American Experience 1988
- Status
- Returning Series
- First Aired
- October 4, 1988
- Last Aired
- January 6, 2026
- Format
- 37 seasons · 396 eps
- Total Runtime
- ~363 hours (55 min/ep)
- Essential Runtime
- ~362.1 hours (skips filler)
- Highest Rated Episode
- S17E11 "Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst" (★ 10/10)
- Network
- PBS
- Where to Stream
- YouTube TV, PBS, PBS Documentaries Amazon Channel
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What is American Experience?
American Experience is a television series that showcases documentaries on American history. The series brings to life compelling stories from the past that inform our understanding of the world today.
- Type
- TV series
- Year
- 1988
- Status
- Returning Series
- Episodes
- 396
- Runtime
- 55 minutes
- First aired
- Oct 4, 1988
- Last aired
- Jan 6, 2026
- Original language
- EN
- Origin
- US
- Networks
- PBS
- Genres
- Documentary
- Updated
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- Rating
- ★ TMDB users: 6.5/10 from 48 votes
- Format
- 37 seasons · 396 episodes
- Episode runtime
- ~55 minutes
- Status
- Returning Series
- Network
- PBS
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Overview
American Experience is a television series that showcases documentaries on American history. The series brings to life compelling stories from the past that inform our understanding of the world today. It is a PBS documentary series created by Peter McGhee, and it airs documentaries about significant historical events or figures in United States history. The series features a range of documentaries and has been referred to as TV's most-watched history series. American Experience has been presented in a variety of formats, including a podcast called American Experience Presents, which brings a fresh take on the iconic stories told on the series. The series has been hosted by various individuals, including David McCullough, and has featured a range of narrators and actors, including David Ogden Stiers, Michael Murphy, and Oliver Platt. American Experience is available to stream on the PBS website.
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“This long-running documentary series explores significant historical events and figures that shaped the United States.”
Reasons to watch
- in-depth historical analysis
- authoritative storytelling
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- heavy subject matter
- slow pacing
Watch it if you enjoy documentary programming focused on American history.
The series features educational content regarding historical events and figures.
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Cast
David Ogden Stiers
Narrator (voice)
David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
Michael Murphy
Narrator (voice)
Linda Hunt
Self - Narrator (voice)
Oliver Platt
Narrator (voice)
Liev Schreiber
Narrator (voice)
Joe Morton
Narrator (voice)
Julian Bond
Narrator (voice)
Jason Robards
Narrator (voice)
Blair Brown
Narrator (voice)
Frances Sternhagen
(voice)
Campbell Scott
Narrator (voice)
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Season 1 · 16 episodes
Open the complete Season 1 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Great San Francisco Earthquake Mytharc Oct 4, 1988
- E2 Radio Bikini Core Oct 11, 1988
- E3 Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo Mytharc Oct 18, 1988
- E4 Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild A Dream Core Oct 25, 1988
