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American Experience

Returning Series 1988 · Documentary · 38 seasons · English
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Synopsis

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

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Seasons & Episodes

► Season 37 8 episodes
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E01 Forgotten Hero: Walter White and The NAACP 24 Feb 2025
E02 Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act 24 Mar 2025
E03 Mr. Polaroid 31 Mar 2025
E04 Clearing the Air: The War on Smog 26 Aug 2025
E05 Hard Hat Riot 30 Sep 2025
E06 Kissinger (1): The Necessity of Power 27 Oct 2025
E07 Kissinger (2): The Opportunist 28 Oct 2025
E08 Bombshell 06 Jan 2026
► Season 36 7 episodes
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E01 Nazi Town, USA 23 Jan 2024
E02 Fly With Me 20 Feb 2024
E03 The Cancer Detectives 26 Mar 2024
E04 Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal 22 Apr 2024
E05 The Riot Report 21 May 2024
E06 The American Vice President 01 Oct 2024
E07 American Coup: Wilmington 1898 12 Nov 2024
► Season 35 9 episodes
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E01 The Lie Detector 03 Jan 2023
E02 Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space 17 Jan 2023
E03 Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History 20 Feb 2023
E04 The Movement and the "Madman" 28 Mar 2023
E05 The Sun Queen 04 Apr 2023
E06 Casa Susanna 27 Jun 2023
E07 The Busing Battleground 11 Sep 2023
E08 The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools 12 Sep 2023
E09 The War on Disco 30 Oct 2023
► Season 34 6 episodes
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E01 Riveted: The History of Jeans 07 Feb 2022
E02 The American Diplomat 15 Feb 2022
E03 Flood in the Desert 03 May 2022
E04 Plague at the Golden Gate 24 May 2022
E05 Taken Hostage (1) 14 Nov 2022
E06 Taken Hostage (2) 15 Nov 2022
► Season 33 8 episodes
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E01 The Codebreaker 11 Jan 2021
E02 Voice of Freedom 15 Feb 2021
E03 The Blinding of Isaac Woodard 30 Mar 2021
E04 American Oz 19 Apr 2021
E05 Billy Graham 17 May 2021
E06 Sandra Day O'Connor: The First 13 Sep 2021
E07 Citizen Hearst (1) 27 Sep 2021
E08 Citizen Hearst (2) 28 Sep 2021
► Season 32 8 episodes
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E01 McCarthy 06 Jan 2020
E02 The Poison Squad 28 Jan 2020
E03 The Man Who Tried to Feed The World 21 Apr 2020
E04 George W. Bush (Part 1) 04 May 2020
E05 George W. Bush (Part 2) 05 May 2020
E06 Mr. Tornado 19 May 2020
E07 The Vote (Part 1) 06 Jul 2020
E08 The Vote (Part 2) 07 Jul 2020
► Season 31 7 episodes
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E01 The Swamp 15 Jan 2019
E02 Sealab 12 Feb 2019
E03 Chasing the Moon - A Place Beyond the Sky 08 Jul 2019
E04 Chasing the Moon - Earthrise 09 Jul 2019
E05 Chasing the Moon - Magnificent Desolation 10 Jul 2019
E06 Woodstock 06 Aug 2019
E07 The Feud 10 Sep 2019
► Season 30 9 episodes
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E01 Into the Amazon 09 Jan 2018
E02 The Secret of Tuxedo Park 16 Jan 2018
E03 The Gilded Age 06 Feb 2018
E04 The Bombing of Wall Street 13 Feb 2018
E05 The Island Murder 17 Apr 2018
E06 The Chinese Exclusion Act 29 May 2018
E07 The Circus (1) 08 Oct 2018
E08 The Circus (2) 09 Oct 2018
E09 The Eugenics Crusade 16 Oct 2018
► Season 29 8 episodes
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E01 Command and Control 10 Jan 2017
E02 Rachel Carson 24 Jan 2017
E03 The Race Underground 31 Jan 2017
E04 Oklahoma City 07 Feb 2017
E05 Ruby Ridge 14 Feb 2017
