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Behind the Scenes | Making The American Buffalo

Ken Burns, Julie Dunfey and Dayton Duncan give us a behind-the-scenes look at the production of The American Buffalo. The film is biography of an animal, but also a window into a broader American history.
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Preview Length 06:31 Premiere: 10/16/23

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Into the Storm
S1 E2 Length 1:59:04 Premiere Date 10/16/23

Blood Memory
S1 E1 Length 1:56:55 Premiere Date 10/16/23

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Episode One: Blood Memory - S1 E1

Explore the dramatic story of how America's national mammal, which sustained the lives of Native people, was driven to the brink of extinction. Ken Burns recounts the tragic collision of two opposing views of the natural world.

  • Sunday November 15, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday November 15, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday November 17, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday November 17, 2026 1:00 am CT on KET2

Episode Two: Into the Storm - S1 E2

By the late 1880s, the buffalo that once numbered in the tens of millions teeters on the brink of extinction. But a diverse and unlikely collection of Americans start a movement that rescues the national mammal from disappearing forever.

  • Sunday November 22, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday November 22, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday November 24, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday November 24, 2026 1:00 am CT on KET2

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