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American Experience

BiographyDocumentaryHistory

American Experience

1988 – (ongoing) · 38 seasons · 389 episodes · United States · English

American Experience (1988) is a solid-tier series on goodrecmovies, rated 7.6/10 on IMDb from 35,337 votes. Updated

62.8GRM score
★ 7.6IMDb · 35k

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

Where to watch

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Top cast

16
David McCullough
Self - Host
David McCullough
Self - Narrator
David McCullough
Self
David Ogden Stiers
Self - Narrator
Michael Murphy
Self - Narrator
Michael Murphy
Narrator
Oliver Platt
Self - Narrator
Oliver Platt
Narrator
Joe Morton
Self - Narrator
Linda Hunt
Narrator
Linda Hunt
Self - Narrator
Campbell Scott
Self - Narrator
Campbell Scott
Narrator
Liev Schreiber
Self - Narrator
Will Lyman
Narrator
Will Lyman
Self - Narrator

Seasons

38

best episode: S31E7 — Chasing the Moon: Earthrise ★ 8.6 (104)

S116 eps · ★ 7.0
  • E1The Great San Francisco Earthquake★ 7.8103
  • E2Radio Bikini★ 7.5708
  • E3Indians, Outlaws, and Angie Debo★ 7.729
  • E4Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild a Dream★ 6.321
  • E5The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter★ 7.227
  • E6Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?★ 6.426
  • E7Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close★ 7.120
  • E8Geronimo and the Apache Resistance★ 6.747
  • E9Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited★ 6.616
  • E10That Rhythm, Those Blues★ 7.432
  • E11The Radio Priest★ 7.729
  • E12Hearts and Hands★ 6.317
  • E13Views of a Vanishing Frontier★ 6.615
  • E14Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings★ 5.516
  • E15The World That Moses Built★ 7.222
  • E16Sins of Our Mothers: The Story of Emeline★ 7.438
S215 eps · ★ 6.8
  • E1The Great Air Race of 1924★ 6.627
  • E2Demon Rum★ 7.530
  • E3A Family Gathering★ 7.229
  • E4The Great War: 1918★ 7.437
  • E5Forever Baseball★ 5.613
  • E6Mr. Sears' Catalogue★ 7.333
  • E7Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven★ 6.319
  • E8Adam Clayton Powell★ 7.519
  • E9Journey to America★ 6.615
  • E10Ballad of a Mountain Man: The Story of Bascom Lamar Lunsford★ 6.214
  • E11Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice★ 7.128
  • E12Orphans of the Storm★ 6.811
  • E13Forbidden City, USA★ 6.814
  • E14Battle for Wilderness★ 6.711
  • E15Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad★ 6.928
S313 eps · ★ 7.2
  • E1Lindbergh★ 5.933
  • E2Nixon: Part I★ 8.0127
  • E3Richard Nixon: Part II★ 8.0123
  • E4Nixon: Part III★ 8.0105
  • E5God Bless America and Poland, Too★ 6.012
  • E6Insanity on Trial★ 6.722
  • E7The Satellite Sky★ 8.221
  • E8The Crash of 1929★ 7.6117
  • E9The Iron Road★ 7.619
  • E11Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil★ 4.812
  • E12After the Crash★ 6.814
  • E13Los Mineros★ 7.511
  • E14Coney Island★ 8.1156
S410 eps · ★ 7.0
  • E3The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry★ 7.133
  • E4Scandalous Mayor★ 5.713
  • E5The Johnstown Flood★ 6.8135
  • E6Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance★ 7.420
  • E7G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover★ 6.523
  • E8Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo★ 7.930
  • E9The Quiz Show Scandal★ 7.231
  • E11Wild by Law★ 7.312
  • E12Barnum's Big Top★ 6.414
  • E13In the White Man's Image★ 7.228
S512 eps · ★ 7.4
  • E1The Kennedys (Part 1): the Father, 1900-61★ 7.956
  • E2The Kennedys: Part 2 - The Sons, 1961-80★ 7.954
  • E3The Donner Party★ 8.2527
  • E4Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II★ 7.512
  • E5George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King★ 6.658
  • E6Last Stand at Little Big Horn★ 7.239
  • E7If You Knew Sousa★ 6.516
  • E8Simple Justice★ 7.6123
  • E9Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish★ 8.215
  • E10Sit Down and Fight★ 6.115
  • E11Rachel Carson's Silent Spring★ 7.227
  • E12Goin' Back to T-Town★ 7.763
S69 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage★ 7.261
  • E2The Hunt for Pancho Villa★ 6.823
  • E3Ike (Part I)★ 7.640
  • E4Ike: Part II★ 7.334
  • E5The Hurricane of '38★ 7.837
  • E6Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian★ 7.519
  • E7Malcolm X: Make It Plain★ 7.6157
  • E8America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference★ 7.575
  • E9D-Day Remembered★ 8.091
S78 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E1FDR: Part I★ 8.5175
  • E2FDR: Part II★ 8.3108
  • E3Telegrams from the Dead★ 6.718
  • E4Midnight Ramble★ 6.644
