List of American Experience episodes

American Experience, originally titled The American Experience, is an American television program and a PBS documentary series created by Peter McGhee.^[1] The series airs documentaries about significant historical events or figures in United States history. The show is produced primarily by WGBH-TV, a television station and PBS affiliate located in Boston, Massachusetts. WGBH-TV 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 television series. Since the program's debut on October 4, 1988, American Experience has broadcast 367 new episodes and has been a recipient of over 265 broadcast and web awards.^[2][3][4]

The program's thirty-sixth season premiered on January 23, 2024.

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Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
			First released	Last released
1	16		October 4, 1988 (1988-10-4)	January 17, 1989 (1989-1-17)
2	15		October 3, 1989 (1989-10-3)	February 12, 1990 (1990-2-12)
3	12		October 1, 1990 (1990-10-1)	May 6, 1991 (1991-5-6)
4	12		September 30, 1991 (1991-9-30)	February 17, 1992 (1992-2-17)
5	15		September 20, 1992 (1992-9-20)	March 1, 1993 (1993-3-1)
6	7		October 27, 1993 (1993-10-27)	May 25, 1994 (1994-5-25)
7	9		October 11, 1994 (1994-10-11)	May 9, 1995 (1995-5-9)
8	9		October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16)	February 26, 1996 (1996-2-26)
9	9		October 6, 1996 (1996-10-6)	July 28, 1997 (1997-7-28)
10	18		October 5, 1997 (1997-10-5)	March 2, 1998 (1998-3-2)
11	13		November 18, 1998 (1998-11-18)	May 17, 1999 (1999-5-17)
12	15		November 14, 1999 (1999-11-14)	May 23, 2000 (2000-5-23)
13	13		October 17, 2000 (2000-10-17)	April 30, 2001 (2001-4-30)
14	14		September 30, 2001 (2001-9-30)	May 12, 2002 (2002-5-12)
15	13		November 11, 2002 (2002-11-11)	July 14, 2003 (2003-7-14)
16	9		September 8, 2003 (2003-9-8)	May 3, 2004 (2004-5-3)
17	12		October 4, 2004 (2004-10-4)	July 4, 2005 (2005-7-4)
18	13		October 17, 2005 (2005-10-17)	May 22, 2006 (2006-5-22)
19	18		October 2, 2006 (2006-10-2)	May 14, 2007 (2007-5-14)
20	18		January 14, 2008 (2008-1-14)	May 6, 2008 (2008-5-6)
21	10		January 26, 2009 (2009-1-26)	May 18, 2009 (2009-5-18)
22	8		November 2, 2009 (2009-11-2)	May 10, 2010 (2010-5-10)
23	12		October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11)	May 16, 2011 (2011-5-16)
24	7		January 10, 2012 (2012-1-10)	May 1, 2012 (2012-5-1)
25	6		September 18, 2012 (2012-9-18)	February 5, 2013 (2013-2-5)
26	9		October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)	June 24, 2014 (2014-6-24)
27	8		November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18)	July 14, 2015 (2015-7-14)
28	10		September 14, 2015 (2015-9-14)	August 2, 2016 (2016-8-2)
29	10		October 18, 2016 (2016-10-18)	April 12, 2017 (2017-4-12)
30	6		January 9, 2018 (2018-1-9)	October 16, 2018 (2018-10-16)
31	9		January 15, 2019 (2019-1-15)	September 10, 2019 (2019-9-10)
32	9		January 6, 2020 (2020-1-6)	July 7, 2020 (2020-7-7)
33	5		January 11, 2021 (2021-1-11)	September 28, 2021 (2021-9-28)
34	7		February 7, 2022 (2022-2-7)	November 15, 2022 (2022-11-15)
35	8		January 3, 2023 (2023-1-3)	October 30, 2023 (2023-10-30)
36	7		January 23, 2024 (2024-1-23)	November 30, 2024 (2024-11-30)
37	2		February 25, 2025 (2025-2-25)	March 25, 2025 (2025-3-25)

Episodes

Season 1 (1988–89)

Main article: American Experience season 1

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
1	1	"The Great San Francisco Earthquake"[5]	Tom Weidlinger	The Natural Environment	October 4, 1988 (1988-10-04)
2	2	"Radio Bikini"[6]	Robert Stone	Technology, War	October 11, 1988 (1988-10-11)
3	3	"Indians, Outlaws, and Angie Debo"[7]	Martha Sandlin	Biographies, Native American History	October 18, 1988 (1988-10-18)
4	4	"Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild a Dream"[8][a]	Frank J. DeMeo & Anthony Potter	Biographies	October 25, 1988 (1988-10-25)
5	5	"The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter"[9]	Connie Field	Popular Culture, War	November 1, 1988 (1988-11-01)
6	6	"Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?"[10]	Jon Blair	Popular Culture, The American West	November 8, 1988 (1988-11-08)
7	7	"Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close"[11]	Robert Drew	Civil Rights, Politics	November 15, 1988 (1988-11-15)
8	8	"Geronimo and the Apache Resistance"[12]	Neil Goodwin	Native American History	November 22, 1988 (1988-11-22)
9	9	"Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited"[13]	Carol Bell	Popular Culture	November 29, 1988 (1988-11-29)
10	10	"That Rhythm, Those Blues"[14]	George T. Nierenberg	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	December 6, 1988 (1988-12-06)
11	11	"The Radio Priest"[15]	Irv Drasnin	Popular Culture	December 13, 1988 (1988-12-13)
12	12	"Hearts and Hands"[16]	Pat Ferrero	Biographies	December 20, 1988 (1988-12-20)
13	13	"Views of a Vanishing Frontier"[17]	Craig B. Fisher	Native American History, The Natural Environment	December 27, 1988 (1988-12-27)
14	14	"Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings"[18]	Patchy Wheatley	Biographies	January 3, 1989 (1989-01-03)
15	15	"The World That Moses Built"[19]	Edward Gray & Mark Obenhaus	Biographies, Technology	January 10, 1989 (1989-01-10)
16	16	"Sins of Our Mothers"[20]	Matthew Collins	Biographies	January 17, 1989 (1989-01-17)

Season 2 (1989–90)

Main article: American Experience season 2

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
17	1	"The Great Air Race of 1924"[21]	David Grubin	Technology	October 3, 1989 (1989-10-03)
18	2	"Demon Rum"[22]	Thomas Lennon	Popular Culture	October 10, 1989 (1989-10-10)
19	3	"A Family Gathering"[23]	Lise Yasui	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 17, 1989 (1989-10-17)
20	4	"The Great War: 1918"[24]	Tom Weidlinger	War	October 31, 1989 (1989-10-31)
21	5	"Forever Baseball"[25]	Irv Drasnin	Popular Culture	November 7, 1989 (1989-11-07)
22	6	"Mr. Sears' Catalogue"[26]	Edward Gray & Mark Obenhaus	Biographies	November 14, 1989 (1989-11-14)
23	7	"Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven"[27]	Jon Else	Native American History, The Natural Environment	November 21, 1989 (1989-11-21)
24	8	"Adam Clayton Powell"[28]	Richard Kilberg	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics	November 28, 1989 (1989-11-28)
25	9	"Journey to America"[29]	Charles Guggenheim	Popular Culture	December 5, 1989 (1989-12-05)
26	10	"Ballad of a Mountain Man"[30]	David Hoffman	Biographies, Popular Culture	December 12, 1989 (1989-12-12)
27	11	"Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice"[31]	William Greaves	Biographies, Civil Rights	December 19, 1989 (1989-12-19)
28	12	"Orphans of the Storm"[32]	Gill Barnes	War	December 26, 1989 (1989-12-26)
29	13	"Forbidden City, USA"[33]	Arthur Dong	Popular Culture	January 2, 1990 (1990-01-02)
30	14	"Battle for Wilderness"[34]	Diane Garey & Lawrence Hott	The American West, The Natural Environment	January 9, 1990 (1990-01-09)
31	15	"Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad"[35]	Orlando Bagwell	Civil Rights	January 16, 1990 (1990-01-16)

