Legends & Lies
Longtime Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly serves as an executive producer of this adaptation of the "Legends & Lies" book series. The documentary series explores the stories behind events and the notable historical figures involved. Historical re-enactments and analysis from historians and other experts are used to bring viewers details about the topic discussed in each episode.
Seasons
1. Jesse James: Bloody Politics
Air Date: 2015-04-12
A profile of Jesse James.
2. Doc Holiday: Desperate Measures
Air Date: 2015-04-12
A profile of John Henry "Doc" Holliday includes the gunfight at the O.K. corral.
3. James "Wild Bill" Hickok: Plains Justice
Air Date: 2015-04-19
A profile of James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok features his reputation as a marksman and penchant for gambling.
4. Kit Carson: Duty Before Honor
Air Date: 2015-04-26
A profile of Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson (1809-68) explores his reputation as a mountain man, wilderness guide and Army officer.
5. Davy Crockett: Capitol Hillbilly
Air Date: 2015-05-03
A profile of Davy Crockett (1786-1836), a frontiersman, politician and folk hero, who died at the Battle of the Alamo.
6. Black Bart: Gentleman Bandit
Air Date: 2015-05-10
A profile of Black Bart, a notorious stagecoach robber in the Old West.
7. Billy the Kid: Escape Artist
Air Date: 2015-05-17
A profile of Billy the Kid, a New York City native who became an outlaw in the Old West in the 1870s.
8. George Custer: A General's Reckoning
Air Date: 2015-05-31
A profile of George Armstrong Custer, a Civil War commander in the Union Army, who later died at the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876.
9. Bass Reeves: The Real Lone Ranger
Air Date: 2015-06-07
A profile of Bass Reeves (1838-1910), a former slave who became a deputy U.S. marshal and is thought to be the inspiration for the Lone Ranger.
10. Butch Cassidy: The Last Man Standing
Air Date: 2015-06-14
A profile of Robert Leroy Parker and Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, a pair of notorious Old West outlaws, who were immortalized in the Oscar-nominated 1969 film, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969).
1. Sam Adams & Paul Revere: The Rebellion Begins
Air Date: 2016-06-05
When the oppressive hand of British rule begins to trample on colonial liberty, a secret group of rebels put their lives on the line to stand up to the crown. The “Sons of Liberty” get their start as smugglers who refuse to pay repressive taxes, but they soon evolve into an underground political force - fighting for American independence. Masterminds Paul Revere and Sam Adams lead the insurgent movement as their treasonous plans - punishable by death – secretly spread throughout the colonies. The simmering tensions erupt into chaos when a British customs agent murders an 11 year-old boy, triggering three days of riots and the infamous Boston Massacre. The American Revolution has begun.
2. John Adams: Ready For War
Air Date: 2016-06-19
Lawyer John Adams represents the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre in 1770; colonists protest the Tea Act of 1773; the American Revolution begins in April 1775 at the Battles of Lexington and Concord.
3. Benjamin Franklin - Inventing America
Air Date: 2016-06-26
A profile of Benjamin Franklin includes his frequent trips to Europe; influence in the Second Continental Congress; and role in the American Revolution.
4. General George Washington: Commanding Revolution
Air Date: 2016-07-03
George Washington's exploits as commander of the Continental Army, including his first victory in Boston and subsequent defeat in New York, are examined.
5. Thomas Jefferson - Independence Declared
Air Date: 2016-07-10
Thomas Jefferson becomes the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, which is used as a rallying cry by George Washington for his troops, during a desperate 1776 campaign to keep New York from falling into British hands.
6. Benedict Arnold: American Traitor
Air Date: 2016-07-17
Benedict Arnold goes from a respected Continental Army general to America's most notorious traitor thanks to his plot to surrender West Point to the British and switch sides.
7. Francis Marion - American Guerrilla Fighter
Air Date: 2016-07-24
A profile of Francis Marion, a South Carolina militia officer, known for his guerrilla tactics that frustrated and tormented the occupying British army.
8. President George Washington: Forged In Conflict
Air Date: 2016-07-31
America is a sovereign nation after the Revolution but is beset by squabbling factions and financial debt. George Washington comes out of retirement and is elected president, and works to guarantee the rights for which he and his comrades fought so hard.
9. Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr: Deadly Division
Air Date: 2016-08-07
The season finale chronicles the dawn of the 19th century under two-term President Thomas Jefferson and the duel between his vice president, Aaron Burr, and one of his chief rivals, Alexander Hamilton, in 1804.
10. Forgotten Heroes
Air Date: 2016-12-11
Black slaves join the Continental Army in the fight for independence.
11. America's First Christmas
Air Date: 2016-12-18
George Washington leads his men across the icy Delaware River into a bloody, barefoot march to Trenton and the brutal Hessian fighters who await them.
12. How Freedom Was Won
Air Date: 2017-01-01
The truths behind the events and people that comprise the legends of the American Revolution.
1. John Brown: This Guilty Land
Air Date: 2018-03-25
Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.
2. Abraham Lincoln: The War Begins
Air Date: 2018-04-01
Abraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.
3. Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides
Air Date: 2018-04-08
Robert E. Lee, who once turned down command of Northern forces, becomes the top Confederate general; Ulysses S. Grant scores Union victories in the West.
4. Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day
Air Date: 2018-04-15
Former slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.
5. Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire
Air Date: 2018-04-22
A Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.
6. Gettysburg: The High Water Mark
Air Date: 2018-04-29
The North turns back the South's invasion; a heroic bayonet charge led by Maine's Joshua Chamberlain; the doomed Confederate charge led by Gen. George Pickett.
7. Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by War
Air Date: 2018-05-06
Once drummed out of the army for drinking, Ulysses S. Grant earns his place as the North's best general; the Union's first black regiment marches into battle;
8. Jefferson Davis: The Black Flag
Air Date: 2018-05-13
A U.S. senator, war hero, and presidential aspirant who has much in common with Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis answers the call to lead the Confederate States of America;
9. Abraham Lincoln: The Campaign
Air Date: 2018-05-20
George McClellan poses a tough challenge to Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clash on the battlefield;
10. William Tecumseh Sherman: Total War
Air Date: 2018-05-27
Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta and marches to the sea; Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia.
11. John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of Lincoln
Air Date: 2018-06-03
John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, potentially reversing the South's Civil War loss with a single bullet;
12. The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother
Air Date: 2018-06-10
The defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;
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Rating
4.0/10
Release Date
2015-04-12
Episodes
34 (3 seasons)
Status
Returning Series