The American Vice President
PBS Western Reserve (WNEO 45.1 / WEAO 49.1):
Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 8 PM
Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 2 AM
Explore the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to its current position of enormous political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken and then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, this film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.