If John F. Kennedy Sr. was our first television president, then John junior was one of the first public figures to live his entire life in the spotlight. The world watched as he grieved, grew up, and began to chart his own path—not always a smooth one. By the time he was an adult, paparazzi followed him everywhere, gossip columns dissected his dating life, and pundits debated when he would follow his family into politics. Our new docuseries revisits his life, as well as that of his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, and seeks to understand why, 26 years after their death, America’s obsession with them endures. —Rebecca Gitlitz and Jon Adler

Rebecca Gitlitz is the show-runner of American Prince: JFK Jr. Jon Adler is an executive producer of American Prince: JFK Jr. and the head of talent and content development at EverWonder Studio.