Ken Burns

This is Not the John McCain New Hampshire Once Loved

Ken Burns | Posted 11.05.2008 | Politics


Ken Burns

Surrounded and programmed by the lobbyists he once despised, the man who once effortlessly straddled the aisle and spoke from the heart now carefully hews to a prompter-read, soulless far-right agenda.

Ken Burns on Election 2008

Christian Avard | Posted 07.08.2008 | Home


Christian Avard

It's interesting to me to see folks talking about experience still. In the most challenging time in our history, the Civil War, it was the earlier relatively inexperienced skinny lawyer from Illinois who saved the nation.

Burns' "War" Is PBS' Highest-Rated Program In 7 Years

Broadcasting & Cable | John Eggerton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


PBS' latest Ken Burns multipart documentary, The War, averaged a 5 rating/7 share in TV households, according to Nielsen Media Research overnight numb...

Documentarian Burns Could Tackle Vietnam War Next

Broadcasting & Cable | John Eggerton | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


Documentary producer Ken Burns told a National Press Club audience in Washington, D.C., Wednesday that he will never say never to war again, with a Vi...

Ken Burns New WWII Series And The Subtext Of Iraq

Newsweek | David Gates | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment


"The thing that really got me mad," Ken Burns says in explaining why he felt called to begin "The War," his forthcoming documentary series, "was findi...

PBS Launches Biggest PR Campaign Ever For Burns' "War"

Reuters Via Yahoo | Gail Schiller | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media


PBS has launched its largest marketing and promotional campaign ever for Ken Burns' 15-hour, seven-episode World War II documentary "The War," which p...