And following the debut of "Abraham Lincoln" this weekend, the network plans to present a three-night documentary on Theodore Roosevelt on Memorial Day weekend. History Channel Executive Vice President and Head of Programming Eli Lehrer noted that two years ago, the network set out to make the History Channel "the premier destination for presidential documentary event series." As he explained, "These are projects that tell the definitive and often complex stories of our most influential leaders through the voices of the leading experts on the subject." The first project the network executed in this series was "Washington," which premiered two years ago with 2.6 million viewers, becoming the number one mini-series on cable in nearly three years. At the TV Critics Association Winter Press Tour, network executives and the documentary's executive producers discussed the unique partnership that the network has with Pulitzer Prize Winner Doris Kearns Goodwin, a preeminent presidential historian, to develop the network's event series on presidential documentaries. With Presidents Day coming up on Monday, the History Channel is ready to present their newest documentary, "Abraham Lincoln," a three-night series based on a biographical study of the 16th president.
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