- E5 The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter Core Nov 1, 1988
- E6 Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys? Core Nov 8, 1988
- E7 Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close Core Nov 15, 1988
- E8 Geronimo and the Apache Resistance Core Nov 22, 1988
- E9 Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited Core Nov 29, 1988
- E10 That Rhythm, Those Blues Core Dec 6, 1988
- E11 The Radio Priest Core Dec 13, 1988
- E12 Hearts and Hands Core Dec 20, 1988
- E13 Views of a Vanishing Frontier Core Dec 27, 1988
- E14 Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings Core Jan 3, 1989
- E15 The World That Moses Built Mytharc Jan 10, 1989
- E16 Sins of Our Mothers Mytharc Jan 17, 1989
Season 2 · 16 episodes
Open the complete Season 2 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Great Air Race of 1924 Mytharc Oct 3, 1989
- E2 Demon Rum Core Oct 10, 1989
- E3 A Family Gathering Core Oct 17, 1989
- E4 The Great War: 1918 Core Oct 24, 1989
- E5 Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil Core Oct 31, 1989
- E6 Forever Baseball Core Nov 7, 1989
- E7 Mr. Sears' Catalogue Core Nov 14, 1989
- E8 Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven Core Nov 21, 1989
- E9 Adam Clayton Powell Core Nov 28, 1989
- E10 Journey to America Core Dec 5, 1989
- E11 Ballad of a Mountain Man Core Dec 12, 1989
- E12 Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice Core Dec 19, 1989
- E13 Orphans of the Storm Core Dec 26, 1989
- E14 Forbidden City, USA Core Jan 2, 1990
- E15 Battle for Wilderness Mytharc Jan 9, 1990
- E16 Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad Mytharc Jan 16, 1990
Season 3 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 3 guide & lore primer →- E1 Lindbergh Mytharc Aug 27, 1990
- E2 Nixon Core Oct 15, 1990
- E3 God Bless America and Poland, Too Core Oct 22, 1990
- E4 Insanity on Trial Core Oct 29, 1990
- E5 The Satellite Sky Core Nov 5, 1990
- E6 The Crash of 1929 Core Nov 19, 1990
- E7 The Iron Road Core Nov 26, 1990
- E8 French Dance Tonight Core Dec 10, 1990
- E9 After the Crash Core Jan 7, 1991
- E10 Los Mineros Core Jan 28, 1991
- E11 Coney Island Core Feb 4, 1991
- E12 Los Mineros Mytharc Jan 28, 1991
- E13 Coney Island Mytharc Feb 4, 1991
Season 4 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 4 guide & lore primer →- E1 LBJ (1) Mytharc Sep 30, 1991
- E2 LBJ (2) Core Sep 30, 1991
- E3 The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry Core Oct 7, 1991
- E4 Scandalous Mayor Core Oct 28, 1991
- E5 The Johnstown Flood Core Nov 4, 1991
- E6 Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance Core Nov 11, 1991
- E7 G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover Mytharc Feb 24, 1992
- E8 Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo Core Dec 9, 1991
- E9 The Quiz Show Scandal Core Jan 6, 1992
- E10 Love in the Cold War Core Jan 13, 1992
- E11 Wild by Law Core Feb 10, 1992
- E12 Barnum's Big Top Mytharc Oct 14, 1991
- E13 In the White Man's Image Mytharc Feb 17, 1992
Season 5 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 5 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Kennedys (1): The Father, 1900-61 Mytharc Sep 20, 1992
- E2 The Kennedys (2): The Sons, 1961-80 Core Sep 21, 1992
- E3 The Donner Party Core Oct 28, 1992
- E4 Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II Core Nov 4, 1992
