Kevin Costner's The West (2025)

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20251 Season43m episodes7.3

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Runtime: 43m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Certificate: TV-14
Origin: US

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This fresh look at the epic history of the American West delves into the desperate struggle for the land itself – and how it still shapes the America we know today.

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Director: Austin Peters
Status: Ended
First aired: May 26, 2025
Network: History
Studio: RadicalMedia, Territory Pictures

Time to finish

6 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

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Cast

Kevin Costner

Self - Host

Clay Jenkinson

Self - Author, The Character of Meriwether Lewis

Yohuru Williams

Self - Professor of History: University of St. Thomas

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian

H.W. Brands

Self - Author, Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West

Elliott West

Self - Author, Continental Reckoning

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20251 Season43m episodes7.3

Documentary

TMDB7.3

Votes9

Your rating

Runtime: 43m episodes
Genre: Documentary
Certificate: TV-14
Origin: US

About

This fresh look at the epic history of the American West delves into the desperate struggle for the land itself – and how it still shapes the America we know today.

Where to watch

Region

Stream

Disney Plus

Hulu

Philo

HISTORY Vault Apple TV channel

HISTORY Vault Amazon Channel

Free

With ads

Buy

Availability from JustWatch via TMDB.

Episodes

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E1 · Airs May 26, 2025 · 44m · ★ 5.3
Fallen Timbers
Following years of land encroachments by American settlers, Chief Little Turtle of the Miami leads the Indian Nations of the Northwest Confederacy to a major victory over the fledgling U.S. Army. But a new force under General "Mad" Anthony Wayne embarks on a counteroffensive, leading to a final battle that will see the Confederacy defeated - and open a new era of westward expansion.
E2 · Airs May 26, 2025 · 43m
Colter's Run
After building his reputation as a formidable hunter on Lewis and Clark's Expedition into the newly acquired Louisiana Territory, John Colter chooses to stay out in the wilderness and enter the booming fur trade. But when he repeatedly ignores warnings from the Blackfeet not to hunt their sacred beaver on their lands, he's taken captive and forced to make a run for his life.
E3 · Airs May 27, 2025 · 43m
Oregon Trails
Missionaries Marcus and Narcissa Whitman settle by the Columbia River to convert the Cayuse. Cultural clashes and a measles outbreak increase tensions, leading to a fateful confrontation.
E4 · Airs Jun 2, 2025 · 43m
Comancheria
The abduction of nine-year-old Cynthia Ann Parker kicks off a series of increasingly deadly confrontations between her Comanche captors and the newly independent Texas.
E5 · Airs Jun 9, 2025 · 43m
The Robin Hood of El Dorado
In Gold Rush California, Mexican immigrant Joaquin Murrieta forms a gang of outlaws that spreads terror across the newly formed state.
E6 · Airs Jun 16, 2025 · 41m
Bleeding Kansas
When Kansas becomes a battleground in the national debate over slavery, settlers on both sides of the issue pour into the territory to determine its future.
E7 · Airs Jun 23, 2025 · 42m
The Fetterman Fight
Civil War veteran Col. Henry Carrington takes command of Fort Phil Kearny in Northern Wyoming.
E8 · Airs Jun 30, 2025 · 41m
Johnson County Wars
A cabal of cattle barons smear small-time ranchers as common thieves and plot an invasion.

Details

Director: Austin Peters
Status: Ended
First aired: May 26, 2025
Network: History
Studio: RadicalMedia, Territory Pictures

Time to finish

6 hrs

8 episodes. About 1 week at an hour a night.

View on IMDb ↗

Cast

Kevin Costner

Self - Host

Clay Jenkinson

Self - Author, The Character of Meriwether Lewis

Yohuru Williams

Self - Professor of History: University of St. Thomas

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Presidential Historian

H.W. Brands

Self - Author, Dreams of El Dorado: A History of the American West

Elliott West

Self - Author, Continental Reckoning

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