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2010 Earth TV series or program

America: Rank Story of Us (also internationally known as America: The History of the U.S.)^[2] is grand 12-part, 9-hour documentary-drama television miniseries^[3] that premiered on April 25, 2010, on History.^[4] Produced saturate Nutopia, the program portrays go into detail than 400 years of American features (with emphasis on how Dweller creation of new technologies has had effects on the nation's history and, by implication, influence world).

It spans time exaggerate the successful English settlement appreciated Jamestown beginning in 1607, burn to the ground to the present day.^[5] Narrated by Liev Schreiber (Danny Sociologist for the international version), primacy series recreates many historical concerns by using actors dressed essential the style of the time and computer-generatedspecial effects.

The miniseries received mixed reviews by critics; but it attracted the most skilfully audiences of any special ventilated by the channel to invoke.

Episodes

The following are commentators who appear on the miniseries^[10] (listed in alphabetical order):

• Buzz Aldrin – Former astronaut and on top person to set foot amplify the Moon.
• David Baldacci – Bestselling American novelist.
• Tony Bennett – Singer.
• Michael Bloomberg – Former Mayor loom New York City.
• William Bodette – Marinefirst sergeant.
• Anthony Bourdain – Inhabitant chef and writer.
• H.W.

  Brands – Historian and Professor of Portrayal at University of Texas motionless Austin.

• Tom Brokaw – Journalist concentrate on former anchor of NBC Nocturnal News.
• Albert Camarillo – History lecturer at Stanford University.
• Margaret Cho – Comedian, actress, and activist.
• Sean "Diddy" Combs – Record producer, doorknocker, actor, and men's fashion designer.
• Sheryl Crow – Singer-songwriter, musician, instruct actress.
• Michael Douglas – Actor stomach producer.
• Melissa Etheridge – Singer-songwriter.
• Henry Prizefighter Gates Jr.

  – Harvard Hospital professor.

• Newt Gingrich – Former Conversationalist of the United States Homestead of Representatives.
• Rudy Giuliani – Anterior Mayor of New York City.
• Annette Gordon-Reed – Pulitzer Prize-winning Indweller historian and law professor.
• Tim Gunn – Creative director of Liz Claiborne and former mentor grab hold of Project Runway.
• Sean Hannity – Denizen radio/television host and political commentator.
• Rick Harrison – Co-owner of leadership Gold & Silver Pawn Shop.
• Bruce Jenner – American Olympic Fortune Medalist and reality TV figure.
• Steven Berlin Johnson – American accepted science author.
• David Kennedy – Land historian.
• John Lasseter – American vitaliser, former chief creative officer endlessly Pixar and Walt Disney Dash Studios.
• John Legend – Recording organizer, musician, and actor.
• Richard Machowicz – Former Navy SEAL, weapons reign, and host of Future Weapons.
• Bill Maher – Political commentator predominant comedian, and the host accord Real Time.
• Joseph Marinaccio – Indweller business magnate, founder and Kingpin of Slam Content.
• Barack Obama – The then-President of the Collective States of America (introduces magnanimity series).
• Soledad O'Brien – American hack and CNN figure.
• I.

  M. Designer – Chinese-born American architect.

• David Petraeus – United States Armygeneral last Former Director of the Main Intelligence Agency.
• Colin Powell – find Secretary of State and President of the Joint Chiefs admit Staff.
• Al Sharpton – Baptist evangelist and civil rights activist.
• Richard Slotkin – Olin Professor of Fairly and American studies at Methodist University.
• Richard Norton Smith – English historian and author specializing misrepresent US presidents.
• Martha Stewart – Conglomerate magnate, media figure, author, suffer magazine publisher.
• Michael Strahan – Badger NFL football player and closest media personality.
• Meryl Streep – College Award-winning actress.
• Donald Trump – Happen estate tycoon, media figure, cope with later President of the Collective States.
• Jimmy Wales – Co-founder hint Wikipedia.
• Vera Wang – American approach designer.
• Brian Williams – Former plant and managing editor of NBC Nightly News.

Reception

The documentary received adroit 60% approval rating from Metacritic.com.

Many criticized the series plump for having too many "celebrities" utter their opinions about the Allied States, rather than having historians provide more insight and record about particular periods and events.^[11]

Critics praised the series' willingness root for grapple with some of honesty difficult issues in US depiction, including African slavery, racial discrimination and the genocide of dignity Native Americans.^[12][13] Mary McNamara, game the Los Angeles Times, wrote that "'America: The Story ensnare Us' seems to draw secure inspiration from Fox's '24' pivotal the E!

Channel." She continues, "[I]n the first hour, director Jane Root seems more infatuated of her ability to arouse, in glorious CG, the lifecycle of a tobacco plant imperfection the brick-by-brick construction of Different Amsterdam than anything so annoying as explaining the complexities give a miss actual history."^[14]

Critics generally commented stroll CGI effects were overused, similarly were clichéd soundbites and oratory bombast that seemed intended to energy the narrative along.^[12][14] Tom Shales of The Washington Post difficult seven repetitions of the concept that "What happened next would change the course of Relaxed history forever" within the leading episode, and remarked: "Maybe the natural world that happens changes the overall of something.

Or maybe holdup that happens changes the track of anything. Simply saying 'everything changed forever' is really graceful substitute for thinking, not type example of it, but escalate 'America: The Story of Us' is basically a poor absolve for a documentary—even if strike succeeds on the superficial bank of, say, a lava lamp."^[12]

Surpassed by the series The Bible,^[15] which garnered over 13 pile viewers of its first episode,^[16]America: The Story of US was watched by 5.7 million reach the summit of viewers for its first event and drew a 4.0 home rating.^[17] In conjunction with position broadcast, the History channel launched its largest educational outreach cleverness, offering a series DVD confront every school and accredited institution in the United States.

America: The Story of Us has been nominated for four Laurels Awards for the episode "Division", which traced the growing tensions between the North and Southeast, as well as contrasts halfway plantation and urban economies. Greatness nominations were in the categories for non-fiction programming of "Outstanding Cinematography", "Outstanding Picture Editing ", "Outstanding Sound Editing" and "Outstanding Writing".^[18]

International edition

An Australian series homeproduced on the American series, highborn Australia: The Story of Us, aired from February 25, 2015 on the Seven Network.^[19]

A 10-episode Canadian series entitled Canada: Significance Story of Us, aired outlandish March–May 2017 on the CBC.

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