Season 3 (1990–91)

Main article: American Experience season 3

 *  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"[36]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 1, 1990 (1990-10-01)
33	2*	"Nixon (Parts 1–3)"[37]	David Espar (Part 1), Elizabeth Deane (Part 2) & Marilyn H. Mellowes (Part 3)	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 15, 1990 (1990-10-15)
34	3	"God Bless America and Poland, Too"[38]	Marian Marzynski	Biographies	October 22, 1990 (1990-10-22)
35	4	"Insanity on Trial"[39]	Matthew Collins	Biographies, Politics	October 29, 1990 (1990-10-29)
36	5	"The Satellite Sky"[40]	Robert Stone	Technology	November 5, 1990 (1990-11-05)
37	6	"The Crash of 1929"[41]	Ellen Hovde & Muffie Meyer	Popular Culture	November 19, 1990 (1990-11-19)
38	7	"The Iron Road"[42]	Neil Goodwin	Technology, The American West	November 26, 1990 (1990-11-26)
39	8	"French Dance Tonight"[43]	Les Blank & Chris Strachwitz	Popular Culture	December 10, 1990 (1990-12-10)
40	9	"Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil"[44]	Robert Tranchin	Technology	December 17, 1990 (1990-12-17)
41	10	"After the Crash"[45]	Eric Neudel	Politics	January 7, 1991 (1991-01-07)
42	11	"Los Mineros"[46]	Hector Galan	Civil Rights	January 28, 1991 (1991-01-28)
43	12	"Coney Island"[47]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture, Technology	February 4, 1991 (1991-02-04)

Season 4 (1991–92)

Main article: American Experience season 4

 *  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
44	1*	"LBJ (Parts 1–2)"[48]	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	September 30, 1991 (1991-09-30)
45	2*	"LBJ (Parts 3–4)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 1, 1991 (1991-10-01)
46	3	"The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry"[49]	Jacqueline Shearer	War	October 14, 1991 (1991-10-14)
47	4	"Scandalous Mayor"[50]	Ken Eluto	Biographies	October 28, 1991 (1991-10-28)
48	5	"The Johnstown Flood"[51]	Charles Guggenheim	The Natural Environment	November 4, 1991 (1991-11-04)
49	6	"Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance"[52]	Lance Bird, John Crowley & Tom Johnson	War	November 11, 1991 (1991-11-11)
50	7	"G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover"[53]	Irv Drasnin	Popular Culture	November 18, 1991 (1991-11-18)
51	8	"Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo"[54]	Robert Levi	Biographies	December 9, 1991 (1991-12-09)
52	9	"The Quiz Show Scandal"[55]	Michael R. Lawrence	Popular Culture	January 6, 1992 (1992-01-06)
53	10	"Love in the Cold War"[56]	David Dugan & Eric Stange	War	January 13, 1992 (1992-01-13)
54	11	"Wild by Law"[57]	Diane Garey & Lawrence Hott	The Natural Environment	January 27, 1992 (1992-01-27)
55	12	"Barnum's Big Top"[58]	Matthew Collins	Biographies, Popular Culture	February 10, 1992 (1992-02-10)
56	13	"In the White Man's Image"[59]	Christine Lesiak	Native American History	February 17, 1992 (1992-02-17)

Season 5 (1992–93)

Main article: American Experience season 5

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
57	1	"The Kennedys (Part 1)"[60]	James A. Devinney, David Espar, Marilyn H. Mellowes & Phillip Whitehead	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	September 20, 1992 (1992-09-20)
58	2	"The Kennedys (Part 2)"	David Espar & James A. Devinney	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	September 21, 1992 (1992-09-21)
59	3	"The Donner Party"[61]	Ric Burns	The American West	October 28, 1992 (1992-10-28)
—[b]	4	"Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II"	William Miles & Nina Rosenblum	—[b]	November 11, 1992 (1992-11-11)
60	5	"George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King"[67]	David Sutherland	Biographies, Presidents	November 18, 1992 (1992-11-18)
61	6	"Last Stand at Little Big Horn"[68]	Paul Stekler	Native American History	November 25, 1992 (1992-11-25)
62	7	"If You Knew Sousa"[69]	Tom Spain	Popular Culture	December 9, 1992 (1992-12-09)
63	8	"Simple Justice"[70]	Helaine Head	Civil Rights	January 18, 1993 (1993-01-18)
64	9	"Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish"[71]	Diane Garey & Lawrence Hott	Biographies	January 25, 1993 (1993-01-25)
65	10	"Sit Down and Fight"[72]	Charlotte Mitchell Zwerin	Biographies	February 1, 1993 (1993-02-01)
66	11	"Rachel Carson's Silent Spring"[73]	Neil Goodwin	The Natural Environment	February 8, 1993 (1993-02-08)
67	12	"Goin' Back to T–Town"[74]	Samuel D. Pollard & Joyce Vaughn	Biographies, Civil Rights	March 1, 1993 (1993-03-01)

Season 6 (1993–94)

Main article: American Experience season 6

 *  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
68	1	"Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage"[75]	Nancy Porter	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 27, 1993 (1993-10-27)
69	2	"The Hunt for Pancho Villa"[76]	Hector Galan	Politics, War	November 3, 1993 (1993-11-03)
70	3*	"Eisenhower (Parts 1–2)"[77]	Adriana Bosch (Part 1) & Austin Hoyt (Part 2)	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 10, 1993 (1993-11-10)
71	4	"The Hurricane of '38"[78]	Michael Epstein & Thomas Lennon	The Natural Environment	November 17, 1993 (1993-11-17)
72	5	"Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian"[79]	Jed Riffe & Pamela Roberts	Biographies, Native American History	January 19, 1994 (1994-1-19)
73	6	"Malcolm X: Make It Plain"[80]	Orlando Bagwell	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 26, 1994 (1994-01-26)
74	7	"America and the Holocaust"[81]	Martin Ostrow	Politics, War	April 6, 1994 (1994-04-06)
75	8	"D-Day"[82]	Charles Guggenheim	War	May 25, 1994 (1994-05-25)

Season 7 (1994–95)

