Benjamin Franklin (miniseries)
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The Lives of Benjamin Franklin is a 1974 American television miniseries that chronicles the life of Benjamin Franklin.
Benjamin Franklin | |
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Also known as | The Lives of Benjamin Franklin |
Genre | Biography Drama History |
Written by | Howard Fast Loring Mandel |
Directed by | Glenn Jordan |
Starring | Willie Aames Eddie Albert Beau Bridges Melvyn Douglas Richard Widmark |
Theme music composer | Billy Goldenberg |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of episodes | 4 |
Production | |
Executive producer | Lewis Freedman |
Producers | Glenn Jordan George Lefferts |
Running time | 360 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
Release | November 21, 1974 (1974-11-21) |
The series was broadcast by CBS and won five Emmy Awards, including the award for Outstanding Limited Series.[1] Howard Fast won the Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for the first installment (The Ambassador). Glenn Jordan was also nominated for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series for The Ambassador episode, and Loring Mandel was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series for The Whirlwind episode.[2]
The four 90-minute episodes[3] debuted on November 21 and December 17, 1974, and January 9 and 28, 1975.[4][5][6][7][8]