American Experience season 3

Season three of the television program American Experience originally aired on the PBS network in the United States on October 1, 1990 and concluded on February 4, 1991. This is the third season to feature David McCullough as the host. The season contained 12 new episodes and began with the film Lindbergh.

American Experience
Season 3
No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	PBS
Original release	October 1, 1990 (1990-10-01) – February 4, 1991 (1991-02-04)
Season chronology
List of episodes

Episodes

See also: List of American Experience episodes

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

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
32	1	"Lindbergh"[1]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 1, 1990 (1990-10-01)
33	2*	"Nixon (Parts 1–3)"[2]	David Espar (Part 1), Elizabeth Deane (Part 2) & Marilyn H. Mellowes (Part 3)	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 15, 1990 (1990-10-15)
Part 1: "The Quest" Part 2: "Triumph" Part 3: "The Fall"
34	3	"God Bless America and Poland, Too"[3]	Marian Marzynski	Biographies	October 22, 1990 (1990-10-22)
35	4	"Insanity on Trial"[4]	Matthew Collins	Biographies, Politics	October 29, 1990 (1990-10-29)
36	5	"The Satellite Sky"[5]	Robert Stone	Technology	November 5, 1990 (1990-11-05)
37	6	"The Crash of 1929"[6]	Ellen Hovde & Muffie Meyer	Popular Culture	November 19, 1990 (1990-11-19)
38	7	"The Iron Road"[7]	Neil Goodwin	Technology, The American West	November 26, 1990 (1990-11-26)
39	8	"French Dance Tonight"[8]	Les Blank & Chris Strachwitz	Popular Culture	December 10, 1990 (1990-12-10)
40	9	"Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil"[9]	Robert Tranchin	Technology	December 17, 1990 (1990-12-17)
41	10	"After the Crash"[10]	Eric Neudel	Politics	January 7, 1991 (1991-01-07)
42	11	"Los Mineros"[11]	Hector Galan	Civil Rights	January 28, 1991 (1991-01-28)
43	12	"Coney Island"[12]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture, Technology	February 4, 1991 (1991-02-04)