List of American Experience episodes

American Experience, originally titled The American Experience, is a television program and documentary series created by Peter McGhee for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).^[1] The series airs documentaries about historic events or historical figures that had a notable impact upon the United States government or its citizens. The show is produced primarily by WGBH, a television station and PBS member located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH creates non-commercial educational programs and distributes them on public television stations throughout the United States. However, other PBS affiliate stations, such as WNET in New York City, have co-produced episodes for the American Experience program. Since the programs debut on October 4, 1988, American Experience has broadcast 313 episodes and has been a recipient of over 265 broadcast and web awards.^[2][3][4] The programs twenty-eighth season premiered on January 19, 2016.^[5]

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Series overview

Season		Episodes	Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
	1	16	October 4, 1988	January 17, 1989
	2	15	October 3, 1989	January 16, 1990
	3	12	October 1, 1990	February 4, 1991
	4	13	September 30, 1991	February 17, 1992
	5	12	September 20, 1992	March 1, 1993
	6	8	October 27, 1993	May 25, 1994
	7	8	October 11, 1994	May 9, 1995
	8	9	October 16, 1995	February 26, 1996
	9	20	October 6, 1996	July 28, 1997
	10	9	October 5, 1997	April 13, 1998
	11	10	November 18, 1998	May 17, 1999
	12	15	November 14, 1999	May 23, 2000
	13	13	October 16, 2000	April 30, 2001
	14	14	October 1, 2001	April 28, 2002
	15	13	November 11, 2002	July 14, 2003
	16	9	September 9, 2003	May 3, 2004
	17	12	October 4, 2004	July 4, 2005
	18	13	October 17, 2005	May 22, 2006
	19	15	October 2, 2006	May 14, 2007
	20	14	January 14, 2008	May 6, 2008
	21	9	January 26, 2009	May 11, 2009
	22	8	November 2, 2009	May 10, 2010
	23	12	October 11, 2010	May 16, 2011
	24	8	January 10, 2012	September 18, 2012
	25	8	January 8, 2013	November 12, 2013
	26	7	January 7, 2014	November 18, 2014
	27	11	January 6, 2015	November 24, 2015
	28	TBA	January 19, 2016	TBA

Episodes

Season 1 (1988–89)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
1	1	"The Great San Francisco Earthquake"[6]	Tom Weidlinger	The Natural Environment	October 4, 1988
2	2	"Radio Bikini"[7]	Robert Stone	Technology, War	October 11, 1988
3	3	"Indians, Outlaws, and Angie Debo"[8]	Martha Sandlin	Biographies, Native American History	October 18, 1988
4	4	"Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild a Dream"[9]	Frank J. De Meo	Biographies	October 25, 1988
5	5	"The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter"[10]	Connie Field	Popular Culture, War	November 1, 1988
6	6	"Do You Mean There are Still Real Cowboys?"[11]	Jon Blair	Popular Culture, The American West	November 8, 1988
7	7	"Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close"[12]	Robert Drew	Civil Rights, Politics	November 15, 1988
8	8	"Geronimo and the Apache Resistance"[13]	Neil Goodwin	Native American History	November 22, 1988
9	9	"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited"[14]	Carol Bell	Popular Culture	November 29, 1988
10	10	"That Rhythm, Those Blues"[15]	George T. Nierenberg	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	December 6, 1988
11	11	"The Radio Priest"[16]	Irv Drasnin	Popular Culture	December 13, 1988
12	12	"Hearts and Hands"[17]	Pat Ferrero	Biographies	December 20, 1988
13	13	"Views of a Vanishing Frontier"[18]	Craig B. Fisher	Native American History, The Natural Environment	December 27, 1988
14	14	"Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings"[19]	Patchy Wheatley	Biographies	January 3, 1989
15	15	"The World That Moses Built"[20]	Edward Gray, Mark Oberhaus	Biographies, Technology	January 10, 1989
16	16	"Sins of Our Mothers"[21]	Matthew Collin	Biographies	January 17, 1989

Season 2 (1989–90)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
17	1	"The Great Air Race of 1924"[22]	David Grubin	Technology	October 3, 1989
18	2	"Demon Rum"[23]	Thomas Lennon	Popular Culture	October 10, 1989
19	3	"A Family Gathering"[24]	Ann Tegnell, Lise Yasui	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 17, 1989
20	4	"The Great War: 1918"[25]	Tom Weidlinger	War	October 31, 1989
21	5	"Forever Baseball"[26]	Irv Drasnin	Popular Culture	November 7, 1989
22	6	"Mr. Sears' Catalogue"[27]	Edward Gray, Ken Levis	Biographies	November 14, 1989
23	7	"Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven"[28]	Jon Else	Native American History, The Natural Environment	November 21, 1989
24	8	"Adam Clayton Powell"[29]	Richard Kilberg	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics	November 28, 1989
25	9	"Journey to America"[30]	Charles Guggenheim	Popular Culture	December 5, 1989
26	10	"Ballad of a Mountain Man"[31]	David Hoffman	Biographies, Popular Culture	December 12, 1989
27	11	"Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice"[32]	Louise Archambault, William Greaves	Biographies, Civil Rights	December 19, 1989
28	12	"Orphans of the Storm"[33]	Gill Barnes	War	December 26, 1989
29	13	"Forbidden City, USA"[34]	Arthur Dong	Popular Culture	January 2, 1990
30	14	"Battle for Wilderness"[35]	Diane Garey, Lawrence Hott	The American West, The Natural Environment	January 9, 1990
31	15	"Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad"[36][37]	Orlando Bagwell	Civil Rights	January 16, 1990

