--- description: Fans of Ken Burns will be able to frontload their fall TV watching with his next documentary, “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.” title: The Next Ken Burns Documentary Will Be Available Online Post-Airing image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4d0bb0286de19b2/69868e84e53aba42ec4d27c8/ken-burns-the-roosevelts.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # New Ken Burns Doc Will Cover the Roosevelts  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2014 7:19 PM CUT  This June 12, 1919 photo provided by PBS shows Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt with their children in Washington. PBS announced Thursday, May 8, 2014, its fall season will open with the seven-part Ken Burns' documentary, "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History." This June 12, 1919 photo provided by PBS shows Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt with their children in Washington. PBS announced Thursday, May 8, 2014, its fall season will open with the seven-part Ken Burns' documentary, "The Roosevelts: An Intimate History."Daniel J. White—AP  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 8, 2014 7:19 PM CUT Fans of Ken Burns can rejoice this [fall](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/ken-burns-roosevelts-open-pbs-season-23634328 "undefined") when the acclaimed documentarian returns to the Public Broadcasting Service with a 14-hour study on one of America’s dynasties. “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History” will cover the lives of [Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor](http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/films/the-roosevelts "undefined"), airing in seven two-hour sittings starting Sept. 14\. Each installment will become available online after it airs. “The viewer experience is changing and we’re trying to dish this up as an epic binge,” Beth Hoppe, PBS’s chief programming executive, said in the _Associated Press_. And lest you think that Ken Burns got all the talent (and the public television love) in the family, the broadcasters will air a piece by Ken’s brother, Ric, called “The Pilgrims,” scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend. \[[_AP_](http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory/ken-burns-roosevelts-open-pbs-season-23634328 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/92863/new-ken-burns-doc-will-cover-the-roosevelts/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/92863/new-ken-burns-doc-will-cover-the-roosevelts/"},"headline":"New Ken Burns Doc Will Cover the Roosevelts","datePublished":"2014-05-08T19:19:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:44:19.749Z","description":"PBS will air a 14-hour piece by the acclaimed documentarian about the famous family that produced two American presidents and one quotable first lady, to run in seven two-hour parts beginning Sept. 14","url":"https://time.com/92863/new-ken-burns-doc-will-cover-the-roosevelts/","keywords":["Television","pbs","celebrities"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4d0bb0286de19b2/69868e84e53aba42ec4d27c8/ken-burns-the-roosevelts.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte4d0bb0286de19b2/69868e84e53aba42ec4d27c8/ken-burns-the-roosevelts.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Franklin Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt","caption":"Franklin Roosevelt Eleanor Roosevelt","creditText":"Daniel J. White—AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/92863/new-ken-burns-doc-will-cover-the-roosevelts/","name":"New Ken Burns Doc Will Cover the Roosevelts"}}]}] ```