A civil war with another war is removed from TV fiction. Some maintain that the United States has not yet overcome its civil war.

A chorus of augurs sees the possibility of a new war as certain. One of the most interesting series on the current lineup is Manhunt (Apple TV) It tells the story of the search and capture of John Wilkes Booth, the terrorist who killed Lincoln five days after the end of the war. It is based on a book by James L. Swanson and written and conceived by Monica Beletsky.