Season 3 (1990–91)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
32	1	"Lindbergh"[38]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 1, 1990
33	2*	"Nixon: The Quest (Part 1)" "Nixon: Triumph (Part 2)"[39] "Nixon: The Fall (Part 3)"	David Espar, Elizabeth Deane, Marilyn H. Mellowes	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 15, 1990
34	3	"God Bless America and Poland, Too"[40]	Marian Marzynski	Biographies	October 22, 1990
35	4	"Insanity on Trial"[41]	Matthew Collins	Biographies, Politics	October 29, 1990
36	5	"The Satellite Sky"[42]	Robert Stone	Technology	November 5, 1990
37	6	"The Crash of 1929"[43]	Ellen Hovde, Muffie Meyer	Popular Culture	November 19, 1990
38	7	"The Iron Road"[44]	Neil Goodwin	Technology, The American West	November 26, 1990
39	8	"French Dance Tonight"[45]	Les Blank, Maureen Gosling, Chris Strachwitz	Popular Culture	December 10, 1990
40	9	"Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil"[46]	Robert Tranchin	Technology	December 17, 1990
41	10	"After the Crash"[47]	Eric Neudel	Politics	January 7, 1991
42	11	"Los Mineros"[48]	Hector Galan	Civil Rights	January 28, 1991
43	12	"Coney Island"[49]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture, Technology	February 4, 1991

Season 4 (1991–92)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
44	1*	"LBJ: Beautiful Texas (Part 1)"[50] "LBJ: My Fellow Americans (Part 2)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	September 30, 1991
45	2*	"LBJ: We Shall Overcome (Part 3)" "LBJ: The Last Believer (Part 4)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 1, 1991
46	3	"The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry"[51]	Jacqueline Shearer	War	October 14, 1991
47	4	"Scandalous Mayor"[52]	Ken Eluto	Biographies	October 28, 1991
48	5	"The Johnstown Flood"[53]	Charles Guggenheim	The Natural Environment	November 4, 1991
49	6	"Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance"[54]	Lance Bird, John Crowley, Tom Johnson	War	November 11, 1991
50	7	"G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover"[55]	Irv Drasnin	Popular Culture	November 18, 1991
51	8	"Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo"[56]	Gary Keys	Biographies	December 9, 1991
52	9	"The Quiz Show Scandal"[57]	Michael R. Lawrence	Popular Culture	January 6, 1992
53	10	"Love in the Cold War"[58]	David Dugan, Eric Stange	War	January 13, 1992
54	11	"Wild by Law"[59]	Diane Garey, Lawrence Hott	The Natural Environment	January 27, 1992
55	12	"Barnum's Big Top"[60]	Matthew Collins	Biographies, Popular Culture	February 10, 1992
56	13	"In the White Man's Image"[61]	Christine Lesiak	Native American History	February 17, 1992

Season 5 (1992–93)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
57	1	"The Kennedys: The Father, 1900–1961 (Part 1)"[62]	Marilyn H. Mellowes, Phillip Whitehead	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	September 20, 1992
58	2	"The Kennedys: The Sons, 1961–1980 (Part 2)"	Marilyn H. Mellowes, Phillip Whitehead	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	September 21, 1992
59	3	"The Donner Party"[63]	Ric Burns	The American West	October 28, 1992
60	4	"Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II"[64]	William Miles, Nina Rosenblum	War	November 11, 1992
61	5	"George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King"[65]	David Sutherland	Biographies, Presidents	November 18, 1992
62	6	"Last Stand at Little Big Horn"[66]	Paul Stekler	Native American History	November 25, 1992
63	7	"If You Knew Sousa"[67]	Tom Spain	Popular Culture	December 9, 1992
64	8	"Simple Justice"[68]	Helaine Head	Civil Rights	January 18, 1993
65	9	"Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish"[69]	Diane Garey, Lawrence R. Hott	Biographies	January 25, 1993
66	10	"Sit Down and Fight"[70]	Charlotte Mitchell Zwerin	Biographies	February 1, 1993
67	11	"Rachel Carson's Silent Spring"[71]	Neil Goodwin	The Natural Environment	February 8, 1993
68	12	"Goin' Back to T–Town"[72]	Sam Pollard, Joyce Vaughn	Biographies, Civil Rights	March 1, 1993

Season 6 (1993–94)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
69	1	"Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage"[73]	Nancy Porter	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 27, 1993
70	2	"The Hunt for Pancho Villa"[74]	Hector Galan	Politics, War	November 3, 1993
71	3*	"Eisenhower: Soldier (Part 1)"[75] "Eisenhower: Statesman (Part 2)"	Adriana Bosch, Austin Hoyt	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 10, 1993
72	4	"The Hurricane of '38"[76]	Michael Epstein, Thomas Lennon	The Natural Environment	November 17, 1995
73	5	"Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian"[77]	Jed Riffe, Pamela Roberts	Biographies, Native American History	January 19, 1994
74	6	"Malcolm X: Make It Plain"[78]	Orlando Bagwell	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 26, 1994
75	7	"America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference"[79]	Martin Ostrow	Politics, War	April 6, 1994
76	8	"D-Day"[80]	Charles Guggenheim	War	May 25, 1994

Season 7 (1994–95)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
77	1*	"FDR: The Center of the World (Part 1)"[81] "FDR: Fear Itself (Part 2)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 11, 1994
78	2*	"FDR: The Grandest Job in the World (Part 3)" "FDR: The Juggler (Part 4)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 12, 1994
79	3	"Telegrams from the Dead"[82]	Matthew Collins	Popular Culture	October 19, 1994
80	4	"Midnight Ramble"[83]	Pearl Bowser, Bestor Cram	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	October 26, 1994
81	5	"Battle of the Bulge"[84]	Thomas Lennon	War	November 9, 1994
82	6	"One Woman, One Vote"[85]	Ruth Pollak	Biographies, Civil Rights	February 15, 1995
83	7*	"The Way West: Westward 1845–1864 (Part 1)"[86] "The Way West: Approach of Civilization, 1865–1869 (Part 2)"	Ric Burns	The American West	May 8, 1995
84	8*	"The Way West: War for the Black Hills, 1870–1876 (Part 3)" "The Way West: Ghost Dance, 1877–1893 (Part 4)"	Ric Burns	The American West	May 9, 1995