E06 The Great War: Part 1 10 Apr 2017
E07 The Great War: Part 2 11 Apr 2017
E08 The Great War: Part 3 12 Apr 2017
► Season 28 8 episodes
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E01 Bonnie & Clyde 19 Jan 2016
E02 The Mine Wars 26 Jan 2016
E03 Murder of a President 02 Feb 2016
E04 The Perfect Crime 09 Feb 2016
E05 Space Men 01 Mar 2016
E06 The Boys of '36 02 Aug 2016
E07 Tesla 18 Oct 2016
E08 The Battle of Chosin 01 Nov 2016
► Season 27 11 episodes
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E01 Ripley: Believe It or Not 06 Jan 2015
E02 Klansville, USA 13 Jan 2015
E03 Edison 27 Jan 2015
E04 The Big Burn 03 Feb 2015
E05 The Forgotten Plague 10 Feb 2015
E06 Last Days In Vietnam 28 Apr 2015
E07 Blackout 14 Jul 2015
E08 Walt Disney (1) 14 Sep 2015
E09 Walt Disney (2) 15 Sep 2015
E10 American Comandante 17 Nov 2015
E11 The Pilgrims 24 Nov 2015
► Season 26 7 episodes
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E01 The Poisoner's Handbook 07 Jan 2014
E02 1964 14 Jan 2014
E03 The Amish: Shunned 04 Feb 2014
E04 Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid 11 Feb 2014
E05 The Rise and Fall of Penn Station 18 Feb 2014
E06 Freedom Summer 24 Jun 2014
E07 Cold War Roadshow 18 Nov 2014
► Season 25 8 episodes
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E01 The Abolitionists: 1820s-1838 08 Jan 2013
E02 The Abolitionists: 1838-1854 15 Jan 2013
E03 The Abolitionists: 1854-Emancipation and Victory 22 Jan 2013
E04 Henry Ford 29 Jan 2013
E05 Silicon Valley 05 Feb 2013
E06 War of the Worlds 29 Oct 2013
E07 JFK (Part 1) 11 Nov 2013
E08 JFK (Part 2) 12 Nov 2013
► Season 24 8 episodes
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E01 Billy the Kid 10 Jan 2012
E02 Custer's Last Stand 17 Jan 2012
E03 Clinton: The Comeback Kid (1) 20 Feb 2012
E04 Clinton: The Survivor (2) 21 Feb 2012
E05 The Amish 28 Feb 2012
E06 Grand Coulee Dam 03 Apr 2012
E07 Jesse Owens 01 May 2012
E08 Death and the Civil War 18 Sep 2012
► Season 23 12 episodes
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E01 God in America (Parts 1–2) 11 Oct 2010
E02 God in America (Parts 3-4) 12 Oct 2010
E03 God in America (Parts 5-6) 13 Oct 2010
E04 Robert E. Lee 03 Jan 2011
E05 Dinosaur Wars 17 Jan 2011
E06 Panama Canal 24 Jan 2011
E07 The Greely Expedition 31 Jan 2011
E08 Triangle Fire 28 Feb 2011
E09 The Great Famine 11 Apr 2011
E10 Stonewall Uprising 25 Apr 2011
E11 Soundtrack for a Revolution 09 May 2011
E12 Freedom Riders 16 May 2011
► Season 22 8 episodes
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E01 The Civilian Conservation Corps 02 Nov 2009
E02 Wyatt Earp 25 Jan 2010
E03 The Bombing of Germany 08 Feb 2010
E04 Dolley Madison 01 Mar 2010
E05 Earth Days 19 Apr 2010
E06 My Lai 26 Apr 2010
E07 Roads to Memphis 03 May 2010
E08 Into the Deep: America, Whaling and the World 10 May 2010
► Season 18 13 episodes
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E01 Two Days in October 17 Oct 2005
E02 Race to the Moon 31 Oct 2005
E03 Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (1): Sin City 14 Nov 2005
E04 Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (2): American Mecca 15 Nov 2005
E05 John and Abigail Adams 23 Jan 2006
E06 The Nuremberg Trials 30 Jan 2006
E07 Jesse James 06 Feb 2006
E08 Hijacked 25 Feb 2006
E09 Eugene O'Neill 21 Mar 2006
E10 The Boy in the Bubble 10 Apr 2006
E11 The Alaska Pipeline 24 Apr 2006
E12 Annie Oakley 08 May 2006
E13 The Man Behind Hitler 22 May 2006
► Season 17 11 episodes
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E01 RFK (Part 1 & 2) 04 Oct 2004
E02 The Fight 24 Jan 2005
E03 Fidel Castro 31 Jan 2005
E04 Building the Alaska Highway 07 Feb 2005
