American Experience
(10/04/1988–01/07/2026)History
PBS (US)60 min
Source: unknown
Episodes
S01E01
The Great San Francisco Earthquake
S01E02
Radio Bikini
S01E03
Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo
S01E04
Not So Wild a Dream
S01E05
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
S01E06
Do You Mean There are Still Real Cowboys
S01E07
Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up-Close
S01E08
Geronimo and the Apache Resistance
S01E09
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited
S01E10
That Rhythm, Those Blues
S01E11
The Radio Priest
S01E12
Hearts and Hands
S01E13
Views of a Vanishing Frontier
S01E14
Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings
S01E15
The World That Moses Built
S01E16
Sins of Our Mothers
S02E01
The Great Air Race of 1924
S02E02
Demon Rum
S02E03
A Family Gathering
S02E04
The Great War: 1918
S02E05
Forever Baseball
S02E06
Mr. Sears' Catalogue
S02E07
Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven
S02E08
Adam Clayton Powell
S02E09
Journey to America
S02E10
Ballad of a Mountain Man
S02E11
Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
S02E12
Orphans of the Storm
S02E13
Forbidden City, USA
S02E14
Battle for Wilderness
S02E15
Roots of Resistance: A Story of the Underground Railroad
S03E01
Lindbergh
S03E02
Nixon: The Quest
S03E03
Nixon: Triumph
S03E04
Nixon: The Fall
S03E05
God Bless America and Poland, Too
S03E06
Insanity on Trial
S03E07
The Satellite Sky
S03E08
The Crash of 1929
S03E09
The Iron Road
S03E10
French Dance Tonight
S03E11
Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil
S03E12
After the Crash
S03E13
Los Mineros
S03E14
Coney Island
S04E01
LBJ: Beautiful Texas
S04E02
LBJ: My Fellow Americans
S04E03
LBJ: We Shall Overcome
S04E04
LBJ: The Last Believer
S04E05
The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry
S04E06
Scandalous Mayor
S04E07
The Johnstown Flood
S04E08
Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance
S04E09
G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover
S04E10
Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo
S04E11
The Quiz Show Scandal
S04E12
Love in the Cold War
S04E13
Wild by Law
S04E14
Barnum's Big Top
S04E15
In the White Man's Image
S05E01
The Kennedys: Part 1
S05E02
The Kennedys: Part 2
S05E03
The Donner Party
S05E04
Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II
S05E05
George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
S05E06
Last Stand at Little Big Horn
S05E07
If You Knew Sousa
S05E08
Simple Justice
S05E09
Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish
S05E10
Sit Down and Fight
S05E11
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring
S05E12
Goin' Back to T-Town
S06E01
Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage
S06E02
The Hunt for Pancho Villa
S06E03
Eisenhower: Soldier
S06E04
Eisenhower: Statesman
S06E05
The Hurricane of '38
S06E06
Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian
S06E07
Malcolm X: Make It Plain
S06E08
America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference
S06E09
D-Day Remembered
S07E01
FDR: The Center of the World (1882-1921)
S07E02
FDR: Fear Itself (1922-1933)
S07E03
FDR: The Grandest Job in the World (1933-1940)
S07E04
FDR: The Juggler (1940-1945)
S07E05
Telegrams from the Dead
S07E06
Midnight Ramble
S07E07
Battle of the Bulge
S07E08
One Woman, One Vote
S07E09
America's War on Poverty
S07E10
The Way West: Westward (1845-1864)
S07E11
The Way West: Approach of Civilization (1865-1869)
S07E12
The Way West: War for the Black Hills (1870-1876)
S07E13
The Way West: Ghost Dance (1877-1893)
S08E01
Murder of the Century
S08E02
Edison's Miracle of Light
S08E03
Chicago 1968
S08E04
The Orphan Trains
S08E05
Freedom on My Mind
S08E06
Daley: The Last Boss
S08E07
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
S08E08
The Wright Stuff
S08E09
Spy in the Sky
S09E01
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt: The Long Campaign
S09E02
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt: The Bully Pulpit
S09E03
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt: The Good Fight
S09E04
T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt: Black Care
S09E05
