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## LEFT COLUMN 9. The AMERICAN REVOLUTION Debut: 11/27/94 3-Part series: 1. THE CONFLICT IGNITES. 11/27/94 2. THE AMERICAN SPIRIT. 11/28/94 3. BIRTH OF THE REPUBLIC. 11/29/94 THOMAS PAINE. (1993) (Hans Petersen's One-man show.) 9A. THE CROSSING. 1/10/2000 (Delaware) Christmas Eve 1776. w/Jeff Daniels as Geo. Washington. The Patriot (2000) w/Mel Gibson LIBERTY'S KIDS: Cartoon Series: w/Walter Cronkite as Ben Franklin. Debut: Boston Tea Party. 9/2/02 2. The Intolerable Acts. 9/3/02 3. United We Stand. 9/4/02 9B. LIBERTY'S KIDS: Cartoon Series: EDITORS' CHOICE SERIES PREMIERE LIBERTY'S KIDS (CC) 9/2/2002 MON. 7 AM 11 Debut: Stars provide the voices for Revolutionary War notables in this animated series aimed at children 7 to 12. The rotating lineup includes Billy Crystal (John Adams), Michael Douglas (Patrick Henry), Whoopi Goldberg (Deborah Sampson), Dustin Hoffman (Benedict Arnold), Liam Neeson (John Paul Jones), Arnold Schwarzenegger (Baron Von Steuben) and Ben Stiller (Thomas Jefferson). But the one constant is Walter Cronkite as Ben Franklin, whose teen apprentices Sarah Phillips and James Hiller seem to be any- where anything's happening. In the opener it's Boston, where the Sons of Liberty are getting ready for a tea party. Sarah, James INTOLERABLE ACTS. UNITED WE STAND. LIBERTY OR DEATH. MIDNIGHT RIDE. w/S. Stallone. SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD. GREEN MTN. BOYS. w/Dustin Hoffman. 2nd CONTINENTAL CONGRESS BUNKER HILL. POSTMASTER GENERAL FRANKLYN. WASHINGTON TAKES COMMAND. "COMMON SENSE" THE FIRST 4th of JULY. w/Ben Stiller. NEW YORK, NEW YORK. (Summer of 1776) (2002) ## RIGHT COLUMN 9C. LIBERTY'S KIDS: 2. THE TURTLE. (Submarine) 9/20/2002 ONE LIFE TO LOSE. 9/23/2002 CAPTAIN MOLLY. 9/24/2002 AMERICAN CRISIS. 9/25/2002 ACROSS THE DELAWARE. 9/26/2002 AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. 9/27/2002 Annette Bening as Abigale Adams. SYBIL LUDINGTON. w/Kayla. 9/30/2002 LAFAYETTE ARRIVES. w/Ben Black. 10/1/02 THE HESSIANS ARE COMING. 10/2/2002 VALLEY FORGE. 10/3/2002 Arnold Schwarzenegger as Baron Von Steut ALLIES AT LAST (France) 10/4/2002 HOPE AND COMPROMISE. 11/4/2002 THE NEW FRONTIER. Shawnee. 11/5/2002 9D. LIBERTY'S KIDS: 3. NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT. 11/6/2002 Liam Neeson as John Paul Jones. THE GREAT GALVEZ. 11/7/2002 IN PRAISE OF BEN. 11/8/2002 BOSTONIANS. 11/11/2002 Billy Crystal & Annette Bening as John & Abigale Adams. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. Repeat of Debut. THE WAY IT WAS Walter Cronkite voicing a cartoon? Even the newsman himself was at first taken aback by the idea. "I was skeptical," says Cronkite, who plays Ben Franklin (below) in Liberty's Kids (PBS, premiered September 2, check TV GUIDE listings). The 40-episode animated series chronicles the American Revolution through the eyes of Sarah and James, two young apprentices to Franklin. Cronkite's skepticism "faded away almost instantly," he says. "This is beautifully writ- ten with great dramaturgy. I could hardly wait to get the scripts just to read them." As correspondents covering the war for Franklin's newspaper, Sarah and James get mixed up in events like the Battle of Yorktown and Paul Revere's ride. (In one of the pro- gram's many guest appearances, Sylves- ter Stallone voices the midnight rider.) The episodes also in- clude "Liberty News Net- work" segments, with Franklin wrapping up his summary of one episode's events by saying, "This is Ben Franklin, and that's the way it is on June 16, 1775." "I shrank back for a moment when they suggested that," Cronkite admits about the reference to his famous sign- off. But he trusted the show. "I'm very enthusiastic. This is teaching our kids what the country is about."