Showtime Developing a Teddy Roosevelt Limited Series

Norman Weiss September 3, 2015, 9:03 pm

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Showtime developing a Teddy Roosevelt limited series

Dubbed The Life And Times Of Teddy Roosevelt, the Roosevelt series promises to offer a “brilliant take” on the influential and highly regarded 26th president, the youngest to ever hold the office. Last year, Roosevelt’s life was delved into with the seven-part Ken Burns documentary The Roosevelts.

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