Is American Experience coming back?
American Experience (1988–present) — history on PBS
The answer: Between seasons — last episode January 6, 2026, no return date announced yet.
38seasons
420episodes
7.8/ 10
About American Experience
No — American Experience is currently between seasons. The most recent episode aired on January 6, 2026, and no return date has been announced.
American Experience is a history documentary series that first premiered on October 4, 1988, on PBS. The show explores significant events, characters, and stories from American history, providing viewers with in-depth insights into the past that shape the present. Over the years, it has become one of TV's most-watched history series, earning numerous awards and accolades.
The series features David McCullough as the host and Will Lyman as the narrator. It has a typical runtime of 69 minutes per episode and holds a rating of 7.8 on TVMaze.
American Experience episode schedule
420 aired
Aired · 420
| Date | Ep. | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 6, 2026 | S38·E1 | Bombshell |
| October 28, 2025 | S37·E7 | Kissinger: Part Two – The Opportunist |
| October 27, 2025 | S37·E6 | Kissinger: Part One – The Necessity of Power |
| September 30, 2025 | S37·E5 | Hard Hat Riot |
| August 26, 2025 | S37·E4 | Clearing the Air: The War on Smog |
| May 19, 2025 | S37·E3 | Mr. Polaroid |
| March 25, 2025 | S37·E2 | Change, Not Charity: The Americans with Disabilities Act |
| February 25, 2025 | S37·E1 | Forgotten Hero: Walter White and the NAACP |
| November 12, 2024 | S36·E7 | American Coup: Wilmington 1898 |
| October 1, 2024 | S36·E6 | The American Vice President |
| May 21, 2024 | S36·E5 | The Riot Report |
| April 22, 2024 | S36·E4 | Poisoned Ground: The Tragedy at Love Canal |
| March 26, 2024 | S36·E3 | The Cancer Detectives |
| February 20, 2024 | S36·E2 | Fly With Me |
| January 23, 2024 | S36·E1 | Nazi Town, USA |
| October 30, 2023 | S35·E11 | The War on Disco |
| September 12, 2023 | S35·E10 | The Harvest: Integrating Mississippi's Schools |
| September 11, 2023 | S35·E9 | The Busing Battleground |
| June 27, 2023 | S35·E8 | Casa Susanna |
| April 4, 2023 | S35·E7 | The Sun Queen |
| March 28, 2023 | S35·E6 | The Movement and the "Madman" |
| February 20, 2023 | S35·E5 | Ruthless: Monopoly's Secret History |
| January 17, 2023 | S35·E4 | Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space |
| January 3, 2023 | S35·E3 | The Lie Detector |
| November 15, 2022 | S35·E2 | Taken Hostage: The Making of an American Enemy, Part 2 |
| November 14, 2022 | S35·E1 | Taken Hostage: The Making of an American Enemy, Part 1 |
| May 24, 2022 | S34·E7 | Plague at the Golden Gate |
| May 3, 2022 | S34·E6 | Flood in the Desert |
| February 15, 2022 | S34·E5 | The American Diplomat |
| February 7, 2022 | S34·E4 | Riveted: The History of Jeans |
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| September 28, 2021 | S34·E3 | Citizen Hearst: Part 2 |
| September 27, 2021 | S34·E2 | Citizen Hearst: Part 1 |
| September 13, 2021 | S34·E1 | Sandra Day O'Connor: The First |
| May 17, 2021 | S33·E5 | Billy Graham |
| April 19, 2021 | S33·E4 | American Oz |
| March 30, 2021 | S33·E3 | The Blinding of Isaac Woodard |
| February 15, 2021 | S33·E2 | Voice of Freedom |
| January 11, 2021 | S33·E1 | The Codebreaker |
| July 7, 2020 | S32·E9 | The Vote: Part 2 |
| July 6, 2020 | S32·E8 | The Vote: Part 1 |
| May 19, 2020 | S32·E7 | Mr. Tornado |
