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The Kennedys

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The Kennedys

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ReelzChannel | Release Date: April 3, 2011

Starring: Katie Holmes, Kristin Booth, Tom Wilkinson, Greg Kinnear, Barry Pepper, Diana Hardcastle

Summary: Greg Kinnear has been cast as President John F. Kennedy, Barry Pepper will play Attorney General Robert Kennedy, Katie Holmes will play First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and Tom Wilkinson will play Ambassador Joe Kennedy, Sr. in this story of the famous Kennedy family.

Creator: Joel Surnow and Stephen Kronish

Genre(s): Drama

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S1:E9. Fame and Scandal
Air Date: November 21, 2020
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S1:E8. My Brother's Keeper
Air Date: April 10, 2011
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S1:E7. Lancer and Lace
Air Date: April 10, 2011

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New York Post

Linda Stasi

Mar 30, 2011

Season 1 Review: The miniseries--starring Greg Kinnear as JFK, Barry Pepper as Bobby, Katie Holmes as Jacqueline and Tom Wilkinson as Joseph Sr.--is without a doubt one of the best, most riveting, historically accurate dramas about a time and place in American history that has ever been done for TV. Read full review

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Miami Herald

Glenn Garvin

Apr 7, 2011

Season 1 Review: The sheer power of these stories carries The Kennedys even during the occasional stumbles that result from trying to pack 40 years of history into five and a half hours of programming. Read full review

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New York Daily News

David Hinckley

Mar 31, 2011

Season 1 Review: Definitive history The Kennedys is not. But most of the flaws explored here mostly make the characters seem human. The series credits wins as well as losses and sends most of its characters home on a positive note. Read full review

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Entertainment Weekly

Ken Tucker

Mar 30, 2011

Season 1 Review: I can see why multiple networks passed on The Kennedys: not just because it's a political hot potato, but because it's a cobbled-together, mean-spirited piece of work that can't help alienating viewers, whether you venerate the Kennedys or dislike them. Read full review

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Slate

Troy Patterson

Apr 1, 2011

Season 1 Review: Instead, The Kennedys is blandly admiring when paying due respect, mildly cheesy when hauling out the trash, and understaged at every turn, the better for viewers to project their own fantasies onto it. Read full review

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The New Yorker

Nancy Franklin

Mar 29, 2011

Season 1 Review: We come away with a new understanding of the extent of the Kennedys' dysfunction but without a sense of what made them special or of how they harnessed their talents. But what you see in Wilkinson's eyes--they're black holes, devouring everyone in sight--almost makes up for what's missing from the writing. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter

Tim Goodman

Mar 30, 2011

Season 1 Review: Kennedys is a hamfisted mess, both slothful in its pacing and leaden in whatever underlying message was meant to be given. It's not the Kennedy family or legacy that suffers here, but the people involved in the project. Read full review

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: April 3, 2011
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  S1:E9. Fame and Scandal
  Air Date: November 21, 2020
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  S1:E8. My Brother's Keeper
  Air Date: April 10, 2011
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  S1:E7. Lancer and Lace
  Air Date: April 10, 2011
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  S1:E6. Cuban Missiles
  Air Date: April 8, 2011
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  S1:E5. Life Sentences
  Air Date: April 7, 2011
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  S1:E4. Bobby's War
  Air Date: April 6, 2011
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  S1:E3. Bay of Pigs
  Air Date: April 5, 2011
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  S1:E2. The First Campaign
  Air Date: April 3, 2011
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  S1:E1. Joe's Revenge
  Air Date: April 3, 2011