  • E5The Battle of the Bulge: World War II's Deadliest Battle★ 8.1108
  • E6One Woman, One Vote★ 7.438
  • E7The Way West: Part I★ 7.229
  • E8The Way West: Part II★ 7.824
S89 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E1Murder of the Century★ 7.148
  • E2Edison's Miracle of Light★ 7.017
  • E3Chicago 1968★ 7.119
  • E4The Orphan Trains★ 7.858
  • E5Freedom on My Mind★ 7.121
  • E6Daley: The Last Boss★ 6.916
  • E7The Battle Over Citizen Kane★ 7.72k
  • E8The Wright Stuff★ 7.834
  • E9Spy in the Sky★ 7.426
S915 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E1T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part I)★ 8.5121
  • E2T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part II)★ 8.367
  • E3The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie★ 7.020
  • E4Hawaii's Last Queen★ 7.442
  • E5The Telephone★ 7.221
  • E6Big Dream, Small Screen★ 6.517
  • E7New York Underground★ 7.137
  • E8Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern★ 7.5183
  • E9Around the World in 72 Days★ 7.228
  • E10Gold Fever★ 6.216
  • E11Vietnam: Parts I & II - Roots of War/America's Mandarin★ 7.424
  • E12Vietnam: Parts III & IV - LBJ Goes to War/America Takes Charge★ 7.221
  • E13Vietnam: Parts V & VI - America's Enemy/Tet 1968★ 7.120
  • E14Vietnam: Parts VII & VIII - Vietnamizing the War/Cambodia and Laos★ 7.120
  • E15Vietnam: Parts IX & X - Peace Is at Hand/Homefront USA★ 7.322
S108 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E1Truman: Part I★ 8.2122
  • E2Truman: Part II★ 7.774
  • E3A Midwife's Tale★ 7.4115
  • E5Influenza 1918★ 7.8201
  • E6Reagan: Part I★ 7.7210
  • E7Reagan: Part II★ 7.8114
  • E8Surviving the Dust Bowl★ 7.4105
  • E9Riding the Rails★ 7.042
S119 eps · ★ 7.2
  • E1America 1900★ 8.448
  • E2Race for the Superbomb★ 7.946
  • E3Hoover Dam★ 7.252
  • E4Alone on the Ice★ 7.020
  • E5Rescue at Sea★ 6.717
  • E6Meltdown at Three Mile Island★ 7.361
  • E7Lost in the Grand Canyon★ 6.617
  • E8MacArthur★ 7.163
  • E10Fly Girls★ 6.946
S1215 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1New York: Part I - The Country and the City★ 8.384
  • E2New York: Part II - Order and Disorder★ 8.265
  • E3New York: Part III - Sunshine and Shadow★ 8.264
  • E4New York: Part IV - The Power and the People★ 8.262
  • E5New York: Part V - Cosmopolis★ 8.059
  • E6Eleanor Roosevelt★ 7.865
  • E7Houdini★ 7.335
  • E8Nixon's China Game★ 7.324
  • E9The Duel★ 7.038
  • E10John Brown's Holy War★ 8.257
  • E11George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part I★ 6.612
  • E12George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part II★ 6.612
  • E13Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory★ 7.135
  • E14Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life★ 7.321
  • E15George Eastman: The Wizard of Photography★ 6.820
S1314 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1The Rockefellers: Part 1★ 7.771
  • E2The Rockefellers: Part 2★ 7.660
  • E4Return with Honor★ 6.722
  • E5Streamliners: America's Lost Trains★ 7.130
  • E6Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind★ 7.330
  • E7Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 1 - Ambition★ 8.5159
  • E8Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided Part 2 - We Are Elected★ 8.148
  • E9Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided Part 3 - Shattered★ 8.349
  • E10Abraham and Mary Lincoln, a House Divided Part 4 - The Dearest of All Things★ 8.139
  • E11Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 5 - This Frightful War★ 8.237
  • E12Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 6 - Blind with Weeping★ 8.435
  • E13Scottsboro: An American Tragedy★ 7.639
  • E14Fatal Flood★ 7.955
  • E15Stephen Foster★ 7.220
S1415 eps · ★ 7.4
  • E1New York: Part 6 - The City of Tomorrow★ 8.352
  • E2New York: Part 7 - The City and the World★ 8.253
  • E3War Letters★ 8.283
  • E4Woodrow Wilson: Episode One - A Passionate Man★ 7.048
  • E5Woodrow Wilson: Episode Two - The Redemption of the World★ 6.846
  • E6Mount Rushmore★ 6.973
  • E7Miss America★ 6.763
  • E8Zoot Suit Riots★ 7.292
  • E9Monkey Trial★ 7.135
  • E10Public Enemy Number 1★ 6.618
  • E11Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film★ 7.390
  • E12A Brilliant Madness★ 7.6147
  • E13Ulysses S. Grant (Part 1)★ 8.272
  • E14Ulysses S. Grant: Part 2★ 8.246
  • E101Lady Bird★ 6.710
S1513 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Jimmy Carter (Part I)★ 7.6103
  • E2Jimmy Carter: Part 2★ 7.376
  • E3Chicago: City of the Century: Part 1★ 8.066
  • E4Chicago: City of the Century: Part 2★ 8.049
  • E5Chicago: City of the Century: Part 3★ 7.846