- E5 George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King Core Nov 18, 1992
- E6 Last Stand at Little Big Horn Core Nov 25, 1992
- E7 If You Knew Sousa Core Jan 11, 1993
- E8 Simple Justice Core Jan 18, 1993
- E9 Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish Core Feb 8, 1993
- E10 Sit Down And Fight Core Feb 1, 1993
- E11 Rachel Carson's Silent Spring Core Feb 15, 1993
- E12 Goin' Back to T-Town Core Mar 1, 1993
- E20 Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian Mytharc Dec 2, 1992
Season 6 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 6 guide & lore primer →- E1 Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage Mytharc Oct 27, 1993
- E2 The Hunt for Pancho Villa Core Nov 8, 1993
- E3 Eisenhower Core Nov 10, 1993
- E4 The Hurricane of '38 Core Nov 17, 1993
- E5 Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian Core Jan 19, 1994
- E6 Malcolm X: Make It Plain Core Jan 26, 1994
- E7 America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference Mytharc Apr 6, 1994
- E8 D-Day Remembered Mytharc May 25, 1994
Season 7 · 12 episodes
Open the complete Season 7 guide & lore primer →- E1 FDR (1): The Center of the World (1882-1921) Mytharc Oct 12, 1994
- E2 FDR (2): Fear Itself (1922-1933) Core Oct 12, 1992
- E3 FDR (3): The Grandest Job in the World (1933-1940) Core Oct 13, 1994
- E4 FDR (4): The Juggler (1940-1945) Core Oct 13, 1994
- E5 Telegrams from the Dead Core Oct 19, 1994
- E6 Midnight Ramble Core Oct 26, 1994
- E7 Battle of the Bulge Core Nov 9, 1994
- E10 One Woman, One Vote Core Feb 15, 1995
- E11 The Way West (1): Westward, the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (1845-1864) Core May 8, 1995
- E12 The Way West (2): The Approach of Civilization (1865-1869) Core May 9, 1995
- E13 The Way West (3): The War for the Black Hills (1870-1876) Mytharc May 16, 1995
- E14 The Way West (4): Ghost Dance (1877-1893) Mytharc May 17, 1995
Season 8 · 9 episodes
Open the complete Season 8 guide & lore primer →- E1 Murder of the Century Mytharc Oct 16, 1995
- E2 Edison's Miracle of Light Core Oct 23, 1995
- E3 Chicago 1968 Core Nov 13, 1995
- E4 The Orphan Trains Core Nov 27, 1995
- E5 Freedom on My Mind Core Jan 15, 1996
- E6 Daley: The Last Boss Core Jan 22, 1996
- E7 The Battle Over Citizen Kane Core Jan 29, 1996
- E8 The Wright Stuff Mytharc Feb 12, 1996
- E9 Spy in the Sky Mytharc Feb 26, 1996
Season 9 · 22 episodes
Open the complete Season 9 guide & lore primer →- E1 T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (1): The Long Campaign Mytharc Oct 6, 1996
- E2 T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (2): The Bully Pulpit Core Oct 6, 1996
- E3 The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie Core Jan 20, 1997
- E4 Hawaii's Last Queen Core Jan 27, 1997
- E5 The Telephone Core Feb 3, 1997
- E6 Big Dream, Small Screen Core Feb 10, 1997
- E7 New York Underground Core Feb 17, 1997
- E8 Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern Core Apr 14, 1997
- E9 Around the World in 72 Days Core Apr 28, 1997
- E10 Gold Fever Core May 12, 1997
- E11 Vietnam: A Television History (Part 1 & 2) Mytharc May 26, 1997
- E12 Vietnam: A Television History (3): LBJ Goes to War Core Jun 2, 1997
- E13 Vietnam: A Television History (4): America Takes Charge Core Jun 9, 1997
- E14 Vietnam: A Television History (5): America's Enemy Core Jun 16, 1997
- E15 Vietnam: A Television History (6): Tet 1968 Core Jun 23, 1997
- E16 Vietnam: A Television History (7): Vietnamizing the War Core Jun 30, 1997
