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John Adams
- Metascore78
- 2008-2008
- 1 season
- HBO
- Documentary, Drama
- TV-14
Paul Giamatti plays America’s least understood and most underestimated Founding Father in this Emmy-winning miniseries about the second President of the United States.
- Metascore78
- 2008-2008
- 1 season
- HBO
- Documentary, Drama
- TV-14
Paul Giamatti plays America’s least understood and most underestimated Founding Father in this Emmy-winning miniseries about the second President of the United States.
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