  • E6The Murder of Emmett Till★ 7.9257
  • E7Transcontinental Railroad★ 7.262
  • E8Partners of the Heart★ 7.959
  • E9The Pill★ 7.227
  • E10Daughter from Danang★ 7.125
  • E11Seabiscuit★ 8.0142
  • E12Bataan Rescue★ 7.348
  • E13Murder at Harvard★ 5.837
S169 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1New York: Center of the World★ 8.473
  • E2Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Part 1 - Revolution★ 7.662
  • E3Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Part 2 - Retreat★ 7.553
  • E4Citizen King★ 8.398
  • E5Remember the Alamo★ 7.340
  • E6Tupperware!★ 7.4109
  • E7Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman★ 7.2103
  • E8Patriots Day★ 6.518
  • E9Golden Gate Bridge★ 7.537
S1712 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E1RFK★ 8.080
  • E2The Fight★ 7.9159
  • E3Fidel Castro★ 6.553
  • E4Building the Alaska Highway★ 7.242
  • E5Kinsey★ 7.5132
  • E6Mary Pickford★ 7.3117
  • E7The Great Transatlantic Cable★ 7.347
  • E8The Massie Affair★ 6.9217
  • E9The Fall of Saigon★ 7.218
  • E10Victory in the Pacific★ 7.573
  • E11The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken★ 7.346
  • E12Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst★ 7.3460
S1813 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Two Days in October★ 7.989
  • E2Race to the Moon★ 7.845
  • E3Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1★ 7.351
  • E4Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 2★ 6.940
  • E5John & Abigail Adams★ 8.074
  • E6The Nuremberg Trials★ 7.268
  • E7Jesse James★ 7.477
  • E8Hijacked★ 6.637
  • E9Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film★ 8.1140
  • E10The Boy in the Bubble★ 7.639
  • E11The Alaska Pipeline★ 7.941
  • E12Annie Oakley★ 7.6111
  • E13The Man Behind Hitler★ 7.329
S1915 eps · ★ 7.0
  • E1Eyes on the Prize: Parts 1 & 2 - Awakenings/Fighting Back★ 7.429
  • E2Eyes on the Prize: Parts 3 & 4 - Ain't Scared of Your Jails/No Easy Walk★ 7.225
  • E3Eyes on the Prize: Parts 5 & 6 - Is This America?/Bridge to Freedom★ 7.023
  • E4Test Tube Babies★ 6.845
  • E5The Great Fever★ 6.633
  • E6The Gold Rush★ 7.138
  • E7The Berlin Airlift★ 7.046
  • E8The Living Weapon★ 7.146
  • E9New Orleans★ 6.442
  • E10Sister Aimee★ 6.939
  • E11Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple★ 8.2109
  • E12Summer of Love★ 7.5105
  • E13The Mormons: Part I★ 6.586
  • E14The Mormons: Part II★ 6.571
  • E15Alexander Hamilton★ 7.5115
S2014 eps · ★ 7.2
  • E1Oswald's Ghost★ 6.632
  • E2The Lobotomist★ 7.7160
  • E3Eyes on the Prize II (Parts I & II): The Time Has Come/Two Societies★ 7.524
  • E4Grand Central★ 7.474
  • E5Eyes on the Prize II (Parts III & IV): Power!/The Promised Land★ 7.423
  • E6Eyes on the Prize II (Parts V & VI): Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More/A Nation of Law?★ 7.623
  • E7Kit Carson★ 7.045
  • E8Eyes on the Prize II (Parts VII & VIII): The Keys to the Kingdom/Back to the Movement★ 7.427
  • E9Buffalo Bill★ 6.949
  • E10Minik, the Lost Eskimo★ 6.325
  • E11Walt Whitman★ 7.168
  • E12Roberto Clemente★ 7.687
  • E13George H.W. Bush: Part I★ 7.380
  • E14George H.W. Bush: Part II★ 7.266
S2110 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer★ 7.8158
  • E2The Polio Crusade★ 7.9126
  • E3The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln★ 7.7112
  • E4A Class Apart★ 7.539
  • E5We Shall Remain: Part I - After the Mayflower★ 8.1171
  • E6We Shall Remain: Part II - Tecumseh's Vision★ 7.9161
  • E7We Shall Remain: Part III - Trail of Tears★ 8.0139
  • E8We Shall Remain: Part IV - Geronimo★ 7.8126
  • E9We Shall Remain: Part V - Wounded Knee★ 7.9126
  • E10The Kennedys★ 7.739
S228 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E1Civilian Conservation Corps★ 7.695
  • E2Wyatt Earp★ 7.4135
  • E3The Bombing of Germany★ 7.2107
  • E4Dolley Madison★ 7.5172
  • E5Earth Days★ 7.152
  • E6My Lai★ 8.3246
  • E7Roads to Memphis★ 7.8131
  • E8Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World★ 8.2134
S2314 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1God in America: A New Adam (1) & A New Eden (2)★ 7.311
  • E2God in America: A Nation Reborn (3) & A New Light (4)★ 6.99
  • E3God in America: Soul of a Nation (5) & Of God and Caesar (6)★ 6.99
  • E4Robert E. Lee★ 7.298
  • E5Dinosaur Wars★ 7.366
  • E6Panama Canal★ 7.8125
  • E7The Greely Expedition★ 7.4119
  • E8Triangle Fire★ 7.8173
  • E9The Great Famine★ 7.3101
  • E10Stonewall Uprising★ 7.9179
  • E11Soundtrack for a Revolution★ 7.425
  • E13Freedom Riders★ 8.2102
  • E101Jimmy Carter★ 7.823
  • E102U.S. Grant: Warrior★ 7.736