Season 8 (1995–96)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
85	1	"Murder of the Century"[87]	Carl Charlson	Popular Culture	October 16, 1995
86	2	"Edison's Miracle of Light"[88]	John Walter	Biographies, Technology	October 23, 1995
87	3	"Chicago 1968"[89]	Chana Gazit	Politics, Popular Culture	November 13, 1995
88	4	"The Orphan Trains"[90]	Janet Graham, Edward Gray	Popular Culture	November 27, 1995
89	5	"Freedom on My Mind"[91]	Connie Field, Marilyn Mulford	Civil Rights	January 15, 1996
90	6	"Daley: The Last Boss"[92]	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Politics	January 22, 1996
91	7	"The Battle Over Citizen Kane"[93]	Michael Epstein, Thomas Lennon	Popular Culture	January 29, 1996
92	8	"The Wright Stuff"[94]	Nancy Porter	Biographies, Technology	February 12, 1996
93	9	"Spy in the Sky"[95]	Linda Garmon	Technology, War	February 26, 1996

Season 9 (1996–97)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
94	1	"TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 1)"[96]	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 6, 1996
95	2	"TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 2)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 7, 1996
96	3	"The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie"[97]	Austin Hoyt	Biographies	January 20, 1997
97	4	"Hawaii's Last Queen"[98]	Vivian Ducat	Biographies	January 27, 1997
98	5	"The Telephone"[99]	Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon	Technology	February 3, 1997
99	6	"Big Dream, Small Screen"[100]	David Dugan	Technology	February 10, 1997
100	7	"New York Underground"[101]	Elena Mannes	Technology	February 17, 1997
101	8	"Troublesome Creek"[102]	Steven Ascher, Jeanne Jordan	Biographies, Technology, The Natural Environment	April 14, 1997
102	9	"Around the World in 72 Days"[103]	Christine Lesiak	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 28, 1997
103	10	"Gold Fever"[104]	Susan Steinberg	The American West	May 12, 1997
104	11*	"Vietnam: A Television History: Roots of a War (1945–1953) (Part 1)" "Vietnam, A Television History: America's Mandarin (1954–1963) (Part 2)"[105]	Judith Vecchione, Elizabeth Deane	Politics, War	May 26, 1997
105	12	"Vietnam, A Television History: LBJ Goes to War (1964–1965) (Part 3)"	Austin Hoyt	Politics, War	June 2, 1997
106	13	"Vietnam, A Television History: America Takes Charge (1965–1967) (Part 4)"	Andrew Pearson	Politics, War	June 9, 1997
107	14	"Vietnam, A Television History: America's Enemy (1954–1967) (Part 5)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	June 16, 1997
108	15	"Vietnam, A Television History: Tet 1968 (Part 6)"	Austin Hoyt	Politics, War	June 23, 1997
109	16	"Vietnam, A Television History: Vietnamizing the War (1968–1973) (Part 7)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	June 30, 1997
110	17	"Vietnam, A Television History: Cambodia and Laos (Part 8)"	Bruce Palling	Politics, War	July 7, 1997
111	18	"Vietnam, A Television History: "Peace is at Hand" (1968–1973) (Part 9)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	July 14, 1997
112	19	"Vietnam, A Television History: Homefront USA (Part 10)"	Elizabeth Deane	Politics, War	July 21, 1997
113	20	"Vietnam, A Television History: The Fall of Saigon (Part 11)"	Elizabeth Deane	Politics, War	July 28, 1997

Season 10 (1997–98)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
114	1	"Truman (Part 1)"[106]	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 5, 1997
115	2	"Truman (Part 2)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 6, 1997
116	3	"A Midwife's Tale"[107]	Richard P. Rogers	Biographies	January 19, 1998
117	4	"Mr. Miami Beach"[108]	Mark J. Davis	Biographies	February 2, 1998
118	5	"Influenza 1918"[109]	Robert Kenner	Technology	February 9, 1998
119	6	"Reagan: Lifeguard (Part 1)"[110]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	February 23, 1998
120	7	"Reagan: An American Crusade (Part 2)"	Austin Hoyt	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	February 24, 1998
121	8	"Surviving the Dust Bowl"[111]	Chana Gazit	The Natural Environment	March 2, 1998
122	9	"Riding the Rails"[112]	Lexy Lovell, Michael Uys	Popular Culture	April 13, 1998

Season 11 (1998–99)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
120	1*	"America 1900: Winter, Spirit of the Age (Part 1)"[113] "America 1900: Spring, Change Is In the Air (Part 2)" "America 1900: Summer, A Great Civilized Power (Part 3)" "America 1900: Fall, Anything Seemed Possible (Part 4)"	David Grubin	Politics, Popular Culture, Technology	November 18, 1998
121	2	"Race for the Super Bomb"[114]	Thomas Ott	Technology, War	January 11, 1999
122	3	"Hoover Dam"[115]	Stephen Stept	Technology, The American West	January 18, 1999
123	4	"Alone on the Ice"[116]	Nancy Porter	Biographies, Technology, The Natural Environment	February 8, 1999
124	5	"Rescue at Sea"[117]	Ben Loeterman	Technology	February 15, 1999
125	6	"Meltdown at Three Mile Island"[118]	Chana Gazit	Technology	February 22, 1999
126	7	"Lost in the Grand Canyon"[119]	Mark J. Davis	Biographies, The American West, The Natural Environment	April 5, 1999
127	8*	"MacArthur: Destiny (Part 1)"[120] "MacArthur: The Politics of War (Part 2)"	Austin Hoyt	Biographies, War	May 17, 1999
128	9	"Fly Girls"[121]	Laurel Ladevich	Biographies, Technology, War	May 10, 1999