- E17 Vietnam: A Television History (8): Cambodia and Laos Core Jul 7, 1997
- E18 Vietnam: A Television History (9): Peace is at Hand Core Jul 14, 1997
- E19 Vietnam: A Television History (10): Homefront USA Core Jul 21, 1997
- E20 Vietnam: A Television History (11): The End of the Tunnel Core Jul 28, 1997
- E30 T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (3): The Good Fight Mytharc Oct 7, 1996
- E31 T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (4): Black Care Mytharc Oct 7, 1996
Season 10 · 9 episodes
Open the complete Season 10 guide & lore primer →- E1 Truman (1): An Accident of Democracy Mytharc Oct 5, 1997
- E2 Truman (2): The Moon, the Stars and All the Planets Core Oct 6, 1997
- E3 A Midwife's Tale Core Jan 19, 1998
- E4 Mr. Miami Beach Core Feb 2, 1998
- E5 Influenza 1918 Core Feb 9, 1998
- E6 Reagan (1): Lifeguard Core Feb 23, 1998
- E7 Reagan (2): An American Crusade Core Feb 24, 1998
- E8 Surviving the Dust Bowl Mytharc Mar 2, 1998
- E9 Riding the Rails Mytharc Apr 13, 1998
Season 11 · 10 episodes
Open the complete Season 11 guide & lore primer →- E1 America 1900 Mytharc Nov 18, 1998
- E2 Race for the Superbomb Core Jan 11, 1999
- E3 Hoover Dam Core Jan 18, 1999
- E4 Alone on the Ice Core Feb 8, 1999
- E5 Rescue at Sea Core Feb 15, 1999
- E6 Meltdown at Three Mile Island Core Feb 22, 1999
- E7 Lost in the Grand Canyon Core Apr 5, 1999
- E8 MacArthur (1): Destiny Core May 17, 1999
- E9 MacArthur (2): The Politics of War Mytharc May 18, 1999
- E10 Fly Girls Mytharc May 24, 1999
Season 12 · 15 episodes
Open the complete Season 12 guide & lore primer →- E1 New York (1): The Country and the City Mytharc Nov 14, 1999
- E2 New York (2): Order and Disorder Core Nov 15, 1999
- E3 New York (3): Sunshine and Shadow Core Nov 16, 1999
- E4 New York (4): The Power and the People Core Nov 17, 1999
- E5 New York (5): Cosmopolis Core Nov 18, 1999
- E6 Eleanor Roosevelt Core Jan 10, 2000
- E7 Houdini Core Jan 24, 2000
- E8 Nixon's China Game Core Jan 31, 2000
- E9 The Duel Core Feb 14, 2000
- E10 John Brown's Holy War Core Feb 28, 2000
- E11 George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (1) Core Apr 23, 2000
- E12 George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2) Core Apr 24, 2000
- E13 Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory Core May 1, 2000
- E14 Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life Mytharc May 8, 2000
- E15 The Wizard of Photography Mytharc May 23, 2000
Season 13 · 12 episodes
Open the complete Season 13 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Rockefellers (1) Mytharc Oct 17, 2000
- E2 The Rockefellers (2) Core Oct 24, 2000
- E3 Secrets of a Master Builder Core Oct 30, 2000
- E4 Return with Honor Core Nov 13, 2000
- E5 Streamliners: America's Last Trains Core Feb 5, 2001
- E6 Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind Core Feb 12, 2001
- E7 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part I Core Feb 19, 2001
- E8 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part II Core Feb 20, 2001
- E9 Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part III Core Feb 21, 2001
- E10 Scottsboro: An American Tragedy Core Apr 2, 2001
- E11 Fatal Flood Mytharc Apr 16, 2001
- E12 Stephen Foster Mytharc Apr 23, 2001
Season 14 · 14 episodes
Open the complete Season 14 guide & lore primer →- E1 New York (6): The City of Tomorrow Mytharc Sep 10, 2001
- E2 New York (7): The City and the World Core Sep 17, 2001