S247 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E1Billy the Kid★ 7.3134
  • E2Custer's Last Stand★ 7.598
  • E3Clinton, Part 1★ 7.8125
  • E4Clinton, Part 2★ 7.7116
  • E5The Amish★ 7.8104
  • E6Grand Coulee Dam★ 7.875
  • E7Jesse Owens★ 7.597
S256 eps · ★ 7.9
  • E1Death and the Civil War★ 8.1164
  • E2The Abolitionists: Part 1★ 8.0135
  • E3The Abolitionists: Part 2★ 8.0102
  • E4The Abolitionists: Part 3★ 7.8102
  • E5Henry Ford★ 7.8288
  • E6Silicon Valley★ 7.8224
S269 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E1War of the Worlds★ 7.2335
  • E2JFK: Part 1★ 8.2188
  • E3JFK: Part 2★ 8.2157
  • E4The Poisoner's Handbook★ 8.4385
  • E51964★ 8.2134
  • E6The Amish: Shunned★ 6.5201
  • E7Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid★ 7.4207
  • E8The Rise and Fall of Penn Station★ 7.6156
  • E9Freedom Summer★ 8.052
S278 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Cold War Roadshow★ 7.658
  • E2Ripley: Believe It or Not★ 7.276
  • E3Klansville U.S.A.★ 7.1175
  • E4Edison★ 7.793
  • E5The Big Burn★ 7.2160
  • E6The Forgotten Plague★ 7.6108
  • E7Last Days in Vietnam★ 8.3106
  • E8Blackout★ 7.1282
S2810 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E1Walt Disney - Part 1★ 8.1352
  • E2Walt Disney - Part 2★ 8.1247
  • E3American Comandante★ 7.283
  • E4The Pilgrims★ 7.6177
  • E5Bonnie & Clyde★ 7.4163
  • E6Mine Wars★ 7.9140
  • E7Murder of a President★ 8.0271
  • E8The Perfect Crime★ 7.3230
  • E9Space Men★ 7.9116
  • E10The Boys of '36★ 7.5249
S2910 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1Tesla★ 7.1595
  • E2The Battle of Chosin★ 7.8542
  • E3Command and Control★ 7.9117
  • E4Rachel Carson★ 7.9155
  • E5The Race Underground★ 7.2207
  • E6Oklahoma City★ 8.2165
  • E7Ruby Ridge★ 7.5432
  • E8The Great War: Part 1★ 8.2160
  • E9The Great War: Part 2★ 8.2131
  • E10The Great War: Part 3★ 8.1131
S305 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E1Into the Amazon★ 7.9130
  • E2The Secret of Tuxedo Park★ 7.4119
  • E3The Gilded Age★ 7.4256
  • E4The Bombing of Wall Street★ 7.6105
  • E6The Chinese Exclusion Act★ 8.0100
S319 eps · ★ 8.1
  • E1The Circus: Part 1★ 8.1154
  • E2The Circus Part 2★ 8.239
  • E3The Eugenics Crusade★ 7.9133
  • E4The Swamp★ 7.688
  • E5Sealab★ 7.369
  • E6Chasing the Moon: A Place Beyond the Sky★ 8.4108
  • E7Chasing the Moon: Earthrise★ 8.6104
  • E8Chasing the Moon: Magnificent Desolation★ 8.597
  • E9Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation★ 7.9203
S3210 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E1The Feud★ 7.191
  • E2Jubilee Singers★ 7.616
  • E3McCarthy★ 7.7146
  • E4The Poison Squad★ 8.2148
  • E5The Man Who Tried to Feed the World★ 7.483
  • E6George W. Bush: Part 1★ 7.6100
  • E7George W. Bush: Part 2★ 7.248
  • E8Mr. Tornado★ 7.9106
  • E9The Vote, Part 1★ 8.1112
  • E10The Vote, Part 2★ 8.197
S339 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E1The Codebreaker★ 8.0203
  • E2Voice of Freedom★ 7.977
  • E3The Blinding of Isaac Woodard★ 8.1120
  • E4American OZ★ 7.5154
  • E5Billy Graham★ 6.682
  • E6Sandra Day O'Connor: The First★ 7.461
  • E7Citizen Hearst: Part 1★ 8.0101
  • E8Citizen Hearst: Part 2★ 8.072
  • E101Goin' Back to T-Town★ 7.538
S346 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Riveted: The History of Jeans★ 6.6161
  • E2The American Diplomat★ 7.094
  • E3Flood in the Desert★ 7.6136
  • E4Plague at the Golden Gate★ 7.6145
  • E5Taken Hostage: Part One★ 8.385
  • E6Taken Hostage: Part Two★ 8.070
S359 eps · ★ 7.4
  • E1The Lie Detector★ 7.289
  • E2Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space★ 7.877
  • E3Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History★ 7.3229
  • E4The Movement and the 'Madman'★ 7.7104
  • E5The Sun Queen★ 7.380
  • E6Casa Susanna★ 7.454
  • E7The Busing Battleground★ 7.670
  • E8The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools★ 7.362
  • E9The War on Disco★ 6.7142
S367 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1Nazi Town, USA★ 7.7262
  • E2Fly with Me★ 8.0131
  • E3The Cancer Detectives★ 7.775
  • E4Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal★ 8.2100
  • E5The Riot Report★ 7.470
  • E6The American Vice President★ 7.567
  • E7American Coup: Wilmington 1898★ 7.9104
S377 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Forgotten Hero: Walter White and The NAACP★ 7.550
  • E2Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act★ 7.668
  • E3Mr. Polaroid★ 7.5104
  • E4Clearing the Air: The War on Smog★ 7.745
  • E5Hard Hat Riot★ 7.550
  • E6Kissinger, Part 1★ 7.554
  • E7Kissinger, Part 2★ 7.548
S381 eps · ★ 7.0
  • E1Bombshell★ 7.063

