With the previous episode finishing up Adams's presidency, it was pretty clear that the only thing left here was to watch a lot of dying. And boy do we. First, there's Nabby getting breast cancer ...

The trouble with historical epics, and perhaps especially "biopics" is the tendency to infect the production with an overbearing sense of importance. The music, the photography, the performances ...

If John Adams (HBO, Sundays at 8 p.m. ET) doesn’t clean up at the Emmys, then I don’t know what could. This has nothing to do with the seven-part miniseries being marked by any overwhelming ...

Editor’s Note: Because this story, published in Sunday’s Arts section, had several passages of type in the wrong sequence, the story is being reprinted here. The network that made its n… ...

The first two episodes of HBO’s seven-part “John Adams” miniseries got off to a solid start Sunday night, averaging 2.7 million total viewers. That was higher than an episode of the “Rome ...

Distilling David McCullough’s 700-page “John Adams” biography into a seven-part, $100-million miniseries featuring multiple Oscar nominees is just the sort of audacious enterprise HBO needs ...

Somewhat off-topic: I've heard from a number of linguists that the accent used in Britain and the Colonies during the time of the Revolution (-- View image ...

You’d have to be a heartless Commie bastard not to enjoy HBO’s seven-part miniseries John Adams. Paul Giamatti, with his expressive potato face and perennial look of frowning aggrievement ...

In an emotionally charged trial John Adams defends the British sentries involved in the Boston Massacre who contend they were provoked into firing on the assembled crowd. John's success brings him ...

Larry Mantle talks with actor/producer, two-time Academy Award-winner Tom Hanks about "John Adams," the seven-part HBO miniseries, which debuts Sunday evening, March 16.

Paul Giamatti will play John Adams in a seven-episode miniseries about the American Revolution that Playtone is producing for HBO Films. Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman are exec producing the project ...