Season 12 (1999–00)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
129	1	"New York: The Country and the City (Part 1)"[122]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 14, 1999
130	2	"New York: Order and Disorder (Part 2)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 15, 1999
131	3	"New York: Sunshine and Shadow (Part 3)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 16, 1999
132	4	"New York: The Power and the People (Part 4)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 17, 1999
133	5	"New York: Cosmopolis (Part 5)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 18, 1999
134	6	"Eleanor Roosevelt"[123]	Sue Williams	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	January 10, 2000
135	7	"Houdini"[124]	Nancy Porter, Beth Tierney	Biographies, Popular Culture	January 24, 2000
136	8	"Nixon's China Game"[125]	Mark Anderson, Michael Simkin	Biographies, Politics	January 31, 2000
137	9	"The Duel"[126]	Carl Byker, Mitch Wilson	Politics	February 14, 2000
138	10	"John Brown's Holy War"[127]	Robert Kenner	Biographies, Civil Rights	February 28, 2000
139	11	"George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Part 1)"[128]	Daniel Mccabe, Paul Stekler	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics	April 23, 2000
140	12	"George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Part 2)"	Daniel Mccabe, Paul Stekler	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics	April 24, 2000
141	13	"Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory"[129]	Llewellyn Smith	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	May 1, 2000
142	14	"Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life"[130]	Mark Zwonitzer	Biographies, Popular Culture	May 8, 2000
143	15	"The Wizard of Photography"[131]	James A. DeVinney	Biographies, Technology	May 22, 2000

Season 13 (2000–01)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
144	1	"The Rockefellers (Part 1)"[132]	Elizabeth Deane	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 16, 2000
145	2	"The Rockefellers (Part 2)"	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 23, 2000
146	3	"Secrets of a Master Builder"[133]	Carl Charlson	Biographies, Technology	October 30, 2000
147	4	"Return with Honor"[134]	Freida Lee Mock, Terry Sanders	Politics, War	November 14, 2000
148	5	"The Hurricane of '38"[135]	Michael Epstein, Thomas Lennon	The Natural Environment	January 12, 2001
149	6	"Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind"[136]	Stanley Nelson	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics	January 19, 2001
150	7*	"Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided: Ambition (Part 1)"[137] "Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided: We Are Elected (Part 2)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Presidents	February 19, 2001
151	8*	"Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided: Shattered (Part 3)" "Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided: The Dearest of All Things (Part 4)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Presidents	February 20, 2001
152	9*	"Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided: This Frightful War (Part 5)" "Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided: Blind with Weeping (Part 6)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Presidents	February 21, 2001
153	10	"Scottsboro: An American Tragedy"[138]	Barak Goodman	Civil Rights	April 2, 2001
154	11	"Fatal Flood"[139]	Chana Gazit	The Natural Environment	April 16, 2001
155	12	"Stephen Foster"[140]	Randall MacLowry	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 23, 2001
156	13	"Streamliners: America's Lost Trains"[141]	Thomas Ott	Technology	April 30, 2001

Season 14 (2001–02)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
157	1	"New York: City of Tomorrow (Part 6)"[122]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	October 1, 2001
158	2	"New York: The City and the World (Part 7)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	October 8, 2001
159	3	"War Letters"[142]	Robert Kenner	War	November 11, 2001
160	4	"Woodrow Wilson: A Passionate Man (Part 1)"[143]	Carl Byker, Mitch Wilson	Biographies, Presidents, War	January 6, 2002
161	5	"Woodrow Wilson: The Redemption of the World (Part 2)"	Carl Byker, Mitch Wilson	Biographies, Presidents, War	January 13, 2002
162	6	"Mount Rushmore"[144]	Mark Zwonitzer	The Natural Environment	January 20, 2002
163	7	"Miss America"[145]	Lisa Ades	Popular Culture	January 27, 2002
164	8	"Public Enemy #1"[146]	Ben Loeterman	Biographies, Popular Culture	February 17, 2002
165	9	"Monkey Trial"[147]	Christine Lesiak	Politics, Popular Culture	February 24, 2002
166	10	"Zoot Suit Riots"[148]	Joseph Tovares	Civil Rights, Politics	March 1, 2002
167	11	"U.S. Grant: Warrior (Part 1)"[149]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Politics, Popular Culture, Presidents, War	April 1, 2002
168	12	"U.S. Grant: President (Part 2)"	Elizabeth Deane	Biographies, Politics, Popular Culture, Presidents, War	April 2, 2002
169	13	"Ansel Adams"[150]	Ric Burns	Biographies, Popular Culture, The Natural Environment	April 21, 2002
170	14	"A Brilliant Madness"[151]	Mark Samels	Biographies	April 28, 2002

Season 15 (2002–03)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
171	1	"Jimmy Carter (Part 1)"[152]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 11, 2002
172	2	"Jimmy Carter (Part 2)"	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 12, 2002
173	3	"Chicago: City of the Century: Mudhole to Metropolis (Part 1)"[153]	Austin Hoyt	Popular Culture	January 13, 2003
174	4	"Chicago: City of the Century: The Revolution Has Begun (Part 2)"	Austin Hoyt	Popular Culture	January 14, 2003
175	5	"Chicago: City of the Century: Battle for Chicago (Part 3)"	Austin Hoyt	Popular Culture	January 15, 2003
176	6	"The Murder of Emmett Till"[154]	Stanley Nelson	Civil Rights, Politics	January 20, 2003
177	7	"The Transcontinental Railroad"[155]	Michael Chin, Mark Zwonitzer	Technology, The American West	January 27, 2003
178	8	"Partners of the Heart"[156]	Andrea Kalin	Biographies, Civil Rights, Technology	February 10, 2003
179	9	"The Pill"[157]	Chana Gazit	Popular Culture, Technology	February 17, 2003
180	10	"Daughter from Da Nang"[158]	Gail Dolgin	Biographies, War	April 7, 2003
181	11	"Seabiscuit"[159]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 14, 2003
182	12	"Bataan Rescue"[160]	David Axelrod	War	July 7, 2003
183	13	"Murder at Harvard"[161]	Eric Stange	Popular Culture	July 14, 2003

Season 16 (2003–04)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
184	1	"New York: A Documentary Film: The Center of the World (Part 8)"[162]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture, Technology	September 8, 2003
185	2	"Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (Part 1)"[163]	Llewellyn M. Smith	Civil Rights, War	January 12, 2004
186	3	"Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (Part 2)"	Elizabeth Deane	Civil Rights, War	January 13, 2004
187	4	"Citizen King"[164]	Orlando Bagwell, W. Noland Walker	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 19, 2004
188	5	"Remember the Alamo"[165]	Joseph Tovares	The American West, War	February 2, 2004
189	6	"Tupperware!"[166]	Laurie Kahn-Leavitt	Popular Culture	February 9, 2004
190	7	"Emma Goldman"[167]	Mel Bucklin	Biographies, Politics	April 12, 2004
191	8	"Patriots' Day"[168]	Marian Marzynski	Popular Culture	April 19, 2004
192	9	"Golden Gate Bridge"[169]	Ben Loeterman	Technology	May 3, 2004

