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American Experience

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First AiredOct 4, 1988

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Latest EpisodeSep 30, 2025

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Seasons38

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Episodes399

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NetworkPBS

American Experience Episode Ratings

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All American Experience Episodes

Complete episode list with air dates and details

Season 1

EP1

The Great San Francisco Earthquake

Oct 4, 198855m★ 6.5

EP2

Radio Bikini

Oct 11, 198855m

EP3

Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo

Oct 18, 198855m

EP4

Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild A Dream

Oct 25, 198855m

EP5

The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

Nov 1, 198855m

EP6

Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?

Nov 8, 198855m★ 7.0

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Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close

Nov 15, 198855m

EP8

Geronimo and the Apache Resistance

Nov 22, 198855m

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Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited

Nov 29, 198855m

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That Rhythm, Those Blues

Dec 6, 198855m

EP11

The Radio Priest

Dec 13, 198855m

EP12

Hearts and Hands

Dec 20, 198855m

EP13

Views of a Vanishing Frontier

Dec 27, 198855m

EP14

Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings

Jan 3, 198955m

EP15

The World That Moses Built

Jan 10, 198955m

EP16

Sins of Our Mothers

Jan 17, 198955m

Season 2

EP1

The Great Air Race of 1924

Oct 3, 198955m

EP2

Demon Rum

Oct 10, 198955m

EP3

A Family Gathering

Oct 17, 198955m

EP4

The Great War: 1918

Oct 24, 198955m

EP5

Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil

Oct 31, 198955m

EP6

Forever Baseball

Nov 7, 198955m

EP7

Mr. Sears' Catalogue

Nov 14, 198955m

EP8

Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven

Nov 21, 198955m

EP9

Adam Clayton Powell

Nov 28, 198955m

EP10

Journey to America

Dec 5, 198955m

EP11

Ballad of a Mountain Man

Dec 12, 198955m

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Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice

Dec 19, 198955m

EP13

Orphans of the Storm

Dec 26, 198955m

EP14

Forbidden City, USA

Jan 2, 199055m

EP15

Battle for Wilderness

Jan 9, 199055m

EP16

Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad

Jan 16, 199055m

Season 3

EP1

Lindbergh

Aug 27, 199055m

EP2

Nixon (1): The Quest

Oct 15, 199055m

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Nixon (2): Triumph

Oct 15, 199055m

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Nixon (3): The Fall

Oct 15, 199055m

EP5

God Bless America and Poland, Too

Oct 22, 199055m

EP6

Insanity on Trial

Oct 29, 199055m

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The Satellite Sky

Nov 5, 199055m

EP8

The Crash of 1929

Nov 19, 199055m

EP9

The Iron Road

Nov 26, 199055m

EP10

French Dance Tonight

Dec 10, 199055m

EP11

After the Crash

Jan 7, 199155m

EP12

Los Mineros

Jan 28, 199155m

EP13

Coney Island

Feb 4, 199155m

Season 4

EP1

LBJ (1)

Sep 30, 199155m

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LBJ (2)

Sep 30, 199155m

EP3

The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry

Oct 7, 199155m

EP4

Scandalous Mayor

Oct 28, 199155m

EP5

The Johnstown Flood

Nov 4, 199155m

EP6

Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance

Nov 11, 199155m

EP7

G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover

Feb 24, 199255m

EP8

Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo

Dec 9, 199155m

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The Quiz Show Scandal

Jan 6, 199255m

EP10

Love in the Cold War

Jan 13, 199255m

EP11

Wild by Law

Feb 10, 199255m

EP12

Barnum's Big Top

Oct 14, 199155m

EP13

In the White Man's Image

Feb 17, 199255m

Season 5

EP1

The Kennedys (1): The Father, 1900-61

Sep 20, 199255m

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The Kennedys (2): The Sons, 1961-80

Sep 21, 199255m

EP3

The Donner Party

Oct 28, 199255m

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Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II

Nov 4, 199255m

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George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King

Nov 18, 199255m

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Last Stand at Little Big Horn

Nov 25, 199255m

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If You Knew Sousa

Jan 11, 199355m

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Simple Justice

Jan 18, 199355m

EP9

Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish

Feb 8, 199355m

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Sit Down And Fight

Feb 1, 199355m

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Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

Feb 15, 199355m

EP12

Goin' Back to T-Town

Mar 1, 199355m

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Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian

Dec 2, 199255m

Season 6

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Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage

Oct 27, 199355m

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The Hunt for Pancho Villa

Nov 8, 199355m

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Ike (1): Soldier

Nov 10, 199355m

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Ike (2): Statesman

Nov 10, 199355m

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Malcolm X: Make It Plain

Jan 26, 199455m

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America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference

Apr 6, 199485m

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D-Day Remembered

May 25, 199455m

EP8

The Hurricane of '38

Nov 17, 199355m

Season 7

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FDR (1): The Center of the World (1882-1921)

Oct 12, 199455m

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FDR (2): Fear Itself (1922-1933)

Oct 12, 199255m

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FDR (3): The Grandest Job in the World (1933-1940)

Oct 13, 199455m

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FDR (4): The Juggler (1940-1945)

Oct 13, 199455m

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Telegrams from the Dead

Oct 19, 199455m

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Midnight Ramble

Oct 26, 199455m

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Battle of the Bulge

Nov 9, 199455m

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One Woman, One Vote (1)

Jan 23, 199555m

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One Woman, One Vote (2)

Jan 30, 199555m

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The Way West (1): Westward, the Course of Empire Takes Its Way (1845-1864)

May 8, 199555m

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The Way West (2): The Approach of Civilization (1865-1869)

May 9, 199555m

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The Way West (3): The War for the Black Hills (1870-1876)

May 16, 199555m

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The Way West (4): Ghost Dance (1877-1893)

May 17, 199555m

Season 8

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Murder of the Century

Oct 16, 199555m

EP2

Edison's Miracle of Light

Oct 23, 199555m

EP3

Chicago 1968

Nov 13, 199555m

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The Orphan Trains

Nov 27, 199555m

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Freedom on My Mind

Jan 15, 199655m

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Daley: The Last Boss

Jan 22, 199655m

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The Battle Over Citizen Kane

Jan 29, 199655m

EP8

The Wright Stuff

Feb 12, 199655m

EP9

Spy in the Sky

Feb 26, 199655m

Season 9

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T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (1): The Long Campaign

Oct 6, 199655m

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T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (2): The Bully Pulpit

Oct 6, 199655m

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The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie

Jan 20, 199755m

EP4

Hawaii's Last Queen

Jan 27, 199755m

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The Telephone

Feb 3, 199755m

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Big Dream, Small Screen

Feb 10, 199755m

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New York Underground

Feb 17, 199755m

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Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern

Apr 14, 199755m

EP9

Around the World in 72 Days

Apr 28, 199755m

EP10

Gold Fever

May 12, 199755m

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Vietnam: A Television History (Part 1 & 2)

May 26, 199755m

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Vietnam: A Television History (3): LBJ Goes to War

Jun 2, 199755m

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Vietnam: A Television History (4): America Takes Charge

Jun 9, 199755m

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Vietnam: A Television History (5): America's Enemy

Jun 16, 199755m

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Vietnam: A Television History (6): Tet 1968

Jun 23, 199755m

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Vietnam: A Television History (7): Vietnamizing the War

Jun 30, 199755m

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Vietnam: A Television History (8): Cambodia and Laos

Jul 7, 199755m

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Vietnam: A Television History (9): Peace is at Hand

Jul 14, 199755m

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Vietnam: A Television History (10): Homefront USA

Jul 21, 199755m

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Vietnam: A Television History (11): The End of the Tunnel

Jul 28, 199755m

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T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (3): The Good Fight

Oct 7, 199655m

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T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (4): Black Care

Oct 7, 199655m

Season 10

EP1

Truman (1): An Accident of Democracy

Oct 5, 199755m

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Truman (2): The Moon, the Stars and All the Planets

Oct 6, 199755m

EP3

A Midwife's Tale

Jan 19, 199855m

EP4

Mr. Miami Beach

Feb 2, 199855m

EP5

Influenza 1918

Feb 9, 199855m

EP6

Reagan (1): Lifeguard

Feb 23, 1998115m

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Reagan (2): An American Crusade

Feb 24, 199855m

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Surviving the Dust Bowl

Mar 2, 199855m

EP9

Riding the Rails

Apr 13, 199855m

Season 11

EP1

America 1900

Nov 18, 199855m

EP2

Race for the Superbomb

Jan 11, 199955m

EP3

Hoover Dam

Jan 18, 199955m

EP4

Alone on the Ice

Feb 8, 199955m

EP5

Rescue at Sea

Feb 15, 199955m

EP6

Meltdown at Three Mile Island

Feb 22, 199955m

EP7

Lost in the Grand Canyon

Apr 5, 199955m

EP8

MacArthur (1): Destiny

May 17, 199955m

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MacArthur (2): The Politics of War