| May 5, 2020 | S32·E6 | George W. Bush: Part 2 |
| May 4, 2020 | S32·E5 | George W. Bush: Part 1 |
| April 21, 2020 | S32·E4 | The Man Who Tried to Feed the World |
| January 28, 2020 | S32·E3 | The Poison Squad |
| January 6, 2020 | S32·E2 | McCarthy |
| September 10, 2019 | S32·E1 | The Feud |
| August 6, 2019 | S31·E6 | Woodstock: Three Days that Defined a Generation |
| July 10, 2019 | S31·E5 | Chasing the Moon: Magnificent Desolation |
| July 9, 2019 | S31·E4 | Chasing the Moon: Earthrise |
| July 8, 2019 | S31·E3 | Chasing the Moon: A Place Beyond the Sky |
| February 12, 2019 | S31·E2 | Sealab |
| January 15, 2019 | S31·E1 | The Swamp |
| October 16, 2018 | S30·E8 | The Eugenics Crusade: What's Wrong with Perfect? |
| October 9, 2018 | S30·E7 | The Circus: Part 2 |
| October 8, 2018 | S30·E6 | The Circus: Part 1 |
| May 29, 2018 | S30·E5 | The Chinese Exclusion Act |
| February 13, 2018 | S30·E4 | The Bombing of Wall Street |
| February 6, 2018 | S30·E3 | The Gilded Age |
| January 16, 2018 | S30·E2 | The Secret of Tuxedo Park |
| January 9, 2018 | S30·E1 | Into the Amazon |
| April 12, 2017 | S29·E8 | The Great War: Part 3 |
| April 11, 2017 | S29·E7 | The Great War: Part 2 |
| April 10, 2017 | S29·E6 | The Great War: Part 1 |
| February 14, 2017 | S29·E5 | Ruby Ridge |
| February 7, 2017 | S29·E4 | Oklahoma City |
| January 31, 2017 | S29·E3 | The Race Underground |
| January 24, 2017 | S29·E2 | Rachel Carson |
| January 10, 2017 | S29·E1 | Command and Control |
| November 1, 2016 | S28·E8 | The Battle of Chosin |
| October 18, 2016 | S28·E7 | Tesla |
| August 2, 2016 | S28·E6 | The Boys of '36 |
| March 1, 2016 | S28·E5 | Space Men |
| February 9, 2016 | S28·E4 | The Perfect Crime |
| February 2, 2016 | S28·E3 | Murder of a President |
| January 26, 2016 | S28·E2 | The Mine Wars |
| January 19, 2016 | S28·E1 | Bonnie & Clyde |
| November 24, 2015 | S27·E11 | The Pilgrims |
| November 17, 2015 | S27·E10 | American Comandante |
| September 15, 2015 | S27·E9 | Walt Disney: Part 2 |
| September 14, 2015 | S27·E8 | Walt Disney: Part 1 |
| July 14, 2015 | S27·E7 | Blackout |
| April 28, 2015 | S27·E6 | Last Days in Vietnam |
| February 10, 2015 | S27·E5 | The Forgotten Plague |
| February 3, 2015 | S27·E4 | The Big Burn |
| January 27, 2015 | S27·E3 | Edison |
| January 13, 2015 | S27·E2 | Klansville, USA |
| January 6, 2015 | S27·E1 | Ripley: Believe It or Not |
| November 18, 2014 | S26·E7 | Cold War Roadshow |
| June 24, 2014 | S26·E6 | Freedom Summer |
| February 18, 2014 | S26·E5 | The Rise and Fall of Penn Station |
| February 11, 2014 | S26·E4 | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
| February 4, 2014 | S26·E3 | The Amish: Shunned |
| January 14, 2014 | S26·E2 | 1964 |
| January 7, 2014 | S26·E1 | The Poisoner's Handbook |
| November 12, 2013 | S25·E8 | JFK: Part 2 |
| November 11, 2013 | S25·E7 | JFK: Part 1 |
| October 29, 2013 | S25·E6 | War of the Worlds |
| February 5, 2013 | S25·E5 | Silicon Valley |
| January 29, 2013 | S25·E4 | Henry Ford |
| January 22, 2013 | S25·E3 | The Abolitionists: A House Dividing |
| January 15, 2013 | S25·E2 | The Abolitionists: Before Brother Fought Brother |
| January 8, 2013 | S25·E1 | The Abolitionists: From Courage to Freedom |
| September 18, 2012 | S24·E8 | Death and the Civil War |
| May 1, 2012 | S24·E7 | Jesse Owens |
| April 3, 2012 | S24·E6 | Grand Coulee Dam |
| February 28, 2012 | S24·E5 | The Amish |
| February 21, 2012 | S24·E4 | Clinton: The Survivor |