Season 17 (2004–05)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
193	1	"RFK"[170]	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics	October 4, 2004
194	2	"The Fight"[171]	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture	January 24, 2005
195	3	"Fidel Castro"[172]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies	January 31, 2005
196	4	"Building the Alaska Highway"[173]	Tracy Heather Strain	Technology, War	February 7, 2005
197	5	"Kinsey"[174]	Barak Goodman, John Maggio	Biographies, Popular Culture	February 14, 2005
198	6	"Mary Pickford"[175]	Sue Williams	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 4, 2005
199	7	"The Great Transatlantic Cable"[176]	Peter Jones	Technology	April 11, 2005
200	8	"Victory in the Pacific"[177]	Austin Hoyt	War	May 9, 2005
201	9	"The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken"[178]	Kathy Conkwright	Biographies, Popular Culture	May 23, 2005
202	10	"Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst"[179]	Robert Stone	Politics, Popular Culture	May 30, 2005
203	11	"The Massie Affair"[180]	Mark Zwonitzer	Popular Culture	July 4, 2005

Season 18 (2005–06)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
204	1	"Two Days in October"[181]	Robert Kenner	Politics, War	October 17, 2005
205	2	"Race to the Moon"[182]	Kevin Michael Kertscher	Technology	October 30, 2005
206	3	"Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (Part 1)"[183]	Stephen Ives	Popular Culture, The American West	November 14, 2005
207	4	"Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (Part 2)"	Stephen Ives	Popular Culture, The American West	November 15, 2005
208	5	"John and Abigail Adams"[184]	Peter Jones	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	January 23, 2006
209	6	"The Nuremberg Trials"[185]	Michael Kloft	Politics, War	January 30, 2006
210	7	"Jesse James"[186]	Mark Zwonitzer	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	February 6, 2006
211	8	"Hijacked"[187]	Ilan Ziv	Politics	February 25, 2006
212	9	"Eugene O'Neill"[188]	Ric Burns	Biographies, Popular Culture	March 21, 2006
213	10	"The Boy in the Bubble"[189]	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Technology	April 10, 2006
214	11	"The Alaska Pipeline"[190]	Mark Davis	Technology, The Natural Environment	April 24, 2006
215	12	"Annie Oakley"[191]	Riva Freifeld	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	May 8, 2006
216	13	"The Man Behind Hitler"[192]	Lutz Hachmeister	Biographies, War	May 22, 2006

Season 19 (2006–07)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
217	1*	"Eyes on the Prize: Awakenings, 1954–1956 (Part 1)"[193] "Eyes on the Prize: Fighting Back, 1957–1962 (Part 2)"	Judith Vecchione	Civil Rights	October 2, 2006
218	2*	"Eyes on the Prize: Ain't Scared of Your Jails, 1960–1961 (Part 3)" "Eyes on the Prize: No Easy Walk, 1961–1963 (Part 4)"	Orlando Bagwell	Civil Rights	October 9, 2006
219	3*	"Eyes on the Prize: Mississippi: Is This America?, 1962–1964 (Part 5)" "Eyes on the Prize: Bridge to Freedom, 1965 (Part 6)"	Orlando Bagwell	Civil Rights	October 16, 2006
220	4	"Test Tube Babies"[194]	Chana Gazit, Hilary Klotz Steinman	Technology	October 23, 2006
221	5	"The Great Fever"[195]	Adriana Bosch, Michael Chin	Technology	October 30, 2006
222	6	"The Gold Rush"[196]	Randall MacLowry	The American West	November 6, 2006
223	7	"The Berlin Airlift"[197]	Peter Adler, Alexander Berkel, Stefan Mausbach	War	January 29, 2007
224	8	"The Living Weapon"[198]	John Rubin	Technology, War	February 5, 2007
225	9	"New Orleans"[199]	Stephen Ives	Popular Culture	February 12, 2007
226	10	"Sister Aimee"[200]	Linda Garmon	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 2, 2007
227	11	"Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple"[201]	Stanley Nelson	Popular Culture	April 9, 2007
228	12	"Summer of Love"[202]	Gail Dolgin, Vicente Franco	Popular Culture	April 23, 2007
229	13	"The Mormons: History (Part 1)"[203]	Helen Whitney	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	April 30, 2007
230	14	"The Mormons: Church & State (Part 2)"	Helen Whitney	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	May 1, 2007
231	15	"Alexander Hamilton"[204]	Muffie Meyer	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	May 14, 2007

Season 20 (2008)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
232	1	"Oswald's Ghost"[205]	Robert Stone	Biographies	January 14, 2008
233	2	"The Lobotomist"[206]	Barak Goodman, John Maggio	Technology	January 21, 2008
234	3*	"Eyes on the Prize: The Time Has Come, 1964–1966 (Part 7)"[193] "Eyes on the Prize: Two Societies, 1965–1968 (Part 8)"	James A. DeVinney, Madison Davis Lacy, Jr.	Civil Rights	February 3, 2008
235	4*	"Eyes on the Prize: Power! 1966–1968 (Part 9)" "Eyes on the Prize: The Promised Land, 1967–1968 (Part 10)"	Louis Massiah, Terry Kay Rockefeller	Civil Rights	February 10, 2008
236	5*	"Eyes on the Prize: Ain't Gonna Shuffle No More, 1964–1972 (Part 11)" "Eyes on the Prize: A Nation of Law? 1968–1971 (Part 12)"	Sheila Bernard, Sam Pollard	Civil Rights	February 17, 2008
237	6*	"Eyes on the Prize: The Keys to the Kingdom, 1974–1980 (Part 13)" "Eyes on the Prize: Back to the Movement, 1979–1985 (Part 14)"	Jacqueline Shearer, Paul Stekler	Civil Rights	February 24, 2008
238	7	"Grand Central"[207]	Michael Epstein	Popular Culture, Technology	February 4, 2008
239	8	"Kit Carson"[208]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Native American History, The American West	February 18, 2008
240	9	"Buffalo Bill"[209]	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	February 25, 2008
241	10	"Minik, the Lost Eskimo"[210]	Axel Engstfeld	Biographies	March 31, 2008
242	11	"Walt Whitman"[211]	Mark Zwonitzer	Biographies, The Natural Environment	April 14, 2008
243	12	"Roberto Clemente"[212]	Bernardo Ruiz	Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture	April 21, 2008
244	13	"George H.W. Bush: CAVU (Part 1)"[213]	Austin Hoyt	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	May 5, 2008
245	14	"George H.W. Bush: Echoes of the Wise Men (Part 2)"	Austin Hoyt	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	May 6, 2008

