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Executive produced by Emmy® Award-winning producers Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman (HBO's John Adams and The Pacific), and Emmy® Award-winning producer Mark Herzog (History's Gettysburg), The Sixties explores the most transformative decade of the modern era in America.
Original Release
11/22/2013
US Release
11/22/2013
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Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| John Heilemann | Self - Editor, New York Magazine / Self / Self - Managing Editor Bloomberg / Self - Managing editor, Bloomberg News |
| Tim Naftali | Self - Historian / Self - Author / Self - Director, NYU Taminent Library (as Timothy Naftali) / Self - Historian (as Timothy Naftali) |
| Robert Dallek | Self - Author / Self - Author, Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President / Self |
| Dan Rather | Self - CBS News / Self - Anchor / Self |
| Morley Safer | Self - Journalist, 60 Minutes / Self - CBS News |
| Douglas Brinkley | Self / Self - Author, 'Silent Spring Revolution' |
| Richard Reeves | Self - Author / Self |
| Mark Kurlansky | Self - Historian / Self - Author / Self - Author, '1968' |
| Tom Hanks | Self - Actor / Producer / Self |
| Robert MacNeil | Journalist / Self - Author / Self - Journalist |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | When Television Came of Age | Thursday, 29 May 2014 |
| 2 | The World on the Brink | Thursday, 05 June 2014 |
| 3 | The Assassination of President Kennedy | Thursday, 12 June 2014 |
| 4 | The War in Vietnam | Thursday, 19 June 2014 |
| 5 | A Long March to Freedom | Thursday, 26 June 2014 |
| 6 | The British Invasion | Thursday, 10 July 2014 |
| 7 | The Space Race | Thursday, 24 July 2014 |
| 8 | 1968 | Thursday, 31 July 2014 |
| 9 | The Times They Are A-Changin' | Thursday, 07 August 2014 |
| 10 | Sex, Drugs and Rock N' Roll | Thursday, 14 August 2014 |
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| John Heilemann | Self - Editor, New York Magazine / Self / Self - Managing Editor Bloomberg / Self - Managing editor, Bloomberg News |
| Tim Naftali | Self - Historian / Self - Author / Self - Director, NYU Taminent Library (as Timothy Naftali) / Self - Historian (as Timothy Naftali) |
| Robert Dallek | Self - Author / Self - Author, Lyndon B. Johnson: Portrait of a President / Self |
| Dan Rather | Self - CBS News / Self - Anchor / Self |
| Morley Safer | Self - Journalist, 60 Minutes / Self - CBS News |
| Douglas Brinkley | Self / Self - Author, 'Silent Spring Revolution' |
| Richard Reeves | Self - Author / Self |
| Mark Kurlansky | Self - Historian / Self - Author / Self - Author, '1968' |
| Tom Hanks | Self - Actor / Producer / Self |
| Robert MacNeil | Journalist / Self - Author / Self - Journalist |
| Jeff Greenfield | Self - Journalist |
| Robert Schenkkan | Self - Playwright, 'All the Way' / Self |
| Sander Vanocur | Self - Journalist / Self - Journalist, NBC News / Self |
| Michelle Phillips | Self - The Mamas & The Papas |
| Lawrence Wright | Self - Author |
| Gloria Steinem | journalist / Self - Feminist activist / Self - Activist |
| Tom Hayden | Self - Co-Founder SDS / Self - Co-founder, Students for a Democratic Society |
| Questlove | Self - Musician & Record Producer / Self - Musician / Record producer (as Questlove) |
| Graham Nash | Self - Crosby, Stills and Nash / Self - The Hollies |
| Chris Connelly | Self - Journalist |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Kirk Saduski | Executive Producer |
| Gary Goetzman | Executive Producer |
| Mark Herzog | Executive Producer |
| Tom Hanks | Executive Producer |
| Christopher G. Cowen | Executive Producer |
| Matthew I. Goldberg | Executive Producer |
| Jane E. Russell | Executive Producer |
| Aileen Silverstone | Producer |
| Patrick Roscoe | Producer |
| Stephen J. Morrison | Producer |
| Mike Goetzman | Producer |
| Simon Brown | Producer |
| Alex Fleming | Producer |
| Jonathan Buss | Producer |
| Dan Partland | Producer |
| Jane E. Russell | Producer |
| Jenny Ewig | Producer |
| Ryan Schiavo | Producer |
| Andrew Chaikin | Producer |
Editors
Chris A. Peterson, Ryan Rothmaier, Yaffa Lerea, Aaron R. Druckenbrod, Morgan Hanner, Lance Larson, Christy Denes
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 2015 | Emmy | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series | Nominated |
| 2014 | Emmy | Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Special | Nominated |
| 2014 | Emmy | Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming | Nominated |
