A new six-part Max docuseries allows the audience to meet the man who changed media forever. “ Call Me Ted ,” a new series about the life, career and legacy of Ted Turner is available to stream exclusively on Max.

Call Me Ted” explores the media mogul’s life in six episodes, ranging from Turner’s childhood, the founding of his cable businesses and CNN and his later work as a philanthropist. On Tuesday night, a crowd gathered at the Atlanta History Center for a special preview.

The history of sports media cannot be told without Ted Turner, the maverick founder of TBS, and CNN, and the shortest-tenured manager in the history of Major Le