Season guide
Frontline: Season 19
16 episodes
Premiered Oct 1, 2000 Updated Sep 25, 2026
Previously on Frontline
Season 19 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Frontline Season 18.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 19 Episodes
Episode Guide
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S19·E7
Core
The Clinton Years
Jan 16, 2001
A look at Bill Clinton's life from the Arkansas governor's mansion through a hard-fought presidential campaign and his eight years in the White House.
S19·E11
Core
The Merchants of Cool
Feb 27, 2001 · 58 min
FRONTLINE explores how America's giant media corporations skillfully court the teenage consumer.
S19·E13
Core
Medicating Kids
Apr 10, 2001 · 54 min
What explains the surge in behavior-modifying drugs for children? How safe – and necessary – are they?