Main article: American Experience season 7

 *  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
76	1*	"FDR (Parts 1–2)"[83]	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 11, 1994 (1994-10-11)
77	2*	"FDR (Parts 3–4)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 12, 1994 (1994-10-12)
78	3	"Telegrams from the Dead"[84]	Matthew Collins	Popular Culture	October 19, 1994 (1994-10-19)
79	4	"Midnight Ramble"[85]	Pearl Bowser & Bestor Cram	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	October 26, 1994 (1994-10-26)
80	5	"Battle of the Bulge"[86]	Thomas Lennon	War	November 9, 1994 (1994-11-09)
81	6	"One Woman, One Vote"[87]	Ruth Pollak	Biographies, Civil Rights	February 15, 1995 (1995-02-15)
82	7*	"The Way West (Parts 1–2)"[88]	Ric Burns	The American West	May 8, 1995 (1995-05-08)
83	8*	"The Way West (Parts 3–4)"	Ric Burns	The American West	May 9, 1995 (1995-05-09)

Season 8 (1995–96)

Main article: American Experience season 8

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
84	1	"Murder of the Century"[89]	Carl Charlson	Popular Culture	October 16, 1995 (1995-10-16)
85	2	"Edison's Miracle of Light"[90]	John Walter	Biographies, Technology	October 23, 1995 (1995-10-23)
86	3	"Chicago 1968"[91]	Chana Gazit	Politics, Popular Culture	November 13, 1995 (1995-11-13)
87	4	"The Orphan Trains"[92]	Janet Graham & Edward Gray	Popular Culture	November 27, 1995 (1995-11-27)
88	5	"Freedom on My Mind"[93]	Connie Field & Marilyn Mulford	Civil Rights	January 15, 1996 (1996-01-15)
89	6	"Daley: The Last Boss"[94]	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Politics	January 22, 1996 (1996-01-22)
90	7	"The Battle Over Citizen Kane"[95]	Michael Epstein & Thomas Lennon	Popular Culture	January 29, 1996 (1996-01-29)
91	8	"The Wright Stuff"[96]	Nancy Porter	Biographies, Technology	February 12, 1996 (1996-02-12)
92	9	"Spy in the Sky"[97]	Linda Garmon	Technology, War	February 26, 1996 (1996-02-26)

Season 9 (1996–97)

Main article: American Experience season 9

 *  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
93	1	"TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 1)"[98]	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 6, 1996 (1996-10-06)
94	2	"TR, The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part 2)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	October 7, 1996 (1996-10-07)
95	3	"The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie"[99]	Austin Hoyt	Biographies	January 20, 1997 (1997-01-20)
96	4	"Hawaii's Last Queen"[100]	Vivian Ducat	Biographies	January 27, 1997 (1997-01-27)
97	5	"The Telephone"[101]	Karen Goodman & Kirk Simon	Technology	February 3, 1997 (1997-02-03)
98	6	"Big Dream, Small Screen"[102]	David Dugan	Technology	February 10, 1997 (1997-02-10)
99	7	"New York Underground"[103]	Elena Mannes	Technology	February 17, 1997 (1997-02-17)
100	8	"Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern"[104]	Steven Ascher & Jeanne Jordan	Biographies, Technology, The Natural Environment	April 14, 1997 (1997-04-14)
101	9	"Around the World in 72 Days"[105]	Christine Lesiak	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 28, 1997 (1997-04-28)
102	10	"Gold Fever"[106]	Susan Steinberg	The American West	May 12, 1997 (1997-05-12)
103	11*	"Vietnam: A Television History (Parts 1–2)"[107]	Judith Vecchione (Part 1) Elizabeth Deane (Part 2)	Politics, War	May 26, 1997 (1997-05-26)
104	12	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 3)"	Austin Hoyt	Politics, War	June 2, 1997 (1997-06-02)
105	13	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 4)"	Andrew Pearson	Politics, War	June 9, 1997 (1997-06-09)
106	14	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 5)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	June 16, 1997 (1997-06-16)
107	15	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 6)"	Austin Hoyt	Politics, War	June 23, 1997 (1997-06-23)
108	16	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 7)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	June 30, 1997 (1997-06-30)
109	17	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 8)"	Bruce Palling	Politics, War	July 7, 1997 (1997-07-07)
110	18	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 9)"	Martin Smith	Politics, War	July 14, 1997 (1997-07-14)
111	19	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 10)"	Elizabeth Deane	Politics, War	July 21, 1997 (1997-07-21)
112	20	"Vietnam: A Television History (Part 11)"	Elizabeth Deane	Politics, War	July 28, 1997 (1997-07-28)

Season 10 (1997–98)

Main article: American Experience season 10

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
113	1	"Truman (Part 1)"[108]	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 5, 1997 (1997-10-05)
114	2	"Truman (Part 2)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics, Presidents, War	October 6, 1997 (1997-10-06)
115	3	"A Midwife's Tale"[109]	Richard P. Rogers	Biographies	January 19, 1998 (1998-01-19)
116	4	"Mr. Miami Beach"[110]	Mark Davis	Biographies	February 2, 1998 (1998-02-02)
117	5	"Influenza 1918"[111]	Robert Kenner	Technology	February 9, 1998 (1998-02-09)
118	6	"Reagan (Part 1)"[112]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	February 23, 1998 (1998-02-23)
119	7	"Reagan (Part 2)"	Austin Hoyt	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	February 24, 1998 (1998-02-24)
120	8	"Surviving the Dust Bowl"[113]	Chana Gazit	The Natural Environment	March 2, 1998 (1998-03-02)
121	9	"Riding the Rails"[114]	Lexy Lovell & Michael Uys	Popular Culture	April 13, 1998 (1998-04-13)

Season 11 (1998–99)

Main article: American Experience season 11

 *  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
122	1*	"America 1900 (Parts 1–4)"[115]	David Grubin	Politics, Popular Culture, Technology	November 18, 1998 (1998-11-18)
123	2	"Race for the Superbomb"[116]	Thomas Ott	Technology, War	January 11, 1999 (1999-01-11)
124	3	"Hoover Dam"[117]	Stephen Stept	Technology, The American West	January 18, 1999 (1999-01-18)
125	4	"Alone on the Ice"[118]	Nancy Porter	Biographies, Technology, The Natural Environment	February 8, 1999 (1999-02-08)
126	5	"Rescue at Sea"[119]	Ben Loeterman	Technology	February 15, 1999 (1999-02-15)
127	6	"Meltdown at Three Mile Island"[120]	Chana Gazit	Technology	February 22, 1999 (1999-02-22)
128	7	"Lost in the Grand Canyon"[121]	Mark Davis	Biographies, The American West, The Natural Environment	April 5, 1999 (1999-04-05)
129	8	"MacArthur (Part 1)"[122]	Sarah Holt & Austin Hoyt	Biographies, War	May 17, 1999 (1999-05-17)
130	9	"MacArthur (Part 2)"	Sarah Holt & Austin Hoyt	Biographies, War	May 18, 1999 (1999-05-18)
131	10	"Fly Girls"[123]	Laurel Ladevich	Biographies, Technology, War	May 24, 1999 (1999-05-24)

Season 12 (1999–2000)