The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie
S09E06
Hawaii's Last Queen
S09E07
The Telephone
S09E08
Big Dream, Small Screen
S09E09
New York Underground
S09E10
Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern
S09E11
Around the World in 72 Days
S09E12
Gold Fever
S09E13
Vietnam: A Television History: Roots of a War (1946-1954)
S09E14
Vietnam: A Television History: America's Mandarin
S09E15
Vietnam: A Television History: LBJ Goes to War
S09E16
Vietnam: A Television History: America Takes Charge
S09E17
Vietnam: A Television History: America's Enemy
S09E18
Vietnam: A Television History: Tet
S09E19
Vietnam: A Television History: Vietnamizing the War
S09E20
Vietnam: A Television History: Cambodia and Laos
S09E21
Vietnam: A Television History: Peace is at Hand
S09E22
Vietnam: A Television History: Homefront USA
S09E23
Vietnam: A Television History: The End of the Tunnel
S10E01
Truman: An Accident of Democracy
S10E02
Truman: The Moon, the Stars and All the Planets
S10E03
Truman: Hell
S10E04
A Midwife's Tale
S10E05
Mr. Miami Beach
S10E06
Influenza 1918
S10E07
Reagan: Lifeguard
S10E08
Reagan: An American Crusade
S10E09
Surviving the Dust Bowl
S10E10
Riding the Rails
S11E01
America 1900: Spirit of the Age
S11E02
America 1900: Change Is in the Air
S11E03
America 1900: A Great Civilized Power
S11E04
America 1900: Anything Seemed Possible
S11E05
Race for the Super Bomb
S11E06
Hoover Dam
S11E07
Alone on the Ice
S11E08
Rescue at Sea
S11E09
Meltdown at Three Mile Island
S11E10
Lost in the Grand Canyon
S11E11
MacArthur: Destiny
S11E12
MacArthur: The Politics of War
S11E13
Fly Girls
S12E01
New York: The Country and the City 1609-1825
S12E02
New York: Order and Disorder 1825-1865
S12E03
New York: Sunshine and Shadow 1865-1898
S12E04
New York: The Power and the People 1898-1918
S12E05
New York: Cosmopolis 1919-1931
S12E06
Eleanor Roosevelt
S12E07
Houdini
S12E08
Nixon's China Game
S12E09
The Duel
S12E10
John Brown's Holy War
S12E11
George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire Part I
S12E12
George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire Part II
S12E13
Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory
S12E14
Joe DiMaggio: A Hero's Life
S12E15
George Eastman: The Wizard of Photography
S13E01
The Rockefellers: Part 1
S13E02
The Rockefellers: Part 2
S13E03
Secrets of a Master Builder
S13E04
Return with Honor
S13E05
Streamliners: America's Last Trains
S13E06
Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind
S13E07
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided - Ambition
S13E08
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided - We are Elected
S13E09
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided - Shattered
S13E10
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided - The Dearest of All Things
S13E11
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided - The Frightful War
S13E12
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided - Blind with Weeping
S13E13
Scottsboro: An American Tragedy
S13E14
Fatal Flood
S13E15
Stephen Foster
S14E01
New York: City of Tomorrow 1929-1941
S14E02
New York: The City and the World 1945-2000
S14E03
War Letters
S14E04
Woodrow Wilson: A Passionate Man
S14E05
Woodrow Wilson: The Redemption of the World
S14E06
Mount Rushmore
S14E07
Miss America
S14E08
Zoot Suit Riots
S14E09
Monkey Trial
S14E10
Public Enemy #1
S14E11
Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film
S14E12
A Brilliant Madness
S14E13
Ulysses S. Grant: Warrior
S14E14
Ulysses S. Grant: President
S15E01
Jimmy Carter: Jimmy Who?
S15E02
Jimmy Carter: Hostage
S15E03
Chicago: City of the Century: Mudhole to Metropolis
S15E04
Chicago: City of the Century: The Revolution Has Begun
S15E05
Chicago: City of the Century: Battle for Chicago
S15E06
The Murder of Emmett Till
S15E07
The Transcontinental Railroad
S15E08
Partners of the Heart
S15E09
The Pill
S15E10
Daughter from Danang
S15E11
Seabiscuit
S15E12
Bataan Rescue
S15E13
Murder at Harvard
S16E01
New York: The Center of the World
S16E02
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War: Revolution
S16E03
Reconstruction: The Second Civil War: Retreat
S16E04
Citizen King
S16E05
Remember the Alamo
S16E06
Tupperware!
