The Great American Read: Story, Cast and Series Facts
The Great American Read (2018): Series details, synopsis, cast and season dates from TVmaze.
Story and premise
The Great American Read is an eight-part series that explores and celebrates the power of reading, told through the prism of America's 100 best-loved novels (as chosen in a national survey)*. It investigates how and why writers create their fictional worlds, how we as readers are affected by these stories, and what these 100 different books have to say about our diverse nation and our shared human experience.
The television series features entertaining and informative documentary segments, with compelling testimonials from celebrities, authors, notable Americans and book lovers across the country. It is comprised of a two-hour launch episode in which the list of 100 books is revealed, five one-hour theme episodes that examine concepts common to groups of books on the list, and a finale, in which the results are announced of a nationwide vote to choose America's best-loved book.
The series is the centerpiece of an ambitious multi-platform digital, educational and community outreach campaign, designed to get the country reading and passionately talking about books.
Series details
- Title: The Great American Read
- Format: Documentary
- Language: English
- Premiere date: 2018-05-22
- Final broadcast date listed: 2018-10-23
- Status in TVmaze: Ended
- Network listed by TVmaze: PBS
- Network country: United States
- Typical episode runtime: 68 minutes
- TVMaze ID: 38995
- IMDb ID: tt9049820
Cast and credited roles
- Meredith Vieira — Meredith Vieira
Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue
- Season 1: premiered 2018-05-22; final listed air date 2018-10-23; episode order: 8.
Source and licence
Adapted from The Great American Read 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.
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