Main article: American Experience season 12

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
132	1	"New York: A Documentary Film (Part 1)"[124]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 14, 1999 (1999-11-14)
133	2	"New York: A Documentary Film (Part 2)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 15, 1999 (1999-11-15)
134	3	"New York: A Documentary Film (Part 3)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 16, 1999 (1999-11-16)
135	4	"New York: A Documentary Film (Part 4)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 17, 1999 (1999-11-17)
136	5	"New York: A Documentary Film (Part 5)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	November 18, 1999 (1999-11-18)
137	6	"Eleanor Roosevelt"[125]	Sue Williams	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	January 10, 2000 (2000-01-10)
138	7	"Houdini"[126]	Nancy Porter	Biographies, Popular Culture	January 24, 2000 (2000-01-24)
139	8	"Nixon's China Game"[127]	Mark Anderson & Michael Simkin	Biographies, Politics	January 31, 2000 (2000-01-31)
140	9	"The Duel"[128]	Carl Byker & Mitch Wilson	Politics	February 14, 2000 (2000-02-14)
141	10	"John Brown's Holy War"[129]	Robert Kenner	Biographies, Civil Rights	February 28, 2000 (2000-02-28)
142	11	"George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Part 1)"[130]	Daniel McCabe & Paul Stekler	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics	April 23, 2000 (2000-04-23)
143	12	"George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire (Part 2)"	Daniel McCabe & Paul Stekler	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics	April 24, 2000 (2000-04-24)
144	13	"Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory"[131]	Llewellyn M. Smith	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	May 1, 2000 (2000-05-01)
145	14	"Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life"[132]	Mark Zwonitzer	Biographies, Popular Culture	May 8, 2000 (2000-05-08)
146	15	"The Wizard of Photography"[133]	James A. DeVinney	Biographies, Technology	May 22, 2000 (2000-05-22)

Season 13 (2000–01)

Main article: American Experience season 13

 *  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
147	1	"The Rockefellers (Part 1)"[134]	Elizabeth Deane	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 16, 2000 (2000-10-16)
148	2	"The Rockefellers (Part 2)"	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Popular Culture	October 23, 2000 (2000-10-23)
149	3	"Secrets of a Master Builder"[135]	Carl Charlson	Biographies, Technology	October 30, 2000 (2000-10-30)
150	4	"Return with Honor"[136]	Freida Lee Mock & Terry Sanders	Politics, War	November 13, 2000 (2000-11-13)
151	5	"Streamliners: America's Lost Trains"[137]	Thomas Ott	Technology	February 5, 2001 (2001-02-05)
152	6	"Marcus Garvey: Look For Me in the Whirlwind"[138]	Stanley Nelson	Biographies, Civil Rights, Politics	February 12, 2001 (2001-02-12)
153	7*	"Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Parts 1–2)"[139]	David Grubin	Biographies, Presidents	February 19, 2001 (2001-02-19)
154	8*	"Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Parts 3–4)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Presidents	February 20, 2001 (2001-02-20)
155	9*	"Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided (Parts 5–6)"	David Grubin	Biographies, Presidents	February 21, 2001 (2001-02-21)
156	10	"Scottsboro: An American Tragedy"[140]	Barak Goodman	Civil Rights	April 2, 2001 (2001-04-02)
157	11	"Fatal Flood"[141]	Chana Gazit	The Natural Environment	April 16, 2001 (2001-04-16)
158	12	"Stephen Foster"[142]	Randall MacLowry	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 23, 2001 (2001-04-23)

Season 14 (2001–02)

Main article: American Experience season 14

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
159	1	"New York: A Documentary Film (Part 6)"[124]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	September 30, 2001 (2001-09-30)
160	2	"New York: A Documentary Film (Part 7)"	Ric Burns	Popular Culture	October 1, 2001 (2001-10-01)
161	3	"War Letters"[143]	Robert Kenner	War	November 11, 2001 (2001-11-11)
162	4	"Woodrow Wilson (Part 1)"[144]	Carl Byker & Mitch Wilson	Biographies, Presidents, War	January 6, 2002 (2002-01-06)
163	5	"Woodrow Wilson (Part 2)"	Carl Byker & Mitch Wilson	Biographies, Presidents, War	January 13, 2002 (2002-01-13)
164	6	"Mount Rushmore"[145]	Mark Zwonitzer	The Natural Environment	January 20, 2002 (2002-01-20)
165	7	"Miss America"[146]	Lisa Ades	Popular Culture	January 27, 2002 (2002-01-27)
166	8	"Zoot Suit Riots"[147]	Joseph Tovares	Civil Rights, Politics	February 10, 2002 (2002-02-10)
167	9	"Monkey Trial"[148]	Christine Lesiak	Politics, Popular Culture	February 17, 2002 (2002-02-17)
168	10	"Public Enemy #1"[149]	Ben Loeterman	Biographies, Politics, Popular Culture	February 24, 2002 (2002-02-24)
169	11	"Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film"[150]	Ric Burns	Biographies, Popular Culture, The Natural Environment	April 21, 2002 (2002-04-21)
170	12	"A Brilliant Madness"[151]	Mark Samels	Biographies	April 28, 2002 (2002-04-28)
171	13	"Ulysses S. Grant (Part 1)"[152]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Politics, Popular Culture, Presidents, War	May 5, 2002 (2002-05-05)
172	14	"Ulysses S. Grant (Part 2)"	Elizabeth Deane	Biographies, Politics, Popular Culture, Presidents, War	May 12, 2002 (2002-05-12)

Season 15 (2002–03)

Main article: American Experience season 15

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
173	1	"Jimmy Carter (Part 1)"[153]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 11, 2002 (2002-11-11)
174	2	"Jimmy Carter (Part 2)"	Adriana Bosch	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 12, 2002 (2002-11-12)
175	3	"Chicago: City of the Century (Part 1)"[154]	Austin Hoyt	Popular Culture	January 13, 2003 (2003-01-13)
176	4	"Chicago: City of the Century (Part 2)"	Austin Hoyt	Popular Culture	January 14, 2003 (2003-01-14)
177	5	"Chicago: City of the Century (Part 3)"	Austin Hoyt	Popular Culture	January 15, 2003 (2003-01-15)
178	6	"The Murder of Emmett Till"[155]	Stanley Nelson	Civil Rights, Politics	January 20, 2003 (2003-01-20)
179	7	"The Transcontinental Railroad"[156]	Michael Chin & Mark Zwonitzer	Technology, The American West	January 27, 2003 (2003-01-27)
180	8	"Partners of the Heart"[157]	Andrea Kalin	Biographies, Civil Rights, Technology	February 10, 2003 (2003-02-10)
181	9	"The Pill"[158]	Chana Gazit	Popular Culture, Technology	February 24, 2003 (2003-02-24)
182	10	"Daughter from Danang"[159]	Gail Dolgin & Vicente Franco	Biographies, War	April 7, 2003 (2003-04-07)
183	11	"Seabiscuit"[160]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 21, 2003 (2003-04-21)
184	12	"Bataan Rescue"[161]	Peter Jones	War	July 7, 2003 (2003-07-07)
185	13	"Murder at Harvard"[162]	Eric Stange	Popular Culture	July 14, 2003 (2003-07-14)

Season 16 (2003–04)