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Seasons

38

best episode: S31E7 — Chasing the Moon: Earthrise ★ 8.6 (104)

S116 eps · ★ 7.0
  • E1The Great San Francisco Earthquake★ 7.8103
  • E2Radio Bikini★ 7.5708
  • E3Indians, Outlaws, and Angie Debo★ 7.729
  • E4Eric Sevareid's Not So Wild a Dream★ 6.321
  • E5The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter★ 7.227
  • E6Do You Mean There Are Still Real Cowboys?★ 6.426
  • E7Kennedy vs. Wallace: A Crisis Up Close★ 7.120
  • E8Geronimo and the Apache Resistance★ 6.747
  • E9Let Us Now Praise Famous Men: Revisited★ 6.616
  • E10That Rhythm, Those Blues★ 7.432
  • E11The Radio Priest★ 7.729
  • E12Hearts and Hands★ 6.317
  • E13Views of a Vanishing Frontier★ 6.615
  • E14Eudora Welty: One Writer's Beginnings★ 5.516
  • E15The World That Moses Built★ 7.222
  • E16Sins of Our Mothers: The Story of Emeline★ 7.438
S215 eps · ★ 6.8
  • E1The Great Air Race of 1924★ 6.627
  • E2Demon Rum★ 7.530
  • E3A Family Gathering★ 7.229
  • E4The Great War: 1918★ 7.437
  • E5Forever Baseball★ 5.613
  • E6Mr. Sears' Catalogue★ 7.333
  • E7Yosemite: The Fate of Heaven★ 6.319
  • E8Adam Clayton Powell★ 7.519
  • E9Journey to America★ 6.615
  • E10Ballad of a Mountain Man: The Story of Bascom Lamar Lunsford★ 6.214
  • E11Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice★ 7.128
  • E12Orphans of the Storm★ 6.811
  • E13Forbidden City, USA★ 6.814
  • E14Battle for Wilderness★ 6.711
  • E15Roots of Resistance: The Story of the Underground Railroad★ 6.928
S313 eps · ★ 7.2
  • E1Lindbergh★ 5.933
  • E2Nixon: Part I★ 8.0127
  • E3Richard Nixon: Part II★ 8.0123
  • E4Nixon: Part III★ 8.0105
  • E5God Bless America and Poland, Too★ 6.012
  • E6Insanity on Trial★ 6.722
  • E7The Satellite Sky★ 8.221
  • E8The Crash of 1929★ 7.6117
  • E9The Iron Road★ 7.619
  • E11Wildcatter: A Story of Texas Oil★ 4.812
  • E12After the Crash★ 6.814
  • E13Los Mineros★ 7.511
  • E14Coney Island★ 8.1156
S410 eps · ★ 7.0
  • E3The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry★ 7.133
  • E4Scandalous Mayor★ 5.713
  • E5The Johnstown Flood★ 6.8135
  • E6Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance★ 7.420
  • E7G-Men: The Rise of J. Edgar Hoover★ 6.523
  • E8Duke Ellington: Reminiscing in Tempo★ 7.930
  • E9The Quiz Show Scandal★ 7.231
  • E11Wild by Law★ 7.312
  • E12Barnum's Big Top★ 6.414
  • E13In the White Man's Image★ 7.228
S512 eps · ★ 7.4
  • E1The Kennedys (Part 1): the Father, 1900-61★ 7.956
  • E2The Kennedys: Part 2 - The Sons, 1961-80★ 7.954
  • E3The Donner Party★ 8.2527
  • E4Liberators: Fighting on Two Fronts in World War II★ 7.512
  • E5George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King★ 6.658
  • E6Last Stand at Little Big Horn★ 7.239
  • E7If You Knew Sousa★ 6.516
  • E8Simple Justice★ 7.6123
  • E9Knute Rockne and His Fighting Irish★ 8.215
  • E10Sit Down and Fight★ 6.115
  • E11Rachel Carson's Silent Spring★ 7.227
  • E12Goin' Back to T-Town★ 7.763
S69 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Amelia Earhart: The Price of Courage★ 7.261
  • E2The Hunt for Pancho Villa★ 6.823
  • E3Ike (Part I)★ 7.640
  • E4Ike: Part II★ 7.334
  • E5The Hurricane of '38★ 7.837
  • E6Ishi: The Last Yahi Indian★ 7.519
  • E7Malcolm X: Make It Plain★ 7.6157
  • E8America and the Holocaust: Deceit and Indifference★ 7.575
  • E9D-Day Remembered★ 8.091
S78 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E1FDR: Part I★ 8.5175
  • E2FDR: Part II★ 8.3108
  • E3Telegrams from the Dead★ 6.718
  • E4Midnight Ramble★ 6.644
  • E5The Battle of the Bulge: World War II's Deadliest Battle★ 8.1108
  • E6One Woman, One Vote★ 7.438
  • E7The Way West: Part I★ 7.229
  • E8The Way West: Part II★ 7.824
S89 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E1Murder of the Century★ 7.148
  • E2Edison's Miracle of Light★ 7.017
  • E3Chicago 1968★ 7.119
  • E4The Orphan Trains★ 7.858
  • E5Freedom on My Mind★ 7.121
  • E6Daley: The Last Boss★ 6.916
  • E7The Battle Over Citizen Kane★ 7.72k
  • E8The Wright Stuff★ 7.834
  • E9Spy in the Sky★ 7.426
S915 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E1T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part I)★ 8.5121
  • E2T.R.: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt (Part II)★ 8.367
