We don't always watch TV with the hope of learning something, but there are plenty of shows that are as engaging to watch as they are educational. Period pieces dramatizing historical events and ...

Associate Professor of Film and Television studies Charlotte Howell joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the history of television. How did television work before digital ...

Alternate history TV shows are a unique blend of imagination and humanity's past. They invite you to explore what might have been. At the core of alternate history is a simple question: what if a key ...

A retelling of James Garfield's assassination and other recent TV programs about history show an interest in saying 'who we were, who we are and who we're going to be,' explains presidential historian ...

History doesn’t have to be boring, as these incredible historical drama TV series demonstrate. From Viking raids to World War II, from the Anglo-Saxon era to the rise of Queen Elizabeth II, these ...