Main article: American Experience season 16

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
186	1	"New York: A Documentary Film (Part 8)"[163]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture, Technology	September 8, 2003 (2003-09-08)
187	2	"Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (Part 1)"[164]	Llewellyn M. Smith	Civil Rights, War	January 12, 2004 (2004-01-12)
188	3	"Reconstruction: The Second Civil War (Part 2)"	Elizabeth Deane	Civil Rights, War	January 13, 2004 (2004-01-13)
189	4	"Citizen King"[165]	Orlando Bagwell & W. Noland Walker	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 19, 2004 (2004-01-19)
190	5	"Remember the Alamo"[166]	Joseph Tovares	The American West, War	February 2, 2004 (2004-02-02)
191	6	"Tupperware!"[167]	Laurie Kahn-Leavitt	Popular Culture	February 9, 2004 (2004-02-09)
192	7	"Emma Goldman"[168]	Mel Bucklin	Biographies, Politics	April 12, 2004 (2004-04-12)
193	8	"Patriots Day"[169]	Marian Marzynski	Popular Culture	April 19, 2004 (2004-04-19)
194	9	"Golden Gate Bridge"[170]	Ben Loeterman	Technology	May 3, 2004 (2004-05-03)

Season 17 (2004–05)

Main article: American Experience season 17

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
195	1	"RFK"[171]	David Grubin	Biographies, Politics	October 4, 2004 (2004-10-04)
196	2	"The Fight"[172]	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture	October 18, 2004 (2004-10-18)
197	3	"Fidel Castro"[173]	Adriana Bosch	Biographies	January 31, 2005 (2005-01-31)
198	4	"Building the Alaska Highway"[174]	Tracy Heather Strain	Technology, War	February 7, 2005 (2005-02-07)
199	5	"Kinsey"[175]	Barak Goodman & John Maggio	Biographies, Popular Culture	February 14, 2005 (2005-02-14)
200	6	"Mary Pickford"[176]	Sue Williams	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 4, 2005 (2005-04-04)
201	7	"The Great Transatlantic Cable"[177]	Peter Jones	Technology	April 11, 2005 (2005-04-11)
202	8	"The Massie Affair"[178]	Mark Zwonitzer	Popular Culture	April 18, 2005 (2005-04-18)
203	9	"Victory in the Pacific"[179]	Austin Hoyt	War	May 2, 2005 (2005-05-02)
204	10	"The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken"[180]	Kathy Conkwright	Biographies, Popular Culture	May 9, 2005 (2005-05-09)
205	11	"Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst"[181]	Robert Stone	Politics, Popular Culture	May 23, 2005 (2005-05-23)

Season 18 (2005–06)

Main article: American Experience season 18

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
206	1	"Two Days in October"[182]	Robert Kenner	Politics, War	October 17, 2005 (2005-10-17)
207	2	"Race to the Moon"[183]	Kevin Michael Kertscher	Technology	October 31, 2005 (2005-10-31)
208	3	"Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (Part 1)"[184]	Stephen Ives	Popular Culture, The American West	November 14, 2005 (2005-11-14)
209	4	"Las Vegas: An Unconventional History (Part 2)"	Stephen Ives	Popular Culture, The American West	November 15, 2005 (2005-11-15)
210	5	"John & Abigail Adams"[185]	Peter Jones	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	January 23, 2006 (2006-01-23)
211	6	"The Nuremberg Trials"[186]	Michael Kloft	Politics, War	January 30, 2006 (2006-01-30)
212	7	"Jesse James"[187]	Mark Zwonitzer	Biographies, Popular Culture	February 6, 2006 (2006-02-06)
213	8	"Hijacked"[188]	Ilan Ziv	Politics	February 27, 2006 (2006-02-27)
214	9	"Eugene O'Neill"[189]	Ric Burns	Biographies, Popular Culture	March 27, 2006 (2006-03-27)
215	10	"The Boy in the Bubble"[190]	Barak Goodman & John Maggio	Biographies, Technology	April 10, 2006 (2006-04-10)
216	11	"The Alaska Pipeline"[191]	Mark Davis	Technology, The Natural Environment	April 24, 2006 (2006-04-24)
217	12	"Annie Oakley"[192]	Riva Freifeld	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	May 8, 2006 (2006-05-08)
218	13	"The Man Behind Hitler"[193]	Lutz Hachmeister	Biographies, War	May 22, 2006 (2006-05-22)

Season 19 (2006–07)

Main article: American Experience season 19

 *  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
219	1*	"Eyes on the Prize (Parts 1–2)"[194]	Judith Vecchione (Parts 1–2)	Civil Rights	October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02)
220	2*	"Eyes on the Prize (Parts 3–4)"	Orlando Bagwell (Part 3) Callie Crossley & James A. DeVinney (Part 4)	Civil Rights	October 9, 2006 (2006-10-09)
221	3*	"Eyes on the Prize (Parts 5–6)"	Orlando Bagwell (Part 5) Callie Crossley & James A. DeVinney (Part 6)	Civil Rights	October 16, 2006 (2006-10-16)
222	4	"Test Tube Babies"[195]	Chana Gazit & Hilary Klotz Steinman	Technology	October 23, 2006 (2006-10-23)
223	5	"The Great Fever"[196]	Adriana Bosch & Michael Chin	Technology	October 30, 2006 (2006-10-30)
224	6	"The Gold Rush"[197]	Randall MacLowry	The American West	November 6, 2006 (2006-11-06)
225	7	"The Berlin Airlift"[198]	Peter Adler, Alexander Berkel & Stefan Mausbach	War	January 29, 2007 (2007-01-29)
226	8	"The Living Weapon"[199]	John Rubin	Technology, War	February 5, 2007 (2007-02-05)
227	9	"New Orleans"[200]	Stephen Ives	Popular Culture	February 12, 2007 (2007-02-12)
228	10	"Sister Aimee"[201]	Linda Garmon	Biographies, Popular Culture	April 2, 2007 (2007-04-02)
229	11	"Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple"[202]	Stanley Nelson	Popular Culture	April 9, 2007 (2007-04-09)
230	12	"Summer of Love"[203]	Gail Dolgin & Vicente Franco	Popular Culture	April 23, 2007 (2007-04-23)
231	13	"The Mormons (Part 1)"[204]	Helen Whitney	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	April 30, 2007 (2007-04-30)
232	14	"The Mormons (Part 2)"	Helen Whitney	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	May 1, 2007 (2007-05-01)
233	15	"Alexander Hamilton"[205]	Muffie Meyer	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	May 14, 2007 (2007-05-14)

Season 20 (2008)