| February 20, 2012 | S24·E3 | Clinton: The Comeback Kid |
| January 17, 2012 | S24·E2 | Custer's Last Stand |
| January 10, 2012 | S24·E1 | Billy the Kid |
| May 16, 2011 | S23·E15 | Freedom Riders |
| May 9, 2011 | S23·E14 | Soundtrack for a Revolution |
| April 25, 2011 | S23·E13 | Stonewall Uprising |
| April 11, 2011 | S23·E12 | The Great Famine |
| February 28, 2011 | S23·E11 | Triangle Fire |
| January 31, 2011 | S23·E10 | The Greely Expedition |
| January 24, 2011 | S23·E9 | Panama Canal |
| January 17, 2011 | S23·E8 | Dinosaur Wars |
| January 3, 2011 | S23·E7 | Robert E. Lee |
| October 13, 2010 | S23·E6 | God in America: Of God and Caesar |
| October 13, 2010 | S23·E5 | God in America: Soul of a Nation |
| October 12, 2010 | S23·E4 | God in America: A New Light |
| October 12, 2010 | S23·E3 | God in America: A Nation Reborn |
| October 11, 2010 | S23·E2 | God in America: A New Eden |
| October 11, 2010 | S23·E1 | God in America: A New Adam |
| May 10, 2010 | S22·E8 | Into the Deep: America, Whaling and the World |
| May 3, 2010 | S22·E7 | Roads to Memphis |
| April 26, 2010 | S22·E6 | My Lai |
| April 19, 2010 | S22·E5 | Earth Days |
| March 1, 2010 | S22·E4 | Dolley Madison |
| February 8, 2010 | S22·E3 | The Bombing of Germany |
| January 25, 2010 | S22·E2 | Wyatt Earp |
| November 2, 2009 | S22·E1 | The Civilian Conservation Corps |
| May 11, 2009 | S21·E9 | We Shall Remain: Wounded Knee |
| May 4, 2009 | S21·E8 | We Shall Remain: Geronimo |
| April 27, 2009 | S21·E7 | We Shall Remain: Trail of Tears |
| April 20, 2009 | S21·E6 | We Shall Remain: Tecumseh's Vision |
| April 13, 2009 | S21·E5 | We Shall Remain: After the Mayflower |
| February 23, 2009 | S21·E4 | A Class Apart |
| February 9, 2009 | S21·E3 | The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln |
| February 2, 2009 | S21·E2 | The Polio Crusade |
| January 26, 2009 | S21·E1 | The Trials of J. Robert Oppenheimer |
| May 6, 2008 | S20·E18 | George H.W. Bush: Echoes of the Wise Men |
| May 5, 2008 | S20·E17 | George H.W. Bush: CAVU |
| April 21, 2008 | S20·E16 | Roberto Clemente |
| April 14, 2008 | S20·E15 | Walt Whitman |
| March 31, 2008 | S20·E14 | Minik: The Lost Eskimo |
| February 25, 2008 | S20·E13 | Buffalo Bill |
| February 24, 2008 | S20·E12 | Eyes on the Prize II: Back to the Movement |
| February 24, 2008 | S20·E11 | Eyes on the Prize II: The Keys to the Kingdom |
| February 18, 2008 | S20·E10 | Kit Carson |
| February 17, 2008 | S20·E9 | Eyes on the Prize II: A Nation of Law? |
| February 17, 2008 | S20·E8 | Eyes on the Prize II: Ain't Gonna' Shuffle No More |
| February 10, 2008 | S20·E7 | Eyes on the Prize II: The Promised Land |
| February 10, 2008 | S20·E6 | Eyes on the Prize II: Power! |
| February 4, 2008 | S20·E5 | Grand Central |
| February 3, 2008 | S20·E4 | Eyes on the Prize II: Two Societies |
| February 3, 2008 | S20·E3 | Eyes on the Prize II: The Time Has Come |
| January 21, 2008 | S20·E2 | The Lobotomist |
| January 14, 2008 | S20·E1 | Oswald's Ghost |
| May 14, 2007 | S19·E18 | Alexander Hamilton |
| May 1, 2007 | S19·E17 | The Mormons: Church and State |
| April 30, 2007 | S19·E16 | The Mormons: History |
| April 23, 2007 | S19·E15 | Summer of Love |
| April 9, 2007 | S19·E14 | Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple |
| April 2, 2007 | S19·E13 | Sister Aimee |
| February 12, 2007 | S19·E12 | New Orleans |
| February 5, 2007 | S19·E11 | The Living Weapon |
| January 29, 2007 | S19·E10 | The Berlin Airlift |