  • E3The Richest Man in the World: Andrew Carnegie★ 7.020
  • E4Hawaii's Last Queen★ 7.442
  • E5The Telephone★ 7.221
  • E6Big Dream, Small Screen★ 6.517
  • E7New York Underground★ 7.137
  • E8Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern★ 7.5183
  • E9Around the World in 72 Days★ 7.228
  • E10Gold Fever★ 6.216
  • E11Vietnam: Parts I & II - Roots of War/America's Mandarin★ 7.424
  • E12Vietnam: Parts III & IV - LBJ Goes to War/America Takes Charge★ 7.221
  • E13Vietnam: Parts V & VI - America's Enemy/Tet 1968★ 7.120
  • E14Vietnam: Parts VII & VIII - Vietnamizing the War/Cambodia and Laos★ 7.120
  • E15Vietnam: Parts IX & X - Peace Is at Hand/Homefront USA★ 7.322
S108 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E1Truman: Part I★ 8.2122
  • E2Truman: Part II★ 7.774
  • E3A Midwife's Tale★ 7.4115
  • E5Influenza 1918★ 7.8201
  • E6Reagan: Part I★ 7.7210
  • E7Reagan: Part II★ 7.8114
  • E8Surviving the Dust Bowl★ 7.4105
  • E9Riding the Rails★ 7.042
S119 eps · ★ 7.2
  • E1America 1900★ 8.448
  • E2Race for the Superbomb★ 7.946
  • E3Hoover Dam★ 7.252
  • E4Alone on the Ice★ 7.020
  • E5Rescue at Sea★ 6.717
  • E6Meltdown at Three Mile Island★ 7.361
  • E7Lost in the Grand Canyon★ 6.617
  • E8MacArthur★ 7.163
  • E10Fly Girls★ 6.946
S1215 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1New York: Part I - The Country and the City★ 8.384
  • E2New York: Part II - Order and Disorder★ 8.265
  • E3New York: Part III - Sunshine and Shadow★ 8.264
  • E4New York: Part IV - The Power and the People★ 8.262
  • E5New York: Part V - Cosmopolis★ 8.059
  • E6Eleanor Roosevelt★ 7.865
  • E7Houdini★ 7.335
  • E8Nixon's China Game★ 7.324
  • E9The Duel★ 7.038
  • E10John Brown's Holy War★ 8.257
  • E11George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part I★ 6.612
  • E12George Wallace: Settin' the Woods on Fire - Part II★ 6.612
  • E13Jubilee Singers: Sacrifice and Glory★ 7.135
  • E14Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life★ 7.321
  • E15George Eastman: The Wizard of Photography★ 6.820
S1314 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1The Rockefellers: Part 1★ 7.771
  • E2The Rockefellers: Part 2★ 7.660
  • E4Return with Honor★ 6.722
  • E5Streamliners: America's Lost Trains★ 7.130
  • E6Marcus Garvey: Look for Me in the Whirlwind★ 7.330
  • E7Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 1 - Ambition★ 8.5159
  • E8Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided Part 2 - We Are Elected★ 8.148
  • E9Abraham and Mary Lincoln, A House Divided Part 3 - Shattered★ 8.349
  • E10Abraham and Mary Lincoln, a House Divided Part 4 - The Dearest of All Things★ 8.139
  • E11Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 5 - This Frightful War★ 8.237
  • E12Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided Part 6 - Blind with Weeping★ 8.435
  • E13Scottsboro: An American Tragedy★ 7.639
  • E14Fatal Flood★ 7.955
  • E15Stephen Foster★ 7.220
S1415 eps · ★ 7.4
  • E1New York: Part 6 - The City of Tomorrow★ 8.352
  • E2New York: Part 7 - The City and the World★ 8.253
  • E3War Letters★ 8.283
  • E4Woodrow Wilson: Episode One - A Passionate Man★ 7.048
  • E5Woodrow Wilson: Episode Two - The Redemption of the World★ 6.846
  • E6Mount Rushmore★ 6.973
  • E7Miss America★ 6.763
  • E8Zoot Suit Riots★ 7.292
  • E9Monkey Trial★ 7.135
  • E10Public Enemy Number 1★ 6.618
  • E11Ansel Adams: A Documentary Film★ 7.390
  • E12A Brilliant Madness★ 7.6147
  • E13Ulysses S. Grant (Part 1)★ 8.272
  • E14Ulysses S. Grant: Part 2★ 8.246
  • E101Lady Bird★ 6.710
S1513 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Jimmy Carter (Part I)★ 7.6103
  • E2Jimmy Carter: Part 2★ 7.376
  • E3Chicago: City of the Century: Part 1★ 8.066
  • E4Chicago: City of the Century: Part 2★ 8.049
  • E5Chicago: City of the Century: Part 3★ 7.846
  • E6The Murder of Emmett Till★ 7.9257
  • E7Transcontinental Railroad★ 7.262
  • E8Partners of the Heart★ 7.959
  • E9The Pill★ 7.227
  • E10Daughter from Danang★ 7.125
  • E11Seabiscuit★ 8.0142
  • E12Bataan Rescue★ 7.348
  • E13Murder at Harvard★ 5.837
S169 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1New York: Center of the World★ 8.473
  • E2Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Part 1 - Revolution★ 7.662
  • E3Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Part 2 - Retreat★ 7.553