Main article: American Experience season 20

 *  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
234	1	"Oswald's Ghost"[206]	Robert Stone	Biographies	January 14, 2008 (2008-01-14)
235	2	"The Lobotomist"[207]	Barak Goodman & John Maggio	Technology	January 21, 2008 (2008-01-21)
236	3*	"Eyes on the Prize (Parts 7–8)"[208]	James A. DeVinney & Madison D. Lacy Jr. (Part 7) Sheila C. Bernard & Samuel D. Pollard (Part 8)	Civil Rights	February 3, 2008 (2008-02-03)
237	4	"Grand Central"[209]	Michael Epstein	Popular Culture, Technology	February 4, 2008 (2008-02-04)
238	5*	"Eyes on the Prize (Parts 9–10)"	Louis Massiah & Terry Kay Rockefeller (Part 9) Jacqueline Shearer & Paul Stekler (Part 10)	Civil Rights	February 10, 2008 (2008-02-10)
239	6*	"Eyes on the Prize (Parts 11–12)"	Sheila C. Bernard & Samuel D. Pollard (Part 11) Louis Massiah, Thomas Ott & Terry Kay Rockefeller (Part 12)	Civil Rights	February 17, 2008 (2008-02-17)
240	7	"Kit Carson"[210]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Native American History, The American West	February 18, 2008 (2008-02-18)
241	8*	"Eyes on the Prize (Parts 13–14)"	Jacqueline Shearer & Paul Stekler (Part 13) James A. DeVinney & Madison D. Lacy (Part 14)	Civil Rights	February 24, 2008 (2008-02-24)
242	9	"Buffalo Bill"[211]	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Popular Culture, The American West	February 25, 2008 (2008-02-25)
243	10	"Minik"[212] "Minik, the Lost Eskimo"	Axel Engstfeld	Biographies	March 31, 2008 (2008-03-31)
244	11	"Walt Whitman"[213]	Mark Zwonitzer	Biographies, The Natural Environment	April 14, 2008 (2008-04-14)
245	12	"Roberto Clemente"[214]	Bernardo Ruiz	Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture	April 21, 2008 (2008-04-21)
246	13	"George H.W. Bush (Part 1)"[215]	Austin Hoyt	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	May 5, 2008 (2008-05-05)
247	14	"George H.W. Bush (Part 2)"	Austin Hoyt	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	May 6, 2008 (2008-05-06)

Season 21 (2009)

Main article: American Experience season 21

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
248	1	"The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer"[216]	David Grubin	Biographies, Technology, War	January 26, 2009 (2009-01-26)
249	2	"The Polio Crusade"[217]	Sarah Colt	Popular Culture, Technology	February 2, 2009 (2009-02-02)
250	3	"The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln"[218]	Barak Goodman	Presidents	February 9, 2009 (2009-02-09)
251	4	"A Class Apart"[219]	Peter Miller & Carlos Sandoval	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	February 23, 2009 (2009-02-23)
252	5	"We Shall Remain (Part 1)"[220]	Chris Eyre	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	April 13, 2009 (2009-04-13)
253	6	"We Shall Remain (Part 2)"[221]	Ric Burns & Chris Eyre	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	April 20, 2009 (2009-04-20)
254	7	"We Shall Remain (Part 3)"[222]	Chris Eyre	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	April 27, 2009 (2009-04-27)
255	8	"We Shall Remain (Part 4)"[223]	Sarah Colt and Dustinn Craig	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	May 4, 2009 (2009-05-04)
256	9	"We Shall Remain (Part 5)"[224]	Stanley Nelson	Civil Rights, Native American History, Politics, The American West	May 11, 2009 (2009-05-11)

Season 22 (2009–10)

Main article: American Experience season 22

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
257	1	"The Civilian Conservation Corps"[225]	Robert Stone	The American West, The Natural Environment	November 2, 2009 (2009-11-02)
258	2	"Wyatt Earp"[226]	Rob Rapley	Biographies, The American West	January 25, 2010 (2010-01-25)
259	3	"The Bombing of Germany"[227]	Zvi Dor-Ner	Politics, War	February 8, 2010 (2010-02-08)
260	4	"Dolley Madison"[228]	Muffie Meyer	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	March 1, 2010 (2010-03-01)
261	5	"Earth Days"[229]	Robert Stone	Popular Culture, The Natural Environment	April 19, 2010 (2010-04-19)
262	6	"My Lai"[230]	Barak Goodman	War	April 26, 2010 (2010-04-26)
263	7	"Roads to Memphis"[231]	Stephen Ives	Civil Rights	May 3, 2010 (2010-05-03)
264	8	"Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World"[232]	Ric Burns	The Natural Environment	May 10, 2010 (2010-05-10)

Season 23 (2010–11)

Main article: American Experience season 23

 *  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
265	1*	"God in America (Parts 1–2)"[233]	David Belton	Popular Culture	October 11, 2010 (2010-10-11)
266	2*	"God in America (Parts 3–4)"	Sarah Colt	Popular Culture	October 12, 2010 (2010-10-12)
267	3*	"God in America (Parts 5–6)"	Greg Barker	Popular Culture	October 13, 2010 (2010-10-13)
268	4	"Robert E. Lee"[234]	Mark Zwonitzer	Biographies, War	January 3, 2011 (2011-01-03)
269	5	"Dinosaur Wars"[235]	Mark Davis	The American West, The Natural Environment	January 17, 2011 (2011-01-17)
270	6	"Panama Canal"[236]	Stephen Ives	Popular Culture, Technology, The Natural Environment	January 24, 2011 (2011-01-24)
271	7	"The Greely Expedition"[237]	Rob Rapley	Popular Culture, The Natural Environment	January 31, 2011 (2011-01-31)
272	8	"Triangle Fire"[238]	Jamila Wignot	Popular Culture, Technology	February 28, 2011 (2011-02-28)
273	9	"The Great Famine"[239]	Austin Hoyt & Aisiyuak Yumagulov	Popular Culture, The Natural Environment	April 11, 2011 (2011-04-11)
274	10	"Stonewall Uprising"[240]	Kate Davis & David Heilbroner	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	April 25, 2011 (2011-04-25)
275	11	"Soundtrack for a Revolution"[241]	Bill Guttentag & Dan Sturman	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	May 9, 2011 (2011-05-09)
276	12	"Freedom Riders"[242]	Stanley Nelson	Civil Rights, Popular Culture	May 16, 2011 (2011-05-16)

Season 24 (2012)

Main article: American Experience season 24

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
277	1	"Billy the Kid"[243]	John Maggio	Biographies, The American West	January 10, 2012 (2012-01-10)
278	2	"Custer's Last Stand"[244]	Stephen Ives	Biographies, Native American History, The American West	January 17, 2012 (2012-01-17)
279	3	"Clinton (Part 1)"[245]	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	February 20, 2012 (2012-02-20)
280	4	"Clinton (Part 2)"	Barak Goodman	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	February 21, 2012 (2012-02-21)
281	5	"The Amish"[246]	David Belton	Biographies, Popular Culture	February 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)
282	6	"Grand Coulee Dam"[247]	Stephen Ives	Native American History, Technology, The American West, The Natural Environment	April 3, 2012 (2012-04-03)
283	7	"Jesse Owens"[248]	Laruens Grant	Biographies, Civil Rights, Popular Culture, War	May 1, 2012 (2012-05-01)
284	8	"Death and the Civil War"[249]	Ric Burns	Popular Culture, War	September 18, 2012 (2012-09-18)

Season 25 (2013)

Main article: American Experience season 25

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Categories	Original release date
285	1	"The Abolitionists (Part 1)"[250]	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 8, 2013 (2013-01-08)
286	2	"The Abolitionists (Part 2)"	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 15, 2013 (2013-01-15)
287	3	"The Abolitionists (Part 3)"	Rob Rapley	Biographies, Civil Rights	January 22, 2013 (2013-01-22)
288	4	"Henry Ford"[251]	Sarah Colt	Biographies, Popular Culture	January 29, 2013 (2013-01-29)
289	5	"Silicon Valley"[252]	Randall MacLowry	Biographies, Popular Culture, Technology	February 5, 2013 (2013-02-05)
290	6	"War of the Worlds"[253]	Cathleen O'Connell	Popular Culture	October 29, 2013 (2013-10-29)
291	7	"JFK (Part 1)"[254]	Susan Bellows	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 11, 2013 (2013-11-11)
292	8	"JFK (Part 2)"	Susan Bellows	Biographies, Politics, Presidents	November 12, 2013 (2013-11-12)

