If you want confirmation of Thomas Carlyle’s great-man theory of history, look no further than the new HBO miniseries “John Adams.” The first two installments of the seven-part drama premiere Sunday ...

With 23 nominations, HBO's "John Adams" is the 300-pound gorilla of this year's Emmy Awards, but it isn't the first time that a series about our nation's Founding Family has burned up the home screen.

KEENE, N.H. Adams Chronicles -- Some of my readers might recall with pleasure a miniseries shown on TV during the bicentennial year of 1976, "The Adams Chronicles." It was a superb production, and it ...

HISTORICAL DRAMA: "The Adams Chronicles" Acorn Media. Four discs. $59.99. Not rated. Imagine a one-man show with the veteran actor William Daniels morphing into John Adams, John Quincy Adams, even ...