May 18, 199955m

EP10

Fly Girls

May 24, 199955m

Season 12

EP1

New York (1): The Country and the City

Nov 14, 199955m

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New York (2): Order and Disorder

Nov 15, 199955m

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New York (3): Sunshine and Shadow

Nov 16, 199955m

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New York (4): The Power and the People

Nov 17, 199955m

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New York (5): Cosmopolis

Nov 18, 199955m

EP6

Eleanor Roosevelt

Jan 10, 200055m

EP7

Houdini

Jan 24, 200055m

EP8

Nixon's China Game

Jan 31, 200055m

EP9

The Duel

Feb 14, 200055m★ 7.0

EP10

John Brown's Holy War

Feb 28, 200055m

EP11

George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (1)

Apr 23, 200055m

EP12

George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2)

Apr 24, 200055m

EP13

Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory

May 1, 200055m

EP14

Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life

May 8, 200055m

EP15

The Wizard of Photography

May 23, 200055m

Season 13

EP1

The Rockefellers (1)

Oct 17, 200055m

EP2

The Rockefellers (2)

Oct 24, 200055m

EP3

Secrets of a Master Builder

Oct 30, 200055m

EP4

Return with Honor

Nov 13, 200055m

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Streamliners: America's Last Trains

Feb 5, 200155m

EP6

Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind

Feb 12, 200155m

EP7

Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part I

Feb 19, 200155m

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Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part II

Feb 20, 200155m

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Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part III

Feb 21, 200155m

EP10

Scottsboro: An American Tragedy

Apr 2, 200155m

EP11

Fatal Flood

Apr 16, 200155m

EP12

Stephen Foster

Apr 23, 200155m

Season 14

EP1

New York (6): The City of Tomorrow

Sep 10, 200155m

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New York (7): The City and the World

Sep 17, 200155m

EP3

War Letters

Nov 1, 200155m

EP4

Woodrow Wilson (1): A Passionate Man

Jan 6, 200255m

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Woodrow Wilson (2): The Redemption of the World

Jan 13, 200255m

EP6

Mount Rushmore

Jan 20, 200255m

EP7

Miss America

Jan 27, 200255m

EP8

Zoot Suit Riots

Mar 1, 200255m

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Monkey Trial

Feb 23, 200255m

EP10

Public Enemy #1

Feb 17, 200255m

EP11

Ansel Adams

Apr 21, 200255m

EP12

A Brilliant Madness

Apr 28, 200255m

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Ulysses S. Grant (1): The Warrior

Apr 1, 200255m

EP14

Ulysses S. Grant (2): The President

Apr 2, 200255m

Season 15

EP1

Jimmy Carter (1): Jimmy Who?

Nov 11, 200255m

EP2

Jimmy Carter (2): Hostage

Nov 12, 200255m

EP3

Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis

Jan 13, 200355m

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Chicago: City of the Century (2): The Revolution Has Begun

Jan 14, 200355m

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Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago

Jan 15, 200355m

EP6

The Murder of Emmett Till

Jan 20, 200355m

EP7

Transcontinental Railroad

Jan 27, 200355m

EP8

Partners of the Heart

Feb 10, 200355m

EP9

The Pill

Feb 24, 200355m

EP10

Daughter from Danang

Apr 7, 200355m

EP11

Seabiscuit

Apr 21, 200355m

EP12

Bataan Rescue

Jul 7, 200355m

EP13

Murder at Harvard

Jul 14, 200355m

Season 16

EP1

New York (8): The Center of the World

Sep 8, 200355m

EP2

Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (1): Revolution

Jan 12, 200455m

EP3

Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (2): Retreat

Jan 13, 200455m

EP4

Citizen King

Jan 19, 200455m

EP5

Remember the Alamo

Feb 2, 200455m

EP6

Tupperware!