Season 26 (2014)

Main article: American Experience season 26

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
293	1	"The Poisoner's Handbook"[255]	Rob Rapley	Teleplay by : Rob Rapley Story by : Michelle Ferrari	January 7, 2014 (2014-01-07)
294	2	"1964"[256]	Stephen Ives	Stephen Ives	January 14, 2014 (2014-01-14)
295	3	"The Amish: Shunned"[257]	Callie T. Wiser	Callie T. Wiser	February 4, 2014 (2014-02-04)
296	4	"Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"[258]	John Maggio	John Maggio	February 11, 2014 (2014-02-11)
297	5	"The Rise and Fall of Penn Station"[259]	Randall MacLowry	Randall MacLowry	February 18, 2014 (2014-02-18)
298	6	"Freedom Summer"[260]	Stanley Nelson	Stanley Nelson	June 24, 2014 (2014-06-24)
299	7	"Cold War Roadshow"[261]	Robert Stone & Tim B. Toidze	Unknown	November 18, 2014 (2014-11-18)

Season 27 (2015)

Main article: American Experience season 27

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
300	1	"Ripley: Believe It or Not"[262]	Cathleen O'Connell	Cathleen O'Connell	January 6, 2015 (2015-01-06)
301	2	"Klansville U.S.A."[263]	Callie T. Wiser	Teleplay by : David Espar & Callie T. Wiser Story by : Callie T. Wiser	January 13, 2015 (2015-01-13)
302	3	"Edison"[264]	Michelle Ferrari	Michelle Ferrari	January 27, 2015 (2015-01-27)
303	4	"The Big Burn"[265]	Stephen Ives	Stephen Ives	February 3, 2015 (2015-02-03)
304	5	"The Forgotten Plague"[266]	Chana Gazit	Chana Gazit	February 10, 2015 (2015-02-10)
305	6	"Last Days in Vietnam"[267]	Rory Kennedy	Mark Bailey & Keven McAlester	April 28, 2015 (2015-04-28)
306	7	"Blackout"[268]	Callie T. Wiser	Teleplay by : Sharon Grimberg Story by : David Murdock	July 14, 2015 (2015-07-14)
307	8	"Walt Disney (Part 1)"[269]	Sarah Colt	Teleplay by : Mark Zwonitzer Story by : Sarah Colt & Tom Jennings	September 14, 2015 (2015-09-14)
308	9	"Walt Disney (Part 2)"	Sarah Colt	Teleplay by : Mark Zwonitzer Story by : Sarah Colt & Tom Jennings	September 15, 2015 (2015-09-15)
309	10	"American Comandante"[270]	Adriana Bosch	Adriana Bosch	November 17, 2015 (2015-11-17)
310	11	"The Pilgrims"[271]	Ric Burns	Ric Burns	November 24, 2015 (2015-11-24)

Season 28 (2016)

Main article: American Experience season 28

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
311	1	"Bonnie & Clyde"[272]	John Maggio	John Maggio	January 19, 2016 (2016-1-19)
312	2	"The Mine Wars"[273]	Randall MacLowry	Teleplay by : Mark Zwonitzer Story by : Paul Taylor	January 26, 2016 (2016-1-26)
313	3	"Murder of a President"[274]	Rob Rapley	Teleplay by : Rob Rapley Story by : Paul Taylor	February 2, 2016 (2016-2-02)
314	4	"The Perfect Crime"[275]	Cathleen O'Connell	Michelle Ferrari	February 9, 2016 (2016-2-09)
315	5	"Space Men"[276]	Amanda Pollak	Amanda Pollak	March 1, 2016 (2016-3-01)
316	6	"The Boys of ’36"[277]	Margaret Grossi	Aaron R. Cohen	August 2, 2016 (2016-8-02)
317	7	"Tesla"[278]	David Grubin	David Grubin	October 18, 2016 (2016-10-18)
318	8	"The Battle of Chosin"[279]	Randall MacLowry	Mark Zwonitzer	November 1, 2016 (2016-11-01)

Season 29 (2017)

Main article: American Experience season 29

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
319	1	"Command and Control"[280]	Robert Kenner	Teleplay by : Robert Kenner & Eric Schlosser Story by : Brian Pearle & Kim Roberts	January 10, 2017 (2017-01-10)
320	2	"Rachel Carson"[281]	Michelle Ferrari	Michelle Ferrari	January 24, 2017 (2017-01-24)
321	3	"The Race Underground"[282]	Michael Rossi	Michael Rossi	January 31, 2017 (2017-01-31)
322	4	"Oklahoma City"[283]	Barak Goodman	Barak Goodman	February 7, 2017 (2017-02-07)
323	5	"Ruby Ridge"[284]	Barak Goodman	Barak Goodman & Don Kleszy	February 14, 2017 (2017-02-14)
324	6	"The Great War (Part 1)"[285]	Stephen Ives	Stephen Ives	April 10, 2017 (2017-04-10)
325	7	"The Great War (Part 2)"	Amanda Pollak	Stephen Ives	April 11, 2017 (2017-04-11)
326	8	"The Great War (Part 3)"	Rob Rapley	Rob Rapley	April 12, 2017 (2017-04-12)

Season 30 (2018)

Main article: American Experience season 30

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
327	1	"Into the Amazon"[286]	John Maggio	John Maggio	January 9, 2018 (2018-1-9)
328	2	"The Secret of Tuxedo Park"[287]	Rob Rapley	Rob Rapley	January 16, 2018 (2018-1-16)
329	3	"The Gilded Age"[288]	Sarah Colt	Mark Zwonitzer	February 6, 2018 (2018-02-06)
330	4	"The Bombing of Wall Street"[289]	Susan Bellows	Susan Bellows	February 13, 2018 (2018-02-13)
331	5	"The Island Murder"[290]	Mark Zwonitzer	Mark Zwonitzer	April 17, 2018 (2018-04-17)
332	6	"The Chinese Exclusion Act"[291]	Ric Burns & Li-Shin Yu	Teleplay by : Ric Burns Story by : Ric Burns, Robin Espinola & Li-Shin Yu	May 29, 2018 (2018-05-29)
333	7	"The Circus (Part 1)"[292]	Sharon Grimberg	Sharon Grimberg	October 8, 2018 (2018-10-08)
334	8	"The Circus (Part 2)"	Sharon Grimberg	Sharon Grimberg	October 9, 2018 (2018-10-09)
335	9	"The Eugenics Crusade"[293]	Michelle Ferrari	Michelle Ferrari	October 16, 2018 (2018-10-16)

Season 31 (2019)

