The Kennedys (miniseries)

The Kennedys was an American-Canadian 2011 Emmy Award-winning miniseries.

About
The Kennedy's was about the political career and the personal life of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.. The show was about how Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. made John F. Kennedy win his election for President.

As the show continued, they show the difficulties of Kennedy's presidency, Joseph's stroke and rough relationship with Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, and the assassination of both John and Robert Kennedy. The show also featured John's relationship with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy.

Cast
Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy
Katie Holmes as Jacqueline Kennedy
Barry Pepper as Robert F. Kennedy
Tom Wilkinson as Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.
Diana Hardcastle as Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
Chris Diamantopoulos as Frank Sinatra
Charlotte Sullivan as Marilyn Monroe
Kristin Booth as Ethel Kennedy
Serge Houde as Sam Giancana
Enrico Colantoni as J. Edgar Hoover
Don Allison as Lyndon B. Johnson
Rothaford Gray as Abraham Bolden
Gabriel Hogan as Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.

Awards and nominations
 Year Association Category Result 2011 26th Gemini Awards Best Dramatic Mini-Series or TV Movie  Best Achievement in Make-Up  Best Costume Design  Best Direction in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series  Best Original Music Score for a Dramatic Program, Mini-Series or TV Movie  Best Photography in a Dramatic Program or Series  Best Production Design in a Fiction Program or Series  Best Sound in a Dramatic Program  Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series — Diana Hardcastle  Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series — Barry Pepper  63rd Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie  Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries or a Movie (non-prosthetic)  Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie  Outstanding Miniseries  Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie — Greg Kinnear  Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie — Barry Pepper  Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie — Tom Wilkinson  2012 Producers of the Year Awards Television Producer of the Year Award in Longform  18th Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries — Greg Kinnear  64th Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Mini-Series — Jon Cassar  History Makers Awards Best Historical Drama Production 

References

Other websites

  at History Television
  at History UK
  at ReelzChannel

Category:2010s American political drama television series
Category:2010s Canadian drama television series
Category:2011 American television series debuts
Category:2011 American television series endings
Category:American television controversies
Category:Emmy Award winning programs
Category:John F. Kennedy
Category:American political drama television series
Category:2011 Canadian television series debuts
Category:2011 Canadian television series endings
Category:American English-language television shows
Category:Television series set in Boston
Category:Television series set in Washington, D.C.