AMERICAN HISTORY NIGHT WITH KEN BURNS
PBS, 8:00 p.m. ET
If your local public television member station isn’t devoting Thursday nights these days to the documentaries of Ken Burns, presenting them as a special and eminently worthwhile time-consuming TV treat, you can find the same material every Thursday on PBS streaming sites. Tonight, for example, you can choose among installments of The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (pictured), The War, and National Parks: America’s Best Idea. Check local listings.