- E3 War Letters Core Nov 1, 2001
- E4 Woodrow Wilson (1): A Passionate Man Mytharc Jan 6, 2002
- E5 Woodrow Wilson (2): The Redemption of the World Mytharc Jan 13, 2002
- E6 Mount Rushmore Core Jan 20, 2002
- E7 Miss America Core Jan 27, 2002
- E8 Zoot Suit Riots Core Mar 1, 2002
- E9 Monkey Trial Core Feb 23, 2002
- E10 Public Enemy #1 Core Feb 17, 2002
- E11 Ansel Adams Core Apr 21, 2002
- E12 A Brilliant Madness Core Apr 28, 2002
- E13 Ulysses S. Grant (1): The Warrior Mytharc Apr 1, 2002
- E14 Ulysses S. Grant (2): The President Mytharc Apr 2, 2002
Season 15 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 15 guide & lore primer →- E1 Jimmy Carter (1): Jimmy Who? Mytharc Nov 11, 2002
- E2 Jimmy Carter (2): Hostage Core Nov 12, 2002
- E3 Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis Core Jan 13, 2003
- E4 Chicago: City of the Century (2): The Revolution Has Begun Core Jan 14, 2003
- E5 Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago Core Jan 15, 2003
- E6 The Murder of Emmett Till Core Jan 20, 2003
- E7 Transcontinental Railroad Mytharc Jan 27, 2003
- E8 Partners of the Heart Core Feb 10, 2003
- E9 The Pill Core Feb 24, 2003
- E10 Daughter from Danang Core Apr 7, 2003
- E11 Seabiscuit Core Apr 21, 2003
- E12 Bataan Rescue Mytharc Jul 7, 2003
- E13 Murder at Harvard Mytharc Jul 14, 2003
Season 16 · 9 episodes
Open the complete Season 16 guide & lore primer →- E1 New York (8): The Center of the World Mytharc Sep 8, 2003
- E2 Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (1): Revolution Core Jan 12, 2004
- E3 Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (2): Retreat Core Jan 13, 2004
- E4 Citizen King Core Jan 19, 2004
- E5 Remember the Alamo Core Feb 2, 2004
- E6 Tupperware! Filler Feb 9, 2004
- E7 Emma Goldman Core Apr 12, 2004
- E8 Patriots Day Mytharc Apr 19, 2004
- E9 Golden Gate Bridge Mytharc May 3, 2004
Season 17 · 11 episodes
Open the complete Season 17 guide & lore primer →- E1 RFK (Part 1 & 2) Mytharc Oct 4, 2004
- E2 The Fight Core Jan 24, 2005
- E3 Fidel Castro Core Jan 31, 2005
- E4 Building the Alaska Highway Core Feb 7, 2005
- E5 Kinsey Core Feb 14, 2005
- E6 Mary Pickford Core Apr 4, 2005
- E7 The Great Transatlantic Cable Core Apr 11, 2005
- E8 The Massie Affair Mytharc Apr 18, 2005
- E9 Victory in the Pacific Core May 2, 2005
- E10 The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Mytharc May 9, 2005
- E11 Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst Mytharc May 23, 2005
Season 18 · 13 episodes
Open the complete Season 18 guide & lore primer →- E1 Two Days in October Mytharc Oct 17, 2005
- E2 Race to the Moon Core Oct 31, 2005
- E3 Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (1): Sin City Core Nov 14, 2005
- E4 Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (2): American Mecca Core Nov 15, 2005
- E5 John and Abigail Adams Core Jan 23, 2006
- E6 The Nuremberg Trials Core Jan 30, 2006
- E7 Jesse James Core Feb 6, 2006
- E8 Hijacked Core Feb 25, 2006
- E9 Eugene O'Neill Core Mar 21, 2006
- E10 The Boy in the Bubble Core Apr 10, 2006
- E11 The Alaska Pipeline Core Apr 24, 2006
- E12 Annie Oakley Mytharc May 8, 2006
- E13 The Man Behind Hitler Mytharc May 22, 2006
Season 19 · 15 episodes
Open the complete Season 19 guide & lore primer →- E1 Eyes on the Prize (1 & 2): Awakenings 1954-1956 / Fighting Back 1957-1962 Mytharc Oct 2, 2006
- E2 Eyes on the Prize (3 & 4): Ain't Scared of Your Jails 1960-1961/No Easy Walk 1961-1963 Core Oct 9, 2006
