{"id":7455,"date":"2017-03-22T09:44:56","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T13:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/history-developing-scripted-anthology-series-the-commanders\/"},"modified":"2017-03-22T09:44:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-22T13:44:56","slug":"history-developing-scripted-anthology-series-the-commanders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/history-developing-scripted-anthology-series-the-commanders\/","title":{"rendered":"HISTORY Developing Scripted Anthology Series The Commanders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: HISTORY has added to its development slate the scripted TV event <em>The Commanders<\/em>, an anthology series dramatizing pivotal moments in U.S. history that defined the men who served as president.<\/p>\n<p>Among those behind the project are Emmy Award winner R.J. Cutler (<em>Nashville<\/em>, <em>The War Room<\/em>), Academy Award nominee Stephen J. Rivele (<em>Ali<\/em>, <em>Nixon<\/em>), Matthew Sand (<em>Deepwater<\/em> <em>Horizon<\/em>), Cyrus Nowrasteh (<em>The Path to 911<\/em>), Michael Hirst (<em>Vikings<\/em>,<em> The Tudors<\/em>) and Leslie Greif (<em>Hatfields &amp; McCoys<\/em>). The Commanders would include limited series ranging from four to ten hours in length that initially would delve into the stories of Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson. HISTORY has projects in internal development tackling other presidents, including Washington, Lincoln and Eisenhower.<\/p>\n<p>HISTORY has optioned several New York Times best sellers as source material for the anthology scripted series, including <em>The Breach: Inside the Impeachment and Trial of William Jefferson Clinton<\/em>, by Peter Baker; Theodore Rex, by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris; <em>Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates<\/em>, by Brian Kilmeade, as well as <em>The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan<\/em>, by Rick Perlstein.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the contemporary history of Clinton\u2019s impeachment and its lasting impact on the nation\u2019s political landscape and Reagan\u2019s influence that defined the Republican Party for generations, to Jefferson\u2019s creation of the military might of the U.S. Marines\u2014these defining stories forged our nation,\u201d said Jana Bennett, the president and general manager of HISTORY. \u201c\u2018The Commanders\u2019 would bring history to life and speak to the crises we face in modern times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA+E Studios has already established a strong track record of premium dramas from prolific auspices and we\u2019re building on that tremendous momentum with contemporary history at its finest\u2014from HISTORY\u2019s hit series <em>SIX<\/em>\u00a0to the development of <em>The Breach: Inside the Impeachment of Bill Clinton<\/em>,\u201d said Paul Buccieri, the president of A+E Studios and A+E Networks Portfolio Group. \u201cShocking, revealing and consequential <em>The Breach: Inside the Impeachment of Bill Clinton<\/em>, along with <em>Rise of Reagan<\/em>, <em>Theodore Rex<\/em>, <em>War of 1812<\/em>, <em>Alliance<\/em>\u00a0and <em>Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates<\/em>, would be exceptional additions to our high-quality programming and development slate.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: HISTORY has added to its development slate the scripted TV event The Commanders, an anthology series dramatizing pivotal moments in U.S. history that defined the men who served as president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[239,1732],"class_list":["post-7455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-history","tag-the-commanders","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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