Season 21 (2009)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
246	1	"The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer"[214]	David Grubin	Biographies, Technology, War	January 26, 2009
247	2	"The Polio Crusade"[215]	Sarah Colt	Popular Culture, Technology	February 2, 2009
248	3	"The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln"[216]	Barak Goodman	Presidents	February 9, 2009
249	4	"A Class Apart"[217]	Carlos Sandoval	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	February 23, 2009
250	5	"We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower (Part 1)"[218]	Chris Eyre	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	April 13, 2009
251	6	"We Shall Remain: Tecumseh's Vision (Part 2)"[219]	Ric Burns, Chris Eyre	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	April 20, 2009
252	7	"We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears (Part 3)"[220]	Chris Eyre	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	April 27, 2009
253	8	"We Shall Remain: Geronimo (Part 4)"[221]	Dustinn Craig	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	May 4, 2009
254	9	"We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee (Part 5)"[222]	Stanley Nelson	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	May 11, 2009

Season 22 (2009–10)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
255	1	"The Civilian Conservation Corps"[223]	Robert Stone	The American West, The Natural Environment	November 2, 2009
256	2	"Wyatt Earp"[224]	Rob Rapley	Biographies, The American West	January 25, 2010
257	3	"The Bombing of Germany"[225]	Zvi Dor-Ner	Politics, War	February 8, 2010
258	4	"Dolley Madison"[226]	Muffie Meyer	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	March 1, 2010
259	5	"Earth Days"[227]	Robert Stone	Popular Culture, The Natural Environment	April 19, 2010
260	6	"My Lai"[228]	Barak Goodman	War	April 26, 2010
261	7	"Roads to Memphis"[229]	Stephen Ives	Civil Rights	May 3, 2010
262	8	"Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World"[230]	Ric Burns	The Natural Environment	May 10, 2010

Season 23 (2010–11)

 *  denotes multiple chapters that aired on the same date and share the same episode number.

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
263	1*	"God in America: A New Adam (Part 1)"[231] "God in America: A New Eden (Part 2)"	David Belton	Popular Culture	October 11, 2010
264	2*	"God in America: A Nation Reborn (Part 3)" "God in America: A New Light (Part 4)"	Sarah Colt	Popular Culture	October 12, 2010
265	3*	"God in America: Soul of a Nation (Part 5)" "God in America: Of God and Caesar (Part 6)"	Greg Barker	Popular Culture	October 13, 2010
266	4	"Robert E. Lee"[232]	Mark Zwonitzer	Biographies, War	January 3, 2011
267	5	"Dinosaur Wars"[233]	Mark Davis	The American West, The Natural Environment	January 17, 2011
268	6	"Panama Canal"[234]	Stephen Ives	Popular Culture, Technology, The Natural Environment	January 24, 2011
269	7	"The Greely Expedition"[235]	Rob Rapley	Popular Culture, The Natural Environment	January 31, 2011
270	8	"Triangle Fire"[236]	David Espar	Popular Culture, Technology	February 28, 2011
271	9	"The Great Famine"[237]	Austin Hoyt, Aisiyuak Yumagulov	Popular Culture, The Natural Environment	April 11, 2011
272	10	"Stonewall Uprising"[238]	Kate Davis, David Heilbroner	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	April 25, 2011
273	11	"Soundtrack For a Revolution"[239]	Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	May 9, 2011
274	12	"Freedom Riders"[240]	Stanley Nelson	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	May 16, 2011

Season 24 (2012)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
275	1	"Billy the Kid"[241]	John Maggio	Biographies, The American West	January 10, 2012
276	2	"Custer's Last Stand"[242]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Native American History, The American West	January 17, 2012
277	3	"Clinton: The Comeback Kid (Part 1)"[243]	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	February 20, 2012
278	4	"Clinton: The Survivor (Part 2)"	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	February 21, 2012
279	5	"The Amish"[244]	David Belton	Biographies, Popular Culture	February 28, 2012
280	6	"Grand Coulee Dam"[245]	Stephen Ives	Native American History, Technology, The American West, The Natural Environment	April 3, 2012
281	7	"Jesse Owens"[246]	Laruens Grant	Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture, War	May 1, 2012
282	8	"Death and the Civil War"[247]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture, War	September 18, 2012

Season 25 (2013)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
283	1	"The Abolitionists: From Courage to Freedom (Part 1)"[248][249]	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 8, 2013
284	2	"The Abolitionists: Before Brother Fought Brother (Part 2)"	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 15, 2013
285	3	"The Abolitionists: A House Dividing (Part 3)"	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 22, 2013
286	4	"Henry Ford"[250]	Sarah Colt	Biographies, Popular Culture	January 29, 2013
287	5	"Silicon Valley"[251]	Randall MacLowry	Biographies, Popular Culture, Technology	February 5, 2013
288	6	"War of the Worlds"[252]	Cathleen O'Connell	Popular Culture	October 29, 2013
289	7	"JFK (Part 1)"[253]	Susan Bellows	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 11, 2013
290	8	"JFK (Part 2)"	Susan Bellows	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 12, 2013

