The American President

Name: The American President
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2000-04-09
Rating: 8
Cast: Walter Cronkite, Morley Safer, Andrew Young, Dale Bumpers, Robert MacNeil

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“The American President” is a series that aired on PBS in 2000 profiling 41 U.S. chief executives, using exclusive interviews with Presidents Clinton, Bush, Ford, and Carter. Well known figures lend their voice to presidents of the past who lived before sound recordings, including: Colin Powell, Bob Dole, Walter Cronkite, Ben Bradlee, John Glenn, James Carville, Andrew Young, and the Rev. Billy Graham. Narrated by Hugh Sidey.

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StatusEnded

First AiredApril 9, 2000

Last AiredApril 13, 2000

Episode Runtime53dk

Seasons1

Episodes10

TypeDocumentary

Origin CountryUnited States

Original LanguageEnglish

Spoken LanguagesEnglish

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Last Episode

S1 E10 • 4/13/2000

The Balance of Power

The final episode examines presidential leadership in an era of an increasingly divided government. The American presidency was conceived as one part of a larger system of institutions, and its effectiveness rests in part upon a good measure of cooperation among the branches. The presidents arrayed in this episode (James Madison, James Polk, William Howard Taft, Bill Clinton) suggest four different conceptions of governance within a constitutionally structured balancing act.