Lately, Apple TV has been producing and releasing the best content. For All Mankind? Banger. Severance? Banger. Silo? Banger.

I was excited to see them producing two historical dramas coming this Spring: Manhunt, about the search for John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated Lincoln, and Franklin, a quasi-biopic about Benjamin Franklin’s journey to get France to fight with America against the British.

Here’s the trailer for Manhunt:

I can’t find a trailer for Franklin, but here is what Apple TV writes about on their site:

Based on Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff’s book, “A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America,” “Franklin” explores the thrilling story of the greatest gamble of Benjamin Franklin’s career. In December 1776, Franklin is world famous for his electrical experiments, but his passion and power are put to the test when — as the fate of American independence hangs in the balance — he embarks on a secret mission to France.

At age 70, without any diplomatic training, Franklin convinced an absolute monarchy to underwrite America’s experiment in democracy. By virtue of his fame, charisma and ingenuity, Franklin outmaneuvered British spies, French informers and hostile colleagues to engineer the Franco-American alliance of 1778 and the peace treaty with England in 1783.

The eight-year French mission stands as Franklin’s most vital service to his country, without which America could not have won the Revolution. Diplomats and historians still regard it as the greatest single tour of duty by an ambassador in our nation’s history.

People who are no fun at parties will probably say, “But they’re not historically accurate,” and other nonsense. While that may or may not be true, the stories will get people interested in learning what really happened, and when they do that, they’ll see the immense joy that can come from learning how we got to now.