Feb 9, 200455m

EP7

Emma Goldman

Apr 12, 200455m

EP8

Patriots Day

Apr 19, 200455m

EP9

Golden Gate Bridge

May 3, 200455m

Season 17

EP1

RFK (Part 1 & 2)

Oct 4, 200455m★ 10.0

EP2

The Fight

Jan 24, 200555m

EP3

Fidel Castro

Jan 31, 200555m

EP4

Building the Alaska Highway

Feb 7, 200555m

EP5

Kinsey

Feb 14, 200555m★ 8.0

EP6

Mary Pickford

Apr 4, 200555m

EP7

The Great Transatlantic Cable

Apr 11, 200555m

EP8

The Massie Affair

Apr 18, 200555m

EP9

Victory in the Pacific

May 2, 200555m

EP10

The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?

May 9, 200555m

EP11

Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst

May 23, 200555m

Season 18

EP1

Two Days in October

Oct 17, 200555m

EP2

Race to the Moon

Oct 31, 200555m

EP3

Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (1): Sin City

Nov 14, 200555m

EP4

Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (2): American Mecca

Nov 15, 200555m

EP5

John and Abigail Adams

Jan 23, 200655m

EP6

The Nuremberg Trials

Jan 30, 200655m

EP7

Jesse James

Feb 6, 200655m

EP8

Hijacked

Feb 25, 200655m

EP9

Eugene O'Neill

Mar 21, 200655m

EP10

The Boy in the Bubble

Apr 10, 200655m

EP11

The Alaska Pipeline

Apr 24, 200655m

EP12

Annie Oakley

May 8, 200655m

EP13

The Man Behind Hitler

May 22, 200655m

Season 19

EP1

Eyes on the Prize (1 & 2): Awakenings 1954-1956 / Fighting Back 1957-1962

Oct 2, 200655m

EP2

Eyes on the Prize (3 & 4): Ain't Scared of Your Jails 1960-1961/No Easy Walk 1961-1963

Oct 9, 200655m

EP3

Eyes on the Prize (5 & 6): Is This America? 1963-1964 / Bridge to Freedom 1965

Oct 16, 200655m

EP4

Test Tube Babies

Oct 23, 200655m

EP5

The Great Fever

Oct 30, 200655m

EP6

The Gold Rush

Nov 6, 200655m

EP7

The Berlin Airlift

Jan 29, 200755m

EP8

The Living Weapon

Feb 5, 200755m

EP9

New Orleans (1 & 2)

Feb 12, 200755m

EP10

Sister Aimee

Apr 2, 200755m

EP11

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Apr 9, 200755m

EP12

Summer of Love

Apr 23, 200755m

EP13

The Mormons (1): History

Apr 30, 200755m

EP14

The Mormons (2): Church and State

May 1, 200755m

EP15

Alexander Hamilton

May 14, 200755m

Season 20

EP1

Oswald's Ghost

Jan 14, 200855m

EP2

The Lobotomist

Jan 21, 200855m★ 9.0

EP3

Eyes on the Prize (7 & 8): The Time Has Come/Two Societies

Feb 3, 200855m

EP4

Grand Central

Feb 4, 200855m

EP5

Eyes on the Prize (9 & 10): Power!/The Promised Land

Feb 10, 200855m

EP6

Eyes on the Prize (11 & 12): Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More/A Nation of Law?

Feb 17, 200855m

EP7

Eyes on the Prize (13 & 14): The Keys to the Kingdom/Back to the Movement

Feb 24, 200855m

EP8

Kit Carson

Feb 18, 200855m

EP9

Buffalo Bill

Feb 25, 200855m

EP10

Minik: The Lost Eskimo

Mar 31, 200955m

EP11

Walt Whitman

Apr 14, 200855m★ 10.0

EP12

Roberto Clemente

Apr 21, 200855m

EP13

George H.W. Bush (1)

May 5, 200855m

EP14

George H.W. Bush (2)

May 6, 200855m

Season 21

EP1

The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer

Jan 26, 200955m

EP2

The Polio Crusade

Feb 2, 200955m

EP3

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

Feb 9, 200955m

EP4

A Class Apart

Feb 23, 200955m

EP5

We Shall Remain (1): After the Mayflower

Apr 13, 200955m

EP6

We Shall Remain (2): Tecumseh's Vision

Apr 20, 200955m

EP7

We Shall Remain (3): Trail of Tears

Apr 27, 200955m

EP8

We Shall Remain (4): Geronimo

May 4, 200955m

EP9

We Shall Remain (5): Wounded Knee

May 11, 200955m

Season 22

EP1

The Civilian Conservation Corps

Nov 2, 200955m

EP2

Wyatt Earp

Jan 25, 201055m

EP3

The Bombing of Germany

Feb 8, 201055m

EP4

Dolley Madison

Mar 1, 201055m

EP5

Earth Days

Apr 19, 201055m

EP6

My Lai

Apr 26, 201055m

EP7

Roads to Memphis

May 3, 201055m

EP8

Into the Deep: America, Whaling and the World

May 10, 201055m

Season 23

EP1

God in America (Parts 1–2)

