FDR: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

FDR is executive produced by world-renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning, bestselling author Doris Kearns Goodwin, Academy Award-nominated producer Bradley Cooper, under his production company Lea Pictures, and Academy Award-winning creative production company RadicalMedia, in association with GroupM Motion Entertainment.

The new three-night documentary event will provide an epic portrait of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, unpacking how his own fight with polio prepared him for the challenges of leading the United States through the Great Depression and World War II. Based upon Goodwin's New York Times bestseller, Leadership: In Turbulent Times, viewers will experience a most harrowing, yet heroic time in history when through grit, commitment and shared sacrifice FDR was the right man at the right time to lead the U.S. and the allied nations, projecting confidence in himself and America.

Series details

• Title: FDR
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: War, History
• Premiere date: 2023-05-29
• Final broadcast date listed: 2023-05-31
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: History
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 125 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 68334
• IMDb ID: tt27052975

Cast and credited roles

• Christian McKay — Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Alice Bounsall — Eleanor Roosevelt
• Rufus Jones — Theodore Roosevelt

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2023-05-29; final listed air date 2023-05-31; episode order: 3.

Source and licence

Adapted from FDR on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.