Season 26 Breakdown

Normal Episodes: 13
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 0

Frontline Season 26 (2007-2008)

Frontline Cheney's Law 26x01 Cheney's Law
The 26th-season opener examines how, in the aftermath of 9/11, Vice President Dick Cheney and others in the Bush administration have pushed to expand the power of the presidency. Included: ...
Oct. 16, 2007
Frontline Showdown With Iran 26x02 Showdown With Iran
The post-9/11 history of U.S.-Iran relations is chronicled. Included: Iran's initial help in Afghanistan; Iran's nuclear ambitions; Iran's threats to force the U.S. out of the Middle ...
Oct. 23, 2007
Frontline The Undertaking 26x03 The Undertaking
A look at funeral homes, featuring poet Thomas Lynch (“The Undertaking: Life Studies From the Dismal Trade”), proprietor of Lynch & Sons, a Central Michigan funeral home. Included: ...
Oct. 30, 2007
Frontline On Our Watch 26x04 On Our Watch
An examination of the genocide in Sudan's Darfur region, which has resulted in the deaths of some 200,000 people and forced some 2.5 million from their homes. Included: UNICEF goodwill ...
Nov. 20, 2007
Frontline The Medicated Child 26x05 The Medicated Child
The medication of children to treat behaviorial problems, and possible long-term consequences, are examined. Included: the increasing rate of bipolar diagnosis in children and use of ...
Jan. 08, 2008
Frontline Growing Up Online 26x06 Growing Up Online
A look at the ways that todays youth uses the internet, from MySpace profiles of themselves to YouTube uploads, are discussed by parents and their teenagers. Also includes the divide ...
Jan. 22, 2008
Frontline Rules of Engagement 26x07 Rules of Engagement
A look at what is known as "Iraq's My Lai," an incident on Nov. 19, 2005 in Haditha, Iraq, where 24 civilians were killed. Includes footage using an unmanned aerial drone to record ...
Feb. 19, 2008
Frontline Bush's War, Part 1 26x08 Bush's War, Part 1
New and archival footage is used as we look into the history of the war in Iraq. Starting in the year following 9/11, when the Bush administration first started talking about ending ...
Mar. 24, 2008
Frontline Bush's War, Part 2 26x09 Bush's War, Part 2
In the conclusion to this 2 part episode, we look closely at the history of the war in Iraq, including an unexpected quick defeat of Saddam Hussein's troops and the chaos and looting ...
Mar. 25, 2008
Frontline Bad Voodoo's War 26x10 Bad Voodoo's War
A look at the war in Iraq through the eyes of a unit of the California national Guardsmen known as the "Bad Voodoo Platoon," who have recorded their experiences via video cameras.
Apr. 01, 2008
Frontline Sick Around the World 26x11 Sick Around the World
An inside look at the health care systems from countries all over the world, including England, France, Germany, Japan and Switzerland to get ideas of how the US system could be ov ...
Apr. 15, 2008
Frontline Storm Over Everest 26x12 Storm Over Everest
The recollection of the May of 1996 storm on Mount Everest which trapped three expedition teams which included film maker David Breashears, and claimed the lives of five others.
May. 13, 2008
Frontline Young and Restless in China 26x13 Young and Restless in China
The chronicles of nine young people in China throughout a four year period. Among the stories is their attempt to keep up with a changing China's fast pace.
Jun. 17, 2008

Season 26 Characters

Himself played by John Weaver (IV)
Himself - Author played by Todd Purdum
Narrator voiced by Will Lyman
Herself played by Benazir Bhutto
Himself - Narrator voiced by Will Lyman
Herself - Author played by Mary Anne Weaver
Himself - Director played by Thomas Betro
Himself - President played by Frank O'Donnell (III)
Himself - Center for Strategic and International Studies played by Anthony H. Cordesman
Himself - The New York Times played by Michael Gordon (XIX)
Himself - Army Vice Chief of Staff played by Jack Keane (II)
Himself - The Washington Post played by Barton Gellman
Himself - Senator played by Bernie Sanders
Himself - The New Yorker played by Steve Coll
Himself - Deputy Secretary of State played by Richard Armitage (III)
Himself - Frontline played by Martin Smith (VII)
Himself - Correspondent played by Martin Smith (VII)
Herself - Rice Biographer played by Elisabeth Bumiller
Himself - State Department played by Joseph Wilson
Himself - State Department Spokesman played by Richard Boucher
Himself - Iraqi Opposition Leader played by Leïth Koubba
Himself - Iraqi National Congress played by Ahmad Chalabi
Himself - Former CIA Officer played by Vincent Cannistraro

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