A century of history with The Roosevelts

Behold this saga of bygone titans, a trio on an epic scale who share the same name.

The latest magnum opus from Ken Burns, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History, premieres on PBS as a seven-night, 14-hour extravaganza airing Sunday through Saturday (Sept 14-20).

It is a story that takes a holistic view of greatness, interweaving Theodore Roosevelt, the United States' 26th president and a Republican; his fifth cousin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, a Democrat who was elected four times to the White House as the 32nd president; and TR's niece, Eleanor Roosevelt, who wed FDR, and, even beyond the unique partnership they forged with marriage, lived a life of activism and moral leadership that extended nearly two decades after his death.