E05 Kinsey 14 Feb 2005
E06 Mary Pickford 04 Apr 2005
E07 The Great Transatlantic Cable 11 Apr 2005
E08 The Massie Affair 18 Apr 2005
E09 Victory in the Pacific 02 May 2005
E10 The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken? 09 May 2005
E11 Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst 23 May 2005
► Season 16 9 episodes
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E01 New York (8): The Center of the World 08 Sep 2003
E02 Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (1): Revolution 12 Jan 2004
E03 Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (2): Retreat 13 Jan 2004
E04 Citizen King 19 Jan 2004
E05 Remember the Alamo 02 Feb 2004
E06 Tupperware! 09 Feb 2004
E07 Emma Goldman 12 Apr 2004
E08 Patriots Day 19 Apr 2004
E09 Golden Gate Bridge 03 May 2004
► Season 15 13 episodes
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E01 Jimmy Carter (1): Jimmy Who? 11 Nov 2002
E02 Jimmy Carter (2): Hostage 12 Nov 2002
E03 Chicago: City of the Century (1): Mudhole to Metropolis 13 Jan 2003
E04 Chicago: City of the Century (2): The Revolution Has Begun 14 Jan 2003
E05 Chicago: City of the Century (3): Battle for Chicago 15 Jan 2003
E06 The Murder of Emmett Till 20 Jan 2003
E07 Transcontinental Railroad 27 Jan 2003
E08 Partners of the Heart 10 Feb 2003
E09 The Pill 24 Feb 2003
E10 Daughter from Danang 07 Apr 2003
E11 Seabiscuit 21 Apr 2003
E12 Bataan Rescue 07 Jul 2003
E13 Murder at Harvard 14 Jul 2003
► Season 14 14 episodes
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E01 New York (6): The City of Tomorrow 10 Sep 2001
E02 New York (7): The City and the World 17 Sep 2001
E03 War Letters 01 Nov 2001
E04 Woodrow Wilson (1): A Passionate Man 06 Jan 2002
E05 Woodrow Wilson (2): The Redemption of the World 13 Jan 2002
E06 Mount Rushmore 20 Jan 2002
E07 Miss America 27 Jan 2002
E08 Zoot Suit Riots 01 Mar 2002
E09 Monkey Trial 23 Feb 2002
E10 Public Enemy #1 17 Feb 2002
E11 Ansel Adams 21 Apr 2002
E12 A Brilliant Madness 28 Apr 2002
E13 Ulysses S. Grant (1): The Warrior 01 Apr 2002
E14 Ulysses S. Grant (2): The President 02 Apr 2002
► Season 12 15 episodes
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E01 New York (1): The Country and the City 14 Nov 1999
E02 New York (2): Order and Disorder 15 Nov 1999
E03 New York (3): Sunshine and Shadow 16 Nov 1999
E04 New York (4): The Power and the People 17 Nov 1999
E05 New York (5): Cosmopolis 18 Nov 1999
E06 Eleanor Roosevelt 10 Jan 2000
E07 Houdini 24 Jan 2000
E08 Nixon's China Game 31 Jan 2000
E09 The Duel 14 Feb 2000
E10 John Brown's Holy War 28 Feb 2000
E11 George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (1) 23 Apr 2000
E12 George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (2) 24 Apr 2000
E13 Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory 01 May 2000
E14 Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life 08 May 2000
E15 The Wizard of Photography 23 May 2000
► Season 11 10 episodes
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E01 America 1900 18 Nov 1998
E02 Race for the Superbomb 11 Jan 1999
E03 Hoover Dam 18 Jan 1999
E04 Alone on the Ice 08 Feb 1999
E05 Rescue at Sea 15 Feb 1999
E06 Meltdown at Three Mile Island 22 Feb 1999
E07 Lost in the Grand Canyon 05 Apr 1999
E08 MacArthur (1): Destiny 17 May 1999
E09 MacArthur (2): The Politics of War 18 May 1999
E10 Fly Girls 24 May 1999
► Season 10 9 episodes
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E01 Truman (1): An Accident of Democracy 05 Oct 1997
E02 Truman (2): The Moon, the Stars and All the Planets 06 Oct 1997
E03 A Midwife's Tale 19 Jan 1998
E04 Mr. Miami Beach 02 Feb 1998
E05 Influenza 1918 09 Feb 1998
