Cast members of the TV series "M*A*S*H" appear on the set during taping in Los Angeles in 1982. (Wally Fong/AP) Editor’s note: April 30, 2025, marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the ...

This first episode focuses on American involvement in South-East Asia (Indochina) from US support for Ho Chi Minh during World War II. Proceeding through Ho Chi Minhs Declaration of Independence from ...

Back before streaming, on-demand, and remote controls with enough buttons to land a ship on the moon, TV was a slower, simpler distraction. We even nicknamed it the “idiot box,” because staring at it ...

The evening news brought the Vietnam War into American living rooms, but once the news was over, so was the war. Primetime shows brought nary a mention of it as networks looked to bring ...

Burns and Lynn Novick’s “The Vietnam War” was not as soft or sentimental as his reputation might have suggested. It was a rare PBS show with a TV-MA rating, and its tone, with a modern soundtrack from ...