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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 Petersens One-man show.) 9A. THE CROSSING. 1/10/2000 (Delaware) Christmas Eve 1776. w/Jeff Janiels 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 2. 9C. LIBERTY'S KIDS: 9/20/2002 THE TURTLE. (Submarine) 9/23/2002 ONE LIFE TO LOSE. 9/24/2002 CAPTAIN MOLLY. 9/25/2002 AMERICAN CRISIS. 9/26/2002 ACROSS THE DELAWARE. 9/27/2002 AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. Annette Bening as Abigale Adams. 9/30/2002 SYBIL LUDINGTON. w/Kayla. 10/1/02 LAFAYETTE ARRIVES. w/Ben Black. 10/2/2002 THE HESSIANS ARE COMING. 10/3/2002 VALLEY FORGE. Arnold Schwarzenegger as Baron Von Steut 10/4/2002 ALLIES AT LAST (France) 11/4/2002 HOPE AND COMPROMISE. 11/5/2002 THE NEW FRONTIER. Shawnee. 3. 9D. LIBERTY'S KIDS: 11/6/2002 NOT YET BEGUN TO FIGHT. 11/7/2002 Liam Neeson as John Paul Jones. 11/8/2002 THE GREAT GALVEZ. 11/11/2002 IN PRAISE OF BEN. BOSTONIANS. Billy Crystal & Annette Bening as John & Abigale Adams. THE BOSTON TEA PARTY. Repeat of Debut. Unsolved Mysteries. 1770 encounter. JAMES ARMISTEAD. THE WAY IT WAS Oprah Winfrey: Walter Cronkite voicing a cartoon? Even Cartoon on USA the newsman himself was at first taken HISTORY (Anti-gun) aback by the idea. "I was skeptical," says 3/10/03 Cronkite, who plays Ben Franklin (below) in BENEDICT ARNOLD. Liberty's Kids (PBS, premiered September 2, w/Dustin Hoffman. check TV GUIDE listings). The 40-episode CONFlict IN THE animated series chronicles the American SOUTH. 3/20/03 Revolution through the eyes of Sarah and D. SAMSON: SOLDIER James, two young apprentices to Franklin. OF THE REVOLUTION. Cronkite's skepticism "faded away almost w/Whoop1 goldberg. instantly," he says. "This is beautifully writ- THE MAN WHO WOULDN'T ten with great dramaturgy. I could hardly BE KING. 7/23/03 wait to get the scripts just to read them." GOING HOME. As correspondents covering the war 7/23/03 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."