Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- ~110 min/episode
- Length
- 1 season · 3 episodes
- Status
- Miniseries
- Age rating
- TV-14
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- One season, and then it ends — a story with a last episode, not a habit.
The story
The history of the rise, rule and fall of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and the entire era it encompassed (1920-33). After nearly a century of activism, Prohibition was intended to improve the lives of all citizens by protecting individuals, families and society at large from the devastating effects of alcohol abuse; but paradoxically it made millions of people rethink their definition of morality.
- new york city
- chicago
- illinois
- prohibition era
- bootlegging
- alcohol abuse
- usa history
- usa politics
- 1920s
- 19th century
- 1930s
The bill
- Adam Arkin
- Philip Bosco
- Patricia Clarkson
- Kevin Conway
- Blythe Danner
- Paul Giamatti
- Tom Hanks
- Jeremy Irons
- Samuel L. Jackson
- John Lithgow
- Josh Lucas
- Directed
- Ken Burns, Lynn Novick
- Created
- Lynn Novick, Ken Burns
- Written
- Geoffrey C. Ward
Production
- Rating
- 7.9 / 10 · 50 ratings
- Network & studio
- PBS, WETA, Florentine Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