  • E4Citizen King★ 8.398
  • E5Remember the Alamo★ 7.340
  • E6Tupperware!★ 7.4109
  • E7Emma Goldman: An Exceedingly Dangerous Woman★ 7.2103
  • E8Patriots Day★ 6.518
  • E9Golden Gate Bridge★ 7.537
S1712 eps · ★ 7.3
  • E1RFK★ 8.080
  • E2The Fight★ 7.9159
  • E3Fidel Castro★ 6.553
  • E4Building the Alaska Highway★ 7.242
  • E5Kinsey★ 7.5132
  • E6Mary Pickford★ 7.3117
  • E7The Great Transatlantic Cable★ 7.347
  • E8The Massie Affair★ 6.9217
  • E9The Fall of Saigon★ 7.218
  • E10Victory in the Pacific★ 7.573
  • E11The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken★ 7.346
  • E12Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst★ 7.3460
S1813 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Two Days in October★ 7.989
  • E2Race to the Moon★ 7.845
  • E3Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1★ 7.351
  • E4Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 2★ 6.940
  • E5John & Abigail Adams★ 8.074
  • E6The Nuremberg Trials★ 7.268
  • E7Jesse James★ 7.477
  • E8Hijacked★ 6.637
  • E9Eugene O'Neill: A Documentary Film★ 8.1140
  • E10The Boy in the Bubble★ 7.639
  • E11The Alaska Pipeline★ 7.941
  • E12Annie Oakley★ 7.6111
  • E13The Man Behind Hitler★ 7.329
S1915 eps · ★ 7.0
  • E1Eyes on the Prize: Parts 1 & 2 - Awakenings/Fighting Back★ 7.429
  • E2Eyes on the Prize: Parts 3 & 4 - Ain't Scared of Your Jails/No Easy Walk★ 7.225
  • E3Eyes on the Prize: Parts 5 & 6 - Is This America?/Bridge to Freedom★ 7.023
  • E4Test Tube Babies★ 6.845
  • E5The Great Fever★ 6.633
  • E6The Gold Rush★ 7.138
  • E7The Berlin Airlift★ 7.046
  • E8The Living Weapon★ 7.146
  • E9New Orleans★ 6.442
  • E10Sister Aimee★ 6.939
  • E11Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple★ 8.2109
  • E12Summer of Love★ 7.5105
  • E13The Mormons: Part I★ 6.586
  • E14The Mormons: Part II★ 6.571
  • E15Alexander Hamilton★ 7.5115
S2014 eps · ★ 7.2
  • E1Oswald's Ghost★ 6.632
  • E2The Lobotomist★ 7.7160
  • E3Eyes on the Prize II (Parts I & II): The Time Has Come/Two Societies★ 7.524
  • E4Grand Central★ 7.474
  • E5Eyes on the Prize II (Parts III & IV): Power!/The Promised Land★ 7.423
  • E6Eyes on the Prize II (Parts V & VI): Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More/A Nation of Law?★ 7.623
  • E7Kit Carson★ 7.045
  • E8Eyes on the Prize II (Parts VII & VIII): The Keys to the Kingdom/Back to the Movement★ 7.427
  • E9Buffalo Bill★ 6.949
  • E10Minik, the Lost Eskimo★ 6.325
  • E11Walt Whitman★ 7.168
  • E12Roberto Clemente★ 7.687
  • E13George H.W. Bush: Part I★ 7.380
  • E14George H.W. Bush: Part II★ 7.266
S2110 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer★ 7.8158
  • E2The Polio Crusade★ 7.9126
  • E3The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln★ 7.7112
  • E4A Class Apart★ 7.539
  • E5We Shall Remain: Part I - After the Mayflower★ 8.1171
  • E6We Shall Remain: Part II - Tecumseh's Vision★ 7.9161
  • E7We Shall Remain: Part III - Trail of Tears★ 8.0139
  • E8We Shall Remain: Part IV - Geronimo★ 7.8126
  • E9We Shall Remain: Part V - Wounded Knee★ 7.9126
  • E10The Kennedys★ 7.739
S228 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E1Civilian Conservation Corps★ 7.695
  • E2Wyatt Earp★ 7.4135
  • E3The Bombing of Germany★ 7.2107
  • E4Dolley Madison★ 7.5172
  • E5Earth Days★ 7.152
  • E6My Lai★ 8.3246
  • E7Roads to Memphis★ 7.8131
  • E8Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World★ 8.2134
S2314 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1God in America: A New Adam (1) & A New Eden (2)★ 7.311
  • E2God in America: A Nation Reborn (3) & A New Light (4)★ 6.99
  • E3God in America: Soul of a Nation (5) & Of God and Caesar (6)★ 6.99
  • E4Robert E. Lee★ 7.298
  • E5Dinosaur Wars★ 7.366
  • E6Panama Canal★ 7.8125
  • E7The Greely Expedition★ 7.4119
  • E8Triangle Fire★ 7.8173
  • E9The Great Famine★ 7.3101
  • E10Stonewall Uprising★ 7.9179
  • E11Soundtrack for a Revolution★ 7.425
  • E13Freedom Riders★ 8.2102
  • E101Jimmy Carter★ 7.823
  • E102U.S. Grant: Warrior★ 7.736
S247 eps · ★ 7.6
  • E1Billy the Kid★ 7.3134
  • E2Custer's Last Stand★ 7.598
  • E3Clinton, Part 1★ 7.8125
  • E4Clinton, Part 2★ 7.7116
  • E5The Amish★ 7.8104
  • E6Grand Coulee Dam★ 7.875
  • E7Jesse Owens★ 7.597
S256 eps · ★ 7.9
