History network announces new programs on WW II, 9/11

Already planning your TV schedule for 2009?  History (the cable network formerly known as The History Channel) has ordered a new 10-part series on World War II called “WW II HD,” which will include restored archival video footage and previously unpublished diaries and journals.  The series is set to air in 2009.

Also, for those not thinking that far ahead, “120 Minutes That Changed America,” a new special set to premiere without commercial interruption on Sept. 11, will combined amateur and professional footage to tell the story of the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, in real time.

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