S16E07
Emma Goldman
S16E08
Patriots Day
S16E09
Golden Gate Bridge
S17E01
RFK: The Garish Sun
S17E02
RFK: The Awful Grace of God
S17E03
The Fight
S17E04
Fidel Castro
S17E05
Building the Alaskan Highway
S17E06
Kinsey
S17E07
Mary Pickford
S17E08
The Great Transatlantic Cable
S17E09
The Massie Affair
S17E10
The Fall of Saigon
S17E11
Victory in the Pacific
S17E12
The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken?
S17E13
Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst
S18E01
Two Days in October
S18E02
Race to the Moon
S18E03
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Sin City
S18E04
Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: American Mecca
S18E05
John and Abigail Adams
S18E06
The Nuremberg Trials
S18E07
Jesse James
S18E08
Hijacked
S18E09
Eugene O'Neill
S18E10
The Boy in the Bubble
S18E11
The Alaska Pipeline
S18E12
Annie Oakley
S18E13
The Man Behind Hitler
S19E01
Eyes on the Prize: Awakenings
S19E02
Eyes on the Prize: Fighting Back
S19E03
Eyes on the Prize: Ain't Scared of Your Jails
S19E04
Eyes on the Prize: No Easy Walk
S19E05
Eyes on the Prize: Is This America?
S19E06
Eyes on the Prize: Bridge to Freedom
S19E07
Test Tube Babies
S19E08
The Great Fever
S19E09
The Gold Rush
S19E10
The Berlin Airlift
S19E11
The Living Weapon
S19E12
New Orleans
S19E13
Sister Aimee
S19E14
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
S19E15
Summer of Love
S19E16
The Mormons: History
S19E17
The Mormons: Church and State
S19E18
Alexander Hamilton
S20E01
Oswald's Ghost
S20E02
The Lobotomist
S20E03
Eyes on the Prize II: The Time Has Come
S20E04
Eyes on the Prize II: Two Societies
S20E05
Grand Central
S20E06
Eyes on the Prize II: Power!
S20E07
Eyes on the Prize II: The Promised Land
S20E08
Eyes on the Prize II: Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More
S20E09
Eyes on the Prize II: A Nation of Law?
S20E10
Kit Carson
S20E11
Eyes on the Prize II: The Keys to the Kingdom
S20E12
Eyes on the Prize II: Back to the Movement
S20E13
Buffalo Bill
S20E14
Minik: The Lost Eskimo
S20E15
Walt Whitman
S20E16
Roberto Clemente
S20E17
George H.W. Bush: CAVU
S20E18
George H.W. Bush: Echoes of the Wise Men
S21E01
The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer
S21E02
The Polio Crusade
S21E03
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
S21E04
A Class Apart
S21E05
We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower
S21E06
We Shall Remain: Tecumseh's Vision
S21E07
We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears
S21E08
We Shall Remain: Geronimo
S21E09
We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee
S22E01
The Civilian Conservation Corps
S22E02
Wyatt Earp
S22E03
The Bombing of Germany
S22E04
Dolley Madison
S22E05
Earth Days
S22E06
My Lai
S22E07
Roads to Memphis
S22E08
Into the Deep: America, Whaling and the World
S23E01
God in America: A New Adam
S23E02
God in America: A New Eden
S23E03
God in America: A Nation Reborn
S23E04
God in America: A New Light
S23E05
God in America: Soul of a Nation
S23E06
God in America: Of God and Caesar
S23E07
Robert E. Lee
S23E08
Dinosaur Wars
S23E09
Panama Canal
S23E10
The Greely Expedition
S23E11
Triangle Fire
S23E12
The Great Famine
S23E13
Stonewall Uprising
S23E14
Soundtrack for a Revolution
S23E15
Freedom Riders
S24E01
Billy the Kid
S24E02
Custer's Last Stand
S24E03