E06 Reagan (1): Lifeguard 23 Feb 1998
E07 Reagan (2): An American Crusade 24 Feb 1998
E08 Surviving the Dust Bowl 02 Mar 1998
E09 Riding the Rails 13 Apr 1998
► Season 8 9 episodes
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E01 Murder of the Century 16 Oct 1995
E02 Edison's Miracle of Light 23 Oct 1995
E03 Chicago 1968 13 Nov 1995
E04 The Orphan Trains 27 Nov 1995
E05 Freedom on My Mind 15 Jan 1996
E06 Daley: The Last Boss 22 Jan 1996
E07 The Battle Over Citizen Kane 29 Jan 1996
E08 The Wright Stuff 12 Feb 1996
E09 Spy in the Sky 26 Feb 1996
► Season 6 8 episodes
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E01 Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage 27 Oct 1993
E02 The Hunt for Pancho Villa 08 Nov 1993
E03 Eisenhower 10 Nov 1993
E04 The Hurricane of '38 17 Nov 1993
E05 Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian 19 Jan 1994
E06 Malcolm X: Make It Plain 26 Jan 1994
E07 America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference 06 Apr 1994
E08 D-Day Remembered 25 May 1994
► Season 5 13 episodes
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E01 The Kennedys (1): The Father, 1900-61 20 Sep 1992
E02 The Kennedys (2): The Sons, 1961-80 21 Sep 1992
E03 The Donner Party 28 Oct 1992
E04 Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II 04 Nov 1992
E05 George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King 18 Nov 1992
E06 Last Stand at Little Big Horn 25 Nov 1992
E07 If You Knew Sousa 11 Jan 1993
E08 Simple Justice 18 Jan 1993
E09 Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish 08 Feb 1993
E10 Sit Down And Fight 01 Feb 1993
E11 Rachel Carson's Silent Spring 15 Feb 1993
E12 Goin' Back to T-Town 01 Mar 1993
E20 Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian 02 Dec 1992
► Season 4 13 episodes
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E01 LBJ (1) 30 Sep 1991
E02 LBJ (2) 30 Sep 1991
E03 The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry 07 Oct 1991
E04 Scandalous Mayor 28 Oct 1991
E05 The Johnstown Flood 04 Nov 1991
E06 Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance 11 Nov 1991
E07 G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover 24 Feb 1992
E08 Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo 09 Dec 1991
E09 The Quiz Show Scandal 06 Jan 1992
E10 Love in the Cold War 13 Jan 1992
E11 Wild by Law 10 Feb 1992
E12 Barnum's Big Top 14 Oct 1991
E13 In the White Man's Image 17 Feb 1992
► Season 3 11 episodes
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E01 Lindbergh 27 Aug 1990
E02 Nixon 15 Oct 1990
E03 God Bless America and Poland, Too 22 Oct 1990
E04 Insanity on Trial 29 Oct 1990
E05 The Satellite Sky 05 Nov 1990
E06 The Crash of 1929 19 Nov 1990
E07 The Iron Road 26 Nov 1990
E08 French Dance Tonight 10 Dec 1990
E09 After the Crash 07 Jan 1991
E10 Los Mineros 28 Jan 1991
E11 Coney Island 04 Feb 1991
► Season 2 16 episodes
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E01 The Great Air Race of 1924 03 Oct 1989
E02 Demon Rum 10 Oct 1989
E03 A Family Gathering 17 Oct 1989
E04 The Great War: 1918 24 Oct 1989
E05 Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil 31 Oct 1989
E06 Forever Baseball 07 Nov 1989
E07 Mr. Sears' Catalogue 14 Nov 1989
E08 Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven 21 Nov 1989
E09 Adam Clayton Powell 28 Nov 1989
E10 Journey to America 05 Dec 1989
E11 Ballad of a Mountain Man 12 Dec 1989
E12 Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice 19 Dec 1989
E13 Orphans of the Storm 26 Dec 1989
E14 Forbidden City, USA 02 Jan 1990
E15 Battle for Wilderness 09 Jan 1990
E16 Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad 16 Jan 1990