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American Experience (1988–present) — history on PBS
The answer: Between seasons — last episode January 6, 2026, no return date announced yet.
38seasons
420episodes
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About American Experience
American Experience is TV's most-watched history series and brings to life incredible characters and compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today. Acclaimed by viewers and critics alike, American Experience documentaries have been honored with every major broadcast award, including 30 Emmy Awards, 4 duPont-Columbia Awards, and 18 George Foster Peabody Awards.
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·E1 | God in America: A New Adam |
| October 11, 2010 | S23·E2 | God in America: A New Eden |
| 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·E6 | Eyes on the Prize II: Power! |
| February 10, 2008 | S20·E7 | Eyes on the Prize II: The Promised Land |
| February 4, 2008 | S20·E5 | Grand Central |
| February 3, 2008 | S20·E3 | Eyes on the Prize II: The Time Has Come |
| February 3, 2008 | S20·E4 | Eyes on the Prize II: Two Societies |
| 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·E3 | Eyes on the Prize: Ain't Scared of Your Jails |
| October 9, 2006 | S19·E4 | Eyes on the Prize: No Easy Walk |
| October 2, 2006 | S19·E1 | Eyes on the Prize: Awakenings |
| October 2, 2006 | S19·E2 | Eyes on the Prize: Fighting Back |
| 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·E1 | RFK: The Garish Sun |
| October 4, 2004 | S17·E2 | RFK: The Awful Grace of God |
| 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.
