This eight-part scripted miniseries offers an intimate look at the Kennedy family, chronicling the time Joseph Kennedy Sr. spent molding his sons into two of the most influential leaders in American history. The Kennedy sons would go on to play pivotal roles in major political events including the Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs, and the Civil Rights movement, and find themselves in the midst of a variety of scandals and tragedies throughout the tumultuous 1960s.