| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) | Episodes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gary Goetzman | Crew | Production | Executive Producer, Creator | 7 |
 Mark Herzog | Crew | Production | Executive Producer, Creator | 7 |
 Tom Hanks | Crew | Production | Executive Producer, Creator | 7 |
 Inbal B. Lessner | Crew | Editing | Editor | 2 |
 Ann Curry | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Arsenio Hall | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
Barbara Walters | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Beck | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Bill Clinton | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 2 |
 Bill Press | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Björk | Cast | Actress | Self | 1 |
Catherine Crier | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
 Charles Gibson | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
 Chris Connelly | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
 Christiane Amanpour | Cast | Actress | Self | 1 |
 Christina Aguilera | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Claire Shipman | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Cokie Roberts | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Connie Chung | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 2 |
 Dan Rather | Cast | Actor | Self | 2 |
 David Crane | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 David Duchovny | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 David Letterman | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 David Lynch | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Diane Sawyer | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Forrest Sawyer | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 George H. W. Bush | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Gwen Ifill | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Hillary Clinton | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 2 |
 Hugh Downs | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 James Burrows | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
 Jay Leno | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
Jeff Greenfield | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
 John Hart | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Johnny Carson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Katie Couric | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Kelsey Grammer | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
 Ken Levine | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Kurt Cobain | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Lance Bass | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
 Larry Charles | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
 Larry David | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Madonna | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Marta Kauffman | Cast | Actress | Self | 1 |
Marvin Kalb | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
 Matt Lauer | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Maxine Waters | Cast | Actress | Self | 1 |
 Maya Angelou | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Merrill Markoe | Cast | Actress | Self | 1 |
 Mike Judge | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Nelson George | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
 Patrick Leahy | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Paula Abdul | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Peter Mehlman | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
Ralph Farquhar | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
Renée Graham | Cast | Actress | Self | 1 |
Robert Morton | Cast | Self | 1 | |
Sam Donaldson | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 2 | |
 Sean Hayes | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
 Steven Bochco | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
Tim Russert | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
Todd Boyd | Cast | Self | 1 | |
 Tom Brokaw | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 2 |
Tom Hanks | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
Tracy Newman | Cast | Actress | Self | 1 |
 Trey Parker | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Vince Gilligan | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
 Warren Littlefield | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
 Wendie Malick | Cast | Actress | Self | 1 |
 Whoopi Goldberg | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Wolf Blitzer | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Woody Harrelson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Brian Williams | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
Bob Kerrey | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
 Bob Schieffer | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
David Bianculli | Cast | Self | 1 | |
Joe Klein | Cast | Self | 1 | |
 Keith Morrison | Cast | Actor | Self (archive sound) | 1 |
Ken Auletta | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
 Madeleine Albright | Cast | Actress | Self | 1 |
 Newt Gingrich | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
Todd Purdum | Cast | Self | 1 | |
 Jim Lehrer | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Lesley Stahl | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Ted Koppel | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Ken Starr | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
Brit Hume | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
 Peter Jennings | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 2 |
Leon Panetta | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
 Marcia Clark | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Deborah Liebling | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Rupert Murdoch | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
Jerry Falwell | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Bob Dole | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
Paul Evans Thomas | Cast | Self | 1 | |
 Lorena Bobbitt | Cast | Actress | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
Ratko Mladić | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
 Jeffrey Toobin | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
Tim Naftali | Cast | Self | 1 | |
Nancy Gibbs | Cast | Self | 1 | |
Jimmy Cummins | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
 F. Lee Bailey | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Bernard Shaw | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Erik Menendez | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
 Lyle Menendez | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
Sean Wilentz | Cast | Self | 1 | |
 William Rehnquist | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
Leah Wright Rigeur | Cast | Self | 1 | |
Mike McCurry | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
 Bill Richardson | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
George Mitchell | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
Bill Lagattuta | Cast | Actor | Self (archive sound) | 1 |
 Dee Dee Myers | Cast | Actor | Self | 1 |
Amanda Lotz | Cast | Self | 1 | |
James B. Stewart | Cast | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 1 |
Chris Bury | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
Bryant Grumbel | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 2 | |
Paula Jones | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
Gil Troy | Cast | Self | 1 | |
Jonathan Gray | Cast | Self | 1 | |
Bruce Fretts | Cast | Self | 1 | |
George Lewis | Cast | Self (archive sound) | 1 | |
Jackie Judd | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
Neil Genzlinger | Cast | Self | 1 | |
Lisa Myers | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
Rita Braver | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
Kevin Tibbles | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
Julian Zelizer | Cast | Self | 1 | |
Richard Roth | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
Jim Miklaszewski | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
Robert Moore | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
Jim Ramstad | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
Sharyl Attkisson | Cast | Self (archive footage) | 1 | |
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