Season 26 (2014)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
291	1	"The Poisoner's Handbook"[254]	Rob Rapley	Popular Culture, Technology	January 7, 2014
292	2	"1964"[255]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics, Popular Culture	January 14, 2014
293	3	"The Amish: Shunned"[256]	Callie T. Wiser	Popular Culture	February 4, 2014
294	4	"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"[257]	John Maggio	Biographies, The American West	February 11, 2014
295	5	"The Rise and Fall of Penn Station"[258]	Randall MacLowry	Popular Culture, Technology	February 18, 2014
296	6	"Freedom Summer"[259]	Stanley Nelson	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	June 24, 2014
297	7	"Cold War Roadshow"[260]	Robert Stone, Tim B. Toidze	Politics, Popular Culture	November 18, 2014

Season 27 (2015)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
298	1	"Ripley: Believe It or Not"[261]	Cathleen O'Connell	Biographies, Popular Culture	January 6, 2015
299	2	"Klansville U.S.A."[262]	Callie Wiser	Civil Rights, Politics	January 13, 2015
300	3	"Edison"[263]	Michelle Ferrari	Biographies, Technology	January 27, 2015
301	4	"The Big Burn"[264]	Stephen Ives	The American West	February 3, 2015
302	5	"The Forgotten Plague"[265]	Chana Gazit	Popular Culture, Technology	February 10, 2015
303	6	"Last Days in Vietnam"[266]	Rory Kennedy	Politics, War	April 28, 2015
304	7	"Blackout"[267]	Callie T. Wiser	Popular Culture	July 14, 2015
305	8	"Walt Disney (Part 1)"[268]	Sarah Colt	Biographies	September 14, 2015
306	9	"Walt Disney (Part 2)"	Sarah Colt	Biographies	September 15, 2015
307	10	"American Comandante"[269]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Politics, War	November 17, 2015
308	11	"The Pilgrims"[270]	Ric Burns	Biographies, Native American History	November 24, 2015

Season 28 (2016)

No. in series	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original air date
309	1	"Bonnie & Clyde"[271]	John Maggio	Biographies, Popular Culture	January 19, 2016
310	2	"The Mine Wars"[272]	Randall MacLowry	Popular Culture, The Natural Environment	January 26, 2016
311	3	"Murder of a President"[273]	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Presidents	February 2, 2016
312	4	"The Perfect Crime"[274]	Cathleen O'Connell	Popular Culture	February 9, 2016
313	5	"Space Men"[275]	Amanda Pollak	Technology	March 1, 2016

Upcoming episodes

Title	Directed by	Categories	Premiere date
"The Boys of ’36"[276]	Margaret Grossi	Politics, Popular Culture	August 2, 2016
"Command and Control"[277][278]	Robert Kenner	TBA	Fall 2016
"Rachel Carson"[278]	Michelle Ferrari	TBA	Fall 2016
"Into the Amazon"[278]	John Maggio	TBA	Winter 2017
"The Great War"[278][279] (working title)	Stephen Ives, Amanda Pollak, Rob Rapley	TBA	Winter 2017
"Joseph McCarthy"[278] (working title)	TBA	TBA	Fall 2017
"Oklahoma City"[278] (working title)	TBA	TBA	Fall 2017
"Gilded Age"[278]	Sarah Colt	TBA	Winter 2018