Oct 11, 201055m

EP2

God in America (Parts 3-4)

Oct 12, 201055m

EP3

God in America (Parts 5-6)

Oct 13, 201055m★ 10.0

EP4

Robert E. Lee

Jan 3, 201155m★ 10.0

EP5

Dinosaur Wars

Jan 17, 201155m

EP6

Panama Canal

Jan 24, 201155m

EP7

The Greely Expedition

Jan 31, 201155m

EP8

Triangle Fire

Feb 28, 201155m

EP9

The Great Famine

Apr 11, 201155m

EP10

Stonewall Uprising

Apr 25, 201155m

EP11

Soundtrack for a Revolution

May 9, 201155m

EP12

Freedom Riders

May 16, 201155m★ 8.0

Season 24

EP1

Billy the Kid

Jan 10, 201255m

EP2

Custer's Last Stand

Jan 17, 201255m★ 8.0

EP3

Clinton: The Comeback Kid (1)

Feb 20, 201255m

EP4

Clinton: The Survivor (2)

Feb 21, 201255m★ 8.0

EP5

The Amish

Feb 28, 201255m

EP6

Grand Coulee Dam

Apr 3, 201255m

EP7

Jesse Owens

May 1, 201255m

EP8

Death and the Civil War

Sep 18, 201255m

Season 25

EP1

The Abolitionists: 1820s-1838

Jan 8, 201355m★ 7.0

EP2

The Abolitionists: 1838-1854

Jan 15, 201355m

EP3

The Abolitionists: 1854-Emancipation and Victory

Jan 22, 201355m

EP4

Henry Ford

Jan 29, 201355m

EP5

Silicon Valley

Feb 5, 201355m★ 7.0

EP6

War of the Worlds

Oct 29, 201355m★ 7.6

EP7

JFK (Part 1)

Nov 11, 201355m

EP8

JFK (Part 2)

Nov 12, 201355m

Season 26

EP1

The Poisoner's Handbook

Jan 7, 201455m★ 5.5

EP2

1964

Jan 14, 201455m

EP3

The Amish: Shunned

Feb 4, 201455m★ 7.0

EP4

Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

Feb 11, 201455m

EP5

The Rise and Fall of Penn Station

Feb 18, 201455m

EP6

Freedom Summer

Jun 24, 201455m

EP7

Cold War Roadshow

Nov 18, 201455m

Season 27

EP1

Ripley: Believe It or Not

Jan 6, 201555m

EP2

Klansville, USA

Jan 13, 201555m

EP3

Edison

Jan 27, 201555m

EP4

The Big Burn

Feb 3, 201555m

EP5

The Forgotten Plague

Feb 10, 201555m

EP6

Last Days In Vietnam

Apr 28, 201555m

EP7

Blackout

Jul 14, 201555m

EP8

Walt Disney (1)

Sep 14, 201555m

EP9

Walt Disney (2)

Sep 15, 201555m

EP10

American Comandante

Nov 17, 201555m

EP11

The Pilgrims

Nov 24, 201555m

Season 28

EP1

Bonnie & Clyde

Jan 19, 201655m★ 8.0

EP2

The Mine Wars

Jan 26, 201655m★ 5.0

EP3

Murder of a President

Feb 2, 201655m★ 7.2

EP4

The Perfect Crime

Feb 9, 201655m

EP5

Space Men

Mar 1, 201655m

EP6

The Boys of '36

Aug 2, 201655m

EP7

Tesla

Oct 18, 201655m

EP8

The Battle of Chosin

Nov 1, 201655m

Season 29

EP1

Command and Control

Jan 10, 201755m★ 8.7

EP2

Rachel Carson

Jan 24, 201755m★ 9.3

EP3

The Race Underground

Jan 31, 201755m★ 10.0

EP4

Oklahoma City

Feb 7, 201755m

EP5

Ruby Ridge

Feb 14, 201755m★ 10.0

EP6

The Great War: Part 1

Apr 10, 201755m★ 9.0

EP7

The Great War: Part 2

Apr 11, 201755m

EP8

The Great War: Part 3

Apr 12, 201755m

Season 30

EP1

Into the Amazon

Jan 9, 2018114m

EP2

The Secret of Tuxedo Park

Jan 16, 201855m

EP3

The Gilded Age

Feb 6, 2018113m

EP4

The Bombing of Wall Street

Feb 13, 201855m

EP5

The Island Murder

Apr 17, 201855m

EP6

The Chinese Exclusion Act

May 29, 201855m

EP7

The Circus (1)