  • E1Death and the Civil War★ 8.1164
  • E2The Abolitionists: Part 1★ 8.0135
  • E3The Abolitionists: Part 2★ 8.0102
  • E4The Abolitionists: Part 3★ 7.8102
  • E5Henry Ford★ 7.8288
  • E6Silicon Valley★ 7.8224
S269 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E1War of the Worlds★ 7.2335
  • E2JFK: Part 1★ 8.2188
  • E3JFK: Part 2★ 8.2157
  • E4The Poisoner's Handbook★ 8.4385
  • E51964★ 8.2134
  • E6The Amish: Shunned★ 6.5201
  • E7Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid★ 7.4207
  • E8The Rise and Fall of Penn Station★ 7.6156
  • E9Freedom Summer★ 8.052
S278 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Cold War Roadshow★ 7.658
  • E2Ripley: Believe It or Not★ 7.276
  • E3Klansville U.S.A.★ 7.1175
  • E4Edison★ 7.793
  • E5The Big Burn★ 7.2160
  • E6The Forgotten Plague★ 7.6108
  • E7Last Days in Vietnam★ 8.3106
  • E8Blackout★ 7.1282
S2810 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E1Walt Disney - Part 1★ 8.1352
  • E2Walt Disney - Part 2★ 8.1247
  • E3American Comandante★ 7.283
  • E4The Pilgrims★ 7.6177
  • E5Bonnie & Clyde★ 7.4163
  • E6Mine Wars★ 7.9140
  • E7Murder of a President★ 8.0271
  • E8The Perfect Crime★ 7.3230
  • E9Space Men★ 7.9116
  • E10The Boys of '36★ 7.5249
S2910 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1Tesla★ 7.1595
  • E2The Battle of Chosin★ 7.8542
  • E3Command and Control★ 7.9117
  • E4Rachel Carson★ 7.9155
  • E5The Race Underground★ 7.2207
  • E6Oklahoma City★ 8.2165
  • E7Ruby Ridge★ 7.5432
  • E8The Great War: Part 1★ 8.2160
  • E9The Great War: Part 2★ 8.2131
  • E10The Great War: Part 3★ 8.1131
S305 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E1Into the Amazon★ 7.9130
  • E2The Secret of Tuxedo Park★ 7.4119
  • E3The Gilded Age★ 7.4256
  • E4The Bombing of Wall Street★ 7.6105
  • E6The Chinese Exclusion Act★ 8.0100
S319 eps · ★ 8.1
  • E1The Circus: Part 1★ 8.1154
  • E2The Circus Part 2★ 8.239
  • E3The Eugenics Crusade★ 7.9133
  • E4The Swamp★ 7.688
  • E5Sealab★ 7.369
  • E6Chasing the Moon: A Place Beyond the Sky★ 8.4108
  • E7Chasing the Moon: Earthrise★ 8.6104
  • E8Chasing the Moon: Magnificent Desolation★ 8.597
  • E9Woodstock: Three Days That Defined a Generation★ 7.9203
S3210 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E1The Feud★ 7.191
  • E2Jubilee Singers★ 7.616
  • E3McCarthy★ 7.7146
  • E4The Poison Squad★ 8.2148
  • E5The Man Who Tried to Feed the World★ 7.483
  • E6George W. Bush: Part 1★ 7.6100
  • E7George W. Bush: Part 2★ 7.248
  • E8Mr. Tornado★ 7.9106
  • E9The Vote, Part 1★ 8.1112
  • E10The Vote, Part 2★ 8.197
S339 eps · ★ 7.7
  • E1The Codebreaker★ 8.0203
  • E2Voice of Freedom★ 7.977
  • E3The Blinding of Isaac Woodard★ 8.1120
  • E4American OZ★ 7.5154
  • E5Billy Graham★ 6.682
  • E6Sandra Day O'Connor: The First★ 7.461
  • E7Citizen Hearst: Part 1★ 8.0101
  • E8Citizen Hearst: Part 2★ 8.072
  • E101Goin' Back to T-Town★ 7.538
S346 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Riveted: The History of Jeans★ 6.6161
  • E2The American Diplomat★ 7.094
  • E3Flood in the Desert★ 7.6136
  • E4Plague at the Golden Gate★ 7.6145
  • E5Taken Hostage: Part One★ 8.385
  • E6Taken Hostage: Part Two★ 8.070
S359 eps · ★ 7.4
  • E1The Lie Detector★ 7.289
  • E2Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space★ 7.877
  • E3Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History★ 7.3229
  • E4The Movement and the 'Madman'★ 7.7104
  • E5The Sun Queen★ 7.380
  • E6Casa Susanna★ 7.454
  • E7The Busing Battleground★ 7.670
  • E8The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools★ 7.362
  • E9The War on Disco★ 6.7142
S367 eps · ★ 7.8
  • E1Nazi Town, USA★ 7.7262
  • E2Fly with Me★ 8.0131
  • E3The Cancer Detectives★ 7.775
  • E4Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal★ 8.2100
  • E5The Riot Report★ 7.470
  • E6The American Vice President★ 7.567
  • E7American Coup: Wilmington 1898★ 7.9104
S377 eps · ★ 7.5
  • E1Forgotten Hero: Walter White and The NAACP★ 7.550
  • E2Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act★ 7.668
  • E3Mr. Polaroid★ 7.5104
  • E4Clearing the Air: The War on Smog★ 7.745
  • E5Hard Hat Riot★ 7.550
  • E6Kissinger, Part 1★ 7.554
  • E7Kissinger, Part 2★ 7.548
S381 eps · ★ 7.0
  • E1Bombshell★ 7.063

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