |
| Jeffrey Engel | Self / Self - Director, Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University / Self - Director of the Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University |
| David Nasaw | Self - Author, 'The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy' |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Eric Tobias | Executive Producer |
| Ben Park | Executive Producer |
| Bill Buffie | Executive Producer |
| Jo Ellen Buffie | Executive Producer |
| Laura Tobias | Executive Producer |
| Richard Lipsey | Executive Producer |
| Susan Lipsey | Executive Producer |
| Dave Sirulnick | Executive Producer |
| Zachary Behr | Executive Producer |
| Mary Donahue | Executive Producer |
| Eli Lehrer | Executive Producer |
| Teresa Park | Executive Producer |
| Jon Kamen | Executive Producer |
| Lawrence Haas | Producer |
| Leslie Ackerman | Producer |
| Anthony Barr | Producer |
| Alyson Holland | Producer |
| Robert Meitus | Producer |
| Chris Kluwe | Producer |
| Samantha Maynard | Producer |
| Peter Bobrow | Producer |
| Ashton Gleckman | Producer |
| Bernardo Hiller | Producer |
| Andre Jefferson | Producer |
| Hilary McHone | Producer |
| Daniel H. Ronacher | Producer |
| Samantha Mustari | Producer |
| Lindsey Clemmer | Producer |
| Kiersten Leigh Johnson | Producer |
| Joshua Scantland | Producer |
| Andrew Cohen | Producer |