| November 6, 2006 | S19·E9 | The Gold Rush |
| October 30, 2006 | S19·E8 | The Great Fever |
| October 23, 2006 | S19·E7 | Test Tube Babies |
| October 16, 2006 | S19·E6 | Eyes on the Prize: Bridge to Freedom |
| October 16, 2006 | S19·E5 | Eyes on the Prize: Is This America? |
| October 9, 2006 | S19·E4 | Eyes on the Prize: No Easy Walk |
| October 9, 2006 | S19·E3 | Eyes on the Prize: Ain't Scared of Your Jails |
| October 2, 2006 | S19·E2 | Eyes on the Prize: Fighting Back |
| October 2, 2006 | S19·E1 | Eyes on the Prize: Awakenings |
| May 22, 2006 | S18·E13 | The Man Behind Hitler |
| May 8, 2006 | S18·E12 | Annie Oakley |
| April 24, 2006 | S18·E11 | The Alaska Pipeline |
| April 10, 2006 | S18·E10 | The Boy in the Bubble |
| March 27, 2006 | S18·E9 | Eugene O'Neill |
| February 27, 2006 | S18·E8 | Hijacked |
| February 6, 2006 | S18·E7 | Jesse James |
| January 30, 2006 | S18·E6 | The Nuremberg Trials |
| January 23, 2006 | S18·E5 | John and Abigail Adams |
| November 15, 2005 | S18·E4 | Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: American Mecca |
| November 14, 2005 | S18·E3 | Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Sin City |
| October 31, 2005 | S18·E2 | Race to the Moon |
| October 17, 2005 | S18·E1 | Two Days in October |
| May 23, 2005 | S17·E13 | Guerilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst |
| May 9, 2005 | S17·E12 | The Carter Family: Will the Circle Be Unbroken? |
| May 2, 2005 | S17·E11 | Victory in the Pacific |
| April 25, 2005 | S17·E10 | The Fall of Saigon |
| April 18, 2005 | S17·E9 | The Massie Affair |
| April 11, 2005 | S17·E8 | The Great Transatlantic Cable |
| April 4, 2005 | S17·E7 | Mary Pickford |
| February 14, 2005 | S17·E6 | Kinsey |
| February 7, 2005 | S17·E5 | Building the Alaskan Highway |
| January 31, 2005 | S17·E4 | Fidel Castro |
| October 18, 2004 | S17·E3 | The Fight |
| October 4, 2004 | S17·E2 | RFK: The Awful Grace of God |
| October 4, 2004 | S17·E1 | RFK: The Garish Sun |
| May 3, 2004 | S16·E9 | Golden Gate Bridge |
| April 19, 2004 | S16·E8 | Patriots Day |
| April 12, 2004 | S16·E7 | Emma Goldman |
| February 9, 2004 | S16·E6 | Tupperware! |
| February 2, 2004 | S16·E5 | Remember the Alamo |
| January 19, 2004 | S16·E4 | Citizen King |
| January 13, 2004 | S16·E3 | Reconstruction: The Second Civil War: Retreat |
| January 12, 2004 | S16·E2 | Reconstruction: The Second Civil War: Revolution |
| September 8, 2003 | S16·E1 | New York: The Center of the World |
| July 14, 2003 | S15·E13 | Murder at Harvard |
| July 7, 2003 | S15·E12 | Bataan Rescue |
| April 21, 2003 | S15·E11 | Seabiscuit |
| April 7, 2003 | S15·E10 | Daughter from Danang |
| February 24, 2003 | S15·E9 | The Pill |
| February 10, 2003 | S15·E8 | Partners of the Heart |
| January 27, 2003 | S15·E7 | The Transcontinental Railroad |
| January 20, 2003 | S15·E6 | The Murder of Emmett Till |
| January 15, 2003 | S15·E5 | Chicago: City of the Century: Battle for Chicago |
| January 14, 2003 | S15·E4 | Chicago: City of the Century: The Revolution Has Begun |
| January 13, 2003 | S15·E3 | Chicago: City of the Century: Mudhole to Metropolis |
| November 12, 2002 | S15·E2 | Jimmy Carter: Hostage |
| November 11, 2002 | S15·E1 | Jimmy Carter: Jimmy Who? |
| May 12, 2002 | S14·E14 | Ulysses S. Grant: President |
| May 5, 2002 | S14·E13 | Ulysses S. Grant: Warrior |
| April 28, 2002 | S14·E12 | A Brilliant Madness |
…and 190 earlier episodes not shown. Long-running show.