Clinton: The Comeback Kid
S24E04
Clinton: The Survivor
S24E05
The Amish
S24E06
Grand Coulee Dam
S24E07
Jesse Owens
S24E08
Death and the Civil War
S25E01
The Abolitionists: From Courage to Freedom
S25E02
The Abolitionists: Before Brother Fought Brother
S25E03
The Abolitionists: A House Dividing
S25E04
Henry Ford
S25E05
Silicon Valley
S25E06
War of the Worlds
S25E07
JFK: Part 1
S25E08
JFK: Part 2
S26E01
The Poisoner's Handbook
S26E02
1964
S26E03
The Amish: Shunned
S26E04
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
S26E05
The Rise and Fall of Penn Station
S26E06
Freedom Summer
S26E07
Cold War Roadshow
S27E01
Ripley: Believe It or Not
S27E02
Klansville, USA
S27E03
Edison
S27E04
The Big Burn
S27E05
The Forgotten Plague
S27E06
Last Days in Vietnam
S27E07
Blackout
S27E08
Walt Disney: Part 1
S27E09
Walt Disney: Part 2
S27E10
American Comandante
S27E11
The Pilgrims
S28E01
Bonnie & Clyde
S28E02
The Mine Wars
S28E03
Murder of a President
S28E04
The Perfect Crime
S28E05
Space Men
S28E06
The Boys of '36
S28E07
Tesla
S28E08
The Battle of Chosin
S29E01
Command and Control
S29E02
Rachel Carson
S29E03
The Race Underground
S29E04
Oklahoma City
S29E05
Ruby Ridge
S29E06
The Great War: Part 1
S29E07
The Great War: Part 2
S29E08
The Great War: Part 3
S30E01
Into the Amazon
S30E02
The Secret of Tuxedo Park
S30E03
The Gilded Age
S30E04
The Bombing of Wall Street
S30E05
The Chinese Exclusion Act
S30E06
The Circus: Part 1
S30E07
The Circus: Part 2
S30E08
The Eugenics Crusade: What's Wrong with Perfect?
S31E01
The Swamp
S31E02
Sealab
S31E03
Chasing the Moon: A Place Beyond the Sky
S31E04
Chasing the Moon: Earthrise
S31E05
Chasing the Moon: Magnificent Desolation
S31E06
Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation
S32E01
The Feud
S32E02
McCarthy
S32E03
The Poison Squad
S32E04
The Man Who Tried to Feed the World
S32E05
George W. Bush: Part 1
S32E06
George W. Bush: Part 2
S32E07
Mr. Tornado
S32E08
The Vote: Part 1
S32E09
The Vote: Part 2
S33E01
The Codebreaker
S33E02
Voice of Freedom
S33E03
The Blinding of Isaac Woodard
S33E04
American Oz
S33E05
Billy Graham
S34E01
Sandra Day O'Connor: The First
S34E02
Citizen Hearst: Part 1
S34E03
Citizen Hearst: Part 2
S34E04
Riveted: The History of Jeans
S34E05
The American Diplomat
S34E06
Flood in the Desert
S34E07
Plague at the Golden Gate
S35E01
Taken Hostage: The Making of an American Enemy, Part 1
S35E02
Taken Hostage: The Making of an American Enemy, Part 2
S35E03
The Lie Detector
S35E04
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
S35E05
Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History
S35E06
The Movement and the "Madman"
S35E07
The Sun Queen
S35E08
Casa Susanna
S35E09
The Busing Battleground
S35E10
The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools
S35E11
The War on Disco
S36E01
Nazi Town, USA
S36E02
Fly With Me
S36E03
The Cancer Detectives
S36E04
Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal
S36E05
The Riot Report
S36E06
The American Vice President
S36E07
American Coup: Wilmington 1898
S37E01
Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP
S37E02
Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act
S37E03
Mr. Polaroid
S37E04
Clearing the Air: The War on Smog
S37E05
Hard Hat Riot
S37E06
Kissinger: Part One – The Necessity of Power
S37E07
Kissinger: Part Two – The Opportunist
S38E01
Bombshell