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110. "American Experience | Reagan". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
111. "American Experience | Surviving the Dust Bowl". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
112. "American Experience | Riding the Rails". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
113. "American Experience | America 1900". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
114. "American Experience | Race for the Super Bomb". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
115. "American Experience | Hoover Dam". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
116. "American Experience | Alone on the Ice". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
117. "American Experience | Rescue at Sea". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
118. "American Experience | Meltdown at Three Mile Island". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
119. "American Experience | Lost in the Grand Canyon". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
120. "American Experience | MacArthur". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
121. "American Experience | Fly Girls". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
122. "American Experience | New York: A Documentary Film". PBS. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
123. "American Experience | Eleanor Roosevelt". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
124. "American Experience | Houdini". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
125. "American Experience | Nixon's China Game". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
126. "American Experience | The Duel". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
127. "American Experience | John Brown's Holy War". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
128. "American Experience | George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
129. "American Experience | The Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
130. "American Experience | Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
131. "American Experience | The Wizard of Photography". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
132. "American Experience | The Rockefellers". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
133. "American Experience | Secrets of a Master Builder". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
134. "American Experience | Return with Honor". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
135. "American Experience | The Hurricane of '38". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
136. "American Experience | Marcus Garvey: Look For Me In the Whirlwind". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
137. "American Experience | Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
138. "American Experience | Scottsboro: An American Tragedy". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
139. "American Experience | Fatal Flood". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
140. "American Experience | Stephen Foster". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
141. "American Experience | Streamliners: America's Lost Trains". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
142. "American Experience | War Letters". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
143. "American Experience | Woodrow Wilson". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
144. "American Experience | Mount Rushmore". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
145. "American Experience | Miss America". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
146. "American Experience | Public Enemy #1". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
147. "American Experience | Monkey Trial". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
148. "American Experience | Zoot Suit Riots". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
149. "American Experience | U.S. Grant, Warrior". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
150. "American Experience | Ansel Adams". Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
151. "American Experience | A Brilliant Madness". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
152. "American Experience | Jimmy Carter". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
153. "American Experience | Chicago: City of the Century". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
154. "American Experience | The Murder of Emmett Till". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
155. "American Experience | The Transcontinental Railroad". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
156. "American Experience | Partners of the Heart". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
157. "American Experience | The Pill". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
158. "American Experience | Daughter from Da Nang". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
159. "American Experience | Seabiscuit". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
160. "American Experience | Bataan Rescue". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
161. "American Experience | Murder at Harvard". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
162. "American Experience | New York: The Center of the World". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
163. "American Experience | Reconstruction: The Second Civil War". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
164. "American Experience | Citizen King". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
165. "American Experience | Remember the Alamo". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
166. "American Experience | Tupperware!". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
167. "American Experience | Emma Goldman". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
168. "American Experience | Patriots' Day". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
169. "American Experience | Golden Gate Bridge". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
170. "American Experience | RFK". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
171. "American Experience | The Fight". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
172. "American Experience | Fidel Castro". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
173. "American Experience | Building the Alaska Highway". PBS. November 20, 1942. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
174. "American Experience | Kinsey". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
175. "American Experience | Mary Pickford". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
176. "American Experience | The Great Transatlantic Cable". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
177. "American Experience | Victory in the Pacific". PBS. June 6, 1944. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
178. "American Experience | The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
179. "American Experience | Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
180. "American Experience | The Massie Affair". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
181. "American Experience | Two Days in October". PBS. October 17, 2005. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
182. "American Experience | Race to the Moon". PBS. October 31, 2005. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
183. "American Experience | Las Vegas: An Unconventional History". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
184. "American Experience | John & Abigail Adams". PBS. January 23, 2006. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
185. "American Experience | The Nuremberg Trials". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
186. "American Experience | Jesse James". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
187. "American Experience | Hijacked". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
188. "American Experience | Eugene O'Neill". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
189. "American Experience | The Boy In The Bubble". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
190. "American Experience | The Alaska Pipeline". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
191. "American Experience | Annie Oakley". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
192. "American Experience | The Man Behind Hitler". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
193. "American Experience | Eyes on the Prize". PBS. Retrieved December 14, 2012.
194. "American Experience | Test Tube Babies". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
195. "American Experience | The Great Fever". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
196. "American Experience | The Gold Rush". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
197. "American Experience | The Berlin Airlift". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
198. "American Experience | The Living Weapon". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
199. "American Experience | New Orleans". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
200. "American Experience | Sister Aimee". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
201. "American Experience | Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
202. "American Experience | Summer of Love". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
203. "American Experience | The Mormons". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
204. "American Experience | Alexander Hamilton". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
205. "American Experience | Oswald's Ghost". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
206. "American Experience | The Lobotomist". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
207. "American Experience | Grand Central". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
208. "American Experience | Kit Carson". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
209. "American Experience | Buffalo Bill". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
210. "American Experience | Minik, the Lost Eskimo". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
211. "American Experience | Walt Whitman". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
212. "American Experience | Roberto Clemente". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
213. "American Experience | George H.W. Bush". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
214. "American Experience | The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
215. "American Experience | The Polio Crusade". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
216. "American Experience | The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
217. "American Experience | A Class Apart". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
218. "American Experience | We Shall Remain | After the Mayflower". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
219. "American Experience | We Shall Remain | Tecumseh's Vision". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
220. "American Experience | We Shall Remain | Trail of Tears". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
221. "American Experience | We Shall Remain | Geronimo". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
222. "American Experience | We Shall Remain | Wounded Knee". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
223. "American Experience | The Civilian Conservation Corps". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
224. "American Experience | Wyatt Earp". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
225. "American Experience | The Bombing of Germany". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
226. "American Experience | Dolley Madison". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
227. "American Experience | Earth Days". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
228. "American Experience | My Lai". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
229. "American Experience | Roads to Memphis". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
230. "American Experience | Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
231. "American Experience | God In America". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
232. "American Experience | Robert E. Lee". PBS. September 20, 2011. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
233. "American Experience | Dinosaur Wars". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
234. "American Experience | Panama Canal". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
235. "American Experience | The Greely Expedition". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
236. "American Experience | Triangle Fire". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
237. "American Experience | The Great Famine". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
238. "American Experience | Stonewall Uprising". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
239. "American Experience | Soundtrack for a Revolution". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
240. "American Experience | Freedom Riders". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
241. "American Experience | Billy the Kid". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
242. "American Experience | Custer's Last Stand". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
243. "American Experience | Clinton". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
244. "American Experience | The Amish". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
245. "American Experience | Grand Coulee Dam". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
246. "American Experience | Jesse Owens". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
247. "American Experience | Death and the Civil War". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
248. "American Experience | The Abolitionists". PBS. Retrieved Dec 14, 2012.
249. "The Abolitionists: Preview and Discssion", Boston Public Library, Copley Central Branch, Thursday, January 10, 2013
250. "American Experience | Henry Ford". PBS. Retrieved Mar 23, 2013.
251. "American Experience | Silicon Valley". PBS. Retrieved Mar 23, 2013.
252. "American Experience | War of the Worlds". PBS PressRoom. Retrieved Oct 31, 2013.
253. "American Experience | JFK". PBS PressRoom. Retrieved Oct 31, 2013.
254. "American Experience | The Poisoner's Handbook". PBS. Retrieved Jan 10, 2014.
255. "American Experience | 1964". PBS. Retrieved Jan 10, 2014.
256. "American Experience | The Amish:Shunned". PBS. Retrieved Jan 10, 2014.
257. "American Experience | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". PBS. Retrieved Jun 28, 2014.
258. "American Experience | The Rise and Fall of Penn Station". PBS. Retrieved Jan 10, 2014.
259. "American Experience | Freedom Summer". PBS. Retrieved Jan 21, 2014.
260. "American Experience | Cold War Roadshow". PBS. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
261. "American Experience | Ripley: Believe It or Not". PBS. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
262. "American Experience | Klansville U.S.A.". PBS. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
263. "American Experience | Edison". PBS. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
264. "American Experience | The Big Burn". PBS. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
265. "American Experience | The Forgotten Plague". PBS. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
266. "American Experience | Last Days in Vietnam". PBS. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
267. "American Experience | Blackout". PBS. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
268. "American Experience | Walt Disney". Retrieved 15 September 2015.
269. "American Experience | American Comandante". PBS. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
270. "American Experience | The Pilgrims". PBS. Retrieved November 24, 2015.
271. "American Experience | Bonnie & Clyde". PBS. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
272. "American Experience | The Mine Wars". PBS. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
273. "American Experience | Murder of a President". PBS. Retrieved February 2, 2016.
274. "American Experience | The Perfect Crime". PBS. Retrieved February 10, 2016.
275. "American Experience | Space Men". PBS. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
276. "American Experience | The Boys of ’36". PBS. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
277. "PBS International | New Releases - Command and Control". PBS. Retrieved April 13, 2016.
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279. "PBS International | New Releases - The Great War (working title)". PBS. Retrieved April 13, 2016.

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