Main article: American Experience season 31

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
336	1	"The Swamp"[294]	Randall MacLowery	Teleplay by : Michelle Ferrari & Randall MacLowry Story by : Randall MacLowry	January 15, 2019 (2019-1-15)
337	2	"Sealab"[295]	Stephen Ives	Stephen Ives	February 12, 2019 (2019-2-12)
338	3	"Chasing the Moon (Part 1)"[296]	Robert Stone	Robert Stone	July 8, 2019 (2019-7-8)
339	4	"Chasing the Moon (Part 2)"	Robert Stone	Robert Stone	July 9, 2019 (2019-7-9)
340	5	"Chasing the Moon (Part 3)"	Robert Stone	Robert Stone	July 10, 2019 (2019-7-10)
341	6	"Woodstock"[297]	Barak Goodman	Barak Goodman & Don Kleszy	August 6, 2019 (2019-8-6)
342	7	"The Feud"[298]	Randall MacLowry	Randall MacLowry	September 10, 2019 (2019-9-10)

Season 32 (2020)

Main article: American Experience season 32

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
343	1	"McCarthy"[299]	Sharon Grimberg	Sharon Grimberg	January 6, 2020 (2020-1-6)
344	2	"The Poison Squad"[300]	John Maggio	John Maggio	January 28, 2020 (2020-1-28)
345	3	"The Man Who Tried to Feed the World"[301]	Rob Rapley	Rob Rapley	April 21, 2020 (2020-4-21)
346	4	"George W. Bush (Part 1)"[302]	Jamila Ephron	Chris Durrance & Barak Goodman	May 4, 2020 (2020-5-4)
347	5	"George W. Bush (Part 2)"	Jamila Ephron	Chris Durrance & Barak Goodman	May 5, 2020 (2020-5-5)
348	6	"Mr. Tornado"[303]	Michael Rossi	Michael Rossi	May 19, 2020 (2020-5-19)
349	7	"The Vote (Part 1)"[304]	Michelle Ferrari	Michelle Ferrari	July 6, 2020 (2020-7-6)
350	8	"The Vote (Part 2)"	Michelle Ferrari	Michelle Ferrari	July 7, 2020 (2020-7-7)

Season 33 (2021)

Main article: American Experience season 33

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
351	1	"The Codebreaker"[305]	Chana Gazit	Chana Gazit	January 11, 2021 (2021-1-11)
352	2	"Voice of Freedom"[306]	Rob Rapley	Rob Rapley	February 15, 2021 (2021-2-15)
353	3	"The Blinding of Isaac Woodard"[307]	Jamila Ephron	Jamila Ephron & Mark Zwonitzer	March 30, 2021 (2021-3-30)
354	4	"American Oz"[308]	Randall MacLowry & Tracy Heather Strain	Randall MacLowry & Tracy Heather Strain	April 19, 2021 (2021-4-19)
355	5	"Billy Graham"[309]	Sarah Colt	Keven McAlester	May 17, 2021 (2021-5-17)
356	6	"Sandra Day O'Connor: The First"[310]	Michelle Ferrari	Michelle Ferrari	September 13, 2021 (2021-9-13)
357	7	"Citizen Hearst" (Part 1)"[311]	Amanda Pollak	Gene Tempest	September 27, 2021 (2021-9-27)
358	8	"Citizen Hearst" (Part 2)"	Stephen Ives	Stephen Ives	September 28, 2021 (2021-9-28)

Season 34 (2022)

Main article: American Experience season 34

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
359	1	"Riveted: The History of Jeans"[312]	Michael Bicks & Anna Lee Strachan	Michael Bicks & Anna Lee Strachan	February 7, 2022 (2022-2-7)
360	2	"The American Diplomat"[313]	Leola Calzolai-Stewart	Ken Chowder	February 15, 2022 (2022-2-15)
361	3	"Flood in the Desert"[314]	Rob Rapley	Rob Rapley	May 3, 2022 (2022-5-3)
362	4	"Plague at the Golden Gate"[315]	Li-Shin Yu	Susan Kim	May 24, 2022 (2022-5-24)
363	5	"Taken Hostage (Part One)"[316]	Robert Stone	Robert Stone	November 14, 2022 (2022-11-14)
364	6	"Taken Hostage (Part Two)"	Robert Stone	Robert Stone	November 15, 2022 (2022-11-15)

Season 35 (2023)

Main article: American Experience season 35

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
365	1	"The Lie Detector"[317]	Rob Rapley	Rob Rapley	January 3, 2023 (2023-1-3)
366	2	"Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space"[318]	Tracy Heather Strain	Tracy Heather Strain	January 17, 2023 (2023-1-17)
367	3	"Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History"[319]	Stephen Ives	Stephen Ives	February 20, 2023 (2023-2-20)
368	4	"The Movement and the 'Madman'"[320]	Stephen Talbot	(none credited)[321]	March 28, 2023 (2023-3-28)
369	5	"The Sun Queen"[322]	Amanda Pollak	Gene Tempest	April 4, 2023 (2023-4-4)
370	6	"Casa Susanna"[323]	Sébastien Lifshitz	Sébastien Lifshitz	June 27, 2023 (2023-6-27)
371	7	"The Busing Battleground"[324]	Sharon Grimberg & Cyndee Readdean	Sharon Grimberg	September 11, 2023 (2023-9-11)
372	8	"The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools"[325]	Douglas A. Blackmon & Sam Pollard	Douglas A. Blackmon	September 12, 2023 (2023-9-12)
373	9	"The War on Disco"[326]	Lisa Quijano Wolfinger	Rushmore Denooyer	October 30, 2023 (2023-10-30)

Season 36 (2024)

Main article: American Experience season 36

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
374	1	"Nazi Town, USA"[327]	Peter Yost	Peter Yost	January 23, 2024 (2024-1-23)
375	2	"Fly With Me"[328]	Sarah Colt & Helen Dobrowski	Sarah Colt	February 20, 2024 (2024-2-20)
376	3	"The Cancer Detectives"[329]	Amanda Pollak & Gene Tempest	Gene Tempest	March 26, 2024 (2024-3-26)
377	4	"Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal"[330]	Jamila Ephron	Jamila Ephron	April 22, 2024 (2024-4-22)
378	5	"The Riot Report"[331]	Michelle Ferrari	Michelle Ferrari & Jelani Cobb	May 21, 2024 (2024-5-21)
379	6	"The American Vice President"[332]	Michelle Ferrari	Michelle Ferrari	October 1, 2024 (2024-10-1)
380	7	"American Coup: Wilmington 1898"[333]	Brad Lichtenstein & Yoruba Richen	Brad Lichtenstein, Yoruba Richen & Peter Miller	November 12, 2024 (2024-11-12)

Season 37 (2025)

Main article: American Experience season 37

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
381	1	"Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP"[334]	Michelle Smawley	Rob Rapley	February 25, 2025 (2025-2-25)
382	2	"Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act"	James LeBrecht	Chana Gazit	March 25, 2025 (2025-3-25)
383	3	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
384	4	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
385	5	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
386	6	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA
387	7	TBA	TBA	TBA	TBA

Upcoming episodes

Title	Directed by	Premiere date
"Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act"[335]		March 25 2025

See also

Notes

1. The film episode Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild a Dream is sometimes listed in news reports as Eric Sevareid: Not So Wild a Dream or as Eric Sevareid's "Not So Wild a Dream".
2. The film episode Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II is not shown among an alphabetical listing of films on the American Experience series website.^[62] However, the film aired as an American Experience installment on November 11, 1992.^[63][64] WNET later refuted the claim that the racially segregated all-black 761st Tank Battalion and 183rd Engineer Combat Battalion liberated the Nazi death camps Dachau and Buchenwald in April 1945.^[65][66]