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  • 2000
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    Standard Deviants TV

    Standard Deviants TV

    1 2000 HD

    Standard Deviants TV comprised material from the Standard Deviants home videos, edited into 25-minute episodes that aired on PBS. The series also...

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  • 1977
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    Meeting of Minds

    Meeting of Minds

    9.50 1977 HD

    The show featured guests who played significant roles in world history. Guests would interact with each other and host Steve Allen, discussing...

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  • 2002
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    Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin

    5.90 2002 HD

    An epic yarn spanning most of the 18th century, the series follows Franklin's career from humble beginnings in Boston to international superstardom:...

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  • 2023
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    The American Buffalo

    The American Buffalo

    6.80 2023 HD

    The dramatic story of America's national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people for untold generations, being driven to the brink of...

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  • 2013
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    Colorado Experience

    Colorado Experience

    1 2013 HD

    Rocky Mountain PBS flagship history series exploring the people, places, and events that have shaped Colorado's rich heritage.

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  • 2002
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    Mark Twain

    Mark Twain

    1 2002 HD

    Mark Twain is a documentary film on the life of Mark Twain also known as Samuel Clements produced by Ken Burns in 2001. Burns captures both the...

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  • 2010
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    FutureStates

    FutureStates

    5.50 2010 HD

    What will become of America in five, 25, or even 50 years from today? This series of independent mini-features explores possible future scenarios...

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  • 1988
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    Ramona

    Ramona

    5.70 1988 HD

    Ramona is a Canadian children's television series which followed the life of eight-year-old title character Ramona Quimby. It was based on the Ramona...

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  • 2005
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    Slavery and the Making of America

    Slavery and the Making of America

    7.90 2005 HD

    The history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War...

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  • 2006
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    The War that Made America

    The War that Made America

    9.50 2006 HD

    The War that Made America is a PBS miniseries about the French and Indian War, which was first aired in two parts on January 18 & 25, 2006. The...

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  • 1989
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    Long Ago and Far Away

    Long Ago and Far Away

    9.00 1989 HD

    Long Ago and Far Away is a TV series that aired on PBS Television from 1989 to 1993. It was created by WGBH, a public television broadcast service...

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  • 2018
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    Native America

    Native America

    9.30 2018 HD

    Explore the world created by America’s First Peoples. This four part series reaches back 15,000 years to reveal massive cities aligned to the...

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  • 1989
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    War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

    War and Peace in the Nuclear Age

    1 1989 HD

    War and Peace in the Nuclear Age, first broadcast in 1989, is a thirteen-part PBS series on the origins and evolution of nuclear competition between...

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  • 1997
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    Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    8.00 1997 HD

    The complex life of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote that "all men are created equal" yet owned slaves, is recounted by master filmmaker Ken Burns in this...

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  • 1989
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    The Dark Angel

    The Dark Angel

    1 1989 HD

    Maud Ruthyn, a lovely and sensitive girl, is sent to stay with her Uncle Silas Ruthyn, a charismatic rogue who stands to inherit the family...

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  • 1995
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    Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain

    Thomas Jefferson: A View from the Mountain

    1 1995 HD

    One of America's most complex and enduring figures, Thomas Jefferson struggled personally and publicly with an issue that would come to define our...

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  • 1973
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    The Men Who Made the Movies

    The Men Who Made the Movies

    1 1973 HD

    Acclaimed profiles of eight great American film directors. Produced and directed by Richard Schickel and narrated by Cliff Robertson, with solid...

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  • 1966
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    Firing Line

    Firing Line

    7.70 1966 HD

    Firing Line was an American public affairs show founded and hosted by conservative William F. Buckley, Jr., founder and publisher of National Review...

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  • 2017
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    Rare: Creatures of the Photo Ark

    Rare: Creatures of the Photo Ark

    3.50 2017 HD

    Travel with renowned photographer Joel Sartore as he photographs at-risk and rare species in the wild, in zoos, in nature preserves and explores his...

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  • 2005
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    Danger Rangers

    Danger Rangers

    10.00 2005 HD

    Danger Rangers is a television program that aired on PBS. From September 2011 to September 2012, the show was re-aired on CBS and This TV as part of...

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