Oct 8, 201855m

EP8

The Circus (2)

Oct 9, 201855m

EP9

The Eugenics Crusade

Oct 16, 201855m

Season 31

EP1

The Swamp

Jan 15, 201955m

EP2

Sealab

Feb 12, 201955m

EP3

Chasing the Moon - A Place Beyond the Sky

Jul 8, 201955m★ 10.0

EP4

Chasing the Moon - Earthrise

Jul 9, 201955m★ 10.0

EP5

Chasing the Moon - Magnificent Desolation

Jul 10, 201955m★ 10.0

EP6

Woodstock

Aug 6, 201955m★ 8.0

EP7

The Feud

Sep 10, 201955m

Season 32

EP1

McCarthy

Jan 6, 202055m★ 10.0

EP2

The Poison Squad

Jan 28, 202055m

EP3

The Man Who Tried to Feed The World

Apr 21, 202055m★ 10.0

EP4

George W. Bush (Part 1)

May 4, 202055m★ 10.0

EP5

George W. Bush (Part 2)

May 5, 202055m★ 10.0

EP6

Mr. Tornado

May 19, 202055m★ 6.0

EP7

The Vote (Part 1)

Jul 6, 202055m★ 8.0

EP8

The Vote (Part 2)

Jul 7, 202055m★ 8.0

Season 33

EP1

The Codebreaker

Jan 11, 202155m★ 8.0

EP2

Voice of Freedom

Feb 15, 202155m

EP3

The Blinding of Isaac Woodard

Mar 30, 202155m

EP4

American Oz

Apr 19, 202155m

EP5

Billy Graham

May 17, 202155m

EP6

Sandra Day O'Connor: The First

Sep 13, 202155m

EP7

Citizen Hearst (1)

Sep 27, 202155m

EP8

Citizen Hearst (2)

Sep 28, 202155m

Season 34

EP1

Riveted: The History of Jeans

Feb 7, 202255m

EP2

The American Diplomat

Feb 15, 202255m

EP3

Flood in the Desert

May 3, 202255m

EP4

Plague at the Golden Gate

May 24, 2022113m

EP5

Taken Hostage (1)

Nov 14, 2022112m

EP6

Taken Hostage (2)

Nov 15, 2022112m

Season 35

EP1

The Lie Detector

Jan 3, 202353m

EP2

Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space

Jan 17, 2023112m

EP3

Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History

Feb 20, 202352m

EP4

The Movement and the "Madman"

Mar 28, 202382m

EP5

The Sun Queen

Apr 4, 202352m

EP6

Casa Susanna

Jun 27, 202397m

EP7

The Busing Battleground

Sep 11, 2023113m

EP8

The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools

Sep 12, 2023107m

EP9

The War on Disco

Oct 30, 202351m

Season 36

EP1

Nazi Town, USA

Jan 23, 202453m★ 8.0

EP2

Fly With Me

Feb 20, 2024113m★ 10.0

EP3

The Cancer Detectives

Mar 26, 202453m★ 10.0

EP4

Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal

Apr 22, 2024

EP5

The Riot Report

May 21, 2024113m

EP6

The American Vice President

Oct 1, 202453m

EP7

American Coup: Wilmington 1898

Nov 12, 2024112m★ 10.0

Season 37

EP1

Forgotten Hero: Walter White and The NAACP

Feb 24, 2025113m

EP2

Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act

Mar 24, 202553m

EP3

Mr. Polaroid

Mar 31, 202552m

EP4

Clearing the Air: The War on Smog

Aug 26, 202553m

EP5

Hard Hat Riot

Sep 30, 202581m

EP6

Kissinger (Part One)

Oct 27, 2025

EP7

Kissinger (Part Two)

Oct 28, 2025

Season 38

EP1

TBA

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