Season 1

ShowAmerican Experience

Rating

6.8

Season1

Episodes16

Air Date1988-10-03

Overview

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

Season 1 Episodes

The Great San Francisco Earthquake

1988-10-04

Radio Bikini

1988-10-11

Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo

1988-10-18

Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild A Dream

1988-10-25

The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

1988-11-01

Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?

1988-11-08

Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close

1988-11-15

Geronimo and the Apache Resistance

1988-11-22

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited

1988-11-29

That Rhythm, Those Blues

1988-12-06

The Radio Priest

1988-12-13

Hearts and Hands

1988-12-20

Views of a Vanishing Frontier

1988-12-27

Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings

1989-01-03

The World That Moses Built

1989-01-10

Sins of Our Mothers

1989-01-17

Seasons

Specials

1 Episodes

2003

Season 1

16 Episodes

1988

Season 2

16 Episodes

1989

Season 3

13 Episodes

1990

Season 4

13 Episodes

1991

Season 5

13 Episodes

1992

Season 6

8 Episodes

1993

Season 7

13 Episodes

1994

Season 8

9 Episodes

1995

Season 9

22 Episodes

1996

S10

Season 10

9 Episodes

1997

S11

Season 11

10 Episodes

1998

S12

Season 12

15 Episodes

1999

S13

Season 13

12 Episodes

2000

S14

Season 14

14 Episodes

2001

S15

Season 15

13 Episodes

2002

S16

Season 16

9 Episodes

2003

S17

Season 17

11 Episodes

2004

S18

Season 18

13 Episodes

2005

S19

Season 19

15 Episodes

2006

S20

Season 20

14 Episodes

2008

S21

Season 21

9 Episodes

2009

S22

Season 22

8 Episodes

2009

S23

Season 23

12 Episodes

2010

S24

Season 24

8 Episodes

2012

S25

Season 25

8 Episodes

2013

S26

Season 26

7 Episodes

2014

S27

Season 27

11 Episodes

2015

S28

Season 28

8 Episodes

2016

S29

Season 29

8 Episodes

2017

S30

Season 30

9 Episodes

2018

S31

Season 31

7 Episodes

2019

S32

Season 32

8 Episodes

2020

S33

Season 33

8 Episodes

2021

S34

Season 34

6 Episodes

2022

S35

Season 35

9 Episodes

2023

S36

Season 36

7 Episodes

2024

S37

Season 37

8 Episodes

2025

S38

Season 38

1 Episodes

2026

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Season 1

Overview

Season 1 Episodes

The Great San Francisco Earthquake

Radio Bikini

Indians, Outlaws and Angie Debo

Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild A Dream

The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter

Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?

Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close

Geronimo and the Apache Resistance

Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited

That Rhythm, Those Blues

The Radio Priest

Hearts and Hands

Views of a Vanishing Frontier

Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings

The World That Moses Built

Sins of Our Mothers

Cast & Crew

Margaret Drain

Robert Kenner

Patrick Long

Mark Zwonitzer

Jamila Wignot

David Grubin

Nick Fraser

Robin Espinola

Bonnie Lafave

Mary Recine

Ric Burns

Austin Hoyt

Michael Epstein

David Belton

Judy Crichton

Marcia Smith

Lisa Ades

Thomas Lennon

Rob Rapley

Susan Bellows

Sharon Grimberg

Mark Zwonitzer

Mark Samels

Michelle Ferrari

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Specials

Season 1

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Season 4

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Season 10

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Season 26

Season 27

Season 28

Season 29

Season 30

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