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Is Eleanor and Franklin coming back?

Eleanor and Franklin (1976–1976) — drama · history on ABC

The answer: Concluded January 12, 1976.
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Genre
Drama · History
Network / streamer
ABC
Premiered
January 11, 1976
Ended
January 12, 1976
Runtime
~120 min per episode
1season
2episodes

About Eleanor and Franklin

The series follows the lives of President Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor told in flashback from her perspective after her husband's death, from the time they were children as cousins who met briefly, their courtship and marriage, bearing and raising a large family, her social efforts as he rises to Assistant Secretary of the Navy in World War I, the hidden affair with Lucy Mercer, (1891-1948), her help and encouragement with his 1921 paralytic illness, and her campaigning with Louis Howe, (1871-1936), their mentor, crony and campaign manager during his runs for political offices in the New York state legislature, the unsuccessful effort for Vice President in 1920, later winning as Governor of New York and his rivalry with fellow politician Al Smith, (1873-1944), until his election to the Presidency in 1932 in the darkest times faced by the nation since the Civil War with the deepening "Great Depression".

Eleanor and Franklin episode schedule

2 aired

Aired · 2

DateEp.Title
January 12, 1976 S1·E2 Episode 2
January 11, 1976 S1·E1 Episode 1

Eleanor and Franklin cast