- E3 Eyes on the Prize (5 & 6): Is This America? 1963-1964 / Bridge to Freedom 1965 Core Oct 16, 2006
- E4 Test Tube Babies Core Oct 23, 2006
- E5 The Great Fever Core Oct 30, 2006
- E6 The Gold Rush Core Nov 6, 2006
- E7 The Berlin Airlift Core Jan 29, 2007
- E8 The Living Weapon Core Feb 5, 2007
- E9 New Orleans (1 & 2) Core Feb 12, 2007
- E10 Sister Aimee Core Apr 2, 2007
- E11 Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple Core Apr 9, 2007
- E12 Summer of Love Core Apr 23, 2007
- E13 The Mormons (1): History Core Apr 30, 2007
- E14 The Mormons (2): Church and State Mytharc May 1, 2007
- E15 Alexander Hamilton Mytharc May 14, 2007
Season 20 · 14 episodes
Open the complete Season 20 guide & lore primer →- E1 Oswald's Ghost Mytharc Jan 14, 2008
- E2 The Lobotomist Core Jan 21, 2008
- E3 Eyes on the Prize (7 & 8): The Time Has Come/Two Societies Core Feb 3, 2008
- E4 Grand Central Core Feb 4, 2008
- E5 Eyes on the Prize (9 & 10): Power!/The Promised Land Mytharc Feb 10, 2008
- E6 Eyes on the Prize (11 & 12): Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More/A Nation of Law? Core Feb 17, 2008
- E7 Eyes on the Prize (13 & 14): The Keys to the Kingdom/Back to the Movement Core Feb 24, 2008
- E8 Kit Carson Core Feb 18, 2008
- E9 Buffalo Bill Core Feb 25, 2008
- E10 Minik: The Lost Eskimo Core Mar 31, 2009
- E11 Walt Whitman Core Apr 14, 2008
- E12 Roberto Clemente Core Apr 21, 2008
- E13 George H.W. Bush (1) Mytharc May 5, 2008
- E14 George H.W. Bush (2) Mytharc May 6, 2008
Season 21 · 9 episodes
Open the complete Season 21 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer Mytharc Jan 26, 2009
- E2 The Polio Crusade Core Feb 2, 2009
- E3 The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Mytharc Feb 9, 2009
- E4 A Class Apart Core Feb 23, 2009
- E5 We Shall Remain (1): After the Mayflower Core Apr 13, 2009
- E6 We Shall Remain (2): Tecumseh's Vision Core Apr 20, 2009
- E7 We Shall Remain (3): Trail of Tears Core Apr 27, 2009
- E8 We Shall Remain (4): Geronimo Mytharc May 4, 2009
- E9 We Shall Remain (5): Wounded Knee Mytharc May 11, 2009
Season 22 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 22 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Civilian Conservation Corps Mytharc Nov 2, 2009
- E2 Wyatt Earp Core Jan 25, 2010
- E3 The Bombing of Germany Core Feb 8, 2010
- E4 Dolley Madison Core Mar 1, 2010
- E5 Earth Days Core Apr 19, 2010
- E6 My Lai Core Apr 26, 2010
- E7 Roads to Memphis Mytharc May 3, 2010
- E8 Into the Deep: America, Whaling and the World Mytharc May 10, 2010
Season 23 · 12 episodes
Open the complete Season 23 guide & lore primer →- E1 God in America (Parts 1–2) Mytharc Oct 11, 2010
- E2 God in America (Parts 3-4) Core Oct 12, 2010
- E3 God in America (Parts 5-6) Core Oct 13, 2010
- E4 Robert E. Lee Core Jan 3, 2011
- E5 Dinosaur Wars Core Jan 17, 2011
- E6 Panama Canal Core Jan 24, 2011
- E7 The Greely Expedition Mytharc Jan 31, 2011
- E8 Triangle Fire Core Feb 28, 2011
- E9 The Great Famine Core Apr 11, 2011
- E10 Stonewall Uprising Core Apr 25, 2011
- E11 Soundtrack for a Revolution Mytharc May 9, 2011
- E12 Freedom Riders Mytharc May 16, 2011
Season 24 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 24 guide & lore primer →- E1 Billy the Kid Mytharc Jan 10, 2012
- E2 Custer's Last Stand Core Jan 17, 2012
- E3 Clinton: The Comeback Kid (1) Core Feb 20, 2012
- E4 Clinton: The Survivor (2) Core Feb 21, 2012
- E5 The Amish Core Feb 28, 2012
- E6 Grand Coulee Dam Core Apr 3, 2012
- E7 Jesse Owens Mytharc May 1, 2012
- E8 Death and the Civil War Mytharc Sep 18, 2012
Season 25 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 25 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Abolitionists: 1820s-1838 Mytharc Jan 8, 2013
- E2 The Abolitionists: 1838-1854 Core Jan 15, 2013
- E3 The Abolitionists: 1854-Emancipation and Victory Core Jan 22, 2013
- E4 Henry Ford Core Jan 29, 2013
- E5 Silicon Valley Core Feb 5, 2013
- E6 War of the Worlds Core Oct 29, 2013
- E7 JFK (Part 1) Mytharc Nov 11, 2013
- E8 JFK (Part 2) Mytharc Nov 12, 2013
Season 26 · 7 episodes
Open the complete Season 26 guide & lore primer →- E1 The Poisoner's Handbook Mytharc Jan 7, 2014
- E2 1964 Core Jan 14, 2014
- E3 The Amish: Shunned Core Feb 4, 2014
- E4 Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid Core Feb 11, 2014
- E5 The Rise and Fall of Penn Station Mytharc Feb 18, 2014
- E6 Freedom Summer Mytharc Jun 24, 2014
- E7 Cold War Roadshow Mytharc Nov 18, 2014
Season 27 · 11 episodes
Open the complete Season 27 guide & lore primer →- E1 Ripley: Believe It or Not Mytharc Jan 6, 2015
- E2 Klansville, USA Core Jan 13, 2015
- E3 Edison Core Jan 27, 2015
- E4 The Big Burn Core Feb 3, 2015
- E5 The Forgotten Plague Core Feb 10, 2015
- E6 Last Days In Vietnam Core Apr 28, 2015
- E7 Blackout Core Jul 14, 2015
- E8 Walt Disney (1) Core Sep 14, 2015
- E9 Walt Disney (2) Core Sep 15, 2015
- E10 American Comandante Mytharc Nov 17, 2015
- E11 The Pilgrims Mytharc Nov 24, 2015
Season 28 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 28 guide & lore primer →- E1 Bonnie & Clyde Mytharc Jan 19, 2016
- E2 The Mine Wars Core Jan 26, 2016
- E3 Murder of a President Core Feb 2, 2016
- E4 The Perfect Crime Mytharc Feb 9, 2016
- E5 Space Men Core Mar 1, 2016
- E6 The Boys of '36 Core Aug 2, 2016
- E7 Tesla Mytharc Oct 18, 2016
- E8 The Battle of Chosin Mytharc Nov 1, 2016
Season 29 · 8 episodes
Open the complete Season 29 guide & lore primer →- E1 Command and Control Mytharc Jan 10, 2017
- E2 Rachel Carson Core Jan 24, 2017
- E3 The Race Underground Core Jan 31, 2017
- E4 Oklahoma City Core Feb 7, 2017
- E5 Ruby Ridge Core Feb 14, 2017
- E6 The Great War: Part 1 Mytharc Apr 10, 2017
- E7 The Great War: Part 2 Mytharc Apr 11, 2017
- E8 The Great War: Part 3 Mytharc Apr 12, 2017
Season 30 · 9 episodes
Open the complete Season 30 guide & lore primer →- E1 Into the Amazon Mytharc Jan 9, 2018
- E2 The Secret of Tuxedo Park Core Jan 16, 2018
- E3 The Gilded Age Core Feb 6, 2018
- E4 The Bombing of Wall Street Core Feb 13, 2018
- E5 The Island Murder Core Apr 17, 2018
- E6 The Chinese Exclusion Act Core May 29, 2018
- E7 The Circus (1) Core Oct 8, 2018
- E8 The Circus (2) Mytharc Oct 9, 2018
- E9 The Eugenics Crusade Mytharc Oct 16, 2018
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Frequently asked questions
What is American Experience?
It is a PBS documentary series that showcases stories about significant historical events and figures in United States history.
Who created the series?
The series was created by Peter McGhee.
When did the series premiere?
The series began airing in 1988.
What is the focus of the episodes?
Each episode focuses on compelling stories from the past that help inform an understanding of the modern world.
Is there a companion podcast?
Yes, the series includes a podcast titled American Experience Presents.
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